The 1st Workshop on Low‑Level Vision Frontiers with Generative AI, Preference Optimization, and Agentic Systems


DeGrainVAR: Film Grain Removal with Visual AutoRegressive Modeling
Kai Wang,
Anustup Choudhury,
Guan-Ming Su
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[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Wang_2026_CVPR, author = {Wang, Kai and Choudhury, Anustup and Su, Guan-Ming}, title = {DeGrainVAR: Film Grain Removal with Visual AutoRegressive Modeling}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5095-5104} }

The 1st LoViF Challenge on Efficient VLM for Multimodal Ad Creative Quality Scoring: Methods and Results
Jusheng Zhang,
Qinhan Lyu,
Sizhuo Ma,
Rick Cao,
Jian Wang,
Xin Li,
Yongsen Zheng,
Keze Wang,
Jing Yang,
Hong Zhang,
Shichao Zhang,
William Leach,
Ru He,
Min Cao,
Yizhen Jia,
Yin-Loon Khor,
Yi-Jie Wong,
Peimeng Sui,
Yu Hao,
Weixi Lin,
Weijian Deng
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[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Zhang_2026_CVPR, author = {Zhang, Jusheng and Lyu, Qinhan and Ma, Sizhuo and Cao, Rick and Wang, Jian and Li, Xin and Zheng, Yongsen and Wang, Keze and Yang, Jing and Zhang, Hong and Zhang, Shichao and Leach, William and He, Ru and Cao, Min and Jia, Yizhen and Khor, Yin-Loon and Wong, Yi-Jie and Sui, Peimeng and Hao, Yu and Lin, Weixi and Deng, Weijian}, title = {The 1st LoViF Challenge on Efficient VLM for Multimodal Ad Creative Quality Scoring: Methods and Results}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5138-5147} }

LoViF 2026 The First Challenge on Human-Oriented Semantic Image Quality Assessment: Methods and Results
Xin Li,
Daoli Xu,
Wei Luo,
Guoqiang Xiang,
Haoran Li,
Chengyu Zhuang,
Zhibo Chen,
Jian Guan,
Weiping Li,
Weixia Zhang,
Wei Sun,
Zhihua Wang,
Dandan Zhu,
Chengguang Zhu,
Ayush Gupta,
Rachit Agarwal,
Shouvik Das,
Biplab Ch Das,
Amartya Ghosh,
Kanglong Fan,
Wen Wen,
Shuyan Zhai,
Tianwu Zhi,
Aoxiang Zhang,
Jianzhao Liu,
Yabin Zhang,
Jiajun Wang,
Yipeng Sun,
Kaiwei Lian,
Banghao Yin
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@InProceedings{Li_2026_CVPR, author = {Li, Xin and Xu, Daoli and Luo, Wei and Xiang, Guoqiang and Li, Haoran and Zhuang, Chengyu and Chen, Zhibo and Guan, Jian and Li, Weiping and Zhang, Weixia and Sun, Wei and Wang, Zhihua and Zhu, Dandan and Zhu, Chengguang and Gupta, Ayush and Agarwal, Rachit and Das, Shouvik and Das, Biplab Ch and Ghosh, Amartya and Fan, Kanglong and Wen, Wen and Zhai, Shuyan and Zhi, Tianwu and Zhang, Aoxiang and Liu, Jianzhao and Zhang, Yabin and Wang, Jiajun and Sun, Yipeng and Lian, Kaiwei and Yin, Banghao}, title = {LoViF 2026 The First Challenge on Human-Oriented Semantic Image Quality Assessment: Methods and Results}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4989-4997} }

EvoRender: An Agentic AI - Neural Rendering Algorithm Discovery
Janarbek Matai,
Takahiro Harada
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@InProceedings{Matai_2026_CVPR, author = {Matai, Janarbek and Harada, Takahiro}, title = {EvoRender: An Agentic AI - Neural Rendering Algorithm Discovery}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5018-5026} }

Escaping the Temporal Trap: A Space-First Paradigm for Few-Shot Video Weather Removal
Zhuohang Shi,
Xiaojing Liu,
Jiao Liu,
Yatong Zhou,
Shuai Liu
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@InProceedings{Shi_2026_CVPR, author = {Shi, Zhuohang and Liu, Xiaojing and Liu, Jiao and Zhou, Yatong and Liu, Shuai}, title = {Escaping the Temporal Trap: A Space-First Paradigm for Few-Shot Video Weather Removal}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5057-5065} }

Generative Low-Light Enhancement for Computer Vision: Revisiting the Gap Between Perceptual Quality and Detection Utility
Jian Cheng,
Bingxin Xu,
Weiguo Pan
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@InProceedings{Cheng_2026_CVPR, author = {Cheng, Jian and Xu, Bingxin and Pan, Weiguo}, title = {Generative Low-Light Enhancement for Computer Vision: Revisiting the Gap Between Perceptual Quality and Detection Utility}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4936-4945} }

LoViF 2026 The First Challenge on Holistic Quality Assessment for 4D World Model (PhyScore): Methods and Results
Wei Luo,
Yiting Lu,
Xin Li,
Haoran Li,
Fengbin Guan,
Chen Gao,
Xin Jin,
Yong Li,
Zhibo Chen,
Sijing Wu,
Kang Fu,
Yunhao Li,
Ziang Xiao,
Huiyu Duan,
Jing Liu,
Qiang Hu,
Xiongkuo Min,
Guangtao Zhai,
Manxi Sun,
Zixuan Guo,
Yun Li,
Ziyang Chen,
Manabu Tsukada,
Zhengyang Li,
Zhenglin Du,
Yi Wen,
Licheng Jiao,
Fang Liu,
Lingling Li,
Yiwen Ren,
Zhilong Song,
Dubing Chen,
Yucheng Zhou,
Tianyi Yan,
Huan Zheng
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[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Luo_2026_CVPR, author = {Luo, Wei and Lu, Yiting and Li, Xin and Li, Haoran and Guan, Fengbin and Gao, Chen and Jin, Xin and Li, Yong and Chen, Zhibo and Wu, Sijing and Fu, Kang and Li, Yunhao and Xiao, Ziang and Duan, Huiyu and Liu, Jing and Hu, Qiang and Min, Xiongkuo and Zhai, Guangtao and Sun, Manxi and Guo, Zixuan and Li, Yun and Chen, Ziyang and Tsukada, Manabu and Li, Zhengyang and Du, Zhenglin and Wen, Yi and Jiao, Licheng and Liu, Fang and Li, Lingling and Ren, Yiwen and Song, Zhilong and Chen, Dubing and Zhou, Yucheng and Yan, Tianyi and Zheng, Huan}, title = {LoViF 2026 The First Challenge on Holistic Quality Assessment for 4D World Model (PhyScore): Methods and Results}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5008-5017} }

QFS-IQA: Quantization-Aware Few-Shot Image Quality Assessment for AI-Generated Images via Q-Shot Sensitivity Calibration
Tushar Shinde
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@InProceedings{Shinde_2026_CVPR, author = {Shinde, Tushar}, title = {QFS-IQA: Quantization-Aware Few-Shot Image Quality Assessment for AI-Generated Images via Q-Shot Sensitivity Calibration}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5066-5073} }

EffiMiniVLM: A Compact Dual-Encoder Regression Framework
Yin-Loon Khor,
Yi-Jie Wong,
Yan Chai Hum
[pdf] [arXiv]
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@InProceedings{Khor_2026_CVPR, author = {Khor, Yin-Loon and Wong, Yi-Jie and Hum, Yan Chai}, title = {EffiMiniVLM: A Compact Dual-Encoder Regression Framework}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4974-4980} }

Generative Panoramic Image Stitching
Mathieu Tuli,
Kaveh Kamali,
David B. Lindell
[pdf] [supp] [arXiv]
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@InProceedings{Tuli_2026_CVPR, author = {Tuli, Mathieu and Kamali, Kaveh and Lindell, David B.}, title = {Generative Panoramic Image Stitching}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5084-5094} }

FlowDet: Unifying Object Detection and Generative Transport Flows
Enis Baty,
C. P. Bridges,
Simon Hadfield
[pdf] [arXiv]
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@InProceedings{Baty_2026_CVPR, author = {Baty, Enis and Bridges, C. P. and Hadfield, Simon}, title = {FlowDet: Unifying Object Detection and Generative Transport Flows}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4905-4915} }

Don't Waste Bits! Adaptive KV-Cache Quantization for Lightweight On-Device LLMs
Sayed Pedram Haeri Boroujeni,
Niloufar Mehrabi,
Patrick Woods,
Gabriel Hillesheim,
Abolfazl Razi
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@InProceedings{Boroujeni_2026_CVPR, author = {Boroujeni, Sayed Pedram Haeri and Mehrabi, Niloufar and Woods, Patrick and Hillesheim, Gabriel and Razi, Abolfazl}, title = {Don't Waste Bits! Adaptive KV-Cache Quantization for Lightweight On-Device LLMs}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4957-4966} }

LoViF 2026 The First Challenge on Weather Removal in Videos
Chenghao Qian,
Xin Li,
Yeying Jin,
Shangquan Sun,
Yilian Zhong,
Yuxiang Chen,
Shibo Yin,
Yushun Fang,
Xilei Zhu,
Yahui Wang,
Chen Lu,
Ying Fu,
Jianan Tian,
Jifan Zhang,
Chen Zhou,
Junyang Jiang,
Yuping Sun,
Zhuohang Shi,
Xiaojing Liu,
Jiao Liu,
Yatong Zhou,
Shuai Liu,
Qiang Deng,
Jiajia Mi,
Qianhao Luo,
Weiling Li
[pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Qian_2026_CVPR, author = {Qian, Chenghao and Li, Xin and Jin, Yeying and Sun, Shangquan and Zhong, Yilian and Chen, Yuxiang and Yin, Shibo and Fang, Yushun and Zhu, Xilei and Wang, Yahui and Lu, Chen and Fu, Ying and Tian, Jianan and Zhang, Jifan and Zhou, Chen and Jiang, Junyang and Sun, Yuping and Shi, Zhuohang and Liu, Xiaojing and Liu, Jiao and Zhou, Yatong and Liu, Shuai and Deng, Qiang and Mi, Jiajia and Luo, Qianhao and Li, Weiling}, title = {LoViF 2026 The First Challenge on Weather Removal in Videos}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5047-5056} }

Controllable Image Generation with Composed Parallel Token Prediction
Jamie Stirling,
Noura Al-Moubayed,
Chris Willcocks,
Hubert Shum
[pdf] [supp]
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@InProceedings{Stirling_2026_CVPR, author = {Stirling, Jamie and Al-Moubayed, Noura and Willcocks, Chris and Shum, Hubert}, title = {Controllable Image Generation with Composed Parallel Token Prediction}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5074-5083} }

EFS^3Net: Efficient-fusion Focal Frequency Network for Temporally Coherent Video Weather Removal
Junyang Jiang,
Yuping Sun
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@InProceedings{Jiang_2026_CVPR, author = {Jiang, Junyang and Sun, Yuping}, title = {EFS{\textasciicircum}3Net: Efficient-fusion Focal Frequency Network for Temporally Coherent Video Weather Removal}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4967-4973} }

p-Diff: Physically-Inspired Low-Light Image Enhancement with Structure Preserving Diffusion Priors
Min Wang,
Xue Wang,
Guoqing Zhou,
Qing Wang
[pdf] [supp]
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@InProceedings{Wang_2026_CVPR, author = {Wang, Min and Wang, Xue and Zhou, Guoqing and Wang, Qing}, title = {p-Diff: Physically-Inspired Low-Light Image Enhancement with Structure Preserving Diffusion Priors}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5105-5115} }

Semantic-Guided Retinex Learning for Zero-Reference Enhancement of Real-World Low-Light Driving Scenes
Nuoya Li,
Weiguo Pan,
Bingxin Xu
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@InProceedings{Li_2026_CVPR, author = {Li, Nuoya and Pan, Weiguo and Xu, Bingxin}, title = {Semantic-Guided Retinex Learning for Zero-Reference Enhancement of Real-World Low-Light Driving Scenes}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4998-5007} }

Towards Unified Image Deblurring using a Mixture-of-Experts Decoder
Daniel Feijoo,
Paula Garrido-Mellado,
Jaesung Rim,
Álvaro García,
Marcos V. Conde
[pdf] [supp]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Feijoo_2026_CVPR, author = {Feijoo, Daniel and Garrido-Mellado, Paula and Rim, Jaesung and Garc{\'\i}a, \'Alvaro and Conde, Marcos V.}, title = {Towards Unified Image Deblurring using a Mixture-of-Experts Decoder}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4946-4956} }

PyrLight: Laplacian-Pyramid-Guided Conditional Diffusion for Detail-Preserving and Artifact-Free Low-Light Enhancement
Mingfu Yan,
Jiancheng Huang
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@InProceedings{Yan_2026_CVPR, author = {Yan, Mingfu and Huang, Jiancheng}, title = {PyrLight: Laplacian-Pyramid-Guided Conditional Diffusion for Detail-Preserving and Artifact-Free Low-Light Enhancement}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5126-5137} }

LoViF 2026 Challenge on Real-World All-in-One Image Restoration: Methods and Results
Xiang Chen,
Hao Li,
Jiangxin Dong,
Jinshan Pan,
Xin Li,
Xin He,
Naiwei Chen,
Shengyuan Li,
Fengning Liu,
Haoyi Lv,
Haowei Peng,
Yilian Zhong,
Yuxiang Chen,
Shibo Yin,
Yushun Fang,
Xilei Zhu,
Yahui Wang,
Chen Lu,
Kaibin Chen,
Xu Zhang,
Xuhui Cao,
Jiaqi Ma,
Ziqi Wang,
Shengkai Hu,
Yuning Cui,
Huan Zhang,
Shi Chen,
Bin Ren,
Lefei Zhang,
Guanglu Dong,
Qiyao Zhao,
Tianheng Zheng,
Chunlei Li,
Lichao Mou,
Chao Ren,
Wangzhi Xing,
Xin Lu,
Enxuan Gu,
Jingxi Zhang,
Diqi Chen,
Qiaosi Yi,
Bingcai Wei,
Mingyu Liu,
Pengyu Wang,
Ce Liu,
Miaoxin Guan,
Boyu Chen,
Hongyu Li,
Jian Zhu,
Xinrui Luo,
Ziyang He,
Jiayu Wang,
Yichen Xiang,
Huayi Qi,
Haoyu Bian,
Yiran Li,
Sunlichen Zhou
[pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Chen_2026_CVPR, author = {Chen, Xiang and Li, Hao and Dong, Jiangxin and Pan, Jinshan and Li, Xin and He, Xin and Chen, Naiwei and Li, Shengyuan and Liu, Fengning and Lv, Haoyi and Peng, Haowei and Zhong, Yilian and Chen, Yuxiang and Yin, Shibo and Fang, Yushun and Zhu, Xilei and Wang, Yahui and Lu, Chen and Chen, Kaibin and Zhang, Xu and Cao, Xuhui and Ma, Jiaqi and Wang, Ziqi and Hu, Shengkai and Cui, Yuning and Zhang, Huan and Chen, Shi and Ren, Bin and Zhang, Lefei and Dong, Guanglu and Zhao, Qiyao and Zheng, Tianheng and Li, Chunlei and Mou, Lichao and Ren, Chao and Xing, Wangzhi and Lu, Xin and Gu, Enxuan and Zhang, Jingxi and Chen, Diqi and Yi, Qiaosi and Wei, Bingcai and Liu, Mingyu and Wang, Pengyu and Liu, Ce and Guan, Miaoxin and Chen, Boyu and Li, Hongyu and Zhu, Jian and Luo, Xinrui and He, Ziyang and Wang, Jiayu and Xiang, Yichen and Qi, Huayi and Bian, Haoyu and Li, Yiran and Zhou, Sunlichen}, title = {LoViF 2026 Challenge on Real-World All-in-One Image Restoration: Methods and Results}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4927-4935} }

RewardSDS: Aligning Score Distillation via Reward-Weighted Sampling
Itay Chachy,
Guy Yariv,
Sagie Benaim
[pdf] [supp] [arXiv]
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@InProceedings{Chachy_2026_CVPR, author = {Chachy, Itay and Yariv, Guy and Benaim, Sagie}, title = {RewardSDS: Aligning Score Distillation via Reward-Weighted Sampling}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4916-4926} }

WDiff-VDI: Wavelet-Domain Video Diffusion for Temporally Consistent Deinterlacing
Sri Harsha Musunuri,
Anustup Choudhury,
Pavani Madala,
Guan-Ming Su
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@InProceedings{Musunuri_2026_CVPR, author = {Musunuri, Sri Harsha and Choudhury, Anustup and Madala, Pavani and Su, Guan-Ming}, title = {WDiff-VDI: Wavelet-Domain Video Diffusion for Temporally Consistent Deinterlacing}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5037-5046} }

Leveraging Contrast Priors for Mask-Free Shadow Removal
Jiyu Wu,
Yifan Liu,
Jiancheng Huang,
Yi Huang,
Mingfu Yan,
Shifeng Chen
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@InProceedings{Wu_2026_CVPR, author = {Wu, Jiyu and Liu, Yifan and Huang, Jiancheng and Huang, Yi and Yan, Mingfu and Chen, Shifeng}, title = {Leveraging Contrast Priors for Mask-Free Shadow Removal}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5116-5125} }

Bounded-Compute Multimodal Regression for Product-Rating Prediction
William Leach,
Ru He,
Sizhuo Ma,
Yizhen Jia,
Min Cao,
Jian Wang,
Rick Cao
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[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Leach_2026_CVPR, author = {Leach, William and He, Ru and Ma, Sizhuo and Jia, Yizhen and Cao, Min and Wang, Jian and Cao, Rick}, title = {Bounded-Compute Multimodal Regression for Product-Rating Prediction}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {4981-4988} }

Generative Anonymization in Event Streams
Adam T. Müller,
Mihai Kocsis,
Nicolaj C. Stache
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[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Muller_2026_CVPR, author = {M\"uller, Adam T. and Kocsis, Mihai and Stache, Nicolaj C.}, title = {Generative Anonymization in Event Streams}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops}, month = {June}, year = {2026}, pages = {5027-5036} }