Zhao Zhang 's Publications

Preprint Papers

  • CreatiPoster: Towards Editable and Controllable
    Multi-Layer Graphic Design Generation

    Zhao Zhang, Yutao Cheng, Dexiang Hong, Maoke Yang,
    Gonglei Shi, Lei Ma, Hui Zhang, Jie Shao, Xinglong Wu

    arXiv 2025   [Repo] [Paper]

Visual overview of CreatiPoster: Towards Editable and Controllable Multi-Layer Graphic Design Generation
  • Shikra: Unleashing Multimodal LLM’s Referential Dialogue Magic
    Keqin Chen, Zhao Zhang*, Weili Zeng, Richong Zhang, Feng Zhu, Rui Zhao
    arXiv 2023   [PDF] [Code] [bib]

Visual overview of Shikra: Unleashing Multimodal LLM’s Referential Dialogue Magic

  • Image Harmonization by Matching Regional References
    Ziyue Zhu, Zhao Zhang, Zheng Lin, Ruiqi Wu, Zhi Chai, Chun-Le Guo
    arXiv 2022   [PDF] [Code] [中译版] [bib]

Visual overview of Image Harmonization by Matching Regional References

Journal Papers

2026

  • User-Oriented Interactive Style Transfer
    Zheng Lin, Zhao Zhang, Kang-Rui Zhang, Bo Ren, Ming-Ming Cheng
    CVMJ 2026   [PDF] [Code] [中译版] [DOI] [bib]

Visual overview of User-Oriented Interactive Style Transfer

2025

  • RelationLMM: Large Multimodal Model as Open and Versatile Visual Relationship Generalist
    Chi Xie, Shuang Liang, Jie Li, Zhao Zhang, Feng Zhu, Rui Zhao, Yichen Wei
    TPAMI 2025   [Paper] [bib]

Visual overview of RelationLMM: Large Multimodal Model as Open and Versatile Visual Relationship Generalist

2023

  • Co-Salient Object Detection with Co-Representation Purification
    Ziyue Zhu*, Zhao Zhang*, Zheng Lin, Xing Sun, Ming-Ming Cheng
    TPAMI 2023   [PDF] [Code] [中译版] [bib]

Visual overview of Co-Salient Object Detection with Co-Representation Purification

2022

  • Sequential Interactive Image Segmentation
    Zheng Lin, Zhao Zhang, Zi-Yue Zhu, Deng-Ping Fan, Xia-Lei Liu
    CVMJ 2022   [PDF] [Code] [中译版]

Visual overview of Sequential Interactive Image Segmentation

2021

  • Bilateral Attention Network for RGB-D Salient Object Detection
    Zhao Zhang, Zheng Lin, Jun Xu, Wenda Jin, Shao-Ping Lu, and Deng-Ping Fan
    TIP 2021   [PDF] [Code] [bib]

Visual overview of Bilateral Attention Network for RGB-D Salient Object Detection

2020

  • Rethinking RGB-D Salient Object Detection: Models, Datasets, and Large-Scale Benchmarks
    Deng-Ping Fan, Zheng Lin, Zhao Zhang, Menglong Zhu, Ming-Ming Cheng
    TNNLS 2020   [PDF] [Code] [Project] [bib]

Visual overview of Rethinking RGB-D Salient Object Detection: Models, Datasets, and Large-Scale Benchmarks

Conference Papers

2026

  • Detect Anything in Graphic Design:
    Element-Level Rewards for Autoregressive Detection

    Jiangning Zhu, Bowen Li, Shenyu Qiao, Yima Gu, Zhao Zhang, Yuhui Yuan, Shixia Liu
    NeurIPS 2026   [Paper] [PDF] [Code] [bib]

DAD concept illustration: element detection boxes around typography, fruit, and a leaf in a graphic design
  • PixelART: Image-to-Layer Decomposition
    without Latents or Text-to-Image Pretraining

    Zelin Jia, Zhao Zhang, Zhicong Tang, Yuhui Yuan, Shixia Liu
    NeurIPS 2026   [Paper] [PDF] [bib]

PixelART concept illustration: a floral poster decomposed into background, flowers, and transparent typography layers
  • Magic Layers logo Masked Region Transformer for Layered Image Generation and Editing at Scale
    Zhicong Tang, Jingye Chen, Zhao Zhang, Mohan Zhou, Yuchi Liu, Yifan Pu, Yalong Bai, Ethan Smith, Yuhui Yuan
    CVPR 2026   [Paper] [Try Magic Layers]

Visual overview of Masked Region Transformer for Layered Image Generation and Editing at Scale
  • CreatiDesign: A Unified Multi-Conditional Diffusion Transformer
    for Creative Graphic Design

    Hui Zhang, Dexiang Hong, Maoke Yang, Yutao Cheng, Zhao Zhang, Weidong Chen,
    Jie Shao, Xinglong Wu, Zuxuan Wu, and Yu-Gang Jiang

    ICLR 2026   [Repo] [Project page] [Paper] [bib]

Visual overview of CreatiDesign: A Unified Multi-Conditional Diffusion Transformer for Creative Graphic Design
  • Layton: Latent Consistency Tokenizer for 1024-pixel Image Reconstruction and Generation by 256 Tokens
    Qingsong Xie, Zhao Zhang, Zhe Huang, Yanhao Zhang, Haonan Lu, Zhenyu Yang
    CVPR 2026   [PDF] [Project] [bib]

Visual overview of Layton: Latent Consistency Tokenizer for 1024-pixel Image Reconstruction and Generation by 256 Tokens

2025

  • Decomposition of Graphic Design with Unified Multimodal Model
    Hui Nie, Zhao Zhang, Yutao Cheng, Maoke Yang, Gonglei Shi, Qingsong Xie, Jie Shao, Xinglong Wu
    ICML 2025   [Repo Coming Soon]

Visual overview of Decomposition of Graphic Design with Unified Multimodal Model
  • Graphic Design with Large Multimodal Model
    Yutao Cheng*, Zhao Zhang*, Maoke Yang*, Hui Nie, Chunyuan Li, Xinglong Wu, Jie Shao
    AAAI 2025   [PDF] [Project] [bib]

Visual overview of Graphic Design with Large Multimodal Model

2024

  • Link-Context Learning for Multimodal LLMs
    Yan Tai, Weichen Fan, Zhao Zhang, Ziwei Liu
    CVPR 2024   [PDF] [Code] [bib]

Visual overview of Link-Context Learning for Multimodal LLMs

2023

  • Described Object Detection: Liberating Object Detection with Flexible Expressions
    Chi Xie*, Zhao Zhang*, Yixuan Wu, Feng Zhu, Rui Zhao, Shuang Liang
    NeurIPS 2023   [PDF] [Code] [bib]

Visual overview of Described Object Detection: Liberating Object Detection with Flexible Expressions
  • Advancing Referring Expression Segmentation Beyond Single Image
    Yixuan Wu*, Zhao Zhang*, Chi Xie, Feng Zhu, Rui Zhao
    ICCV 2023   [PDF] [Code] [bib]

Visual overview of Advancing Referring Expression Segmentation Beyond Single Image

2022

  • PAC-Net: Highlight Your Video via History Preference Modeling
    Hang Wang, Penghao Zhou, Chong Zhou, Zhao Zhang, Xing Sun
    ECCV 2022   [PDF] [bib]

Visual overview of PAC-Net: Highlight Your Video via History Preference Modeling
  • Multi-Mode Interactive Image Segmentation
    Zheng Lin, Zhao Zhang*, Ling-Hao Han, Shao-Ping Lu
    ACM MM 2022   [PDF] [Code] [中译版]

Visual overview of Multi-Mode Interactive Image Segmentation
  • KnifeCut: Refining Thin Part Segmentation with Cutting Lines
    Zheng Lin, Zheng-Peng Duan, Zhao Zhang, Chunle Guo, Ming-Ming Cheng
    ACM MM 2022 (Oral)   [PDF] [Code] [中译版]

Visual overview of KnifeCut: Refining Thin Part Segmentation with Cutting Lines
  • FocusCut: Diving into a Focus View in Interactive Segmentation
    Zheng Lin, Zheng-Peng Duan, Zhao Zhang, Chun-Le Guo, Ming-Ming Cheng
    CVPR 2022 (Oral)   [PDF] [Code] [中译版] [bib]

Visual overview of FocusCut: Diving into a Focus View in Interactive Segmentation

2020

Visual overview of Gradient-Induced Co-Saliency Detection
  • Interactive Image Segmentation with First Click Attention
    Zheng Lin, Zhao Zhang, Lin-Zhuo Chen, Ming-Ming Cheng, Shao-Ping Lu
    CVPR 2020   [PDF] [Code] [Project] [bib]

Visual overview of Interactive Image Segmentation with First Click Attention

2018

  • Low Resolution Face Recognition and Reconstruction via Deep Canonical Correlation Analysis
    Zhao Zhang, Yun-Hao Yuan, Xiao-bo Shen, Yun Li
    ICASSP 2018   [PDF] [bib]

Visual overview of Low Resolution Face Recognition and Reconstruction via Deep Canonical Correlation Analysis

2017

  • Face Hallucination and Recognition Using Kernel Canonical Correlation Analysis
    Zhao Zhang, Yun-Hao Yuan, Yun Li, Bin Li, Ji-Peng Qiang
    ICONIP 2017 (Oral)   [PDF] [Slides] [bib]

Visual overview of Face Hallucination and Recognition Using Kernel Canonical Correlation Analysis
  • Supervised Deep Canonical Correlation Analysis for Multiview Feature Learning
    Yan Liu, Yun Li, Yun-Hao Yuan, Ji-Peng Qiang, Min Ruan, Zhao Zhang
    ICONIP 2017   [PDF] [bib]