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Haohua Wu

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Decoding the Delta: Unifying Remote Sensing Change Detection and Understanding with Multimodal Large Language Models

While Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) excel in general vision-language tasks, their application to remote sensing change understanding is hindered by a fundamental "temporal blindness". Existing architectures lack intrinsic mechanisms for multi-temporal contrastive reasoning and struggle with precise spatial grounding. To address this, we first introduce Delta-QA, a comprehensive benchmark comprising 180k visual question-answering samples. Delta-QA unifies pixel-level segmentation and visual question answering across bi- and tri-temporal scenarios, structuring change interpretation into four progressive cognitive dimensions. Methodologically, we propose Delta-LLaVA, a novel MLLM framework explicitly tailored for multi-temporal remote sensing interpretation. It overcomes the limitations of naive feature concatenation through three core innovations: a Change-Enhanced Attention module that systematically isolates and amplifies visual differences, a Change-SEG module utilizing Change Prior Embedding to extract differentiable difference features as input for the LLM, and Local Causal Attention to prevent cross-temporal contextual leakage. Extensive experiments demonstrate that Delta-LLaVA decisively outperforms leading generalist MLLMs and specialized segmentation models in complex change deduction and high-precision boundary localization, establishing a unified framework for earth observation intelligence.

cs.CV

Clue Matters: Leveraging Latent Visual Clues to Empower Video Reasoning

Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have significantly advanced video reasoning, yet Video Question Answering (VideoQA) remains challenging due to its demand for temporal causal reasoning and evidence-grounded answer generation. Prevailing end-to-end MLLM frameworks lack explicit structured reasoning between visual perception and answer derivation, causing severe hallucinations and poor interpretability. Existing methods also fail to address three core gaps: faithful visual clue extraction, utility-aware clue filtering, and end-to-end clue-answer alignment. Inspired by hierarchical human visual cognition, we propose ClueNet, a clue-aware video reasoning framework with a two-stage supervised fine-tuning paradigm without extensive base model modifications. Decoupled supervision aligns clue extraction and chain-based reasoning, while inference supervision with an adaptive clue filter refines high-order reasoning, alongside lightweight modules for efficient inference. Experiments on NExT-QA, STAR, and MVBench show that ClueNet outperforms state-of-the-art methods by $\ge$ 1.1%, with superior generalization, hallucination mitigation, inference efficiency, and cross-backbone compatibility. This work bridges the perception-to-generation gap in MLLM video understanding, providing an interpretable, faithful reasoning paradigm for high-stakes VideoQA applications.

cs.CV

FusionTrack: End-to-End Multi-Object Tracking in Arbitrary Multi-View Environment

Multi-view multi-object tracking (MVMOT) has found widespread applications in intelligent transportation, surveillance systems, and urban management. However, existing studies rarely address genuinely free-viewpoint MVMOT systems, which could significantly enhance the flexibility and scalability of cooperative tracking systems. To bridge this gap, we first construct the Multi-Drone Multi-Object Tracking (MDMOT) dataset, captured by mobile drone swarms across diverse real-world scenarios, initially establishing the first benchmark for multi-object tracking in arbitrary multi-view environment. Building upon this foundation, we propose \textbf{FusionTrack}, an end-to-end framework that reasonably integrates tracking and re-identification to leverage multi-view information for robust trajectory association. Extensive experiments on our MDMOT and other benchmark datasets demonstrate that FusionTrack achieves state-of-the-art performance in both single-view and multi-view tracking.

cs.CV

SAFE: Self-Adjustment Federated Learning Framework for Remote Sensing Collaborative Perception

The rapid increase in remote sensing satellites has led to the emergence of distributed space-based observation systems. However, existing distributed remote sensing models often rely on centralized training, resulting in data leakage, communication overhead, and reduced accuracy due to data distribution discrepancies across platforms. To address these challenges, we propose the \textit{Self-Adjustment FEderated Learning} (SAFE) framework, which innovatively leverages federated learning to enhance collaborative sensing in remote sensing scenarios. SAFE introduces four key strategies: (1) \textit{Class Rectification Optimization}, which autonomously addresses class imbalance under unknown local and global distributions. (2) \textit{Feature Alignment Update}, which mitigates Non-IID data issues via locally controlled EMA updates. (3) \textit{Dual-Factor Modulation Rheostat}, which dynamically balances optimization effects during training. (4) \textit{Adaptive Context Enhancement}, which is designed to improve model performance by dynamically refining foreground regions, ensuring computational efficiency with accuracy improvement across distributed satellites. Experiments on real-world image classification and object segmentation datasets validate the effectiveness and reliability of the SAFE framework in complex remote sensing scenarios.

cs.LG

How to Gain Commit Rights in Modern Top Open Source Communities?

The success of open source software (OSS) projects relies on voluntary contributions from various community roles.Being a committer signifies gaining trust and higher privileges. Substantial studies have focused on the requirements of becoming a committer, but most of them are based on interviews or several hypotheses, lacking a comprehensive understanding of committers' qualifications.We explore both the policies and practical implementations of committer qualifications in modern top OSS communities. Through a thematic analysis of these policies, we construct a taxonomy of committer qualifications, consisting of 26 codes categorized into nine themes, including Personnel-related to Project, Communication, and Long-term Participation. We also highlight the variations in committer qualifications emphasized in different OSS community governance models. For example, projects following the core maintainer model value project comprehension, while projects following the company-backed model place significant emphasis on user issue resolution. Then, we propose eight sets of metrics and perform survival analysis on two representative OSS projects to understand how these qualifications are implemented in practice. We find that the probability of gaining commit rights decreases as participation time passes.The selection criteria in practice are generally consistent with the community policies. Developers who submit high-quality code, actively engage in code review, and make extensive contributions to related projects are more likely to be granted commit rights. However, there are some qualifications that do not align precisely, and some are not adequately evaluated. This study contributes to the understanding of trust establishment in modern top OSS communities, assists communities in better allocating commit rights, and supports developers in achieving self-actualization through OSS participation.

cs.SE

Is It Enough to Recommend Tasks to Newcomers? Understanding Mentoring on Good First Issues

Newcomers are critical for the success and continuity of open source software (OSS) projects. To attract newcomers and facilitate their onboarding, many OSS projects recommend tasks for newcomers, such as good first issues (GFIs). Previous studies have preliminarily investigated the effects of GFIs and techniques to identify suitable GFIs. However, it is still unclear whether just recommending tasks is enough and how significant mentoring is for newcomers. To better understand mentoring in OSS communities, we analyze the resolution process of 48,402 GFIs from 964 repositories through a mix-method approach. We investigate the extent, the mentorship structures, the discussed topics, and the relevance of expert involvement. We find that $\sim$70\% of GFIs have expert participation, with each GFI usually having one expert who makes two comments. Half of GFIs will receive their first expert comment within 8.5 hours after a newcomer comment. Through analysis of the collaboration networks of newcomers and experts, we observe that community mentorship presents four types of structure: centralized mentoring, decentralized mentoring, collaborative mentoring, and distributed mentoring. As for discussed topics, we identify 14 newcomer challenges and 18 expert mentoring content. By fitting the generalized linear models, we find that expert involvement positively correlates with newcomers' successful contributions but negatively correlates with newcomers' retention. Our study manifests the status and significance of mentoring in the OSS projects, which provides rich practical implications for optimizing the mentoring process and helping newcomers contribute smoothly and successfully.

cs.SE