Research Snapshot

Visual Evaluation & Generative Intelligence

My research lies at the intersection of Low-level Vision, AIGC, and MLLMs. I build frameworks like PosterCraft and PosterOmni for high-quality poster generation and editing, design reward models for human-aligned generation in PosterReward, and explore MLLM applications in image restoration tasks like SnowMaster and GenHaze.

Low-level Vision AIGC Reward Modeling MLLM
4
First/Co-first Author
(CVPR*3, ICLR*1)
5
Total Publications

Highlight Research

PosterReward CVPR 2026

PosterReward: Unlocking Accurate Evaluation for High-Quality Graphic Design Generation

Jianyu Lai*, Sixiang Chen*, Jialin Gao*, Hengyu Shi, Zhongying Liu, Fuxiang Zhai, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lujia Wang, Lei Zhu✉️

A comprehensive reward model for design aesthetics and typography, trained on an automated preference dataset to unlock accurate evaluation for high-quality graphic design generation.

PosterOmni CVPR 2026

PosterOmni — Generalized Artistic Poster Creation via Task Distillation and Unified Reward Feedback

Sixiang Chen*, Jianyu Lai*, Jialin Gao*, Hengyu Shi*, Zhongying Liu*, Tian Ye, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lei Zhu✉️

One model for poster creation—unifying local edits and global design for generalized multi-task image/poster-to-poster generation. ✨ Your intelligent assistant for high-quality aesthetic poster creation!

PosterCraft ICLR 2026

PosterCraft — Rethinking High-Quality Aesthetic Poster Generation in a Unified Framework

Sixiang Chen*, Jianyu Lai*, Jialin Gao*, Tian Ye, Haoyu Chen, Hengyu Shi, Shitong Shao, Yunlong Lin, Song Fei, Zhaohu Xing, Yeying Jin, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lei Zhu✉️

A new framework for high-quality aesthetic poster generation. ✨ From your prompts to high-quality aesthetic posters!

Selected Publications

Conference Feb 2026

[CVPR 2026] PosterOmni — Generalized Artistic Poster Creation via Task Distillation and Unified Reward Feedback

Sixiang Chen*, Jianyu Lai*, Jialin Gao*, Hengyu Shi*, Zhongying Liu*, Tian Ye, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lei Zhu

One model for poster creation—unifying local edits and global design for generalized multi-task image/poster-to-poster generation.

Conference Feb 2026

[CVPR 2026] PosterReward: Unlocking Accurate Evaluation for High-Quality Graphic Design Generation

Jianyu Lai*, Sixiang Chen*, Jialin Gao*, Hengyu Shi, Zhongying Liu, Fuxiang Zhai, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lujia Wang, Lei Zhu

A comprehensive reward model for design aesthetics and typography, trained on automated preference dataset.

Conference Jan 2026

[ICLR 2026] PosterCraft — Rethinking High-Quality Aesthetic Poster Generation in a Unified Framework

Sixiang Chen*, Jianyu Lai*, Jialin Gao*, Tian Ye, Haoyu Chen, Hengyu Shi, Shitong Shao, Yunlong Lin, Song Fei, Zhaohu Xing, Yeying Jin, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lei Zhu

A unified framework for high-quality aesthetic poster generation.

Conference Jun 2025

[ICCV 2025] GenHaze — Pioneering Controllable One-Step Realistic Haze Generation for Real-World Dehazing

Sixiang Chen, Tian Ye, Yunlong Lin, Yeying Jin, Yijun Yang, Haoyu Chen, Jianyu Lai, Song Fei, Zhaohu Xing, Fugee Tsung, Lei Zhu

Proposes a one-step, reference-controllable haze generator that better matches real-world haze complexity.

Conference Feb 2025

[CVPR 2025] SnowMaster — Comprehensive Real-world Image Desnowing via MLLM with Multi-Model Feedback Optimization

Jianyu Lai*, Sixiang Chen*, Yunlong Lin, Tian Ye, Yun Liu, Song Fei, Zhaohu Xing, Hongtao Wu, Weiming Wang, Lei Zhu

Uses an MLLM as an evaluator to rank/filter pseudo-labels, enabling semi-supervised training for real-world desnowing.