AAAI 2026

January 25, 2026

Singapore, Singapore

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In semi-supervised semantic segmentation (SSSS), segmentation performance is heavily constrained by the quality of pseudo labels. However, prevalent pseudo-label optimization approaches rely on the model’s internal self-correction. When the model fails to recognize or adequately represent certain classes, this self-enhancement mechanism amplifies initial mistakes, ultimately leading to poor semantic or spatial consistency. To address this limitation, we propose ViLaDiff to enhance pseudo-label quality. Specifically, ViLaDiff first employs a prompt-guided image captioning task to generate descriptive text for each input image, providing high-level semantic context. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to introduce vision-language modeling into SSSS. We design a vision-language fusion module to enhance feature semantics and discriminative capability. It integrates cross-modal interactions with dual-path knowledge to ensure semantic consistency. Additionally, while language provides high-level semantic guidance, it is inherently limited in expressing fine-grained spatial structures. Therefore, we propose an edge-aware mixed-noise diffusion process. It simulates feature-level uncertainty through Gaussian perturbations and introduces class-flipping noise into the masks to model misclassification errors. To enhance boundary refinement, we apply a higher flipping probability along mask edges, enabling edge-aware modeling during denoising. Extensive experiments on public benchmarks validate that our method significantly improves pseudo-label quality and segmentation performance.

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