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Comparison of top-k and other selection strategies

31 July 2026 2 min read

Finding the top-K methods, without wasting comparisons

If all you need are the winners, ranking the rest is wasted budget. Top-K spends every comparison separating the leaders and found the true top three in ten runs out of ten.

JV Jeremy Vonderfecht Research scientist

19 January 2026 5 min read

Evaluating interactive avatars

Interactive avatars are virtual personas that interact with users in real time through voice, gestures, and visual animations. As interactive avatars become more widely deployed in high-stakes domains such as education, customer support, and healthca

LT ZQ IG 3 authors

13 December 2025 5 min read

Measuring the progress of learned image compression

We compared the results of the recent Challenge on Learned Image Compression with last year's results, and found no significant improvement in perceptual quality. Does this mean that progress has stalled? Let's take a closer look.

LT TA 2 authors

21 November 2025 5 min read

Simplifying perceptual quality evaluation

Today, we are excited to launch Mabyduck, a self-serve platform that makes it incredibly easy to perform subjective quality evaluation experiments.

LT Lucas Theis