Qifei Zhang


2026

Sign language translation (SLT) is essential for bridging communication between the deaf and hearing communities, but real-world deployment suffers from domain shift such as signer variability, lighting, and background changes. Supervised fine-tuning is impractical due to limited labeled data, and existing unsupervised adaptation methods require batch statistics or long adaptation. We introduce Test-Time Adaptation (TTA) for SLT, enabling rapid adaptation to domain shift without the need for labeled data. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to explore TTA in SLT. Existing TTA methods predominantly focus on image classification tasks and lack a comprehensive strategy for handling domain shift in SLT. In response, we introduce SAME, a plug-and-play, signer-aware Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) TTA architecture for SLT. SAME inserts lightweight MoE modules after multiple encoder layers. Gates are conditioned on signer features and stabilized with unsupervised regularizers, effectively decoupling domain shift across encoder depths while enabling personalized adaptation. Experiments show that SAME outperforms existing TTA methods and can enhance the capabilities of multiple SLT models.
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable reasoning capabilities but often grapple with reliability challenges like hallucinations. While Knowledge Graphs (KGs) offer explicit grounding, existing paradigms of KG-augmented LLMs typically exhibit cognitive rigidity—applying homogeneous search strategies that render them vulnerable to instability under neighborhood noise and structural misalignment leading to reasoning stagnation. To address these challenges, we propose CoG, a training-free framework inspired by Dual-Process Theory that mimics the interplay between intuition and deliberation. First, functioning as the fast, intuitive process, the Relational Blueprint Guidance module leverages relational blueprints as interpretable soft structural constraints to rapidly stabilize the search direction against noise. Second, functioning as the prudent, analytical process, the Failure-Aware Refinement module intervenes upon encountering reasoning impasses. It triggers evidence-conditioned reflection and executes controlled backtracking to overcome reasoning stagnation. Experimental results on three benchmarks demonstrate that CoG significantly outperforms state-of-the-art approaches in both accuracy and efficiency.