Contrastive loss (InfoNCE)

area: Machine learning · 3 papers in the last 7 days

\mathcal{L} = -\log \frac{\exp(\mathrm{sim}(z_i, z_j)/\tau)}{\sum_{k \ne i} \exp(\mathrm{sim}(z_i, z_k)/\tau)}

Pulls representations of matching pairs together and pushes others apart.

LaTeX: \mathcal{L} = -\log \frac{\exp(\mathrm{sim}(z_i, z_j)/\tau)}{\sum_{k \ne i} \exp(\mathrm{sim}(z_i, z_k)/\tau)}

Names searched for: InfoNCE, contrastive loss, contrastive learning, NT-Xent

Key findings

Contrastive loss (InfoNCE) was mentioned in 80 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #10 of the 104 equations and models mentioned.
By journal category: AI (77), Accounting (1), Management (1) and Operations Research (1).
Most of them appeared in Expert Systems with Applications (16), Pattern Recognition (15) and Knowledge-Based Systems (8).
Often mentioned together with Scaled dot-product attention (Transformer) (23), Graph neural network (graph convolution) (17) and Convolutional neural network (CNN) (14).
Datasets named in the same papers: OR-Library (8), ImageNet (7) and Fine-grained benchmarks (CUB-200, Stanford Cars, Oxford Flowers) (4).

Papers mentioning Contrastive loss (InfoNCE), newest first. Newest 50 of 80 papers; all of them are in /data/papers.json.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-21	VOGUE: Sequence-adaptive online graph tracking with virtual long-term memory	Pattern Recognition	Yuhao Wei, Shoudong Han, Wenbo Zheng et al.	Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2026-10-20	Weighted UnLearning from Experience for Improved Spurious Correlation Robustness	Machine Learning	Jeff Mitchell, Jesus; id_orcid 0000-0002-9574-4138 Martinez-del-Rincon, Niall McLaughlin	Queen's University Belfast
2026-10-20	Central description length (CDL) clustering validation index	Artificial Intelligence	Mahdi Shamsi, Soosan Beheshti	McGill University
2026-10-19	MASIG: Multi-view augmentation for graph representation learning on structurally imbalanced graphs	Expert Systems with Applications	Bingqian Xue, Mingxia Zhao, S. H. Zhang et al.	China Agricultural University; Shanxi Science and Technology Department; Taiyuan University of Science and Technology
2026-10-19	DReX: An explainable deep learning-based multimodal recommendation framework	Knowledge-Based Systems	Adamya Shyam, Venkateswara Rao Kagita, Bharti Rana et al.	University of Delhi; National Institute of Technology Warangal
2026-10-18	Learning long-tailed representations via diversity-enhanced contrastive learning	Neural Networks	Yibo Xu, Wenyi Zhao, Bin Zheng et al.	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Henan Institute of Science and Technology
2026-10-18	LLM-Powered Query Expansion for Enhancing Boundary Prediction in Language-Driven Action Localization	International Journal of Computer Vision	Zirui Shang, Xinxiao Wu, Shuo Yang	Beijing Institute of Technology; Shenzhen MSU-BIT University
2026-10-17	T-UIL: an incremental few-shot fault diagnosis framework based on uncertainty-guided trustworthy sample screening	Applied Intelligence	Qianlong Yu, Liubing Hu, Chengri Lang et al.	Zhejiang Normal University
2026-10-17	CorrCLIPv2: Harnessing Unlabeled Images for Open-Vocabulary Semantic Segmentation	International Journal of Computer Vision	D H Zhang, Fagui Liu, Quan Tang et al.	South China University of Technology; Peng Cheng Laboratory
2026-10-17	Language modeling on tabular data: a survey of foundations, techniques and evolution	Artificial Intelligence Review	Yucheng Ruan, Xiang Lan, Jingying Ma et al.	National University of Singapore; Institute of Data Science
2026-10-16	Generative semantic-enhanced vision-language pre-training for sign language translation	Information Processing & Management	Lixin Wang, Yuchun Fang
2026-10-16	Global-local information fusion via contrastive learning and optimal transport for weakly paired H&E-to-IHC stain transfer	Information Fusion	Weiwei Zhou, Dongdong Zhou, Qibin Zhang et al.	Dalian University of Technology; Jiangsu Province Hospital; First Hospital of China Medical University; …
2026-10-16	Synthesizing event semantics for temporal knowledge graph reasoning	Information Processing & Management	T. Li, Yilin Duan, Xun Liang et al.	China University of Geosciences
2026-10-15	METRO: A general and multi-view trajectory representation framework for dynamic urban environments	Knowledge-Based Systems	Yuanzhang Zhao, Leixiao Li, Hao Lin et al.	Nankai University; Inner Mongolia University of Technology
2026-10-14	AdaTL-VA: Toward discriminative semantic boundaries for weakly supervised video anomaly detection	Expert Systems with Applications	Wenhao Shao, Jiayi Huang, Xuechen Zhao et al.	Guangxi University; Shandong Women’s University; National University of Defense Technology
2026-10-14	MT-MNER: A multimodal named entity recognition model based on multi-view contrastive learning and two-stage feature fusion	Information Fusion	Mingxing Han, Li Jiaxuan, Liwei Xu	Nanjing University; Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
2026-10-14	Echo-DM: Ultrasound marker removal via conditional latent diffusion and region-aware fusion	Neural Networks	Zhiwei Wang, Tao Huang, Wentao Jiang et al.	Wuhan University; Central Hospital of Wuhan; Hubei University of Technology
2026-10-13	A3AD: Enhancing CLIP with Triple-Aware Learning for Zero-Shot Anomaly Detection	Pattern Recognition	Aimin Feng, Junjie Zheng, Keyang Yu et al.	Nanjing University of Science and Technology; Nanjing University of the Arts; Nanjing University; …
2026-10-13	Multi-scale adaptive frequency enhanced network with cross-domain disentangled contrastive learning for robust recommendation	Expert Systems with Applications	Ruoyan Liu, Fuzhen Sun, Yongjie Zheng et al.	Shandong University of Technology
2026-10-13	CAMF-Det: Closure-aware multimodal fusion for LiDAR-camera 3D object detection on UAV platforms	Information Fusion	Yanze Jiang, Yanfeng Gu, Xian Li	Harbin Institute of Technology
2026-10-10	CSG4Rec: Collaborative-similarity guided semantic IDs tokenization for generative sequential recommendation	Information Fusion	Wei Liu, Bo Yang, Qianyang Zhu et al.	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2026-10-10	Interpretable cine MR image–tabular integration for major adverse cardiovascular event prediction and survival analysis in acute myocardial infarction	Expert Systems with Applications	Feifei Zhang, Kairui Bo, Siyuan Pan et al.	Anhui University; Beijing Anzhen Hospital; University of Science and Technology of China
2026-10-10	TACoS: Weakly supervised learning of two-dimensional materials from scribble annotations to precise segmentation	Pattern Recognition	Jiabei Chen, Liping Zhang, Jiangbin Wu et al.	Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Semiconductors; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2026-10-09	A multimodal diagnosis model combining multi-granularity contrastive learning and quality-aware adaptive fusion	Pattern Recognition	Ruiquan Ge, Zhipeng Wang, Deqiang Xiao et al.	Hangzhou Dianzi University; Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data; Beijing Institute of Technology; …
2026-10-09	Contrastive semi-supervised clustering based on pairwise constraint for identifying influential nodes in complex networks	Expert Systems with Applications	Bing Sun, Yanmei Hu, Jie Wei et al.	Chengdu University of Technology
2026-10-09	Meta-contrastive learning with lightweight support-based query interaction for few-shot fine-grained visual classification	Knowledge-Based Systems	Yuxiang Wang, Yazhou Wang, Peijia Yu et al.	Guizhou University
2026-10-09	CaCoL: Causality-Aware Multi-Centroid Contrastive Learning for multivariate time series anomaly detection	Knowledge-Based Systems	Xiaofei Mu, Ye Tao, Hao Lu et al.	China University of Petroleum, East China; Qingdao University of Science and Technology; Shandong Normal University
2026-10-09	CBRR: A correlation-based redundancy reduction framework with multi-omics multi-level fusion for cancer subtype prediction	Expert Systems with Applications	Junran Zhao, Tao Ouyang, Qinghang Cui et al.	Yunnan University; Kunming Medical University
2026-10-09	Test-time optimization for domain adaptive open vocabulary segmentation	Neural Networks	Ulindu De Silva, Didula Samaraweera, Sasini Wanigathunga et al.	University of Moratuwa; Stony Brook University; Khalifa University of Science and Technology
2026-10-08	ALDGnet: Active learning-based label-efficient network for domain generalization in hyperspectral image classification	Pattern Recognition	Xiangyu Ji, Jingpeng Gao	Harbin Engineering University
2026-10-08	JTCSE: Joint tensor-modulus constraints and cross-attention for unsupervised contrastive learning of sentence embeddings	Neural Networks	Tianyu Zong, Bingkang Shi, Hongzhu Yi et al.	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2026-10-07	ASAF-MedRec: Auxiliary-supervised semantic alignment and fusion for medication recommendation	Information Processing & Management	Xuelei Yin, QIN Li, Yao Li et al.	Sichuan University
2026-10-07	Decoupled semantic alignment and emotion-aware gated fusion for group emotion recognition	Expert Systems with Applications	Hongxi Yi, Yufei Xie, Dong Zhang et al.	Sun Yat-sen University; Wuhan University; Chinese University of Hong Kong; …
2026-10-07	Defect SAM Adapter: Dual-path dynamic adapting Segment Anything Model for surface defect segmentation	Knowledge-Based Systems	Xudong Yang, Xinnan Fan, Peiyu Zhao et al.	Hohai University
2026-10-07	SEPAL-Fuse: Semantic-preserving alignment for infrared–visible image fusion	Neural Networks	Xianshuai Li, Shuqing Liang, Jian Zhang et al.	Central South University
2026-10-06	CRAFMark: Contrastive-driven robust adaptive frequency-aware video watermarking against H.265/HEVC compression	Expert Systems with Applications	Shunzhe Zhu, Ke Niu, Jun Li et al.	Chinese People's Armed Police Force Engineering University
2026-10-06	GBmooer: Granular-ball text label smoothing with hypersphere contrastive learning	Expert Systems with Applications	Jintao Zhai, Zeli Wang, Shuyin Xia et al.	Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; Southwest University
2026-10-05	Management control in startups: a structured literature review	Journal of Management Control	Anderson Betti Frare, Deoclécio Júnior Cardoso da Silva, Ana Paula Capuano da Cruz et al.	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; …
2026-10-03	Evolution of sentiment analysis toward aspect-based sentiment analysis: a scientometric analysis of research trends, knowledge structures, and emerging technologies (2015–2025)	Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery	Neha Goyal, Rajiv Bansal	Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana
2026-10-03	Dual-view contrastive learning for heterogeneous graph representation	Pattern Recognition	Rongyao Hu, Bingyun Yang, Jiangzhang Gan et al.	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; Hainan University; Beijing Information Science & Technology University; …
2026-10-03	IGPC: Multi-domain multimodal fake news detection via Info-Gini Weight Adaptation and Prototypical Multi-level Contrastive Learning	Information Processing & Management	Miao Jiang, Adrian Girón Jiménez, Javier Huertas‐Tato et al.	National University of Defense Technology; United Arab Emirates University
2026-10-01	Multi-View Contrastive Graph Convolutional Networks with Adaptive Fusion for semi-supervised classification	Pattern Recognition	Huaichun Xiao, Fadi Dornaika, Jingjun Bi et al.	University of the Basque Country; Ikerbasque; North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power; …
2026-10-01	A generic framework for Graph Neural Networks against adversarial attacks	Pattern Recognition	Qian Tao, Da Xiang, Yanchao Zhang et al.	South China University of Technology
2026-10-01	A Lagrangian-Inspired Force-Based Loss for Deep Metric Learning	Neural Networks	Byung Do Cheon, Jeongmin Yu, Jung-Eun Kim et al.	Yonsei University
2026-10-01	stPMVG: A graph contrastive learning framework with adaptive graph augmentation and false negative debiasing for spatial domain identification	Expert Systems with Applications	Haohao Zheng, Qintong Lyu, Xiaoshu Zhu et al.	Guilin University of Electronic Technology; City University of Hong Kong
2026-10-01	Pre-trained Initialization and Memory-Enhanced Correction for Source-Free Universal Domain Adaptation	Expert Systems with Applications	Jianhui Yuan, Shuai Lü, Xinyu Zhang et al.	Jilin University; Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University
2026-10-01	Joint contrastive and triplet alignment with memory-enhanced hard negative mining for text-audio bimodal sentiment analysis	Expert Systems with Applications	Siyuan Ni, Xianyong Li, Junyu Nie et al.	Xihua University
2026-10-01	RLAX: A Reinforcement Learning-Based Framework for Explaining Anomalous Data	Machine Learning	Simone Amirato, Fabrizio Angiulli, Fabio Fassetti	University of Calabria
2026-10-01	MCC-ED: a multi-module collaborative framework for event detection via contextual interaction, closed-loop graph fusion, and event contrastive learning	Applied Intelligence	Xinyu He, Yijin Zhu	Liaoning Normal University
2026-10-01	KARAMEL: Knowledge-Aware Ranking for Multimodal Entity Linking in the Arts via Heterogeneous Graphs	Machine Learning	Raffaele Scaringi, Alejandro Sierra Múnera, Gennaro Vessio et al.	University of Bari Aldo Moro; Hasso Plattner Institute; University of Potsdam; …