ResearchBenchmarksImage-Text Alignment Evaluation on Flickr8k CrowdFlower 36Follow39.4Kendall's Tau_bSoft-MSD35.86436.78237.738.618May 7, 2026Evaluation ResultsMethodMethodLinksKendall's Tau_bKendall's Tau_cSoft-MSD2026.0539.419.7EXPERT2026.0539.3—HICE-S2026.0537.219.2InfoMeTIC+2026.0536.6—BRIDGEBackbone=ViT-L/14Backbone=ViT-L/142026.0536.319InfoMeTIC2026.0536.3—BRIDGEBackbone=ViT-B/32Backbone=ViT-B/322026.0536.118.7PAC-S2026.053618.6