Held from 3–7 June 2026 at the Colorado Convention Centre in Denver, Colorado, USA, CVPR is one of the world’s leading conferences in computer vision and artificial intelligence. The award recognises research that demonstrates strong transparency in reporting computational costs while maintaining efficient use of resources.
TokenTrace, developed through a collaboration between DECaDE researchers and Adobe Research, explores how multiple creative influences within AI-generated images can be traced and attributed. The work addresses growing challenges around transparency, attribution and accountability in generative AI systems.
Alongside the award-winning research, DECaDE played an active role in shaping discussions around trust, provenance and attribution at CVPR 2026. Professor John Collomosse co-chaired the Authenticity and Provenance in the Age of Generative AI (APAI) workshop and delivered an invited keynote at the SPAR-3D: Security, Privacy, and Adversarial Robustness in 3D Generative Vision Models workshop entitled “Durable Media Provenance for Rights and Content Licensing.”
The keynote explored the infrastructure needed to support trust, attribution and rights management in AI-generated media, highlighting the growing importance of provenance technologies in enabling transparent content supply chains and responsible content licensing.
DECaDE researchers also presented PRISM, a decentralised and privacy-preserving infrastructure that enables creators to make content discoverable for licensing while retaining control over their assets. The research was led by DECaDE postgraduate researcher Kar Balan and was presented at the APAI workshop by Professor John Collomosse. PRISM addresses a key challenge for the creative economy by supporting permission-based content discovery and fairer compensation for content reuse.
Together, DECaDE’s contributions at CVPR 2026 demonstrate impact and commitment to developing technologies that support trustworthy content supply chains, creator rights and responsible innovation in the age of generative AI.
Read more about the paper here: Adobe Research » TokenTrace at CVPR 2026: Tracing Creative Influence in Generative AI
