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ARXIV:2604.02182 · AI EXPLAINABILITY · SUBMITTED 03 APR · 20:50 UTC · FRESHNESS STALE
ARXIV:2604.02182AI EXPLAINABILITYSUBMITTED 03 APR · 20:50 UTCFRESHNESS STALEJuan Manuel Hernandez · Mariana Fernandez-Espinosa · Denis Parra · Diego Gomez-Zara · arXiv
An interactive web-based system for visualizing and understanding the end-to-end inference pipeline of Vision Transformers.
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An interactive web-based system for visualizing and understanding the end-to-end inference pipeline of Vision Transformers. However, understanding how these models operate remains challenging, particularly in vision settings, where images are processed as sequences of…
Transformer-based architectures have become the shared backbone of natural language processing and computer vision. However, understanding how these models operate remains challenging, particularly in vision settings, where images are processed as sequences of patch…
ScienceToStartup currently rates this 5.0/10 on the public viability pass. A user study with six participants suggests that ViT-Explainer is easy to learn and use, helping users interpret and understand Vision Transformer behavior.
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An interactive web-based system for visualizing and understanding the end-to-end inference pipeline of Vision Transformers.
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10.48550/arXiv.2604.02182An interactive web-based system for visualizing and understanding the end-to-end inference pipeline of Vision Transformers.
Abstract
Transformer-based architectures have become the shared backbone of natural language processing and computer vision. However, understanding how these models operate remains challenging, particularly in vision settings, where images are processed as sequences of patch tokens. Existing interpretability tools often focus on isolated components or expert-oriented analysis, leaving a gap in guided, end-to-end understanding of the full inference pipeline. To bridge this gap, we present ViT-Explainer, a web-based interactive system that provides an integrated visualization of Vision Transformer inference, from patch tokenization to final classification. The system combines animated walkthroughs, patch-level attention overlays, and a vision-adapted Logit Lens within both guided and free exploration modes. A user study with six participants suggests that ViT-Explainer is easy to learn and use, helping users interpret and understand Vision Transformer behavior.
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An interactive web-based system for visualizing and understanding the end-to-end inference pipeline of Vision Transformers. However, understanding how these models operate remains challenging, particularly in vision settings, where images are processed as sequences of patch toke...
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Transformer-based architectures have become the shared backbone of natural language processing and computer vision. However, understanding how these models operate remains challenging, particularly in vision settings, where images are processed as sequences of patch tokens.
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ScienceToStartup currently rates this 5.0/10 on the public viability pass. A user study with six participants suggests that ViT-Explainer is easy to learn and use, helping users interpret and understand Vision Transformer behavior.
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AI Explainability moved forward this cycle; last verified April 2026. Public score 5.0/10.
we present ViT-Explainer, a web-based interactive system that provides an integrated visualization of Vision Transformer inference, from patch tokenization to final classification
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Existing interpretability tools often focus on isolated components or expert-oriented analysis, leaving a gap in guided, end-to-end understanding of the full inference pipeline
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The system combines animated walkthroughs, patch-level attention overlays, and a vision-adapted Logit Lens within both guided and free exploration modes
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A user study with six participants suggests that ViT-Explainer is easy to learn and use
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helping users interpret and understand Vision Transformer behavior
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Transformer-based architectures have become the shared backbone of natural language processing and computer vision
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understanding how these models operate remains challenging, particularly in vision settings, where images are processed as sequences of patch tokens
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An interactive web-based system for visualizing and understanding the end-to-end inference pipeline of Vision Transformers.
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