@article{rethinkingcrossmodalfinetuningoptimizing, title = {Rethinking Cross-Modal Fine-Tuning: Optimizing the Interaction Between Feature Alignment and Target Fitting}, author = {Trong Khiem Tran and Manh Cuong Dao and Phi Le Nguyen and Thao Nguyen Truong and Trong Nghia Hoang}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2601.18231}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18231}, }