@article{talasteacheranchoredlayeralignmentwithad, title = {TALAS: Teacher-Anchored Layer Alignment with Adaptive Sharpness-Aware Minimization for Embedding Distillation}, author = {Quoc Phong Dao and Hoang Son Nguyen and Pham Khanh Chi and Linh Ngo Van and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep and Thien Huu Nguyen and Trung Le}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2606.21851}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21851}, }