Mukande, Tendai
ORCID: 0000-0002-0654-7141 and O'Connor, Noel E.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4033-9135
(2026)
Towards Self-Evolving Knowledge Systems: Enhancing Multimodal Agentic RAG with Hyperbolic Flows.
In: 16th ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval, 16-19 June 2026, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
ISBN 979-8-4007-2617-0/2026/06
(In Press)
Abstract
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become a foundational paradigm for integrating AI agents with external knowledge. However, current RAG models remain largely constrained by static retrieval pipelines and limited capacity for adaptive reasoning over hierarchical knowledge structures. As AI agents increasingly operate in dynamic, information-rich environments, there is a growing need for models that can reason across modalities while continuously evolving their knowledge representations. We introduce HFlow, a self-evolving multimodal agentic RAG framework grounded in hypergraph representations and hyperbolic flow-based reasoning. In our formulation, heterogeneous modalities, including text, images, audio, and structured data, are modelled as nodes within a multimodal hypergraph, while hyperedges capture higher-order semantic and cross-modal relationships. By embedding this structure in hyperbolic space, the framework preserves hierarchical and compositional knowledge. This work proposes a shift from static retrieval to continuous knowledge navigation, where reasoning emerges through geometry-aware traversal of multimodal knowledge manifolds. The proposed framework unifies retrieval, reasoning, and adaptation within a single agentic architecture, offering a new direction for scalable, context-aware AI models. We discuss early empirical evidence demonstrating improved robustness and reasoning flexibility compared to conventional Euclidean and pipeline-based multimodal RAG approaches and outline future opportunities for self-improving knowledge agents.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Event Type: | Conference |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Retrieval Augmented Generation; Hyperbolic Flows; Self-Evolving Models, Multimodal Recommender Systems |
| Subjects: | Computer Science > Artificial intelligence Computer Science > Machine learning |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Published in: | International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR '26), June 16--19, 2026, Amsterdam, Netherlands. . ACM. ISBN 979-8-4007-2617-0/2026/06 |
| Publisher: | ACM |
| Funders: | Research Ireland under Grant Number SFI/12/RC/2289 P2 (Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics) |
| ID Code: | 32642 |
| Deposited On: | 18 May 2026 09:23 by Tendai Mukande . Last Modified 18 May 2026 09:23 |
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