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This research introduces a novel framework for automatically reconstructing cognitively efficient knowledge hierarchies from lecture slides using agentic AI methods. By establishing S2M-Bench with over 12,000 slide pages and expert annotations across 24 courses, the study provides a robust evaluation standard that balances local fidelity with global coherence in educational contexts. The proposed AutoMindMap system demonstrates superior performance by decoupling refinement stages to handle heterogeneous data, marking significant progress in intelligent education tools grounded in cognitive science.
Slides2MindMap: Reconstructing Cognitively Efficient Knowledge Hierarchies from Lecture Slides
arXiv:2608.00610v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generating mind maps from lecture slides can help learners efficiently assimilate fragmented knowledge, promising substantial benefits for intelligent education. However, dedicated automatic generation and evaluation frameworks remain underexplored and challenging, requiring a global-local knowledge focus balance and handling large-scale, heterogeneous slides. We formulate the Slides2MindMap task, which aims to reconstruct cognitively efficient knowledge hierarchies from a course's slide deck collection. For systematic evaluation, we introduce S2M-Bench, a benchmark comprising 12,774 slide pages with expert-annotated mind maps spanning 24 university courses. S2M-Bench includes a cognitive-science-grounded evaluation framework that integrates ground-truth-based comparison, structure conformity analysis, and VLM-as-a-Judge. To address this task, we propose AutoMindMap, an agentic framework inspired by the Structure Building Framework. AutoMindMap comprises Skeleton Laying for global scaffold anchoring, Iterative Knowledge Integration augmented by context-aware summarization, and Dual-Stage Refinement with a local-global decoupling mechanism. The framework reconciles local knowledge faithfulness with global coherence, and adapts to slide-specific features. Experiments on S2M-Bench demonstrate that AutoMindMap outperforms baselines and achieves superior robustness across different models and scenarios, underscoring its pedagogical application value.
Abstract:Generating mind maps from lecture slides can help learners efficiently assimilate fragmented knowledge, promising substantial benefits for intelligent education. However, dedicated automatic generation and evaluation frameworks remain underexplored and challenging, requiring a global-local knowledge focus balance and handling large-scale, heterogeneous slides. We formulate the Slides2MindMap task, which aims to reconstruct cognitively efficient knowledge hierarchies from a course's slide deck collection. For systematic evaluation, we introduce S2M-Bench, a benchmark comprising 12,774 slide pages with expert-annotated mind maps spanning 24 university courses. S2M-Bench includes a cognitive-science-grounded evaluation framework that integrates ground-truth-based comparison, structure conformity analysis, and VLM-as-a-Judge. To address this task, we propose AutoMindMap, an agentic framework inspired by the Structure Building Framework. AutoMindMap comprises Skeleton Laying for global scaffold anchoring, Iterative Knowledge Integration augmented by context-aware summarization, and Dual-Stage Refinement with a local-global decoupling mechanism. The framework reconciles local knowledge faithfulness with global coherence, and adapts to slide-specific features. Experiments on S2M-Bench demonstrate that AutoMindMap outperforms baselines and achieves superior robustness across different models and scenarios, underscoring its pedagogical application value.
Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2608.00610 [cs.AI]
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