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# The Importance of Encoder Choice:A Tabular-Image Study

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**Published:** July 10, 2026  
**Original:** https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.07756  

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## Overview

arXiv:2607.07756v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multimodal learning usually requires a dedicated encoder per modality. When a tabular modality is involved, prior work has been mostly using a \emph{plain MLP} as the encoder. Yet if it were a strong encoder, the tabular domain would not be ``the last unconquered castle for deep learning''. This study evaluates state-of-the-art tabular models as encoders in the image-tabular setting for the first time. An obstacle stands out. In-Context Learning mo

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