Narrative-Driven Paper-to-Slide Generation via ArcDeck

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11969v1
• Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:03:03 GMT
• Title: Narrative-Driven Paper-to-Slide Generation via ArcDeck
• Abstract summary: ArcDeck is a framework that formulates paper-to-slide generation as a structured narrative reconstruction task.<n>It first parses the input to construct a discourse tree and establish a global commitment document.<n>These structural priors then guide an iterative multi-agent refinement process.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: We introduce ArcDeck, a multi-agent framework that formulates paper-to-slide generation as a structured narrative reconstruction task. Unlike existing methods that directly summarize raw text into slides, ArcDeck explicitly models the source paper's logical flow. It first parses the input to construct a discourse tree and establish a global commitment document, ensuring the high-level intent is preserved. These structural priors then guide an iterative multi-agent refinement process, where specialized agents iteratively critique and revise the presentation outline before rendering the final visual layouts and designs. To evaluate our approach, we also introduce ArcBench, a newly curated benchmark of academic paper-slide pairs. Experimental results demonstrate that explicit discourse modeling, combined with role-specific agent coordination, significantly improves the narrative flow and logical coherence of the generated presentations.

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