Capsule Networks improve clothing retrieval without landmark info.
problem In-shop clothing retrieval performance improvement.
method Triplet-based Capsule Network architecture with SC and RC blocks.
result Triplet Capsule Networks outperform FashionNet and SOTA architectures.
With the aim of creating virtual cloth deformations more similar to real world clothing, we propose a new computational framework that recasts three dimensional cloth deformation as an RGB image in a two dimensional pattern space. Then a three dimensional animation of cloth is equivalent to a sequence of two dimensiona…
Robotic clothing manipulation improved with fashion image analysis techniques.
problem Automated identification of clothing categories and landmarks for robotic tasks.
method Training data augmentation methods and rotation invariant convolutions.
result Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art models on unseen datasets.
Recently, product images have gained increasing attention in clothing recommendation since the visual appearance of clothing products has a significant impact on consumers' decision. Most existing methods rely on conventional features to represent an image, such as the visual features extracted by convolutional neural …
Atlas dataset categorizes clothing products with high accuracy.
problem Lack of real-world datasets for e-commerce clothing product categorization.
method Collected and labeled a dataset of 186,150 images, established a benchmark for image classification and sequence models.
result Benchmark model achieved a micro f-score of 0.92.
A new model for simulating cloth manipulation in robots, accurate to within 1cm.
problem Accurately simulating cloth manipulation in robots, especially in moderate stress environments.
method A continuous, isometric strain model for textiles, treating them as inextensible surfaces with only isometric motions. Aerodynamic effects are incorporated through virtual uncoupling of mass.
result Simulations are accurate to within 1cm compared to real-world manipulation, even with coarse meshes.
This paper improves confidence measurement in deep metric learning models.
problem Measuring confidence in deep metric learning models is challenging.
method Approximates class distributions using Gaussian kernel smoothing and calibrates the confidence metric.
result Improves generalization and robustness of deep metric learning models.
This study examines how fashion consumption affects self-confidence and buying behavior in Iranian consumers.
problem Understanding the role of self-confidence in fashion buying behavior.
method A questionnaire was used to collect data from 400 consumers in Tehran's clothing market. Structural equations and factor analysis were employed to test the model.
result Interest in fashion, personal taste, utilitarianism, and new products positively impact self-confidence, and self-confidence positively impacts fashion buying behavior.
Outfittery uses machine learning to help stylists choose appropriate fashion items.
problem Selecting appropriate fashion items and ensuring relevance to customers.
method Combining machine learning with human expertise to recommend items by style fit and relevance.
result The method successfully recommends fashion items by style fit and relevance.
This work learns visual representations for deformable objects using contrastive estimation.
problem Challenges in learning plannable visual representations for deformable objects.
method Jointly optimizes visual representation and dynamics models using contrastive estimation.
result Substantial improvements in performance over standard model-based learning techniques.
NoiseRank reduces label noise without supervision, improving classification accuracy.
problem Label noise in datasets from noisy channels.
method NoiseRank uses Markov Random Fields to estimate and rank instances based on their noise probability.
result NoiseRank improves classification accuracy on noisy datasets.
In this paper, we propose a method that disentangles the effects of multiple input conditions in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). In particular, we demonstrate our method in controlling color, texture, and shape of a generated garment image for computer-aided fashion design. To disentangle the effect of input at…
Paper generates high-resolution fashion images based on body pose.
problem Limited variety of outfit images for shopping.
method Generative model trained on body pose and style transfer.
result Realistic high-resolution images of models in custom outfits.
Improves retrieval accuracy for hierarchical documents, especially for distant matches.
problem Limited expressive power of dual encoder models in hierarchical retrieval.
method Proves feasibility of DEs for HR, introduces pretrain-finetune recipe to improve long-distance retrieval.
result Pretrain-finetune boosts recall on long-distance pairs from 19% to 76%.
UPR hybrid model improves phase retrieval performance.
problem Recovering signals from phase-less measurements.
method Model-based data-driven deep architecture (UPR).
result UPR shows potential in improving phase retrieval.
This paper improves image retrieval accuracy through novel relevance feedback methods.
problem Improving image retrieval accuracy in Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR).
method Novel addition to feature re-weighting and classification techniques, focusing on 0-th iteration improvement.
result Significantly improved retrieval accuracy from relevance feedback.
New model resolves signal ambiguities in ill-posed systems.
problem Signal retrieval from indirect measurements with known models.
method Variational generative model that captures signal distribution.
result Retrieves consistent signals with high fidelity.
A new deep learning model improves phase retrieval performance.
problem Recovering signals from phaseless measurements.
method Hybrid model-based data-driven deep architecture (Unfolded Phase Retrieval, UPR).
result Significant improvement in phase retrieval performance.
Transformer models improve query-document retrieval efficiency and accuracy.
problem Efficiently retrieve relevant documents from large corpora for query matching.
method Designed paragraph-level pre-training tasks to optimize embedding-based Transformer models.
result Transformer models significantly outperform BM-25 and non-Transformer embedding models.
On most sponsored search platforms, advertisers bid on some keywords for their advertisements (ads). Given a search request, ad retrieval module rewrites the query into bidding keywords, and uses these keywords as keys to select Top N ads through inverted indexes. In this way, an ad will not be retrieved even if querie…
Introduces MPR to measure and optimize representation across intersectional groups in retrieval.
problem Harmful stereotypes, cultural erasure, and social disparities in image search and retrieval.
method Develops MPR metric, practical estimation methods, theoretical guarantees, and optimization algorithms.
result Optimizing MPR yields more proportional representation across multiple intersectional groups, often with minimal retrieval accuracy compromise.
GMC benchmark isolates retrieval in Transformers, revealing max-margin alignment.
problem Understanding how Transformers develop match-and-copy behavior on natural data.
method Introducing Gaussian Match-and-Copy (GMC) as a minimalist benchmark.
result Gradient descent drives parameters to diverge while aligning with max-margin separator.
Combines deep learning and iterative methods for robust phase retrieval.
problem Recovering signals from noisy Fourier intensities.
method Regularization-by-denoising combining iterative phase retrieval and deep learning.
result Outperforms other noise-robust phase retrieval algorithms.
New benchmark for non-rigid 3D human shape retrieval.
problem Distinguishing between body shapes of 3D human models.
method Extended benchmark with 145 new models and FAUST dataset.
result Improved comparison of 25 shape retrieval methods.
Motivation: Public and private repositories of experimental data are growing to sizes that require dedicated methods for finding relevant data. To improve on the state of the art of keyword searches from annotations, methods for content-based retrieval have been proposed. In the context of gene expression experiments, …
BERT model improves cross-lingual document retrieval.
problem Improving cross-lingual information retrieval between English queries and foreign documents.
method Introduced a deep relevance matching model based on BERT, trained with weak supervision using CLIR data.
result Model outperforms competitive baseline approaches in retrieving Lithuanian documents against short English queries.
Sharp asymptotics derived for phase retrieval and compressed sensing with random generative priors.
problem Phase retrieval and compressed sensing with random measurement matrices.
method Sharp asymptotics derived for optimal performance and polynomial algorithm for random generative priors.
result Compressed phase retrieval becomes tractable with random generative priors, unlike sparse priors.
A new method, InfoGuide, improves automatic clustering analysis.
problem Lack of automatic clustering analysis frameworks.
method Capturing traces of information gain between clustering retrievals.
result InfoGuide can enable more automatic clustering analysis.
Most content-based image retrieval systems consider either one single query, or multiple queries that include the same object or represent the same semantic information. In this paper we consider the content-based image retrieval problem for multiple query images corresponding to different image semantics. We propose a…
For the task of generating complex outputs such as source code, editing existing outputs can be easier than generating complex outputs from scratch. With this motivation, we propose an approach that first retrieves a training example based on the input (e.g., natural language description) and then edits it to the desir…
Research on interference has provided evidence that the formation of dependencies between non-adjacent words relies on a cue-based retrieval mechanism. Two different models can account for one of the main predictions of interference, i.e., a slowdown at a retrieval site, when several items share a feature associated wi…
With the wide development of black-box machine learning algorithms, particularly deep neural network (DNN), the practical demand for the reliability assessment is rapidly rising. On the basis of the concept that `Bayesian deep learning knows what it does not know,' the uncertainty of DNN outputs has been investigated a…
The paper introduces subgraph nomination for finding similar subgraphs in networks.
problem Finding similar subgraphs in networks using example subgraphs.
method Formalizes subgraph nomination framework with user-supervised retrieval.
result User-supervised retrieval improves performance in subgraph nomination.
HybridRAG combines KGs and vector retrieval for financial document Q&A.
problem Challenges in extracting and interpreting financial text data.
method Integrates Knowledge Graphs and Vector Retrieval Augmented Generation.
result HybridRAG outperforms traditional methods in Q&A systems for financial documents.
Semi-supervised learning methods are motivated by the availability of large datasets with unlabeled features in addition to labeled data. Unlabeled data is, however, not guaranteed to improve classification performance and has in fact been reported to impair the performance in certain cases. A fundamental source of err…
This paper improves retrieval for LLMs in financial document Q&A.
problem Suboptimal text chunk retrieval by RAG causes inaccuracies in LLM responses.
method Sophisticated chunking techniques, query expansion, metadata annotations, re-ranking algorithms, and embedding fine-tuning.
result Enhanced retrieval quality improves LLM performance and reliability.
Extends phase retrieval methods to handle sensing vector errors.
problem Phase retrieval with errors in sensing vectors.
method Total Least Squares (TLS) framework applied to gradient descent.
result Gradient descent can efficiently solve TLS phase retrieval.
We study the task of retrieving relevant experiments given a query experiment. By experiment, we mean a collection of measurements from a set of `covariates' and the associated `outcomes'. While similar experiments can be retrieved by comparing available `annotations', this approach ignores the valuable information ava…
DINOSAUR improves retrieval by accounting for embedding uncertainty in recommender systems.
problem Retrieval bias towards popular items due to noisy embeddings.
method Samples multiple embeddings per item and queries with sampled embeddings to account for uncertainty.
result Improves coverage of long-tail niche content without sacrificing recall.
Study compares methods for improving document retrieval accuracy.
problem Improving document retrieval accuracy from large corpora.
method Comparison of query expansion, topic models, and active learning.
result Active learning outperforms keyword lists in most settings.
RNNs struggle with in-context retrieval, while Transformers excel.
problem In-context retrieval capability of RNNs.
method Theoretical analysis and experimental techniques (CoT, RAG, Transformer layer).
result Enhancing RNNs with techniques improves their in-context retrieval capability, closing the representation gap with Transformers.
Restricted Boltzmann Machines are described by the Gibbs measure of a bipartite spin glass, which in turn corresponds to the one of a generalised Hopfield network. This equivalence allows us to characterise the state of these systems in terms of retrieval capabilities, both at low and high load. We study the paramagnet…
Deep Retrieval learns a retrievable structure for efficient large-scale recommendations.
problem Efficiently retrieving top relevant candidates in large-scale recommendation systems.
method Deep Retrieval learns a retrievable structure directly from user-item interaction data, encoding candidates into a discrete latent space and optimizing a model to maximize accuracy.
result Deep Retrieval achieves almost the same accuracy as brute-force baseline and significantly outperforms ANN baselines in a live production system.
Enhanced Hopfield model boosts memory retrieval capacity.
problem Memory retrieval in modern Hopfield models with limited capacity.
method Introduces a learnable feature map transforming energy function into kernel space, minimizing separation loss for uniform memory distribution.
result Significant reduction in metastable states, enhancing memory capacity and retrieval accuracy.
Phase retrieval refers to the problem of recovering real- or complex-valued vectors from magnitude measurements. The best-known algorithms for this problem are iterative in nature and rely on so-called spectral initializers that provide accurate initialization vectors. We propose a novel class of estimators suitable fo…
We present a case-study demonstrating the usefulness of Bayesian hierarchical mixture modelling for investigating cognitive processes. In sentence comprehension, it is widely assumed that the distance between linguistic co-dependents affects the latency of dependency resolution: the longer the distance, the longer the …
Paper proposes SAN and SN for zero-shot sketch-based image retrieval.
problem Handling unseen classes in sketch-based image retrieval.
method Generative approach using Stacked Adversarial Network (SAN) and Siamese Network (SN).
result Significant improvement in standard and generalized ZSL settings.
Proposes using GANs to solve phase retrieval problems.
problem Solving phase retrieval problems in various contexts.
method Applying conditional GANs with knowledge of measurement process.
result Method provides more robust and detailed solutions.