We present a novel, log-radius profile representation for convex curves and define a new operation for combining the shape features of curves. Unlike the standard, angle profile-based methods, this operation accurately combines the shape features in a visually intuitive manner. This method have implications in shape an…
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The paper presents a method for analyzing shape graphs using specific features.
problem Analyzing geometric and topological variations in shape graphs.
method Curated set of topological, geometric, and directional features for shape graph analysis.
result The feature representation is effective for tasks like group comparison and classification.
Time series classification is an important task in its own right, and it is often a precursor to further downstream analytics. To date, virtually all works in the literature have used either shape-based classification using a distance measure or feature-based classification after finding some suitable features for the …
DISPR uses diffusion models to predict 3D cell shapes from 2D images.
problem Predicting 3D cell shapes from 2D microscopy images.
method Diffusion model trained to predict 3D shapes from 2D microscopy images as a prior.
result Adding DISPR predictions to minority cell classes improves classification accuracy.
New method learns shape correspondences robustly from raw geometry.
problem Inaccurate and poor generalization of shape correspondences.
method Learning-based approach with feature-extraction network and functional map representation.
result Robust and accurate shape correspondence learning with less training data.
A well-constructed classification model highly depends on input feature subsets from a dataset, which may contain redundant, irrelevant, or noisy features. This challenge can be worse while dealing with medical datasets. The main aim of feature selection as a pre-processing task is to eliminate these features and selec…
Paper uses VAEs to control IVS features for financial modeling.
problem Generating realistic IVSs with desired characteristics.
method Variational autoencoder architecture with controllable latent variables.
result Controlled generation of IVSs with specified features.
We introduce a method called multi-scale local shape analysis, or MLSA, for extracting features that describe the local structure of points within a dataset. The method uses both geometric and topological features at multiple levels of granularity to capture diverse types of local information for subsequent machine lea…
Topology-enhanced loss improves 3D object reconstruction from 2D images.
problem Challenges in reconstructing 3D objects from 2D images, especially capturing shape information.
method Integrates multi-scale topological features into the reconstruction loss using cubical complexes and optimal transport distance.
result Topology-aware loss substantially improves 3D reconstruction quality.
Generative modeling of 3D shapes has become an important problem due to its relevance to many applications across Computer Vision, Graphics, and VR. In this paper we build upon recently introduced 3D mesh-convolutional Variational AutoEncoders which have shown great promise for learning rich representations of deformab…
Simultaneous Monitoring of Shape and Surface Color via 4D Point Clouds: A Registration-free Approachcs.CV
A registration-free framework monitors shape and color in 4D point clouds.
problem Monitoring shape and color changes in complex parts without registration.
method Laplace-Beltrami operator spectral properties for geometric and color feature capture; combined monitoring scheme for shape and color anomalies.
result Effective detection of shape deformations and color anomalies without registration or mesh reconstruction.
Designing of touchless user interface is gaining popularity in various contexts. Using such interfaces, users can interact with electronic devices even when the hands are dirty or non-conductive. Also, user with partial physical disability can interact with electronic devices using such systems. Research in this direct…
Training shapes the geometry of neural network feature maps, revealing local area magnification.
problem Understanding how training affects the geometric structure of neural network feature maps.
method Analyzing the Riemannian geometry induced by neural network feature maps at infinite width and after training.
result Training breaks the symmetry of the geometry induced by random neural network feature maps, magnifying local areas along decision boundaries.
2L-FUSE enhances feature sparsity through kernel learning.
problem Sparsity and feature selection in regression tasks.
method 2-Layered kernel machines for learning a shape matrix and feature direction identification.
result Minimal yet informative feature sets are identified without losing predictive performance.
UniShape improves time series classification by selecting relevant subsequences.
problem Classifying time series data requires capturing interpretable shapelets.
method UniShape uses a shape-aware adapter to aggregate multiscale subsequences into class tokens.
result UniShape achieves state-of-the-art classification performance.
New quantization methods improve accuracy of Random Fourier Features.
problem Improving accuracy of Random Fourier Features for machine learning.
method Sigma-Delta and distributed noise-shaping quantization methods for 1-bit and low bit-depth quantization.
result Quantized RFFs allow high accuracy approximation of underlying kernels with polynomial error decay.
Registration-Free Monitoring of Unstructured Point Cloud Data via Intrinsic Geometrical Propertiescs.CV
A new method monitors unstructured 3D shapes without registration.
problem Error-prone registration and mesh reconstruction steps in PCD monitoring.
method Intrinsic geometric properties of shapes, using Laplacian and geodesic distances.
result Effective monitoring of defects without registration and mesh reconstruction.
Signatures provide a succinct description of certain features of paths in a reparametrization invariant way. We propose a method for classifying shapes based on signatures, and compare it to current approaches based on the SRV transform and dynamic programming.
Early and accurate identification of parkinsonian syndromes (PS) involving presynaptic degeneration from non-degenerative variants such as Scans Without Evidence of Dopaminergic Deficit (SWEDD) and tremor disorders, is important for effective patient management as the course, therapy and prognosis differ substantially …
DNAMite creates interpretable, calibrated survival analysis models.
problem Limited interpretability in survival analysis models, especially for healthcare applications.
method Feature discretization and kernel smoothing in embedding module for flexible shape functions.
result DNAMite produces calibrated shape functions interpretable as contributions to cumulative incidence function.
New deep learning method preserves orientation in shape matching.
problem Symmetry issues in shape matching.
method Orientation-aware functional maps using complex functional representations and DiffusionNet.
result Stable correspondence predictions with robust orientation preservation.
Large prospective epidemiological studies acquire cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) images for pre-symptomatic populations and follow these over time. To support this approach, fully automatic large-scale 3D analysis is essential. In this work, we propose a novel deep neural network using both CMR images and pati…
This article introduces planar shape signatures derived from homology nerves, which are intersecting 1-cycles in a collection of homology groups endowed with a proximal relator (set of nearness relations) that includes a descriptive proximity. A 1-cycle is a closed, connected path with a zero boundary in a simplicial c…
The classification of shapes is of great interest in diverse areas ranging from medical imaging to computer vision and beyond. While many statistical frameworks have been developed for the classification problem, most are strongly tied to early formulations of the problem - with an object to be classified described as …
Highly expressive models such as deep neural networks (DNNs) have been widely applied to various applications. However, recent studies show that DNNs are vulnerable to adversarial examples, which are carefully crafted inputs aiming to mislead the predictions. Currently, the majority of these studies have focused on per…
Presents STRIPE model for probabilistic forecasting of non-stationary time series.
problem Probabilistic forecasting of non-stationary time series.
method STRIPE model representing structured diversity based on shape and time features, with diversification mechanism using determinantal point processes (DPP).
result STRIPE significantly outperforms baseline methods for representing diversity while maintaining forecasting accuracy.
We simplify complex regression coefficients using linearization and feature comparison.
problem Interpreting high-dimensional regression coefficients from nonlinear responses.
method Developed a linearization method to derive feature coefficients and compare them with regression coefficients.
result Shows how regression coefficients relate to linearized feature coefficients and how they change under regularization.
Proposes DILATE and STRIPE++ for precise time series forecasting.
problem Non-stationary signals with sudden changes.
method Incorporates shape and temporal criteria in deep learning models.
result Improves precision in deterministic and probabilistic forecasting.
Physics-informed machine learning for composition-process-property alloy design: shape memory alloy demonstrationcond-mat.mtrl-sci
ML predicts alloy properties considering chemistry, processing, and data transformations.
problem Designing and predicting alloy properties in high-dimensional design space.
method Physics-informed machine learning with engineered features from chemistry and heat treatment.
result ML models accurately predict alloy properties, including hysteresis in shape memory alloys.
We create a smooth manifold of triangular meshes with a geodesically complete metric.
problem Representing and manipulating 2D shapes as triangular meshes.
method Developed a geodesically complete Riemannian metric for triangular meshes.
result The metric preserves mesh connectivity and avoids mesh degradation.
New model captures complex relationships from experimental data.
problem Capturing intricate feature interactions in empirical data.
method Shape Arithmetic Expressions (SHAREs) combining GAMs and mathematical expressions.
result SHAREs model captures complex feature interactions.
Many procedures in science, engineering and medicine produce data in the form of geometric shapes. Mathematically, a shape can be modeled as an un-parameterized immersed sub-manifold, which is the notion of shape used here. Endowing shape space with a Riemannian metric opens up the world of Riemannian differential geom…
Use expert visualization or conventional clinical indices can lack accuracy for borderline classications. Advanced statistical approaches based on eigen-decomposition have been mostly concerned with shape and motion indices. In this paper, we present a new approach to identify CVDs from cine-MRI by estimating large poo…
Early diagnosis, playing an important role in preventing progress and treating the Alzheimer\{'}s disease (AD), is based on classification of features extracted from brain images. The features have to accurately capture main AD-related variations of anatomical brain structures, such as, e.g., ventricles size, hippocamp…
In this paper, we present experimental results obtained from retraining the last layer of the Inception v3 model in classifying images of human faces into one of five basic face shapes. The accuracy of the retrained Inception v3 model was compared with that of the following classification methods that uses facial landm…
Most existing interpretable methods explain a black-box model in a post-hoc manner, which uses simpler models or data analysis techniques to interpret the predictions after the model is learned. However, they (a) may derive contradictory explanations on the same predictions given different methods and data samples, and…
Polygonal meshes provide an efficient representation for 3D shapes. They explicitly capture both shape surface and topology, and leverage non-uniformity to represent large flat regions as well as sharp, intricate features. This non-uniformity and irregularity, however, inhibits mesh analysis efforts using neural networ…
Early diagnosis, playing an important role in preventing progress and treating the Alzheimer's disease (AD), is based on classification of features extracted from brain images. The features have to accurately capture main AD-related variations of anatomical brain structures, such as, e.g., ventricles size, hippocampus …
Purpose: Lung nodules have very diverse shapes and sizes, which makes classifying them as benign/malignant a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a novel method to predict the malignancy of nodules that have the capability to analyze the shape and size of a nodule using a global feature extractor, as well as …
New method estimates shape distance in neural representations with limited data.
problem Measuring geometric similarity between high-dimensional network representations.
method Method-of-moments estimator with tunable bias-variance tradeoff.
result New estimator achieves lower bias than standard methods in high-dimensional settings.
Difficult image segmentation problems, for instance left atrium MRI, can be addressed by incorporating shape priors to find solutions that are consistent with known objects. Nonetheless, a single multivariate Gaussian is not an adequate model in cases with significant nonlinear shape variation or where the prior distri…
Predictions of Electromotive Force of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy (MSMA) Using Constitutive Model and Generalized Regression Neural Networkcond-mat.mtrl-sci
Model predicts EMF of Ni-Mn-Ga MSMA, improved with GRNN.
problem Predicting the electromotive force (EMF) of Ni-Mn-Ga MSMA under various conditions.
method Developed a new constitutive model for Ni-Mn-Ga single crystals, incorporating magnetic easy axis offset. Used GRNN to enhance model predictions.
result GRNN improves model predictions of EMF, capturing more experimental features.
Existing networks directly learn feature representations on 3D point clouds for shape analysis. We argue that 3D point clouds are highly redundant and hold irregular (permutation-invariant) structure, which makes it difficult to achieve inter-class discrimination efficiently. In this paper, we propose a two-faceted sol…
In this paper, we propose the Self-Attention Generative Adversarial Network (SAGAN) which allows attention-driven, long-range dependency modeling for image generation tasks. Traditional convolutional GANs generate high-resolution details as a function of only spatially local points in lower-resolution feature maps. In …
As the issue of freshwater shortage is increasing daily, it is critical to take effective measures for water conservation. According to previous studies, device level consumption could lead to significant freshwater conservation. Existing water disaggregation methods focus on learning the signatures for appliances; how…
We describe a new method to automatically discriminate between patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and elderly controls, based on multidimensional classification of hippocampal shape features. This approach uses spherical harmonics (SPHARM) coefficients to model the shape of the hi…
A new method matches similar regions in non-rigid shapes using spectra of differential operators.
problem Evaluating similarity of non-rigid shapes with partiality.
method Alignment of spectra of differential operators (SI-LBO and regular LBO) on a manifold with multiple metrics.
result Matching spectra outperforms competing methods on standard benchmarks.
We introduce a convolutional neural network that operates directly on graphs. These networks allow end-to-end learning of prediction pipelines whose inputs are graphs of arbitrary size and shape. The architecture we present generalizes standard molecular feature extraction methods based on circular fingerprints. We sho…