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48 results for cifar-10

In this brief technical report we introduce the CINIC-10 dataset as a plug-in extended alternative for CIFAR-10. It was compiled by combining CIFAR-10 with images selected and downsampled from the ImageNet database. We present the approach to compiling the dataset, illustrate the example images for different classes, g…

2018-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose deep convolutional Gaussian processes, a deep Gaussian process architecture with convolutional structure. The model is a principled Bayesian framework for detecting hierarchical combinations of local features for image classification. We demonstrate greatly improved image classification performance compared …

2018-10-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework combines adversarial training and provable robustness for neural networks.

problem Training certifiably robust neural networks with provable robustness guarantees.
method Formulates joint optimization problem with adversarial and provable robustness objectives; develops gradient-descent technique.
result Consistently matches or outperforms prior approaches for provable l infinity robustness on MNIST and CIFAR-10.

Machine learning is currently dominated by largely experimental work focused on improvements in a few key tasks. However, the impressive accuracy numbers of the best performing models are questionable because the same test sets have been used to select these models for multiple years now. To understand the danger of ov…

2018-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

State-of-the-art adversarial attacks are aimed at neural network classifiers. By default, neural networks use gradient descent to minimize their loss function. The gradient of a classifier's loss function is used by gradient-based adversarial attacks to generate adversarially perturbed images. We pose the question whet…

2020-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a framework for semi-supervised continual learning from sequentially arriving data.

problem Learning from data with changing task distribution over time, especially in domains with a mix of labeled and unlabeled data.
method Meta-Consolidation for Continual Semi-Supervised Learning (MCSSL) framework with a hypernetwork and semi-supervised auxiliary classifier.
result Significant improvements in continual semi-supervised learning setting.

Adversarial testing methods based on Projected Gradient Descent (PGD) are widely used for searching norm-bounded perturbations that cause the inputs of neural networks to be misclassified. This paper takes a deeper look at these methods and explains the effect of different hyperparameters (i.e., optimizer, step size an…

2019-10-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explores adversarial training limits and improves model robustness against norm-bounded perturbations.

problem Understanding and improving adversarial robustness of deep neural networks.
method Systematic study of adversarial training with various factors, including model size, activation functions, and unlabeled data.
result Training robust models that go beyond state-of-the-art results by combining larger models, Swish/SiLU activations, and model weight averaging.

The paper improves risk certificate tightness for neural networks using PAC-Bayes bounds.

problem Improving the usability of risk certificates for neural networks based on PAC-Bayes bounds.
method Theoretical contributions including KL divergence bounds, efficient methodology for optimization, and methods for optimizing non-differentiable objectives.
result First non-vacuous generalization bounds on CIFAR-10 for neural networks.

Delta method vs Bootstrap for deep learning classification shows strong linear relationship and faster computation.

problem Validating the Delta method for deep learning classification.
method Comparison of Delta method and Bootstrap on LeNet-based neural networks using MNIST and CIFAR-10 datasets.
result The Delta method provides a five times faster computation with strong linear predictive uncertainty relationship.

A new pruning method reduces neural network computation without retraining.

problem Efficiently reduce neural network computation while maintaining accuracy.
method Structured directional pruning via perturbation orthogonal projection.
result Achieves state-of-the-art pruned accuracy without retraining.

Image classification requires the generation of features capable of detecting image patterns informative of group identity. The objective of this study was to classify images from the public CIFAR-10 image dataset by leveraging combinations of disparate image feature sources from both manual and deep learning approache…

2020-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

DiffEnc improves diffusion models by adding flexibility and achieving better likelihood on CIFAR-10.

problem Improving the likelihood of diffusion models on image datasets.
method Introducing a data- and depth-dependent mean function and a free weight parameter for noise variance.
result Achieved statistically significant improvement in likelihood on CIFAR-10.

Generative models improve adversarial robustness by adding synthetic data.

problem Improving robustness in machine learning models trained on limited data.
method Using synthetic data generated from a large dataset to augment the original training set.
result Generative models can significantly reduce the robust-accuracy gap compared to models trained with additional real data.

A new method for PU learning improves classification error on CIFAR-10.

problem Learning from positive and unlabeled data in practical applications.
method A simple yet effective data augmentation method based on consistency regularization.
result Achieves an averaged improvement of 3.40 points in classification error on CIFAR-10.

The paper shows strong correlation between in-distribution and out-of-distribution performance in various machine learning models.

problem Understanding reliability of machine learning systems in unseen environments.
method Empirical analysis of various models and distribution shifts on CIFAR-10, ImageNet, and other datasets.
result Out-of-distribution performance is strongly correlated with in-distribution performance across different models and distribution shifts.

We propose a new way of constructing invertible neural networks by combining simple building blocks with a novel set of composition rules. This leads to a rich set of invertible architectures, including those similar to ResNets. Inversion is achieved with a locally convergent iterative procedure that is parallelizable …

2019-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We build new test sets for the CIFAR-10 and ImageNet datasets. Both benchmarks have been the focus of intense research for almost a decade, raising the danger of overfitting to excessively re-used test sets. By closely following the original dataset creation processes, we test to what extent current classification mode…

2019-02-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Most existing GANs architectures that generate images use transposed convolution or resize-convolution as their upsampling algorithm from lower to higher resolution feature maps in the generator. We argue that this kind of fixed operation is problematic for GANs to model objects that have very different visual appearan…

2018-01-25abs ↗pdf ↗

One pixel modification can make deep models unlearnable.

problem Protecting data from unauthorized training of deep neural networks.
method Perturbing only one pixel in each image to degrade model accuracy.
result Generated One-Pixel Shortcut (OPS) cannot be erased by adversarial training and strong augmentations.

In modern computer vision tasks, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are indispensable for image classification tasks due to their efficiency and effectiveness. Part of their superiority compared to other architectures, comes from the fact that a single, local filter is shared across the entire image. However, there a…

2019-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a Bayesian approach to explain, justify, and quantify uncertainty in DNNs.

problem Lack of transparency and confidence in DNNs for critical applications.
method Bayesian approach to extract explanations, justifications, and uncertainty estimates from black box DNNs.
result Improves interpretability and reliability of DNNs, validated on CIFAR-10.

We explore efficient neural architecture search methods and show that a simple yet powerful evolutionary algorithm can discover new architectures with excellent performance. Our approach combines a novel hierarchical genetic representation scheme that imitates the modularized design pattern commonly adopted by human ex…

2017-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes an alternative to anchor points for learning with noisy labels.

problem Learning with noisy labels is challenging due to inaccurate labels.
method Estimates transition matrix using clusterability condition and noisy labels.
result Estimation of transition matrix is more accurate and efficient than anchor points.

Unified view of contrastive and supervised learning improves model performance.

problem Improving model performance in classification, robustness, and detection.
method Hybrid discriminative-generative training of energy-based models.
result Improved performance on classification, robustness, out-of-distribution detection, and calibration.

CNNs overinterpret inputs, leading to high accuracy without meaningful features.

problem High accuracy in image classifiers can mask subtle model failures.
method Batched Gradient SIS method for discovering sufficient input subsets.
result Overinterpretation allows models to make confident predictions with masked input features.

Robustness is an increasingly important property of machine learning models as they become more and more prevalent. We propose a defense against adversarial examples based on a k-nearest neighbor (kNN) on the intermediate activation of neural networks. Our scheme surpasses state-of-the-art defenses on MNIST and CIFAR-1…

2019-06-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Study compares various optimization algorithms for deep learning.

problem Challenges in optimizing deep neural networks as they grow deeper and datasets increase.
method Implemented and compared adaptive gradient methods for supervised and unsupervised tasks on four image datasets.
result Differences in behavior and performance of optimization algorithms during training.

SPAT improves adversarial robustness by preserving semantics in adversarial training.

problem Adversarial examples often have different semantics than original data, introducing unintended biases.
method Semantics-preserving adversarial training (SPAT) that encourages pixel perturbation shared among all classes.
result SPAT improves adversarial robustness and achieves state-of-the-art results in CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100.

New regularization techniques improve stability of deep neural networks.

problem Improving stability of deep neural networks in high-dimensional data.
method Apply manifold regularization to develop new regularizers based on graph Laplacian sparsification.
result Empirically, networks achieve high stability in various perturbation models, including adversarial attacks.

Recent work has increased the performance of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) by enforcing a consistency cost on the discriminator. We improve on this technique in several ways. We first show that consistency regularization can introduce artifacts into the GAN samples and explain how to fix this issue. We then pr…

2020-02-11abs ↗pdf ↗