Self-supervised learning improves few-shot classification and segmentation on point clouds.
problem Efficiently learn from limited labeled data in point cloud applications.
method Hierarchical cover-tree partitioning for self-supervised pre-training; restricted to support set for few-shot learning.
result Self-supervised learning significantly improves downstream classification and segmentation accuracy.
Clouds frequently cover the Earth's surface and pose an omnipresent challenge to optical Earth observation methods. The vast majority of remote sensing approaches either selectively choose single cloud-free observations or employ a pre-classification strategy to identify and mask cloudy pixels. We follow a different st…
Machine learning improves cloud cover forecasting.
problem Improving accuracy of total cloud cover predictions.
method Investigated multilayer perceptron, gradient boosting machines, random forest, logistic regression models.
result RF models provide the smallest increase in predictive performance, while MLP, POLR, and GBM approaches perform best.
A JAX toolbox solves optimal transport problems for point clouds and histograms.
problem Optimal transport problems between point clouds and histograms.
method Automatic and custom reverse mode differentiation, vectorization, just-in-time compilation, and accelerators support.
result Solves a wide range of optimal transport problems including regularized OT, barycenters, Gromov-Wasserstein, and low-rank solvers.
Mapper-GIN simplifies 3D point cloud classification with lightweight structure.
problem Robust 3D point cloud classification under corruption.
method Mapper algorithm for structural decomposition, GIN for graph classification.
result Mapper-GIN achieves competitive accuracy with minimal parameters.
Clever sampling methods can be used to improve the handling of big data and increase its usefulness. The subject of this study is remote sensing, specifically airborne laser scanning point clouds representing different classes of ground cover. The aim is to derive a supervised learning model for the classification usin…
Deep generative architectures provide a way to model not only images but also complex, 3-dimensional objects, such as point clouds. In this work, we present a novel method to obtain meaningful representations of 3D shapes that can be used for challenging tasks including 3D points generation, reconstruction, compression…
Study characterizes learning from heavy-tailed data in high dimensions using superstatistical methods.
problem Characterizing learning from heavy-tailed data in high-dimensional settings.
method Empirical risk minimization with double-stochastic processes and superstatistical analysis.
result Analytical characterization of separability transition and generalization performance.
Bi-filtration stabilizes TDA mapper results under noise.
problem Stability issues in TDA mapper results under data perturbation.
method Introduced bi-filtration approach to stabilize mapper graphs.
result Persistent homology of perturbed data set is 2δ-interleaved with original.
New approach uses distributed persistence for stable, parallelizable topological analysis of large point clouds.
problem Estimating the full persistence diagram of large point clouds is expensive, unstable, and not a sufficient statistic.
method Proposes distributed persistence as a new invariant, which is perfectly parallelizable, more stable, and has a rich inverse theory.
result The map from point clouds to distributed persistence invariants is a global quasi-isometry, interpolating between purely geometric and topological invariants.
In this contribution, we present a novel approach for segmenting laser radar (lidar) imagery into geometric time-height cloud locations with a fully convolutional network (FCN). We describe a semi-supervised learning method to train the FCN by: pre-training the classification layers of the FCN with image-level annotati…
New method upsamples sparse, non-uniform point clouds more accurately.
problem Suboptimal results from existing point cloud upsampling methods.
method Imposes manifold distribution constraints using Gaussian functions.
result Generates higher-quality, more uniformly distributed dense point clouds.
In recent decades, the use of 3D point clouds has been widespread in computer industry. The development of techniques in analyzing point clouds is increasingly important. In particular, mapping of point clouds has been a challenging problem. In this paper, we develop a discrete analogue of the Teichmüller extremal mapp…
Framework optimizes cloud container sizing for ML tasks.
problem Challenges in cloud container configuration for ML services.
method Autonomous scaling using nested-loop Monte Carlo simulation.
result Reduces compute cost and accelerates ML algorithms.
This paper focuses on a novel generative approach for 3D point clouds that makes use of invertible flow-based models. The main idea of the method is to treat a point cloud as a probability density in 3D space that is modeled using a cloud-specific neural network. To capture the similarity between point clouds we rely o…
A novel method compresses point cloud attributes by folding them onto a 2D grid.
problem Efficiently compressing point cloud attributes for storage and transmission.
method Interpreting point clouds as 2D manifolds, folding onto a grid, and mapping attributes to the grid using optimized methods.
result The proposed folding-based approach achieves performance comparable to state-of-the-art codecs.
We proposed a novel graph convolutional neural network that could construct a coarse, sparse latent point cloud from a dense, raw point cloud. With a novel non-isotropic convolution operation defined on irregular geometries, the model then can reconstruct the original point cloud from this latent cloud with fine detail…
A novel method compares 3D point clouds using information geometry.
problem Comparing 3D point clouds in machine learning applications.
method Interprets point clouds as probability density functions on a statistical manifold, using GMM and Modified Symmetric KL divergence.
result Demonstrates effectiveness through various case studies.
Deep learning detects cloud changes due to human aerosols.
problem Uncertainty in the effect of anthropogenic aerosols on cloud properties and Earth's energy balance.
method Deep convolutional neural networks to analyze cloud images.
result Identified and characterized specific cloud perturbations due to human aerosols.
Develops a method for conformal parameterization of point clouds without fixed boundaries.
problem Desirable distortion in fixed-boundary parameterizations of point clouds.
method Free-boundary conformal parameterization method involving approximation of point cloud Laplacian and boundary treatment.
result High-quality point cloud meshing achieved through the proposed method.
Algorithm classifies point clouds using deep set linearized optimal transport.
problem Classifying point clouds efficiently and accurately.
method Deep Set Linearized Optimal Transport, ICNNs, and a discriminator network.
result Efficiently distinguishes between various classes of point clouds.
We conduct an empirical study of machine learning functionalities provided by major cloud service providers, which we call machine learning clouds. Machine learning clouds hold the promise of hiding all the sophistication of running large-scale machine learning: Instead of specifying how to run a machine learning task,…
Cumulo dataset for cloud classification at 1km resolution.
problem Uncertainty in cloud modelling for climate projections.
method Benchmark dataset of 1km MODIS imagery and CloudSat labels.
result IResNet model discovers new cloud sub-classes.
This paper analyzes CNNs for malware detection in cloud IaaS.
problem Malware vulnerability in cloud IaaS environments.
method Analysis of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for online malware detection using process-level performance metrics.
result State-of-the-art DenseNets and ResNets effectively detect malware in online cloud systems.
Estimating boundaries from point clouds with improved accuracy and rigorous error estimates.
problem Identifying the boundary of a domain from point cloud samples.
method Developed new estimators for normal vectors, distances, and boundary tests; provided error estimates.
result Efficient and accurate estimators for boundary properties on point clouds.
Point clouds provide a flexible and natural representation usable in countless applications such as robotics or self-driving cars. Recently, deep neural networks operating on raw point cloud data have shown promising results on supervised learning tasks such as object classification and semantic segmentation. While mas…
The increasing demand for on-device deep learning services calls for a highly efficient manner to deploy deep neural networks (DNNs) on mobile devices with limited capacity. The cloud-based solution is a promising approach to enabling deep learning applications on mobile devices where the large portions of a DNN are of…
Point cloud is the most fundamental representation of 3D geometric objects. Analyzing and processing point cloud surfaces is important in computer graphics and computer vision. However, most of the existing algorithms for surface analysis require connectivity information. Therefore, it is desirable to develop a mesh st…
We present a technique for efficiently synthesizing images of atmospheric clouds using a combination of Monte Carlo integration and neural networks. The intricacies of Lorenz-Mie scattering and the high albedo of cloud-forming aerosols make rendering of clouds---e.g. the characteristic silverlining and the "whiteness" …
SPINN optimizes neural network inference on devices and cloud.
problem Inference on mobile devices is challenging due to high computational demands and dynamic connectivity.
method Synergistic progressive inference with a novel scheduler.
result SPINN achieves up to 2x higher throughput and reduces server cost by up to 6.8x.
The paper transforms a convex hull into a concave surface around a point cloud.
problem Creating a concave surface that encloses all points in a point cloud.
method Iterative facet replacement and expansion of the convex hull.
result A method to evolve a convex hull into a concave surface that fits the point cloud.
Paper proposes a hierarchical approach to malware detection in cloud environments.
problem Malware threat in cloud computing environments.
method Machine learning on graphs, hypergraphs, and natural language for malware detection and analysis.
result Federated learning for malware detection in multicloud environments.
Deep learning identifies precipitation clouds from all-sky camera data.
problem Automating cloud warning systems for observatories.
method Deep learning using EfficientNet network.
result Average accuracy of 99% in identifying rainfall potential and 96% in cloud coverage.
In the following article we discuss Delaunay triangulations for a point cloud on an embedded surface in R3. We give sufficient conditions on the point cloud to show that the diagonal switch algorithm finds an embedded Delaunay triangulation.
The cloud-based speech recognition/API provides developers or enterprises an easy way to create speech-enabled features in their applications. However, sending audios about personal or company internal information to the cloud, raises concerns about the privacy and security issues. The recognition results generated in …
Method certifies edge predictions with cloud-level reliability.
problem Ensuring reliability of edge intelligence models.
method Conformal alignment-based cascading mechanism.
result Certifies conditional coverage with user control over risk level.
The study proves strong cosmic censorship violation for spherically symmetric dust clouds.
problem Violation of strong cosmic censorship for spherically symmetric dust clouds.
method Derived an ordinary differential equation for light rays and used it to prove strong cosmic censorship violation.
result Generic violation of strong cosmic censorship for spherically symmetric dust clouds.
Method computes harmonic and conformal maps from point clouds.
problem Computing maps from irregular point cloud data.
method Meshless method using cubic lattice approximations.
result Harmonic and conformal maps computed accurately.
Generative model creates high-quality meshes from point clouds.
problem Creating accurate meshes from point cloud data.
method Modeling point cloud generation as sphere deformation through deep neural networks.
result The model efficiently generates high-quality meshes from point clouds.
Estimator calculates surface curvature from point cloud samples.
problem Accurately estimating curvature from limited point cloud data.
method Algorithm using probability distribution and nearby points control.
result Controlled number of points ensures accurate curvature estimation.
Paper models cloud outages for cyber insurance stress-testing.
problem Cyber insurance portfolios' vulnerability to simultaneous cloud outages.
method Modeling and calibrating cloud-outage scenarios, measuring diversification.
result Cloud-outage diversification can protect against accumulation risk.
The concept of a Point Cloud has played an increasingly important role in many areas of Engineering, Science, and Mathematics. Examples are: LIDAR, 3D-Printing, Data Analysis, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Mathematical Visualization, Numerical Analysis, and Monte Carlo Methods. Entering point cloud into Google r…
LatticeNet segments 3D point clouds faster and more efficiently.
problem Challenges in applying CNNs to 3D point cloud data.
method Embeds point cloud geometry into a permutohedral lattice for fast convolutions.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in 3D segmentation.
A GMM-based method generates new 3D structures from medical images.
problem Generating new medical images from limited data and different modalities.
method Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) for point-cloud generation.
result Generated point-clouds closely match training samples from the same class.
New method reduces cloud usage for mobile/IoT predictions.
problem Minimizing cloud usage for mobile/IoT predictions while maintaining accuracy.
method Formulating the BL problem via bracketing functions h−,h+ from a simple class. result Improved performance over prior methods, validated on real-world datasets.
New method improves Gaussian process regression on complex, sparse point clouds.
problem Traditional Gaussian processes struggle with restricted domains and point clouds.
method Atlas Gaussian Processes (RC-AGPs) combining heat kernel and RBF kernels.
result RC-AGPs outperform existing methods in regression accuracy.
Improved road segmentation on low-res LIDAR data for autonomous vehicles.
problem Low-resolution LIDAR data affects road segmentation accuracy in autonomous vehicles.
method Subsampled LIDAR data transformation into feature maps, use local normal vector with spherical coordinates.
result Improves road segmentation accuracy on low-resolution LIDAR data.
We describe a new public-domain open-source simulator of an electronic financial exchange, and of the traders that interact with the exchange, which is a truly distributed and cloud-native system that been designed to run on widely available commercial cloud-computing services, and in which various components can be pl…