Inception v3 model classifies face shapes with high accuracy.
problem Face shape classification using deep learning.
method Retraining Inception v3 model on face shape dataset.
result Inception v3 outperforms other classifiers.
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New framework classifies high-dimensional shapes using ray intersections, establishing data requirements.
problem Classifying high-dimensional shapes in real-world data.
method Ray-based classification (RBC) framework using intersections of one-dimensional representations (rays) with shape boundaries.
result Established bounds on the number of rays necessary for shape classification, defined by key angular metrics.
A recent Cell paper [Chang and Tsao, 2017] reports an interesting discovery. For the face stimuli generated by a pre-trained active appearance model (AAM), the responses of neurons in the areas of the primate brain that are responsible for face recognition exhibit strong linear relationship with the shape variables and…
The twisted face-pairing construction of our earlier papers gives an efficient way of generating, mechanically and with little effort, myriads of relatively simple face-pairing descriptions of interesting closed 3-manifolds. The corresponding description in terms of surgery, or Dehn-filling, reveals the twist construct…
Recognizing facial expressions from static images or video sequences is a widely studied but still challenging problem. The recent progresses obtained by deep neural architectures, or by ensembles of heterogeneous models, have shown that integrating multiple input representations leads to state-of-the-art results. In p…
Develops a fast non-invasive tool for diagnosing pediatric sleep apnea.
problem Diagnosing pediatric obstructive sleep apnea using an overnight sleep study is often impractical.
method Combines persistent homology, geometric shape analysis, and convolutional neural networks to classify facial images.
result Facial features associated with obstructive sleep apnea can be recognized for diagnosis.
By using two different invariants for the Rubik's Magic puzzle, one of metric type, the other of topological type, we can dramatically reduce the universe of constructible configurations of the puzzle. Finding the set of actually constructible shapes remains however a challenging task, that we tackle by first reducing …
Random Projections on Manifolds of Symmetric Positive Definite Matrices for Image Classificationcs.CV
Recent advances suggest that encoding images through Symmetric Positive Definite (SPD) matrices and then interpreting such matrices as points on Riemannian manifolds can lead to increased classification performance. Taking into account manifold geometry is typically done via (1) embedding the manifolds in tangent space…
SVR-Tree improves classification trees for imbalanced and sparse data.
problem Classification difficulties in imbalanced and sparse data.
method Proposes SVR-Tree, penalizing the Surface-to-Volume Ratio of decision sets.
result SVR-Tree improves generalization error compared to other imbalance algorithms.
Given a polyhedral surface, assume that it is prohibited to change the shape and size of any face but it is permissible to change the dihedral angles between the faces. A polyhedral surface is said to be flexible if it is possible to change its shape under the above restrictions. We prove that flexible polyhedral surfa…
Face recognition system trained with noisy labels.
problem Label noise in training deep learning classifiers.
method Review and apply recent methods to manage noisy annotations.
result Improved performance of face recognition system with noisy labels.
The study finds minimal hypersurfaces in wedge-shaped manifolds with boundary.
problem Finding minimal hypersurfaces in wedge-shaped manifolds with boundary.
method Developed a min-max theory for locally wedge-shaped manifolds with boundary.
result Proved existence of smooth free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in wedge-shaped manifolds.
In this paper, we describe a novel shape classification method which is embedded in the Bayesian paradigm. We discuss the modelling and the resulting shape classification algorithm for two and three dimensional data shapes. We conclude by evaluating the efficiency and efficacy of the proposed algorithm on the Kimia sha…
Encoding Curved Tetrahedra in Face Holonomies: a Phase Space of Shapes from Group-Valued Moment Mapsmath-ph
We present a generalization of Minkowski's classic theorem on the reconstruction of tetrahedra from algebraic data to homogeneously curved spaces. Euclidean notions such as the normal vector to a face are replaced by Levi-Civita holonomies around each of the tetrahedron's faces. This allows the reconstruction of both s…
New model combines shape and feature-based measures for better time series classification.
problem Limited approaches in time series classification lead to poor results for some classes.
method Proposes a new model that automatically decides between shape and feature-based measures.
result Improves classification accuracy statistically significantly on real-world datasets.
SaR-SVM-STV improves hyperspectral image classification with shape-adaptive reconstruction and denoising.
problem Classifying hyperspectral images with limited labeled data.
method Shape-adaptive Reconstruction (SaR) for pixel preprocessing, SVM for probability estimation, and Smoothed Total Variation (STV) for denoising.
result SaR-SVM-STV outperforms SVM-STV with fewer labeled data.
DeepEthnic classifies faces into ethnic groups with high accuracy.
problem Classifying faces into ethnic groups using machine learning.
method Transfer learning from a large-scale data recognition network.
result State-of-the-art success rates for four ethnic groups.
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 method labels GAN-generated faces without stereotyping.
problem Eliminating human bias in AI classification of fictional faces.
method Penalized regression to minimize cost function between realistic and target images.
result Successfully labels GAN-generated images without stereotyping.
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 …
Divides state space into regions with identical term structure shapes.
problem Classifying term structure shapes in the two-factor Vasicek model.
method Using envelopes and winding numbers to divide and classify the state space.
result Nearly complete classification of parameter space regarding term structure shapes.
Reduces gender classification bias by learning race-invariant face representations.
problem Societal bias in gender recognition systems.
method Adversarially trained autoencoder model to learn race-invariant face representations.
result Achieved a significant drop of over 40% in racial bias surrogate metric with race invariant representations.
New kernel method for shape classification on Kendall shape space.
problem Classification of shapes on non-Euclidean Kendall shape space.
method Extrinsic Veronese Whitney Gaussian kernel for KRRC on .
result KRRC classifier performs well on real Kendall shape data.
Pixel-wise relevance method shows how CNNs classify faces, varying across datasets and tasks.
problem Interpreting black-box CNN face recognition models.
method Layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP) applied to VGG-16 models trained for face recognition.
result Relevance maps are generally stable across random initializations and tasks, but less so across pretraining datasets.
SVarM uses varifold representations for shape classification and regression.
problem Challenges in analyzing geometric data due to non-Euclidean shape spaces.
method Develops a neural network-based framework for varifold representations of shapes.
result Demonstrates strong performance and robustness in shape classification and regression.
This study compares DR methods with kernel variations for face image analysis.
problem High dimensionality, noise, and correlation in data.
method Reviews and comparative study of PCA, LDA, KPCA, KLDA, SKPCA.
result SKPCA outperforms other methods in gender classification on face databases.
A new method shapes reinforcement learning environments by abstracting large state spaces.
problem Learning in large, noisy environments with sparse feedback.
method Environment shaping using state abstraction.
result Agent's policy in shaped environment preserves near-optimal behavior in original environment.
Efficient method for shape modeling invariant to rigid motion.
problem Statistical shape modeling for rigidly moving shapes.
method Non-Euclidean Lie group analysis of metric distortion and curvature.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art classifiers in sparse data.
In this paper, we study biconservative hypersurfaces in the four dimensional Minkowski space . We give the complete explicit classification of biconservative hypersurfaces with diagonalizable shape operator in .
We provide a full classification of all attainable term structure shapes in the two-factor Vasicek model of interest rates. In particular, we show that the shapes normal, inverse, humped, dipped and hump-dip are always attainable. In certain parameter regimes up to four additional shapes can be produced. Our results ap…
We introduce a family of copulas which are locally piecewise uniform in the interior of the unit cube of any given dimension. Within that family, the simultaneous control of tail dependencies of all projections to faces of the cube is possible and we give an efficient sampling algorithm. The combination of these two pr…
Face recognition is the important field in machine learning and pattern recognition research area. It has a lot of applications in military, finance, public security, to name a few. In this paper, the combination of the tensor sparse PCA with the nearest-neighbor method (and with the kernel ridge regression method) wil…
FineHand learns hand shapes for better ASL recognition.
problem Difficult ASL recognition due to fast, articulate gestures.
method Combines manual and deep learning for hand shape embeddings, uses RNN for sequential gestures.
result Improved video gesture recognition accuracy on GMU-ASL51 benchmark.
Shape adaptor learns flexible resizing factors for neural networks.
problem Fixed resizing layers limit network performance.
method Learnable reshaping factor for traditional resizing layers.
result Performance increases consistently across multiple datasets.
The paper classifies and explores isoparametric hypersurfaces in pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
problem Investigating isoparametric hypersurfaces in pseudo-Riemannian space forms.
method Petrov's classification theorem and shape operator analysis.
result No isoparametric hypersurfaces of index 2 with complex principal curvatures exist.
Shape information is of great importance in many applications. For example, the oil-bearing capacity of sand bodies, the subterranean remnants of ancient rivers, is related to their cross-sectional shapes. The analysis of these shapes is therefore of some interest, but current classifications are simplistic and ad hoc.…
Study classifies special 4D shapes with certain curvature.
problem Classifying specific types of 4D shapes.
method Classifying compact almost-Kähler four manifolds with nonnegative biorthogonal curvature.
result Classified compact almost-Kähler four manifolds with nonnegative biorthogonal curvature.
Enhanced 3D shape analysis using information geometry.
problem Challenges in comparing 3D point clouds due to their unstructured nature and complex geometry.
method Information geometric framework for 3D point cloud shape analysis using Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) on a statistical manifold. Proposed MSKL divergence with upper and lower bounds.
result MSKL provides stable and monotonically varying values that directly reflect geometric variation, outperforming traditional distances and existing KL approximations.
The paper explores a new type of kernel using Wasserstein distance for better classification of shapes.
problem Improving kernel methods for shape classification.
method Defined and studied exponential kernels based on regularized Wasserstein distance.
result Wasserstein squared exponential kernels perform better on small shape datasets.
Given a set of points that sample a shape, the Rips complex of the data points is often used in machine-learning to provide an approximation of the shape easily-computed. It has been proved recently that the Rips complex captures the homotopy type of the shape assuming the vertices of the complex meet some mild samplin…
Recent work shows unequal performance of commercial face classification services in the gender classification task across intersectional groups defined by skin type and gender. Accuracy on dark-skinned females is significantly worse than on any other group. In this paper, we conduct several analyses to try to uncover t…
In this work we propose a model that can manipulate individual visual attributes of objects in a real scene using examples of how respective attribute manipulations affect the output of a simulation. As an example, we train our model to manipulate the expression of a human face using nonphotorealistic 3D renders of a f…
Machine learning methods struggle with geometric data, but shape space analysis provides a framework for studying and analyzing geometric variability.
problem Machine learning methods struggle with geometric data
method Shape space analysis provides a mathematical and computational framework
result Characterizes shape variability, compares geometric objects, and analyzes structural trajectories
Paper proposes angular loss for better face recognition and object classification.
problem Improving intra-class compactness and preventing overfitting in face recognition and object classification.
method Angular loss function to maximize angular gradient, reducing overfitting and requiring only one adjustable constant.
result Our method outperforms other methods in accuracy, discriminative information, and time-efficiency.
New method for surface analysis using restricted deformation bases.
problem Surface registration and comparison without pre-registered data.
method Elastic Riemannian metrics with basis-restricted transformations.
result Effective implementation on human body and face scans.
Classifies shapes of yield curves in the Svensson family.
problem Classifying shapes of yield curves in the Svensson family.
method Complete classification of shapes using mathematical analysis.
result Certain complex shapes cannot appear after a deterministic time horizon.
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.
Covariate shift relaxes the widely-employed independent and identically distributed (IID) assumption by allowing different training and testing input distributions. Unfortunately, common methods for addressing covariate shift by trying to remove the bias between training and testing distributions using importance weigh…