Method matches noisy remote sensing images robustly.
problem Matching noisy remote sensing images.
method Combining attention mechanism with feature enhancement.
result More efficient and accurate matches achieved.
A statistical algorithm for categorizing different types of matches and fraud in image databases is presented. The approach is based on a generative model of a graph representing images and connections between pairs of identities, trained using properties of a matching algorithm between images.
Improved image generation through iterative flow matching to reduce hallucinations.
problem Hallucinations in image generation models.
method Iterative flow matching to refine and correct paths in generative models.
result Enhanced generative modeling with reduced unrealistic images.
We propose and demonstrate the use of a model-assisted generative adversarial network (GAN) to produce fake images that accurately match true images through the variation of the parameters of the model that describes the features of the images. The generator learns the model parameter values that produce fake images th…
The paper matches features in images using centro-affine invariants and heat flow.
problem Feature matching in images with invariant algorithms.
method Developed an invariant algorithm using centro-affine invariants and heat flow.
result The algorithm compares favorably with existing feature matching methods.
Score matching method improves image generation quality.
problem Score matching method underperforms GANs in metrics like Fréchet Inception Distance.
method DSM-ALS with denoising and improved sampling techniques.
result Score matching methods can match GANs in image generation quality.
Efficiently matches subgraphs in noisy data without node labels.
problem Subgraph isomorphism in noisy, real-valued graphs.
method Two-step approach: extract topology, then expand matches.
result Realistically sub-linear computational efficiency, robustness to noise.
AR-CSM models use derivatives of univariate log-conditionals to estimate joint distributions efficiently.
problem Scalability and stability issues in training autoregressive models.
method Parameterize joint distribution using derivatives of univariate log-conditionals and introduce Composite Score Matching (CSM) for efficient training.
result AR-CSM models are more scalable and stable compared to previous score matching algorithms.
Deep learning improves 3D microscopy resolution without matched target images.
problem Anisotropic resolution in volumetric fluorescence microscopy.
method Cycle-consistent generative adversarial network trained on unpaired 2D images.
result Enhanced axial resolution and restored details between imaging planes.
Novel alignment framework for text-to-image generation using diffusion models and flow matching.
problem Improving text-to-image generation with minimal computational resources.
method Proposes a novel alignment framework that decomposes the score function into pre-trained score plus a conditional expectation of the reward.
result Achieves comparable performance to finetuning-based models with reduced computational cost.
Humans are able to imagine a person's voice from the person's appearance and imagine the person's appearance from his/her voice. In this paper, we make the first attempt to develop a method that can convert speech into a voice that matches an input face image and generate a face image that matches the voice of the inpu…
New method denoises images without clean reference using Tweedie distributions.
problem Image denoising without clean reference images.
method Combining Tweedie distributions, Noise2Score, and saddle point approximation.
result General closed-form denoising formula for various noise distributions.
Cellular Electron CryoTomography (CECT) is a 3D imaging technique that captures information about the structure and spatial organization of macromolecular complexes within single cells, in near-native state and at sub-molecular resolution. Although template matching is often used to locate macromolecules in a CECT imag…
New research shows semantic data matching can degrade SSDL performance.
problem The limits of semantic data set matching in semi-supervised learning.
method Demonstrated through simulations and a new dissimilarity measure.
result Semantic data matching can degrade SSDL performance under non-IID data.
Feature Quantization improves GAN training stability.
problem Stability issues in GAN training.
method Feature Quantization (FQ) for the discriminator, embedding true and fake data into a shared discrete space.
result FQ-GAN achieves new state-of-the-art performance on various GAN tasks.
Generative model uses ODEs and RKHSs for measure matching.
problem Minimum divergence generative modeling and sampling.
method Diffeomorphic matching and image registration principles applied to ODEs and RKHSs.
result Theoretical error bounds and extensive numerical experiments demonstrate the method's properties and applicability.
Generative models learn latent process to match target distributions.
problem Training flow-matching models with auxiliary stochastic dynamics.
method Introduces latent process generator matching, treating generative state as a deterministic image of a Markov process.
result Learn generator of a stochastic process with same marginal distributions.
Theory explains creativity in diffusion models generating novel images.
problem Diffusion models generate highly original images far from training data.
method Identified locality and equivariance as inductive biases to prevent optimal score-matching.
result Analytic models predict diffusion model outputs with high accuracy.
Augmented bridge matching preserves coupling information between distributions.
problem Preserving the original empirical pairing in flow and bridge matching processes.
method Augmenting the velocity field with initial sample point information.
result Simple modification recovers coupling information without losing Markovian property.
RFM improves CNFs by adding a boundary constraint term and matching velocity fields.
problem Flow matching on constrained domains leads to unnatural samples.
method RFM adds a boundary constraint term and matches velocity fields in a simulation-free manner.
result RFM achieves comparable or better results on standard image benchmarks and produces high-quality samples.
GLASS Flows improves flow and diffusion model performance by optimizing sampling efficiency.
problem Efficiency bottleneck in sampling Markov transitions for flow and diffusion models.
method Introduces GLASS Flows, a new sampling paradigm that simulates a 'flow matching model within a flow matching model' to sample Markov transitions efficiently.
result Eliminates the trade-off between stochastic evolution and efficiency in large-scale text-to-image models.
Generative models have made immense progress in recent years, particularly in their ability to generate high quality images. However, that quality has been difficult to evaluate rigorously, with evaluation dominated by heuristic approaches that do not correlate well with human judgment, such as the Inception Score and …
Graph matching is a challenging problem with very important applications in a wide range of fields, from image and video analysis to biological and biomedical problems. We propose a robust graph matching algorithm inspired in sparsity-related techniques. We cast the problem, resembling group or collaborative sparsity f…
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are commonly trained using a fixed spatial image size predetermined for a given model. Although trained on images of aspecific size, it is well established that CNNs can be used to evaluate a wide range of image sizes at test time, by adjusting the size of intermediate feature maps.…
CatSIM measures image similarity robustly to small changes.
problem Measuring similarity between images, especially with small perturbations.
method Uses structural similarity image quality paradigm, robust to small location changes.
result Structural similarity between images rated higher when not entirely overlapping.
Quantum machine learning improves satellite image alignment.
problem Align satellite images taken at different times and angles.
method Quantum machine learning techniques for feature extraction and matching.
result Quantum methods show potential for future improvements.
The paper analyzes set-to-set matching with neural networks, focusing on theoretical generalization.
problem Theoretical analysis of set-to-set matching with neural networks.
method Generalization error analysis of set-to-set matching with neural networks.
result Theoretical insights into the behavior of set-to-set matching models.
This paper tackles robust submodular minimization for image segmentation and correspondence.
problem Robust submodular minimization for image segmentation and correspondence.
method Constrained submodular minimization with scalable approximation algorithms for various combinatorial constraints.
result First work on robust submodular minimization under broad combinatorial constraints.
WS diffusion models handle anisotropic Gaussian noise better than conventional methods.
problem Handling anisotropic Gaussian noise in imaging inverse problems.
method Whitened Score (WS) diffusion models based on stochastic differential equations.
result WS DMs outperform conventional DMs on anisotropic Gaussian noise.
LSDM uses unpaired data to match latent space distributions for generative modeling.
problem Generating high-quality images with limited paired data.
method Two-stage approach: latent space learning from paired and unpaired data, followed by joint distribution matching.
result LSDM enhances geometric fidelity in generated outputs and provides theoretical insights into LDMs.
Unpaired deep learning reconstructs MRI images from accelerated data.
problem Difficulty in acquiring matched fully sampled k-space data for supervised deep learning.
method Optimal transport driven cycleGAN architecture.
result Reconstructs high resolution MR images from accelerated k-space data.
C3 compresses images and videos with low complexity and high performance.
problem High complexity and low performance in neural compression models.
method Overfits a small model to each image or video separately, improving RD performance with low complexity.
result Matches the RD performance of state-of-the-art neural and video codecs with significantly lower decoding complexity.
Performing knowledge transfer from a large teacher network to a smaller student is a popular task in modern deep learning applications. However, due to growing dataset sizes and stricter privacy regulations, it is increasingly common not to have access to the data that was used to train the teacher. We propose a novel …
We address the problem of image translation between domains or modalities for which no direct paired data is available (i.e. zero-pair translation). We propose mix and match networks, based on multiple encoders and decoders aligned in such a way that other encoder-decoder pairs can be composed at test time to perform u…
High-quality image synthesis with diffusion models, achieving state-of-the-art FID score.
problem Generating high-quality images from latent variables.
method Training diffusion probabilistic models with a weighted variational bound, inspired by denoising score matching and Langevin dynamics.
result State-of-the-art FID score of 3.17 on CIFAR10 dataset.
We propose an extension of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to graph-structured data, including strided convolutions and data augmentation on graphs. Our method matches the accuracy of state-of-the-art CNNs when applied on images, without any prior about their 2D regular structure. On fMRI data, we obtain a signifi…
Paper introduces Latent-CLIP for efficient text-image comparison in latent space.
problem Efficiently compare text and images in latent space without costly decoding.
method Trains CLIP model in latent space, uses Latent-CLIP rewards for noise optimization, and guides generation away from harmful content.
result Latent-CLIP matches CLIP performance on text-image classification and harmful content detection.
We address the following problem: given two smooth densities on a manifold, find an optimal diffeomorphism that transforms one density into the other. Our framework builds on connections between the Fisher-Rao information metric on the space of probability densities and right-invariant metrics on the infinite-dimension…
Bayesian framework learns prior from data to quantify uncertainty in MRI reconstruction.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in deep learning solutions for inverse problems.
method Adopting denoising score matching to learn prior from data, using it in an annealed Hamiltonian Monte-Carlo scheme.
result The approach yields high-quality reconstructions and assesses uncertainty on specific features.
We propose a novel procedure which adds "content-addressability" to any given unconditional implicit model e.g., a generative adversarial network (GAN). The procedure allows users to control the generative process by specifying a set (arbitrary size) of desired examples based on which similar samples are generated from…
A new method resolves permutation issues in shuffled linear regression for large-scale applications.
problem Estimating latent features through linear transformation with unknown permutations.
method Spectral matching method to align spectral components of measurement and feature covariances.
result Achieves accurate estimates in shuffled LS and LASSO settings with sufficient samples.
Current Flash X-ray single-particle diffraction Imaging (FXI) experiments, which operate on modern X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs), can record millions of interpretable diffraction patterns from individual biomolecules per day. Due to the stochastic nature of the XFELs, those patterns will to a varying degree includ…
Sparse Vision MoE matches dense networks in image recognition while using less compute.
problem Scaling vision models efficiently in computer vision.
method Vision MoE (V-MoE) - a sparse version of Vision Transformer.
result V-MoE matches state-of-the-art dense networks in image recognition with half the compute.
Closed-form flow matching yields similar performance to stochastic version, improving model performance.
problem Understanding why flow matching models generalize well.
method Empirical analysis and comparison of stochastic and closed-form flow matching losses.
result Closed-form flow matching can improve model performance.
Paper proves convergence of measure transfer schemes using slicing and matching.
problem Iterative schemes for measure transfer and approximation problems.
method Slicing-and-matching procedure, stochastic gradient descent on Wasserstein space.
result Almost sure convergence proof for stochastic slicing-and-matching schemes.
Traditional nearest points methods use all the samples in an image set to construct a single convex or affine hull model for classification. However, strong artificial features and noisy data may be generated from combinations of training samples when significant intra-class variations and/or noise occur in the image s…
We survey the role of symmetry in diffeomorphic registration of landmarks, curves, surfaces, images and higher-order data. The infinite dimensional problem of finding correspondences between objects can for a range of concrete data types be reduced resulting in compact representations of shape and spatial structure. Th…
This paper reviews methods for constructing confidence intervals for error rates in 1:1 matching tasks.
problem Challenges in assessing uncertainty of error rates in matching algorithms, especially when data are dependent and error rates are low.
method Derives and examines statistical properties of methods for constructing confidence intervals for error rates in 1:1 matching tasks.
result Coverage and interval width vary with sample size, error rates, and data dependence.