Meta Fusion integrates various multimodal data fusion strategies into a unified framework.
problem Improving predictive power of machine learning methods across diverse applications.
method Meta Fusion constructs a cohort of models based on latent representations across modalities, sharing soft information to boost performance.
result Meta Fusion consistently outperforms conventional fusion strategies in simulation and real-world applications.
Algorithms that fuse multiple input sources benefit from both complementary and shared information. Shared information may provide robustness against faulty or noisy inputs, which is indispensable for safety-critical applications like self-driving cars. We investigate learning fusion algorithms that are robust against …
In recent years, multi-modal fusion has attracted a lot of research interest, both in academia, and in industry. Multimodal fusion entails the combination of information from a set of different types of sensors. Exploiting complementary information from different sensors, we show that target detection and classificatio…
New method handles missing data in multimodal brain imaging.
problem Missing data in multimodal brain imaging.
method Full Information Linked ICA (FI-LICA) algorithm.
result FI-LICA outperforms current practices in classification and prediction.
MCFNet recovers spatial detail and fuses it with semantic information for real-time segmentation.
problem Recovering spatial detail information and fusing it with semantic information in real-time.
method Proposes a new architecture (MCFNet) with feature refinement and fusion modules, and a gating unit.
result Achieves competitive performance with high speed (75.5% mIOU, 151.3 FPS on Cityscapes).
This paper evaluates heterogeneous information fusion using multi-task Gaussian processes in the context of geological resource modeling. Specifically, it empirically demonstrates that information integration across heterogeneous information sources leads to superior estimates of all the quantities being modeled, compa…
Multimodal fusion is considered a key step in multimodal tasks such as sentiment analysis, emotion detection, question answering, and others. Most of the recent work on multimodal fusion does not guarantee the fidelity of the multimodal representation with respect to the unimodal representations. In this paper, we prop…
A machine learning approach to record fusion with high accuracy.
problem Aggregating multiple records corresponding to the same entity.
method Constructing feature vectors from attribute-level, record-level, and database-level signals; using a stagewise additive model to learn a classifier.
result Average precision of ~98% with source information and ~94% without source information across diverse datasets.
New deep fusion methods improve human action recognition using depth and inertial sensor data.
problem Existing multimodal HAR frameworks lack mid-level feature fusion.
method Proposes three deep multilevel multimodal fusion frameworks, transforming depth and inertial sensor data into images and using convolution with Prewitt filter to create modality within modality.
result Supremacy of proposed fusion frameworks over existing methods on three publicly available datasets.
FGN improves Chinese NER by integrating glyph information and interactive context.
problem Chinese named entity recognition is challenging due to the complexity of characters and their glyphs.
method FGN uses a novel CGS-CNN structure to capture glyph and interactive information, and a sliding window method to fuse BERT and glyph representations.
result FGN achieves state-of-the-art performance on four NER datasets, improving over previous methods.
The sharp and recent increase in the availability of data captured by different sensors combined with their considerably heterogeneous natures poses a serious challenge for the effective and efficient processing of remotely sensed data. Such an increase in remote sensing and ancillary datasets, however, opens up the po…
This paper develops a mathematical and computational framework for analyzing the expected performance of Bayesian data fusion, or joint statistical inference, within a sensor network. We use variational techniques to obtain the posterior expectation as the optimal fusion rule under a deterministic constraint and a quad…
Combines multiple asset views with machine learning for better portfolio allocation.
problem Portfolio allocation with multiple uncertain asset views.
method Consistency-based data fusion techniques for combining Black-Litterman model with machine learning predictions.
result Improved portfolio allocation through fusion of multiple view estimates.
Framework for handling long-tailed multi-modal data.
problem Class imbalance and long-tailed distributions in multi-modal data.
method Multi-expert architecture with modality-specific networks and dynamic fusion weights.
result Framework outperforms existing methods in long-tailed, class-imbalanced scenarios.
Inspired by brain's modality fusion, this paper detects active speakers from audio and video.
problem Detecting active speakers in noisy environments.
method Inspired by brain's superior colliculus, combines audio and visual data through specialized neural networks and a novel fusion layer.
result Achieved results greatly surpassing initial expectations, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed method.
The paper analyzes how shared priors affect Bayesian data fusion performance.
problem Effect of shared priors on Bayesian data fusion performance.
method Theoretical analysis using two divergences common in Bayesian inference.
result Theoretical analysis and experimental validation of performance behavior.
Novel fusion network combines polarization and radiomics features for liver cancer classification.
problem Challenges in histopathological diagnosis of HCC and ICC.
method Two-tier fusion approach: feature-level and classification-level.
result Significantly enhances classification accuracy, even at reduced resolutions.
Proposes LVGP for multi-source data fusion in science and engineering.
problem Differences in quality and comprehensiveness of data sources.
method Latent Variable Gaussian Process (LVGP) framework.
result Improved predictions for sparse-data problems.
Proposes a deep Auto-Encoder-like framework for visual-tactile fusion object clustering.
problem Combining visual and tactile information for better object clustering.
method Deep Auto-Encoder-like Non-negative Matrix Factorization framework, graph regularizer, modality-level consensus regularizer, alternating minimization strategy.
result Improves object clustering performance by leveraging both visual and tactile modalities.
This paper reviews deep learning for multi-modality medical image segmentation.
problem Improving segmentation accuracy in medical images using multiple modalities.
method Overview of deep learning and multi-modal medical image segmentation, analysis of different network architectures and fusion strategies.
result Later fusion of modalities can lead to more accurate segmentation results.
Physics-informed ML models improve turbulence understanding in fusion plasmas.
problem Improving turbulence modeling in fusion plasma devices.
method Physics-informed deep learning framework constrained by PDEs.
result Direct quantitative comparisons of turbulent fields between theory and gyrokinetic models.
In the past few years, a lot of attention has been devoted to multimedia indexing by fusing multimodal informations. Two kinds of fusion schemes are generally considered: The early fusion and the late fusion. We focus on late classifier fusion, where one combines the scores of each modality at the decision level. To ta…
Improved sleep apnea detection using sensor fusion and backward shortcut connections.
problem Untreated sleep apnea leads to severe health consequences; automated detection is needed.
method Late sensor fusion using backward shortcut connections to improve deep learning models.
result Significant improvement in predictive performance over single sensor methods.
New method learns fusion rules from few images using granular ball priors.
problem Challenges in supervised learning for image fusion with limited data.
method Introduces incomplete priors and Granular Ball Pixel Computation (GBPC) algorithm.
result Lightweight neural network learns effective fusion rules from few images.
Proposes C2AF network for multi-view time series classification.
problem Improving multi-view time series classification performance.
method Two-stream structured encoder, graph-based correlation matrix, channel-aware fusion mechanism.
result Extensive experimental results show superior performance over state-of-the-art methods.
In order to maximize detection precision rate as well as the recall rate, this paper proposes an in-vehicle multi-source fusion scheme in Keyword Spotting (KWS) System for vehicle applications. Vehicle information, as a new source for the original system, is collected by an in-vehicle data acquisition platform while th…
In this paper, we present a framework to control a self-driving car by fusing raw information from RGB images and depth maps. A deep neural network architecture is used for mapping the vision and depth information, respectively, to steering commands. This fusion of information from two sensor sources allows to provide …
Skein theory classifies UFCs with specific fusion rules.
problem Classifying unitary fusion categories with specific fusion rules.
method Graphical calculus and rotation operator action on a canonical basis.
result Explicit formulae for Fqqqq when k=2 and C is ribbon. With the rising number of interconnected devices and sensors, modeling distributed sensor networks is of increasing interest. Recurrent neural networks (RNN) are considered particularly well suited for modeling sensory and streaming data. When predicting future behavior, incorporating information from neighboring senso…
Multimodal learning has been lacking principled ways of combining information from different modalities and learning a low-dimensional manifold of meaningful representations. We study multimodal learning and sensor fusion from a latent variable perspective. We first present a regularized recurrent attention filter for …
Paper shows noisy labels can improve PLR variable selection.
problem Variable selection in PLR is challenging due to noisy labels.
method Proposes a novel ADMM-based algorithm to fuse noisy labels.
result Fused noisy labels improve PLR performance in estimation and classification.
Direct learning framework for integrating multi-source causal data.
problem Conditional average treatment effects inference from heterogeneous data.
method Direct learning framework, double robustness, causal information-aware weighting function.
result Effective causal data fusion in both homogeneous and heterogeneous scenarios.
A new method for feature fusion in U-Net decoders using difference-based gating.
problem Precise fusion of high-level semantics and low-level details in U-Net decoder reconstruction.
method Proposes two difference-based gating approaches: Feature-difference gating (FDG) and Entropy-difference gating (EDG).
result Both FDG and EDG methods outperform existing attention-based fusion methods, with EDG showing superior performance.
LDF combines neural networks with probabilistic models for data fusion.
problem Combining limited primary data with readily available auxiliary data.
method Neural networks as conjugate mappings of auxiliary data for posterior analysis.
result Efficient inference and compact latent variable posterior distributions.
PointPainting fuses lidar and image data for better 3D object detection.
problem Lidar-only methods outperform fusion methods on 3D object detection benchmarks.
method Sequential fusion by projecting lidar points into image segmentation output and appending class scores.
result Significant improvements on state-of-the-art 3D object detection methods on KITTI and nuScenes datasets.
Enhances robustness of multi-view clustering via partition fusion.
problem Dealing with noises and inconsistency in multi-view data.
method Generates multiple partitions, integrates them, and co-evolves graph learning, partition generation, and view weight learning.
result Empirical results verify the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach.
A novel federated learning framework resolves structural misalignment in model fusion.
problem Structural misalignment in model fusion due to chaotic information distribution.
method Feature-oriented regulation method (Ψ-Net) to ensure feature information allocation and dedicated collaboration schemes. result Effective enhancement of federated learning applicability to heterogeneous settings with improved convergence speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
Study improves stock movement prediction using multimodal data.
problem Inaccurate stock movement prediction due to incomplete multimodal data integration.
method Introduces MSGCA framework for robust multimodal fusion.
result MSGCA framework outperforms existing methods by 21.7% on multimodal datasets.
MISA combines multiple datasets for better feature extraction.
problem Combining diverse datasets for better feature extraction.
method MISA combines multiple heterogeneous datasets using Kotz distribution and combinatorial optimization.
result MISA produces robust generalization of ICA, IVA, and ISA.
A new multi-view clustering method that is fast, scalable, and easy to use.
problem High computational complexity, one-stage fusion, and dataset-specific hyperparameter tuning in multi-view clustering.
method Random view groups, hybrid early-late fusion, diversified base clusterings, and unified bipartite graph.
result Almost linear time and space complexity, no dataset-specific tuning required.
With the increasing popularity of video sharing websites such as YouTube and Facebook, multimodal sentiment analysis has received increasing attention from the scientific community. Contrary to previous works in multimodal sentiment analysis which focus on holistic information in speech segments such as bag of words re…
Characterizing the dynamic interactive patterns of complex systems helps gain in-depth understanding of how components interrelate with each other while performing certain functions as a whole. In this study, we present a novel multimodal data fusion approach to construct a complex network, which models the interaction…
Sensor fusion has wide applications in many domains including health care and autonomous systems. While the advent of deep learning has enabled promising multi-modal fusion of high-level features and end-to-end sensor fusion solutions, existing deep learning based sensor fusion techniques including deep gating architec…
A new data-level recombination strategy improves RGB-D salient object detection.
problem RGB-D salient object detection struggles with depth information.
method Proposes a novel data-level recombination strategy to fuse RGB and depth data before feature extraction.
result Achieves a new state-of-the-art performance in RGB-D salient object detection.
Proposes Fusion Recurrent Neural Network for sequence data.
problem Improving sequence learning for practical applications.
method Fusion module and Transport module for sequence data.
result Fusion RNN performs comparably to state-of-the-art RNNs.
We propose a generalized class of multimodal fusion operators for the task of visual question answering (VQA). We identify generalizations of existing multimodal fusion operators based on the Hadamard product, and show that specific non-trivial instantiations of this generalized fusion operator exhibit superior perform…
In statistical modeling with Gaussian Process regression, it has been shown that combining (few) high-fidelity data with (many) low-fidelity data can enhance prediction accuracy, compared to prediction based on the few high-fidelity data only. Such information fusion techniques for multifidelity data commonly approach …
New insights into knot fusion numbers via cabling.
problem Understanding fusion numbers of ribbon knots and their behavior under cabling.
method Utilizing knot Floer homology and cabling formulas to analyze fusion numbers.
result The fusion number and strong homotopy fusion number of (p,1)-cable knots are preserved.