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48 results for pixel-wise attribution

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.

FCDD improves image anomaly detection without post-hoc explainers.

problem Image anomaly detection, especially pixel-wise.
method Fully Convolutional Data Description (FCDD) directly addresses anomaly detection without post-hoc methods.
result FCDD achieves state-of-the-art results on pixel-wise AD tasks.

The vulnerability of deep neural networks to adversarial attacks has been widely demonstrated (e.g., adversarial example attacks). Traditional attacks perform unstructured pixel-wise perturbation to fool the classifier. An alternative approach is to have perturbations in the latent space. However, such perturbations ar…

2020-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves image quality in generative models by estimating pixel-wise aleatoric uncertainty.

problem Lack of quantitative assessment of image quality in diffusion models.
method Estimate pixel-wise aleatoric uncertainty during sampling phase using a perturbation scheme designed for diffusion models.
result Uncertainty-guided sampling leads to better sample generation quality as shown by FID scores.

The need for labour intensive pixel-wise annotation is a major limitation of many fully supervised learning methods for segmenting bioimages that can contain numerous object instances with thin separations. In this paper, we introduce a deep convolutional neural network for microscopy image segmentation. Annotation iss…

2019-06-20abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for spotting symbols in CAD images reduces annotation costs and improves accuracy.

problem Challenging task of labeling symbols from CAD drawings.
method Pixel-wise point location via Progressive Gaussian Kernels (PGK) and local offset.
result The proposed method achieves good generalization on real-world CAD images.

In this work we propose a method for anatomical data augmentation that is based on using slices of computed tomography (CT) examinations that are adjacent to labeled slices as another resource of labeled data for training the network. The extended labeled data is used to train a U-net network for a pixel-wise classific…

2018-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Variational autoencoders (VAEs), that are built upon deep neural networks have emerged as popular generative models in computer vision. Most of the work towards improving variational autoencoders has focused mainly on making the approximations to the posterior flexible and accurate, leading to tremendous progress. Howe…

2016-11-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Semantic boundary and edge detection aims at simultaneously detecting object edge pixels in images and assigning class labels to them. Systematic training of predictors for this task requires the labeling of edges in images which is a particularly tedious task. We propose a novel strategy for solving this task, when pi…

2016-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper evaluates CNN-based facial landmark detection methods.

problem Evaluate characteristics and performance of CNN-based facial landmark detection methods.
method Divided into regression and heatmap approaches, investigated using a hybrid loss function and discrimination network.
result Proposed model outperforms other models in all tested datasets.

We consider the problem of representation learning for graph data. Convolutional neural networks can naturally operate on images, but have significant challenges in dealing with graph data. Given images are special cases of graphs with nodes lie on 2D lattices, graph embedding tasks have a natural correspondence with i…

2019-05-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a new family of optimization criteria for variational auto-encoding models, generalizing the standard evidence lower bound. We provide conditions under which they recover the data distribution and learn latent features, and formally show that common issues such as blurry samples and uninformative latent feat…

2017-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

RGI improves robustness of GAN-inversion for image restoration and anomaly detection.

problem Robustness of GAN-inversion to unknown gross corruptions.
method Proposes RGI and R-RGI methods with provable robustness guarantees.
result Restored images and corrupted region masks converge to ground truth under mild assumptions.

RankSEG-RMA improves semantic segmentation efficiency and applicability.

problem Inconsistent or suboptimal semantic segmentation results due to argmax or thresholding.
method Developed RankSEG-RMA using reciprocal moment approximation to optimize Dice and IoU metrics.
result RankSEG-RMA reduces computational complexity to O(d) while maintaining comparable performance.

Proposes a Taylor framework to unify and analyze attribution methods.

problem Lack of a unified guideline for feature contribution assignment in machine learning models.
method Introduces a Taylor attribution framework to model the attribution problem and reformulates fourteen mainstream methods.
result Empirically validates the Taylor reformulations and reveals a positive correlation between performance and principles followed.

Unified framework for analyzing machine learning model attributions.

problem Lack of a general and theoretical framework for understanding attribution methods.
method Proposes a Taylor attribution framework to unify and analyze seven mainstream attribution methods.
result Established three principles for good attribution and empirically validated the Taylor reformulations.

Facial attribute editing aims to manipulate single or multiple attributes of a face image, i.e., to generate a new face with desired attributes while preserving other details. Recently, generative adversarial net (GAN) and encoder-decoder architecture are usually incorporated to handle this task with promising results.…

2017-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Wavelet Attribution Method (WAM) improves feature attribution for deep models.

problem Inability of pixel-based heatmaps to capture data structure and variability in feature attribution.
method Wavelet domain for feature attribution, leveraging spatial and scale-localized properties of wavelet coefficients.
result WAM provides quantitatively superior explanations across audio, image, and volume modalities.

Proposes VCLANC for attributed network clustering using node and attribute embeddings.

problem Lack of mutual affinity exploitation between nodes and attributes in graph convolution.
method Dual variational auto-encoders for node and attribute embeddings, Gaussian mixture model priors, mutual distance and clustering assignment hardening losses.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on real-world attributed network datasets.

Unified analysis of removal-based feature attributions robustness.

problem Robustness of removal-based feature attributions is not well understood.
method Theoretical analysis and upper bounds derivation for removal-based feature attributions under input and model perturbations.
result Upper bounds for the difference between intact and perturbed attributions derived under various perturbation settings.

A new method for disentangled latent spaces in VAEs that can manipulate attributes.

problem Disentangled representation of attributes in latent spaces of VAEs.
method Attribute-based regularization loss to enforce monotonic relationships between attributes and latent codes.
result Manipulation of attributes in latent spaces post-training.

Graph structured data provide two-fold information: graph structures and node attributes. Numerous graph-based algorithms rely on both information to achieve success in supervised tasks, such as node classification and link prediction. However, node attributes could be missing or incomplete, which significantly deterio…

2019-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

We are interested in attribute-guided face generation: given a low-res face input image, an attribute vector that can be extracted from a high-res image (attribute image), our new method generates a high-res face image for the low-res input that satisfies the given attributes. To address this problem, we condition the …

2017-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

In many graphs such as social networks, nodes have associated attributes representing their behavior. Predicting node attributes in such graphs is an important problem with applications in many domains like recommendation systems, privacy preservation, and targeted advertisement. Attributes values can be predicted by a…

2019-12-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Flow-SSN improves segmentation efficiency and accuracy.

problem Challenges in medical imaging segmentation, especially high-rank pixel-wise covariances.
method Generative segmentation model using discrete-time autoregressive and continuous-time flow variants.
result Flow-SSNs can estimate high-rank pixel-wise covariances efficiently without assuming rank or storing parameters.

New method separates graph structure from node attributes to recover lost signal.

problem Standard representation learning on attributed graphs merges incompatible metric spaces, leading to geometrically flawed alignment.
method Custom variational autoencoder that separates manifold learning from structural alignment.
result Transforms geometric conflict into interpretable structural descriptor, uncovering connectivity patterns and anomalies.

New method builds complex networks from attribute interactions without normalization.

problem Improving high-level classification algorithms by capturing hidden attribute interactions.
method Proposes a new complex network building methodology based on attribute-attribute interactions, avoiding normalization.
result Demonstrates improved performance in high-level classification techniques.

RoSHAP stabilizes feature attribution in machine learning models.

problem Stochastic variation in feature attribution measures.
method Modeling feature attribution score distribution and estimating it through bootstrap resampling and kernel density estimation.
result RoSHAP provides stable feature rankings and improves model performance.

Method generates time-series attribution maps with identifiability guarantees.

problem Lack of identifiability guarantees in gradient-based attribution methods.
method Regularized contrastive learning algorithm trained on time-series data.
result Empirically shows robust approximation of zero vs. non-zero entries in the ground-truth attribution map.

A new framework quantifies how model explanations influence each other.

problem Understanding how different model explanations interact and influence each other.
method Introducing the metagame, a conceptual framework for measuring second-order interaction effects of model explanations using Shapley values.
result Meta-attributions provide directional insights into how feature interactions influence model explanations.