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48 results for weakly-supervised segmentation

Alternative optimizer outperforms gradient descent in weakly-supervised CNN segmentation.

problem Training deep neural networks with complex loss functions.
method Demonstrated an alternative optimizer (ADM) outperforming gradient descent.
result Gradient descent performs poorly with certain loss functions, while an alternative optimizer achieves state-of-the-art results.

Proposes a method to improve weakly supervised image segmentation using deep geodesic priors.

problem Limited availability of high-quality annotations for image segmentation, especially in medical data.
method Integrates a deep geodesic prior extracted from an auto-encoder to reduce the adverse effects of weak labels in segmentation accuracy.
result The proposed method significantly improves segmentation accuracy, boosting performance by 4.4% in dice score for clean labels and up to 6.3% for noisy labels (L2).

Paper tackles brain tumor segmentation using weak labels and hierarchical training.

problem High manual labeling effort for fully supervised brain tumor segmentation.
method Uses scribbles and global labels for weak supervision, trains two networks in phases.
result Achieves competitive results on brain tumor segmentation and substructure segmentation.

New method uses image-level and pixel-level annotations for brain tumor segmentation.

problem Challenges in obtaining pixel-level annotations for brain tumor segmentation.
method Proposes a learning-based framework that combines both pixel- and image-level annotations.
result Method's performance in segmentation quality is competitive with traditional fully-supervised approach.

Image segmentation is the process of partitioning an image into a set of meaningful regions according to some criteria. Hierarchical segmentation has emerged as a major trend in this regard as it favors the emergence of important regions at different scales. On the other hand, many methods allow us to have prior inform…

2018-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves weakly-supervised action localization.

problem Locating action segments in videos with limited labels.
method Explicitly models key instance assignment as hidden variable using EM framework.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on THUMOS14 and ActivityNet1.2 benchmarks.

Paper proposes a method to generate instance labels from weakly supervised data.

problem Weakly supervised instance labeling in medical image analysis.
method Uses multiple instance learning (MIL) and knowledge distillation to generate instance-level predictions.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art MIL methods in instance-level prediction.

Improved object segmentation and tracking in video using optical flow and initial state conditioning.

problem Challenges in fully unsupervised object-centric learning from video data.
method Weakly-supervised approach using optical flow and initial state conditioning.
result Conditioning the model on simple object location cues significantly improves instance segmentation in realistic synthetic data.

Multiple modalities often co-occur when describing natural phenomena. Learning a joint representation of these modalities should yield deeper and more useful representations. Previous generative approaches to multi-modal input either do not learn a joint distribution or require additional computation to handle missing …

2018-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We describe a novel weakly supervised deep learning framework that combines both the discriminative and generative models to learn meaningful representation in the multiple instance learning (MIL) setting. MIL is a weakly supervised learning problem where labels are associated with groups of instances (referred as bags…

2018-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a new model for fine-grained review classification using weak supervision.

problem Fine-grained analysis of reviews is challenging due to segment-level labels.
method Employed Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) with sigmoid attention mechanism for weak supervision.
result Proposed model outperforms state-of-the-art models in segment-level sentiment classification.

Paper tackles ride-sharing user experience enhancement with weakly supervised learning.

problem Compound weakly supervised learning problem in ride-sharing comment data.
method CWSL method with instance reweighting, robust criteria, and alternating optimization.
result Effectiveness validated on Didi ride-sharing comment data.

The scarcity of data annotated at the desired level of granularity is a recurring issue in many applications. Significant amounts of effort have been devoted to developing weakly supervised methods tailored to each individual setting, which are often carefully designed to take advantage of the particular properties of …

2015-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

As machine learning algorithms become increasingly sophisticated to exploit subtle features of the data, they often become more dependent on simulations. This paper presents a new approach called weakly supervised classification in which class proportions are the only input into the machine learning algorithm. Using on…

2017-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows reverberant phase is not essential for weakly-supervised dereverberation.

problem Evaluating the role of reverberant phase in weakly-supervised dereverberation.
method Statistical Wave Field Theory and recent weak supervision framework.
result Wet phase carries limited useful information and is not essential for weakly supervised dereverberation.

ParsNet tackles weakly supervised data streams with a self-evolving deep neural network.

problem Weakly supervised data streams hinder existing data stream algorithms.
method ParsNet uses a self-labelling strategy with hedge (SLASH) and a closed-loop configuration of generative and discriminative training processes.
result ParsNet outperforms other methods in high-dimensional data streams and infinite delay simulations.

Paper tackles weakly supervised learning from similarity-confidence data.

problem Learning binary classifier from unlabeled data pairs with confidence of similarity.
method Proposes an unbiased estimator of classification risk from Sconf data and risk correction scheme.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of proposed methods through experiments.

Solves weakly supervised regression using low-rank approximations and manifold regularization.

problem Weakly supervised regression with known, unknown, and uncertain labels.
method Combines manifold regularization and low-rank matrix decomposition for optimization.
result Improves solution quality and stability for large datasets.

Paper develops proper, lower-bounded losses for weakly supervised classification.

problem Weakly supervised classification with corrupted labels.
method Representation theorem for proper losses, derived condition for lower-boundedness, generalized logit squeezing.
result Proper and lower-bounded losses for weak-label learning.

Study assesses weakly-supervised methods for rare outcomes in medical records.

problem Identifying patients with specific medical conditions using electronic health records.
method Compared three methods (PheNorm, MAP, and sureLDA) in simulations with varying outcomes and silver labels.
result No single method consistently outperformed others, but sureLDA often did well.

TrustNet robustly learns noise patterns from trusted data to improve weakly-supervised classification.

problem Robustness to label noise in weakly-supervised learning.
method TrustNet learns noise patterns from trusted data, then trains a robust classifier using these patterns.
result TrustNet outperforms state-of-the-art methods in robustness to various noise patterns.

Unified approach for multicalibration in weakly supervised learning.

problem Existing multicalibration methods require clean input-label pairs, which are unavailable in weakly supervised learning.
method Developed estimators and post-hoc correction methods for multicalibration under weak supervision.
result Unified framework for estimating and correcting multicalibration under weak supervision with finite-sample guarantees.

Many advanced Learning from Demonstration (LfD) methods consider the decomposition of complex, real-world tasks into simpler sub-tasks. By reusing the corresponding sub-policies within and between tasks, they provide training data for each policy from different high-level tasks and compose them to perform novel ones. E…

2018-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel ramp loss method improves weakly supervised machine translation and parsing.

problem Training neural models without gold labels in weak supervision scenarios.
method Adapted ramp loss objectives to promote positive outputs and discourage negative ones.
result Bipolar ramp loss objectives outperform other methods on weakly supervised tasks.

The paper explores how supervision level affects both statistical accuracy and computational efficiency in weakly supervised binary classification.

problem The impact of label flip probability on statistical and computational efficiency in weakly supervised binary classification.
method Information-theoretic and computational boundaries were established to characterize the relationship between supervision level and performance.
result The gap between statistical and computational boundaries narrows as the supervision level increases, indicating improved computational efficiency with more supervision.

New method reduces false positives in weakly supervised pixel-level localization.

problem Reduces false positives in weakly supervised pixel-level localization.
method Proposes a deep learning method using conditional entropy to constrain the localizer.
result Significant improvements in image-level classification and pixel-level localization.

Neural network models that are not conditioned on class identities were shown to facilitate knowledge transfer between classes and to be well-suited for one-shot learning tasks. Following this motivation, we further explore and establish such models and present a novel neural network architecture for the task of weakly…

2018-01-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently predicts paths in hierarchical text classification using unlabeled data.

problem Costly labeling of documents in hierarchical text classification.
method Path cost-sensitive learning algorithm using generative model and path constraints.
result Significantly reduces computational cost and improves efficiency.

Enhances mobile context prediction using weakly supervised learning.

problem Power consumption and limited training data for always-on context prediction.
method Weakly supervised learning framework for multi-modal sensing.
result Personalized context prediction model with improved accuracy.

Proposes a differentiable hypergeometric distribution for learning group importance.

problem Learning the sizes of subsets in applications like clustering and weakly-supervised learning.
method Introduces a reparameterizable hypergeometric distribution to model group sizes and learn their relative importance.
result Outperforms previous methods in weakly-supervised learning and clustering.

New framework for weakly supervised learning from label proportions.

problem Lack of consistent learning procedure and theoretical training criterion for LLP.
method Pose LLP as mutual contamination models (MCMs) and establish unbiased losses and generalization error bounds.
result Established novel technical results for MCMs and proposed a new experimental setting.

We consider the task of training classifiers without labels. We propose a weakly supervised method---adversarial label learning---that trains classifiers to perform well against an adversary that chooses labels for training data. The weak supervision constrains what labels the adversary can choose. The method therefore…

2018-05-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method for weakly-supervised object localization to improve few-shot learning.

problem Challenges of few-shot learning, especially with fine-grained categories.
method Introduces a Self-Attention Based Complementary Module (SAC Module) for weakly-supervised object localization.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets, especially for fine-grained few-shot tasks.