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Current generative networks are increasingly proficient in generating high-resolution realistic images. These generative networks, especially the conditional ones, can potentially become a great tool for providing new image datasets. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-11 Victor Besnier , Himalaya Jain , Andrei Bursuc , Matthieu Cord , Patrick Pérez

Synthetic data can improve generalization when real data is scarce, but excessive reliance may introduce distributional mismatches that degrade performance. In this paper, we present a learning-theoretic framework to quantify the trade-off…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-04-02 Amitis Shidani , Tyler Farghly , Yang Sun , Habib Ganjgahi , George Deligiannidis

Collecting and annotating real-world data for the development of object detection models is a time-consuming and expensive process. In the military domain in particular, data collection can also be dangerous or infeasible. Training models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Frank A. Ruis , Alma M. Liezenga , Friso G. Heslinga , Luca Ballan , Thijs A. Eker , Richard J. M. den Hollander , Martin C. van Leeuwen , Judith Dijk , Wyke Huizinga

Diffusion models have recently achieved astonishing performance in generating high-fidelity photo-realistic images. Given their huge success, it is still unclear whether synthetic images are applicable for knowledge distillation when real…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Zheng Li , Yuxuan Li , Penghai Zhao , Renjie Song , Xiang Li , Jian Yang

Computational text classification is a challenging task, especially for multi-dimensional social constructs. Recently, there has been increasing discussion that synthetic training data could enhance classification by offering examples of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Lukas Birkenmaier , Matthias Roth , Indira Sen

Training medical AI algorithms requires large volumes of accurately labeled datasets, which are difficult to obtain in the real world. Synthetic images generated from deep generative models can help alleviate the data scarcity problem, but…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-16 Xiaodan Xing , Yang Nan , Federico Felder , Simon Walsh , Guang Yang

Learning robust object detectors from only a handful of images is a critical challenge in industrial vision systems, where collecting high quality training data can take months. Synthetic data has emerged as a key solution for data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Brandon Trabucco , Qasim Wani , Benjamin Pikus , Vasu Sharma

The use of synthetic data to deidentify data and to improve predictive models is well-attested to. The augmentation of datasets using synthetically generated data is an alluring proposition: in the best case, it generates realistic data…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-03-20 Reid Dale , Jordan Rodu , Mike Baiocchi

Anomaly detection plays a vital role in industrial manufacturing. Due to the scarcity of real defect images, unsupervised approaches that rely solely on normal images have been extensively studied. Recently, diffusion-based generative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Sungho Kang , Hyunkyu Park , Yeonho Lee , Hanbyul Lee , Mijoo Jeong , YeongHyeon Park , Injae Lee , Juneho Yi

Recent advances in generative AI, particularly in computer vision (CV), offer new opportunities to optimize workflows across industries, including logistics and manufacturing. However, many AI applications are limited by a lack of expertise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Muammer Bay , Timo von Marcard , Dren Fazlija

A common and effective means for improving language model capabilities involves finetuning a ``student'' language model's parameters on generations from a more proficient ``teacher'' model. Termed ``synthetic data'', these generations are…

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have been used widely to generate large volumes of synthetic data. This data is being utilized for augmenting with real examples in order to train deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Studies…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-18 Binod Bhattarai , Seungryul Baek , Rumeysa Bodur , Tae-Kyun Kim

Deep learning-based food image classification enables precise identification of food categories, further facilitating accurate nutritional analysis. However, real-world food images often show a skewed distribution, with some food types…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-03 GaYeon Koh , Hyun-Jic Oh , Jeonghyun Noh , Won-Ki Jeong

We present an overview and evaluation of a new, systematic approach for generation of highly realistic, annotated synthetic data for training of deep neural networks in computer vision tasks. The main contribution is a procedural world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-19 Apostolia Tsirikoglou , Joel Kronander , Magnus Wrenninge , Jonas Unger

Synthetic data augmentation via large language models (LLMs) allows researchers to leverage additional training data, thus enhancing the performance of downstream tasks, especially when real-world data is scarce. However, the generated data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Hsun-Yu Kuo , Yin-Hsiang Liao , Yu-Chieh Chao , Wei-Yun Ma , Pu-Jen Cheng

Recent advances in deep face recognition have spurred a growing demand for large, diverse, and manually annotated face datasets. Acquiring authentic, high-quality data for face recognition has proven to be a challenge, primarily due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Andrea Atzori , Fadi Boutros , Naser Damer , Gianni Fenu , Mirko Marras

Using Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate synthetic data for model training has become increasingly popular in recent years. While LLMs are capable of producing realistic training data, the effectiveness of data generation is…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Yinheng Li , Rogerio Bonatti , Sara Abdali , Justin Wagle , Kazuhito Koishida

As the demand for high-quality training data escalates, researchers have increasingly turned to generative models to create synthetic data, addressing data scarcity and enabling continuous model improvement. However, reliance on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Zeliang Zhang , Xin Liang , Mingqian Feng , Susan Liang , Chenliang Xu

Data augmentation is rapidly gaining attention in machine learning. Synthetic data can be generated by simple transformations or through the data distribution. In the latter case, the main challenge is to estimate the label associated to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-26 Maria Perez-Ortiz , Peter Tino , Rafal Mantiuk , Cesar Hervas-Martinez

Synthetic data serves as an alternative in training machine learning models, particularly when real-world data is limited or inaccessible. However, ensuring that synthetic data mirrors the complex nuances of real-world data is a challenging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Lasse Hansen , Nabeel Seedat , Mihaela van der Schaar , Andrija Petrovic