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Synthetic data has gained attention for training large language models, but poor-quality data can harm performance (see, e.g., Shumailov et al. (2023); Seddik et al. (2024)). A potential solution is data pruning, which retains only…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Aymane El Firdoussi , Mohamed El Amine Seddik , Soufiane Hayou , Reda Alami , Ahmed Alzubaidi , Hakim Hacid

Offline reinforcement learning (RL) offers a promising framework for training agents using pre-collected datasets without the need for further environment interaction. However, policies trained on offline data often struggle to generalise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Ahmet H. Güzel , Ilija Bogunovic , Jack Parker-Holder

We present a system for training deep neural networks for object detection using synthetic images. To handle the variability in real-world data, the system relies upon the technique of domain randomization, in which the parameters of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Jonathan Tremblay , Aayush Prakash , David Acuna , Mark Brophy , Varun Jampani , Cem Anil , Thang To , Eric Cameracci , Shaad Boochoon , Stan Birchfield

Recent work has made significant progress in helping users to automate single data preparation steps, such as string-transformations and table-manipulation operators (e.g., Join, GroupBy, Pivot, etc.). We in this work propose to automate…

Databases · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Junwen Yang , Yeye He , Surajit Chaudhuri

Recent progress in material data mining has been driven by high-capacity models trained on large datasets. However, collecting experimental data (real data) has been extremely costly since the amount of human effort and expertise required.…

Synthetic datasets play a critical role in pre-training CNN models for optical flow, but they are painstaking to generate and hard to adapt to new applications. To automate the process, we present AutoFlow, a simple and effective method to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Deqing Sun , Daniel Vlasic , Charles Herrmann , Varun Jampani , Michael Krainin , Huiwen Chang , Ramin Zabih , William T. Freeman , Ce Liu

Decision-making is a dynamic process requiring perception, memory, and reasoning to make choices and find optimal policies. Traditional approaches to decision-making suffer from sample efficiency and generalization, while large-scale…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-08 Xiaoqian Liu , Jianbin Jiao , Junge Zhang

Reliable perception and efficient adaptation to novel conditions are priority skills for humanoids that function in dynamic environments. The vast advancements in latest computer vision research, brought by deep learning methods, are…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Elisa Maiettini , Vadim Tikhanoff , Lorenzo Natale

We introduce the Unity Perception package which aims to simplify and accelerate the process of generating synthetic datasets for computer vision tasks by offering an easy-to-use and highly customizable toolset. This open-source package…

Most machine learning models require many iterations of hyper-parameter tuning, feature engineering, and debugging to produce effective results. As machine learning models become more complicated, this pipeline becomes more difficult to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-26 Mirabel Reid , Christine Sweeney , Oleg Korobkin

This paper presents an improved scheme for the generation and adaption of synthetic images for the training of deep Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs) to perform the object detection task in smart vending machines. While generating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Kai Wang , Fuyuan Shi , Wenqi Wang , Yibing Nan , Shiguo Lian

Alongside the growth of generative AI, we are witnessing a surge in the use of synthetic data across all stages of the AI development pipeline. It is now common practice for researchers and practitioners to use one large generative model…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Shivani Kapania , Stephanie Ballard , Alex Kessler , Jennifer Wortman Vaughan

Many ground-breaking advancements in machine learning can be attributed to the availability of a large volume of rich data. Unfortunately, many large-scale datasets are highly sensitive, such as healthcare data, and are not widely available…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-09 James Jordon , Alan Wilson , Mihaela van der Schaar

Acquiring large quantities of data and annotations is known to be effective for developing high-performing deep learning models, but is difficult and expensive to do in the healthcare context. Adding synthetic training data using generative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-06 Menghan Yu , Sourabh Kulhare , Courosh Mehanian , Charles B Delahunt , Daniel E Shea , Zohreh Laverriere , Ishan Shah , Matthew P Horning

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

The development in the field of autonomous driving goes hand in hand with ever new developments in the field of image processing and machine learning methods. In order to fully exploit the advantages of deep learning, it is necessary to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Tobias Scheck , Adarsh Mallandur , Christian Wiede , Gangolf Hirtz

Synthetic data generation is an appealing tool for augmenting and enriching datasets, playing a crucial role in advancing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Not only does synthetic data help build robust AI/ML datasets…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-20 José Pulido , Francesc Wilhelmi , Sergio Fortes , Alfonso Fernández-Durán , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , Raquel Barco

Deep learning approaches have become the standard solution to many problems in computer vision and robotics, but obtaining sufficient training data in high enough quality is challenging, as human labor is error prone, time consuming, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Jan Blumenkamp , Andreas Baude , Tim Laue

Synthetic data is widely adopted in embedding models to ensure diversity in training data distributions across dimensions such as difficulty, length, and language. However, existing prompt-based synthesis methods struggle to capture…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Haoran Li , Zhiming Su , Junyan Yao , Enwei Zhang , Yang Ji , Yan Chen , Kan Zhou , Chao Feng , Jiao Ran

Controllable human video generation aims to produce realistic videos of humans with explicitly guided motions and appearances,serving as a foundation for digital humans, animation, and embodied AI.However, the scarcity of largescale,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Yuanchen Fei , Yude Zou , Zejian Kang , Ming Li , Jiaying Zhou , Xiangru Huang