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Embedded vision systems need efficient and robust image processing algorithms to perform real-time, with resource-constrained hardware. This research investigates image processing algorithms, specifically edge detection, corner detection,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-13 Soundes Oumaima Boufaida , Abdemadjid Benmachiche , Majda Maatallah

Constructing accurate model-agnostic explanations for opaque machine learning models remains a challenging task. Classification models for high-dimensional data, like images, are often inherently complex. To reduce this complexity,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Georgios Vlassopoulos , Tim van Erven , Henry Brighton , Vlado Menkovski

Video diffusion models have rapidly become the dominant paradigm for high-fidelity generative video synthesis, but their practical deployment remains constrained by severe inference costs. Compared with image generation, video synthesis…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Shitong Shao , Lichen Bai , Pengfei Wan , James Kwok , Zeke Xie

Diffusion models have emerged as a powerful framework for generative tasks in deep learning. They decompose generative modeling into two computational primitives: deterministic neural-network evaluation and stochastic sampling. Current…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Nihal Sanjay Singh , Mazdak Mohseni-Rajaee , Shaila Niazi , Kerem Y. Camsari

Diffusion model-generated images can appear indistinguishable from authentic photographs, but these images often contain artifacts and implausibilities that reveal their AI-generated provenance. Given the challenge to public trust in media…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Negar Kamali , Karyn Nakamura , Aakriti Kumar , Angelos Chatzimparmpas , Jessica Hullman , Matthew Groh

This paper presents Hierarchical Network Dissection, a general pipeline to interpret the internal representation of face-centric inference models. Using a probabilistic formulation, our pipeline pairs units of the model with concepts in our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Divyang Teotia , Agata Lapedriza , Sarah Ostadabbas

In mission-critical domains such as law enforcement and medical diagnosis, the ability to explain and interpret the outputs of deep learning models is crucial for ensuring user trust and supporting informed decision-making. Despite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Bharat Chandra Yalavarthi , Nalini Ratha

Deep generative models have garnered significant attention in low-level vision tasks due to their generative capabilities. Among them, diffusion model-based solutions, characterized by a forward diffusion process and a reverse denoising…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Chunming He , Yuqi Shen , Chengyu Fang , Fengyang Xiao , Longxiang Tang , Yulun Zhang , Wangmeng Zuo , Zhenhua Guo , Xiu Li

Diffusion models are the current state of the art for generating photorealistic images. Controlling the sampling process for constrained image generation tasks such as inpainting, however, remains challenging since exact conditioning on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Anji Liu , Mathias Niepert , Guy Van den Broeck

3D facial modelling and animation in computer vision and graphics traditionally require either digital artist's skill or complex pipelines with objective-function-based solvers to fit models to motion capture. This inaccessibility of…

Deep learning models for medical image segmentation suffer significant performance drops due to distribution shifts, but the causal mechanisms behind these drops remain poorly understood. We extend causal attribution frameworks to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-11 Pedro M. Gordaliza , Nataliia Molchanova , Jaume Banus , Thomas Sanchez , Meritxell Bach Cuadra

In the field of deep learning applied to face recognition, securing large-scale, high-quality datasets is vital for attaining precise and reliable results. However, amassing significant volumes of high-quality real data faces hurdles such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Omer Granoviter , Alexey Gruzdev , Vladimir Loginov , Max Kogan , Orly Zvitia

The interest in complex deep neural networks for computer vision applications is increasing. This leads to the need for improving the interpretable capabilities of these models. Recent explanation methods present visualizations of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-24 Dan Valle , Tiago Pimentel , Adriano Veloso

Diffusion models have shown remarkable abilities in generating realistic and high-quality images from text prompts. However, a trained model remains largely black-box; little do we know about the roles of its components in exhibiting a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Quang H. Nguyen , Hoang Phan , Khoa D. Doan

Latest methods for visual counterfactual explanations (VCE) harness the power of deep generative models to synthesize new examples of high-dimensional images of impressive quality. However, it is currently difficult to compare the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-14 Philipp Vaeth , Alexander M. Fruehwald , Benjamin Paassen , Magda Gregorova

As the expressive depth of an emotional face differs with individuals or expressions, recognizing an expression using a single facial image at a moment is difficult. A relative expression of a query face compared to a reference face might…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-09 Youngsung Kim , ByungIn Yoo , Youngjun Kwak , Changkyu Choi , Junmo Kim

Cortical surface analysis has gained increased prominence, given its potential implications for neurological and developmental disorders. Traditional vision diffusion models, while effective in generating natural images, present limitations…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-08 Zhenshan Xie , Simon Dahan , Logan Z. J. Williams , M. Jorge Cardoso , Emma C. Robinson

Downscaling, or super-resolution, provides decision-makers with detailed, high-resolution information about the potential risks and impacts of climate change, based on climate model output. Machine learning algorithms are proving themselves…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 Robbie A. Watt , Laura A. Mansfield

Image generation using diffusion can be controlled in multiple ways. In this paper, we systematically analyze the equations of modern generative diffusion networks to propose a framework, called MDP, that explains the design space of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Qian Wang , Biao Zhang , Michael Birsak , Peter Wonka

Computational neuroimaging involves analyzing brain images or signals to provide mechanistic insights and predictive tools for human cognition and behavior. While diffusion models have shown stability and high-quality generation in natural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Haokai Zhao , Haowei Lou , Lina Yao , Wei Peng , Ehsan Adeli , Kilian M Pohl , Yu Zhang