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Deep generative models trained with large amounts of unlabelled data have proven to be powerful within the domain of unsupervised learning. Many real life data sets contain a small amount of labelled data points, that are typically…

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This paper investigates one of the most fundamental computer vision problems: image segmentation. We propose a supervised hierarchical approach to object-independent image segmentation. Starting with over-segmenting superpixels, we use a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-08-16 Ting Liu , Mojtaba Seyedhosseini , Tolga Tasdizen

Monitoring vehicle flows in cities is crucial to improve the urban environment and quality of life of citizens. Images are the best sensing modality to perceive and assess the flow of vehicles in large areas. Current technologies for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Luca Ciampi , Carlos Santiago , Joao Paulo Costeira , Claudio Gennaro , Giuseppe Amato

Unsupervised object discovery is commonly interpreted as the task of localizing and/or categorizing objects in visual data without the need for labeled examples. While current object recognition methods have proven highly effective for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-05 José-Fabian Villa-Vásquez , Marco Pedersoli

Training deep neural networks to estimate the viewpoint of objects requires large labeled training datasets. However, manually labeling viewpoints is notoriously hard, error-prone, and time-consuming. On the other hand, it is relatively…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Siva Karthik Mustikovela , Varun Jampani , Shalini De Mello , Sifei Liu , Umar Iqbal , Carsten Rother , Jan Kautz

Subspace clustering has become widely adopted for the unsupervised analysis of hyperspectral images (HSIs). Recent model-aware deep subspace clustering methods often use a two-stage framework, involving the calculation of a…

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In computer vision, a prevailing method for quantifying dataset bias is to train a model to distinguish between datasets. High classification accuracy is then interpreted as evidence of meaningful semantic differences. This approach assumes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Amir Hossein Saleknia , Mohammad Sabokrou

Well-spread samples are desirable in many disciplines because they improve estimation when target variables exhibit spatial structure. This paper introduces an integrated methodological framework for spreading samples over the population's…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-10-29 Bardia Panahbehagh , Mehdi Mohebbi , Amir Mohammad HosseiniNasab

Unsupervised domain adaptation seeks to learn an invariant and discriminative representation for an unlabeled target domain by leveraging the information of a labeled source dataset. We propose to improve the discriminative ability of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-03 Rui Wang , Guoyin Wang , Ricardo Henao

Novel methods of analysis are needed to help advance our understanding of the intricate interplay between landscape changes, population dynamics, and sustainable development. Self organized machine learning has been highly successful in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-17 John M. Wandeto , Birgitta Dresp-Langley

Enhancing the generalization capability of deep neural networks to unseen domains is crucial for safety-critical applications in the real world such as autonomous driving. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel instance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Sungha Choi , Sanghun Jung , Huiwon Yun , Joanne Kim , Seungryong Kim , Jaegul Choo

Analyzing and visualizing scientific ensemble datasets with high dimensionality and complexity poses significant challenges. Dimensionality reduction techniques and autoencoders are powerful tools for extracting features, but they often…

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Street-view imagery (SVI) is widely used to quantify key indicators of urban environment, such as green- ery, sky, or road view indices. However, existing studies largely focus on measuring current streetscapes and rarely support the…

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High-quality labeled datasets are essential for deep learning. Traditional manual annotation methods are not only costly and inefficient but also pose challenges in specialized domains where expert knowledge is needed. Self-supervised…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-16 Zhaocong liu , Fa Zhang , Lin Cheng , Huanxi Deng , Xiaoyan Yang , Zhenyu Zhang , Chichun Zhou

Urban Visual Pollution (UVP) has emerged as a critical concern, yet research on automatic detection and application remains fragmented. This scoping review maps the existing deep learning-based approaches for detecting, classifying, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Mohammad Masudur Rahman , Md. Rashedur Rahman , Ashraful Islam , Saadia B Alam , M Ashraful Amin

Accurate estimation of forest biomass, a major carbon sink, relies heavily on tree-level traits such as height and species. Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) capturing high-resolution imagery from a single RGB camera offer a cost-effective…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Jannik Endres , Etienne Laliberté , David Rolnick , Arthur Ouaknine

Fully-unsupervised Person and Vehicle Re-Identification have received increasing attention due to their broad applicability in surveillance, forensics, event understanding, and smart cities, without requiring any manual annotation. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Gabriel Bertocco , Fernanda Andaló , Terrance E. Boult , Anderson Rocha

Accurate identification of wood species plays a critical role in ecological monitoring, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable forest management. Traditional classification approaches relying on macroscopic and microscopic inspection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Tianyu Song , Van-Doan Duong , Thi-Phuong Le , Ton Viet Ta

The distribution of illustrations on social media, such as Twitter and Pixiv has increased with the growing popularity of animation, games, and animated movies. The "atmosphere" of illustrations plays an important role in user preferences.…

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