Less (Video) is More (Examples): A small data AI tool for classifying video
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Less (Video) is More (Examples): A small data AI tool for classifying video

We’d all love to be able to find similar examples of our favorite cat videos. But few of us want to label thousands of similar videos of even the cutest kitties. New research makes headway in video classification when training examples are scarce.

July 29, 20202 min read
Which Shoes Go With That Outfit?: An AI with fashion sense assembles outfits.
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Which Shoes Go With That Outfit?: An AI with fashion sense assembles outfits.

Need a wardrobe upgrade? You could ask the fashion mavens at Netflix’s Queer Eye — or you could use a new neural network. Researchers at Amazon propose Category-based Subspace Attention Network (CSA-Net) to predict and retrieve compatible garments and accessories that complement one another.

July 22, 20202 min read
Which Shoes Go With That Outfit?: An AI with fashion sense assembles outfits.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Which Shoes Go With That Outfit?: An AI with fashion sense assembles outfits.

Need a wardrobe upgrade? You could ask the fashion mavens at Netflix’s Queer Eye — or you could use a new neural network. Researchers at Amazon propose Category-based Subspace Attention Network (CSA-Net) to predict and retrieve compatible garments and accessories that complement one another.

July 22, 20202 min read
Seeing Straight at Any Rotation: Dense Steerable Filter CNN (DSF-CNN) identifies rotated images.
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Seeing Straight at Any Rotation: Dense Steerable Filter CNN (DSF-CNN) identifies rotated images.

A cat rotated by any number of degrees is still a cat. It takes a lot of rotated training images to teach convolutional filters this simple fact. A new filter design has this common-sense knowledge built-in.

July 8, 20202 min read
Seeing Straight at Any Rotation: Dense Steerable Filter CNN (DSF-CNN) identifies rotated images.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Seeing Straight at Any Rotation: Dense Steerable Filter CNN (DSF-CNN) identifies rotated images.

A cat rotated by any number of degrees is still a cat. It takes a lot of rotated training images to teach convolutional filters this simple fact. A new filter design has this common-sense knowledge built-in.

July 8, 20202 min read
Another Look at YOLO: How YOLOv4 is different from earlier versions
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Another Look at YOLO: How YOLOv4 is different from earlier versions

The latest update of the acclaimed real-time object detector You Only Look Once is more accurate than ever. Researchers at Taiwan’s Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica offer YOLOv4 — the first version not to include the architecture’s original creators.

June 3, 20202 min read
Another Look at YOLO: How YOLOv4 is different from earlier versions
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Another Look at YOLO: How YOLOv4 is different from earlier versions

The latest update of the acclaimed real-time object detector You Only Look Once is more accurate than ever. Researchers at Taiwan’s Institute of Information Science Academia Sinica offer YOLOv4 — the first version not to include the architecture’s original creators.

June 3, 20202 min read
Room With a View: AI detects humans from Wi-Fi disturbances.
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Room With a View: AI detects humans from Wi-Fi disturbances.

Your body disturbs Wi-Fi signals as you move through them. New research takes advantage of the effect to recognize the presence of people. Yang Liu and colleagues at Syracuse University detected people in a room with a Wi-Fi router by analyzing the signal.

April 29, 20202 min read
Room With a View: AI detects humans from Wi-Fi disturbances.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Room With a View: AI detects humans from Wi-Fi disturbances.

Your body disturbs Wi-Fi signals as you move through them. New research takes advantage of the effect to recognize the presence of people. Yang Liu and colleagues at Syracuse University detected people in a room with a Wi-Fi router by analyzing the signal.

April 29, 20202 min read
Preserving Detail in Image Inputs: Better image compression for computer vision datasets
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Preserving Detail in Image Inputs: Better image compression for computer vision datasets

Given real-world constraints on memory and processing time, images are often downsampled before they’re fed into a neural network. But the process removes fine details, and that degrades accuracy. A new technique squeezes images with less compromise.

April 22, 20202 min read
A Neural Net in Every Bathroom: A smart toilet uses AI to monitor waste for signs of disease.
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A Neural Net in Every Bathroom: A smart toilet uses AI to monitor waste for signs of disease.

It’s time to stop flushing valuable data down the toilet. The Precision Health Toilet, a suite of sensors that attach to an ordinary commode, monitors human waste for input for signs of disease. It identifies individual users by scanning where the sun doesn’t shine.

April 22, 20202 min read
A Neural Net in Every Bathroom: A smart toilet uses AI to monitor waste for signs of disease.
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

A Neural Net in Every Bathroom: A smart toilet uses AI to monitor waste for signs of disease.

It’s time to stop flushing valuable data down the toilet. The Precision Health Toilet, a suite of sensors that attach to an ordinary commode, monitors human waste for input for signs of disease. It identifies individual users by scanning where the sun doesn’t shine.

April 22, 20202 min read
Preserving Detail in Image Inputs: Better image compression for computer vision datasets
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Preserving Detail in Image Inputs: Better image compression for computer vision datasets

Given real-world constraints on memory and processing time, images are often downsampled before they’re fed into a neural network. But the process removes fine details, and that degrades accuracy. A new technique squeezes images with less compromise.

April 22, 20202 min read
Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans
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Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans

Every second counts when a patient’s skull is open in the operating room. A new technique based on deep learning can shorten some brain surgeries. During brain cancer operations, surgeons must stop in mid-operation for up to a half hour while a pathologist analyzes the tumor tissue.

February 26, 20202 min read
Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

Surgical Speed-Up: An AI tool for diagnosing brain tumor scans

Every second counts when a patient’s skull is open in the operating room. A new technique based on deep learning can shorten some brain surgeries. During brain cancer operations, surgeons must stop in mid-operation for up to a half hour while a pathologist analyzes the tumor tissue.

February 26, 20202 min read

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