Revenge of the Perceptrons: Perceptrons do some AI tasks on par with complex AI.
Vanilla Neural Network

Revenge of the Perceptrons: Perceptrons do some AI tasks on par with complex AI.

Why use a complex model when a simple one will do? New work shows that the simplest multilayer neural network, with a small twist, can perform some tasks as well as today’s most sophisticated architectures.

August 4, 20212 min read
Revenge of the Perceptrons: Perceptrons do some AI tasks on par with complex AI.
Vanilla Neural Network

Revenge of the Perceptrons: Perceptrons do some AI tasks on par with complex AI.

Why use a complex model when a simple one will do? New work shows that the simplest multilayer neural network, with a small twist, can perform some tasks as well as today’s most sophisticated architectures.

August 4, 20212 min read
3D Scene Synthesis for the Real World: Generating 3D scenes with radiance fields and image data
Vanilla Neural Network

3D Scene Synthesis for the Real World: Generating 3D scenes with radiance fields and image data

Researchers have used neural networks to generate novel views of a 3D scene based on existing pictures plus the positions and angles of the cameras that took them. In practice, though, you may not know the precise camera

June 9, 20212 min read
3D Scene Synthesis for the Real World: Generating 3D scenes with radiance fields and image data
Vanilla Neural Network

3D Scene Synthesis for the Real World: Generating 3D scenes with radiance fields and image data

Researchers have used neural networks to generate novel views of a 3D scene based on existing pictures plus the positions and angles of the cameras that took them. In practice, though, you may not know the precise camera

June 9, 20212 min read
Virtual Reality in Real Time: FastNeRF renders 3D scenes at 200 frames per second.
Vanilla Neural Network

Virtual Reality in Real Time: FastNeRF renders 3D scenes at 200 frames per second.

Ideally, real-time 3D applications such as virtual and augmented reality transition smoothly between different viewpoints of a scene — but generating a fresh perspective can take time. New research speeds the process.

May 19, 20212 min read
Virtual Reality in Real Time: FastNeRF renders 3D scenes at 200 frames per second.
Vanilla Neural Network

Virtual Reality in Real Time: FastNeRF renders 3D scenes at 200 frames per second.

Ideally, real-time 3D applications such as virtual and augmented reality transition smoothly between different viewpoints of a scene — but generating a fresh perspective can take time. New research speeds the process.

May 19, 20212 min read
Toward Better Video Search: An NLP system for improved video search
Vanilla Neural Network

Toward Better Video Search: An NLP system for improved video search

Researchers at the University of Bristol led by Michael Wray propose a new benchmark, Semantic Similarity Video Retrieval (SVR), that evaluates video retrieval systems by their ability to rank many similar videos. They also built a system that performed well on it.

April 21, 20212 min read
Toward Better Video Search: An NLP system for improved video search
Vanilla Neural Network

Toward Better Video Search: An NLP system for improved video search

Researchers at the University of Bristol led by Michael Wray propose a new benchmark, Semantic Similarity Video Retrieval (SVR), that evaluates video retrieval systems by their ability to rank many similar videos. They also built a system that performed well on it.

April 21, 20212 min read
Planet Hunter: AI identifies planets from Kepler telescope data.
Vanilla Neural Network

Planet Hunter: AI identifies planets from Kepler telescope data.

A machine learning model is scouring the cosmos for undiscovered planets. Astronomers from the University of Warwick developed a system that learned to identify faraway worlds in a dataset of thousands of candidates.

September 9, 20202 min read
Planet Hunter: AI identifies planets from Kepler telescope data.
Vanilla Neural Network

Planet Hunter: AI identifies planets from Kepler telescope data.

A machine learning model is scouring the cosmos for undiscovered planets. Astronomers from the University of Warwick developed a system that learned to identify faraway worlds in a dataset of thousands of candidates.

September 9, 20202 min read
Hunting Online Drug Dealers: AI identifies drug dealers on Instagram.
Vanilla Neural Network

Hunting Online Drug Dealers: AI identifies drug dealers on Instagram.

Can machine learning help address the scourge of opioid addiction? A public health researcher developed a neural network that spots sellers of opioids on social media, Recode reported.

January 29, 20201 min read
Hunting Online Drug Dealers: AI identifies drug dealers on Instagram.
Vanilla Neural Network

Hunting Online Drug Dealers: AI identifies drug dealers on Instagram.

Can machine learning help address the scourge of opioid addiction? A public health researcher developed a neural network that spots sellers of opioids on social media, Recode reported.

January 29, 20201 min read

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