Summary of Epa: Neural Collapse Inspired Robust Out-of-distribution Detector, by Jiawei Zhang et al.
EPA: Neural Collapse Inspired Robust Out-of-Distribution Detector
by Jiawei Zhang, Yufan Chen, Cheng Jin, Lei Zhu, Yuantao Gu
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach to out-of-distribution (OOD) detection in neural networks is proposed, building on recent discoveries about the subspace of in-distribution (ID) samples. Existing methods have achieved state-of-the-art performance by leveraging the properties of the ID subspace, but its comprehensive characteristics remain under-explored. The authors introduce a new scoring function called Entropy-enhanced Principal Angle (EPA), which combines both global and local features of the ID subspace to measure OOD likelihood. EPA is compared to various state-of-the-art methods, demonstrating superior performance and robustness across different network architectures and OOD datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A team of researchers has come up with a new way to spot when something is not normal in artificial neural networks. This is important because it helps keep the networks safe from bad things that might happen. The scientists found out that there’s a special part of the network where normal things go, and they used this idea to create a new tool for detecting when something is weird. They tested their tool against other good tools and showed that it works better. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Likelihood
