Summary of A Single Graph Convolution Is All You Need: Efficient Grayscale Image Classification, by Jacob Fein-ashley et al.
A Single Graph Convolution Is All You Need: Efficient Grayscale Image Classification
by Jacob Fein-Ashley, Sachini Wickramasinghe, Bingyi Zhang, Rajgopal Kannan, Viktor Prasanna
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel grayscale image classification approach that leverages the lightweight nature of Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) to simplify the problem. By treating images as vectors, the method reduces latency and enhances accuracy. The authors incorporate a single graph convolutional layer in a batch-wise manner, improving performance variance. A customized accelerator on FPGA is also developed to optimize performance. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach, achieving up to 16 times lower latency on MSTAR compared to state-of-the-art models for SAR ATR and medical image classification. The paper focuses on grayscale image classification, a critical application in fields such as medical imaging and Synthetic Aperture Radar Automatic Target Recognition (SAR ATR). |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine you’re trying to sort through a bunch of black-and-white pictures. That’s what this paper is all about! They found a way to make computers better at recognizing things in grayscale images, which is important for things like medical imaging and identifying objects from space using radar. The old way of doing this was slow and took up a lot of computer power. This new approach makes it faster and more efficient, so it can be used in real-time applications. It’s like having a superpower to quickly sort through pictures! |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Image classification
