Summary of Lix: Implicitly Infusing Spatial Geometric Prior Knowledge Into Visual Semantic Segmentation For Autonomous Driving, by Sicen Guo et al.
LIX: Implicitly Infusing Spatial Geometric Prior Knowledge into Visual Semantic Segmentation for Autonomous Driving
by Sicen Guo, Ziwei Long, Zhiyuan Wu, Qijun Chen, Ioannis Pitas, Rui Fan
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Robotics (cs.RO)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Learning to Infuse ‘X’ (LIX) framework addresses the limitations of data-fusion networks by implicitly infusing spatial geometric prior knowledge into a single-modal student network. The framework utilizes logit distillation and feature distillation approaches, introducing novel contributions in both areas. A mathematical proof highlights the need for dynamic weights in decoupled knowledge distillation, which is addressed through a logit-wise dynamic weight controller. Additionally, an adaptively-recalibrated feature distillation algorithm is developed, featuring two novel techniques: feature recalibration via kernel regression and in-depth feature consistency quantification via centered kernel alignment. Experimental results demonstrate the superior performance of LIX compared to state-of-the-art approaches across various public datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a new way to improve data-fusion networks that are great at visual semantic segmentation, but struggle when they don’t have spatial geometric information. The authors suggest using knowledge distillation techniques to teach these networks how to make better decisions. They introduce a framework called LIX, which includes two main parts: logit distillation and feature distillation. They also provide mathematical proof that shows why this approach is necessary. To further improve the results, they develop an algorithm that recalibrates features and ensures they are consistent. The authors test their approach on different public datasets and show that it performs better than other state-of-the-art methods. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Alignment * Distillation * Knowledge distillation * Regression * Semantic segmentation
