Summary of Kernel Orthogonality Does Not Necessarily Imply a Decrease in Feature Map Redundancy in Cnns: Convolutional Similarity Minimization, by Zakariae Belmekki et al.
Kernel Orthogonality does not necessarily imply a Decrease in Feature Map Redundancy in CNNs: Convolutional Similarity Minimization
by Zakariae Belmekki, Jun Li, Patrick Reuter, David Antonio Gómez Jáuregui, Karl Jenkins
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Nov 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 The abstract presents research challenging the common belief that kernel orthogonality in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) reduces feature map redundancy. Instead, it shows theoretically and empirically that kernel orthogonality has an unpredictable effect on feature map similarity. The authors propose a novel method to reduce feature map similarity independently of input, called Convolutional Similarity, which improves classification model performance and accelerates convergence. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of minimizing the Convolutional Similarity loss function in reducing capacity redundancy in CNNs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary CNNs are powerful models that have been widely used in deep learning tasks. However, researchers have noticed that they can be inefficient due to redundant feature maps. To address this issue, kernel orthogonality has been proposed as a way to reduce feature map similarity. But what if we told you that this method doesn’t actually work as expected? A new study reveals that kernel orthogonality doesn’t necessarily decrease feature map redundancy, and in fact, can have unpredictable effects. To fix this problem, the researchers developed a new method called Convolutional Similarity, which helps reduce capacity redundancy in CNNs. This leads to better performance and faster training times for classification models. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Deep learning » Feature map » Loss function
