Summary of Pointnet with Kan Versus Pointnet with Mlp For 3d Classification and Segmentation Of Point Sets, by Ali Kashefi
PointNet with KAN versus PointNet with MLP for 3D Classification and Segmentation of Point Sets
by Ali Kashefi
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Oct 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 research paper explores the integration of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) into PointNet, a deep learning architecture designed for 3D point cloud classification and segmentation tasks. The authors introduce PointNet-KAN, which replaces traditional Multilayer Perceptrons (MLPs) with KANs. This novelty is achieved by employing shared KAN layers and applying symmetric functions for global feature extraction, ensuring permutation invariance. In contrast to traditional MLPs, where the goal is to train weights and biases with fixed activation functions, KANs aim to train the activation functions themselves using Jacobi polynomials. The authors evaluate PointNet-KAN’s performance across various polynomial degrees and special types, demonstrating competitive results compared to PointNet with MLPs on benchmark datasets for 3D object classification and segmentation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about a new way of doing computer vision tasks called point cloud processing. It’s like taking a picture of an object from different angles and trying to figure out what it is. The authors are using something called Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) which is an alternative to traditional methods. They’re testing this new method on 3D objects and finding that it works just as well, but in a simpler way. This could help us do more complex tasks with less computational power. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Deep learning » Feature extraction
