Summary of Spectral Wavelet Dropout: Regularization in the Wavelet Domain, by Rinor Cakaj et al.
Spectral Wavelet Dropout: Regularization in the Wavelet Domain
by Rinor Cakaj, Jens Mehnert, Bin Yang
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Sep 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 introduces Spectral Wavelet Dropout (SWD), a novel regularization method that improves convolutional neural network (CNN) generalization by randomly dropping frequency bands in the discrete wavelet decomposition of feature maps. The approach has two variants, 1D-SWD and 2D-SWD, which outperform existing methods like Spectral “Fourier” Dropout (SFD) on CIFAR-10/100 benchmarks. SWD requires only one hyperparameter, unlike SFD’s two. Additionally, the paper extends the literature by introducing a one-dimensional version of SFD, setting the stage for a comprehensive comparison. The evaluation shows that SWD variants have competitive performance and lower computational complexity compared to SFD. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps make computer vision models more reliable by reducing overfitting in convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Overfitting happens when models are too good at fitting the training data but don’t generalize well. The researchers developed a new way to prevent this, called Spectral Wavelet Dropout (SWD), which works by randomly removing certain frequency bands from the image. This makes the model less dependent on specific features and more able to learn general patterns. They tested their method on several benchmarks and found that it performs well and is faster than other methods. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Cnn » Dropout » Generalization » Hyperparameter » Neural network » Overfitting » Regularization
