Summary of Suitability Of Kans For Computer Vision: a Preliminary Investigation, by Basim Azam and Naveed Akhtar
Suitability of KANs for Computer Vision: A preliminary investigation
by Basim Azam, Naveed Akhtar
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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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 Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), a novel approach to neural modeling that learns edge-based functions, diverging from traditional node-centric activations. The authors assess the effectiveness and efficiency of KAN-based architectures for visual recognition and segmentation tasks, comparing them to conventional models. Their findings highlight both the strengths and limitations of KANs in computer vision, suggesting that more complex edge functions are needed to maintain performance advantages on complex data. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks are a new way to build neural networks. Instead of using special math formulas (activations) for each part of the network, they learn how to combine information at the edges between parts. This is tested in pictures and shapes recognition tasks. The results show that KANs work well but may not be the best choice for very complicated images. |
