Computer vision

Optical flow estimation aims to analyze dynamic scenes in real-time with high accuracy, a critical aspect of computer vision technology. Previous methods of attaining this have often stumbled upon the problem of computational versus accuracy. Though deep learning has improved the accuracy, it has come at the cost of computational efficiency. This issue is particularly…

Generative modeling, the process of using algorithms to generate high-quality, artificial data, has seen significant development, largely driven by the evolution of diffusion models. These advanced algorithms are known for their ability to synthesize images and videos, representing a new epoch in artificial intelligence (AI) driven creativity. The success of these algorithms, however, relies on…

Researchers from The University of Sydney have introduced EfficientVMamba, a new model that optimizes efficiency in computer vision tasks. This groundbreaking architecture effectively blends the strengths of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Transformer-based models, known for their prowess in local feature extraction and global information processing respectively. The EfficientVMamba approach incorporates an atrous-based selective scanning…

High-resolution image synthesis has always been a challenge in digital imagery due to issues such as the emergence of repetitive patterns and structural distortions. While pre-trained diffusion models have been effective, they often result in artifacts when it comes to high-resolution image generation. Despite various attempts, such as enhancing the convolutional layers of these models,…

In the field of computer science, accurately reconstructing 3D models from 2D images—a problem known as pose inference—presents complex challenges. For instance, the task can be vital in producing 3D models for e-commerce or assisting in autonomous vehicle navigation. Existing methods rely on gathering the camera poses prior, or harnessing generative adversarial networks (GANs), but…

Video understanding, which involves parsing and interpreting visual content and temporal dynamics within video sequences, is a complex domain. Traditional methods like 3D convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and video transformers have seen steady advancement, but often they fail to effectively manage local redundancy and global dependencies. Amidst this, the emergence of the VideoMamba, developed based…

The blending of linguistic and visual information represents an emerging field in Artificial Intelligence (AI). As multimodal models evolve, they offer new ways for machine comprehension to interact with visual and textual data. This step beyond the traditional capacity of large language models (LLMs) involves creating detailed image captions and responding accurately to visual questions. Integrating…

The fusion of text and visual components has transformed daily routines, such as image generation and element identification. While past computer vision models focused on object detection and categorization, larger language models like OpenAI GPT-4 have bridged the gap between natural language and visual representation. Although models like GPT-4 and SORA have made significant strides,…

Image Restoration (IR) is a key aspect of computer vision that aims to retrieve high-quality images from their degraded versions. Traditional techniques have made significant progress in this area; however, they have recently been outperformed by Diffusion Models, a technique that's emerging as a highly effective method in image restoration. Yet, existing Diffusion Models often…