Theses and Dissertations
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The rapid escalation of technology and the widespread emergence of modern technological equipments have resulted in the generation of humongous amounts of digital data (in the form of images, videos and text). This has expanded the possibility of solving real world problems using computational learning frameworks. However, while gathering a large amount of data is cheap and easy, annotating them with class labels is an expensive process in terms of time, labor and human expertise. This has paved the way for research in the field of active learning. Such algorithms automatically select the salient and exemplar instances from large quantities of unlabeled data and are effective in reducing human labeling effort in inducing classification models. To utilize the possible presence of multiple labeling agents, there have been attempts towards a batch mode form of active learning, where a batch of data instances is selected simultaneously for manual annotation. This dissertation is aimed at the development of novel batch mode active learning algorithms to reduce manual effort in training classification models in real world multimedia pattern recognition applications. Four major contributions are proposed in this work: $(i)$ a framework for dynamic batch mode active learning, where the batch size and the specific data instances to be queried are selected adaptively through a single formulation, based on the complexity of the data stream in question, $(ii)$ a batch mode active learning strategy for fuzzy label classification problems, where there is an inherent imprecision and vagueness in the class label definitions, $(iii)$ batch mode active learning algorithms based on convex relaxations of an NP-hard integer quadratic programming (IQP) problem, with guaranteed bounds on the solution quality and $(iv)$ an active matrix completion algorithm and its application to solve several variants of the active learning problem (transductive active learning, multi-label active learning, active feature acquisition and active learning for regression). These contributions are validated on the face recognition and facial expression recognition problems (which are commonly encountered in real world applications like robotics, security and assistive technology for the blind and the visually impaired) and also on collaborative filtering applications like movie recommendation.
ContributorsChakraborty, Shayok (Author) / Panchanathan, Sethuraman (Thesis advisor) / Balasubramanian, Vineeth N. (Committee member) / Li, Baoxin (Committee member) / Mittelmann, Hans (Committee member) / Ye, Jieping (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
Description
Digital imaging and image processing technologies have revolutionized the way in which
we capture, store, receive, view, utilize, and share images. In image-based applications,
through different processing stages (e.g., acquisition, compression, and transmission), images
are subjected to different types of distortions which degrade their visual quality. Image
Quality Assessment (IQA) attempts to use computational models to automatically evaluate
and estimate the image quality in accordance with subjective evaluations. Moreover, with
the fast development of computer vision techniques, it is important in practice to extract
and understand the information contained in blurred images or regions.
The work in this dissertation focuses on reduced-reference visual quality assessment of
images and textures, as well as perceptual-based spatially-varying blur detection.
A training-free low-cost Reduced-Reference IQA (RRIQA) method is proposed. The
proposed method requires a very small number of reduced-reference (RR) features. Extensive
experiments performed on different benchmark databases demonstrate that the proposed
RRIQA method, delivers highly competitive performance as compared with the
state-of-the-art RRIQA models for both natural and texture images.
In the context of texture, the effect of texture granularity on the quality of synthesized
textures is studied. Moreover, two RR objective visual quality assessment methods that
quantify the perceived quality of synthesized textures are proposed. Performance evaluations
on two synthesized texture databases demonstrate that the proposed RR metrics outperforms
full-reference (FR), no-reference (NR), and RR state-of-the-art quality metrics in
predicting the perceived visual quality of the synthesized textures.
Last but not least, an effective approach to address the spatially-varying blur detection
problem from a single image without requiring any knowledge about the blur type, level,
or camera settings is proposed. The evaluations of the proposed approach on a diverse
sets of blurry images with different blur types, levels, and content demonstrate that the
proposed algorithm performs favorably against the state-of-the-art methods qualitatively
and quantitatively.
we capture, store, receive, view, utilize, and share images. In image-based applications,
through different processing stages (e.g., acquisition, compression, and transmission), images
are subjected to different types of distortions which degrade their visual quality. Image
Quality Assessment (IQA) attempts to use computational models to automatically evaluate
and estimate the image quality in accordance with subjective evaluations. Moreover, with
the fast development of computer vision techniques, it is important in practice to extract
and understand the information contained in blurred images or regions.
The work in this dissertation focuses on reduced-reference visual quality assessment of
images and textures, as well as perceptual-based spatially-varying blur detection.
A training-free low-cost Reduced-Reference IQA (RRIQA) method is proposed. The
proposed method requires a very small number of reduced-reference (RR) features. Extensive
experiments performed on different benchmark databases demonstrate that the proposed
RRIQA method, delivers highly competitive performance as compared with the
state-of-the-art RRIQA models for both natural and texture images.
In the context of texture, the effect of texture granularity on the quality of synthesized
textures is studied. Moreover, two RR objective visual quality assessment methods that
quantify the perceived quality of synthesized textures are proposed. Performance evaluations
on two synthesized texture databases demonstrate that the proposed RR metrics outperforms
full-reference (FR), no-reference (NR), and RR state-of-the-art quality metrics in
predicting the perceived visual quality of the synthesized textures.
Last but not least, an effective approach to address the spatially-varying blur detection
problem from a single image without requiring any knowledge about the blur type, level,
or camera settings is proposed. The evaluations of the proposed approach on a diverse
sets of blurry images with different blur types, levels, and content demonstrate that the
proposed algorithm performs favorably against the state-of-the-art methods qualitatively
and quantitatively.
ContributorsGolestaneh, Seyedalireza (Author) / Karam, Lina (Thesis advisor) / Bliss, Daniel W. (Committee member) / Li, Baoxin (Committee member) / Turaga, Pavan K. (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2018