Dictionary Learning in Visual Computing (Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing) - Softcover

Qiang Zhang (author) & Baoxin Li (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627057773 ISBN 13: 9781627057776

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

The last few years have witnessed fast development on dictionary learning approaches for a set of visual computing tasks, largely due to their utilization in developing new techniques based on sparse representation. Compared with conventional techniques employing manually defined dictionaries, such as Fourier Transform and Wavelet Transform, dictionary learning aims at obtaining a dictionary adaptively from the data so as to support optimal sparse representation of the data. In contrast to conventional clustering algorithms like K-means, where a data point is associated with only one cluster center, in a dictionary-based representation, a data point can be associated with a small set of dictionary atoms. Thus, dictionary learning provides a more flexible representation of data and may have the potential to capture more relevant features from the original feature space of the data. One of the early algorithms for dictionary learning is K-SVD. In recent years, many variations/extensions of K-SVD and other new algorithms have been proposed, with some aiming at adding discriminative capability to the dictionary, and some attempting to model the relationship of multiple dictionaries. One prominent application of dictionary learning is in the general field of visual computing, where long-standing challenges have seen promising new solutions based on sparse representation with learned dictionaries. With a timely review of recent advances of dictionary learning in visual computing, covering the most recent literature with an emphasis on papers after 2008, this book provides a systematic presentation of the general methodologies, specific algorithms, and examples of applications for those who wish to have a quick start on this subject.

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About the Author

Qiang Zhang received his B.S. degree in electronic information and technology from Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China in 2009 and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona in 2014. Since 2014, he has been with Samsung, Pasadena, CA as a staff research scientist in computer vision and machine learning. His research interests include image/video processing, computer vision and machine vision, specialized in sparse learning, face recognition, and motion analysis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1627057773
• ISBN 13: 9781627057776
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 151