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Kernel Learning Approaches for Image Classification

2009

Ph.D. Thesis

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This thesis extends the use of kernel learning techniques to specific problems of image classification. Kernel learning is a paradigm in the field of machine learning that generalizes the use of inner products to compute similarities between arbitrary objects. In image classification one aims to separate images based on their visual content. We address two important problems that arise in this context: learning with weak label information and combination of heterogeneous data sources. The contributions we report on are not unique to image classification, and apply to a more general class of problems. We study the problem of learning with label ambiguity in the multiple instance learning framework. We discuss several different image classification scenarios that arise in this context and argue that the standard multiple instance learning requires a more detailed disambiguation. Finally we review kernel learning approaches proposed for this problem and derive a more efficient algorithm to solve them. The multiple kernel learning framework is an approach to automatically select kernel parameters. We extend it to its infinite limit and present an algorithm to solve the resulting problem. This result is then applied in two directions. We show how to learn kernels that adapt to the special structure of images. Finally we compare different ways of combining image features for object classification and present significant improvements compared to previous methods.

Author(s): Gehler, PV.
Year: 2009
Month: October
Day: 0

Department(s): Empirical Inference
Bibtex Type: Ph.D. Thesis (phdthesis)

School: Biologische Kybernetik

Degree Type: PhD
Institution: Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany
Language: en

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BibTex

@phdthesis{6376,
  title = {Kernel Learning Approaches for Image Classification},
  author = {Gehler, PV.},
  institution = {Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany},
  school = {Biologische Kybernetik},
  month = oct,
  year = {2009},
  doi = {},
  month_numeric = {10}
}