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Turning pass-through network architectures into iterative ones, which use their own output as input, is a well-known approach for boosting performance. In this paper, we argue that such architectures offer an additional benefit: The convergence rate of the ...

Curran Associates2024

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EPFL2024

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EPFL2023

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Many species aggregate in dense colonies. Species-specific spatial patterns provide clues about how colonies are shaped by various (a)biotic factors, including predation, temperature regulation or disease transmission. Using aerial imagery, we examined the ...

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AutoSynth: Learning to Generate 3D Training Data for Object Point Cloud Registration

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EPFL2023

Learnable latent embeddings for joint behavioural and neural analysis

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EPFL2023

Semantic Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images With Sparse Annotations

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Advanced Techniques in Optical Diffraction Tomography

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EPFL2022

Event-driven acquisition for content-enriched microscopy

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EPFL2022

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EPFL2022

Controllability and Interpretability in Affective Speech Synthesis

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Thanks to Deep Learning Text-To-Speech (TTS) has achieved high audio quality with large databases. But at the same time the complex models lost any ability to control or interpret the generation process. For the big challenge of affective TTS it is infeasi ...

EPFL2022

Local Kernel Regression and Neural Network Approaches to the Conformational Landscapes of Oligopeptides

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The application of machine learning to theoretical chemistry has made it possible to combine the accuracy of quantum chemical energetics with the thorough sampling of finite-temperature fluctuations. To reach this goal, a diverse set of methods has been pr ...

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