Abstract

In this thesis, we investigate the use of dictionary learning for discriminative tasks on natural images. Our contributions can be summarized as follows: • We introduce discriminative deviation based learning to achieve principled handling of the reconstruction-discrimination tradeoff that is inherent to discriminative dictionary learning. • Since natural images obey a strong smoothness prior, we show how spatial smoothness constraints can be incorporated into the learning formulation by embedding dictionary learning into Conditional Random Field (CRF) learning. We demonstrate that such smoothness constraints can lead to state-of-the-art performance for pixel-classification tasks. • Finally, we lay down the foundations of super-latent learning. By treating sparse codes on a CRF as latent variables, dictionary learning can also be performed via the Latent (Structural) SVM formulation for jointly learning a classifier over the sparse codes. The dictionary is treated as a super-latent variable that generates the latent variables.

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Graduation Date

2013

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Tappen, Marshall

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

College

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Department

Computer Science

Degree Program

Computer Science

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0004701

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004701

Language

English

Release Date

May 2013

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)

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