Advances in Robustness and Generalization for Computer Vision

The field of computer vision is moving towards developing more robust and generalizable models, particularly in areas such as autonomous driving, underwater image enhancement, and object detection. Researchers are exploring new approaches to improve the performance of models under various types of distribution shifts, including spatial domain shifts, lighting condition changes, and sensor failures. Noteworthy papers include the introduction of the MVTec AD 2 dataset, which provides a comprehensive evaluation of state-of-the-art anomaly detection methods under challenging industrial inspection scenarios. The Exponentially Weighted Instance-Aware Repeat Factor Sampling method is also a significant contribution, as it improves the detection performance of rare categories in long-tailed object detection tasks. Additionally, the Benchmarking Multi-modal Semantic Segmentation under Sensor Failures and Benchmarking Object Detectors under Real-World Distribution Shifts papers provide valuable insights into the robustness of multi-modal semantic segmentation and object detection models, highlighting the need for more standardized benchmarks and evaluation metrics.

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Multi-modality Anomaly Segmentation on the Road

BackMix: Regularizing Open Set Recognition by Removing Underlying Fore-Background Priors

Cross-Domain Underwater Image Enhancement Guided by No-Reference Image Quality Assessment: A Transfer Learning Approach

Benchmarking Multi-modal Semantic Segmentation under Sensor Failures: Missing and Noisy Modality Robustness

Benchmarking Object Detectors under Real-World Distribution Shifts in Satellite Imagery

Robust Object Detection of Underwater Robot based on Domain Generalization

The MVTec AD 2 Dataset: Advanced Scenarios for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection

Exponentially Weighted Instance-Aware Repeat Factor Sampling for Long-Tailed Object Detection Model Training in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Surveillance Scenarios

A Dataset for Semantic Segmentation in the Presence of Unknowns

Data Quality Matters: Quantifying Image Quality Impact on Machine Learning Performance

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