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Dilated convolution with learnable spacings

DCLS

6 papers tagged archive 2025-07-28

Introduced by Ismail Khalfaoui-Hassani et al. in Dilated convolution with learnable spacings

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Dilated convolution with learnable spacings (DCLS) is a type of convolution that allows the spacings between the non-zero elements of the kernel to be learned during training. This makes it possible to increase the receptive field of the convolution without increasing the number of parameters, which can improve the performance of the network on tasks that require long-range dependencies.

A dilated convolution is a type of convolution that allows the kernel to be skipped over some of the input features. This is done by inserting zeros between the non-zero elements of the kernel. The effect of this is to increase the receptive field of the convolution without increasing the number of parameters.

DCLS takes this idea one step further by allowing the spacings between the non-zero elements of the kernel to be learned during training. This means that the network can learn to skip over different input features depending on the task at hand. This can be particularly helpful for tasks that require long-range dependencies, such as image segmentation and object detection.

DCLS has been shown to be effective for a variety of tasks, including image classification, object detection, and semantic segmentation. It is a promising new technique that has the potential to improve the performance of convolutional neural networks on a variety of tasks.

PaperSourceSee Code · K-H-Ismail/Dilated-Convolution-with-Learnable-Spacings-PyTorch

Papers archive 2025-07-28

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Tasks archive 2025-07-28

9 tasks the archive attaches to papers tagged with this method, by distinct papers. A task without a page in the catalog is plain text.

TaskPapers
Audio Classification3
Object Detection2
Semantic Segmentation2
Audio Tagging1
Classification1
Image Classification1
Speech Recognition1
object-detection1
speech-recognition1

Usage over time archive 2025-07-28

Papers per year tagged with DCLS: 2021 to 2024, peak 3 3 0 2021: 1 paper 2021 2022: 0 papers 2022 2023: 3 papers 2023 2024: 2 papers 2024
Papers per year the archive tags with this method, by the paper's archive date (6 dated). Bars are counts, not a trend claim.

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Categories archive 2025-07-28

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