Personalized image generation is the process of generating images of certain personal objects in different user-specified contexts. For example, one may want to visualize the different ways their pet dog would look in different scenarios. Apart from personal experiences, this method also has use cases in personalized storytelling, interactive designs, etc. Although current text-to-image generation…

View synthesis, integral to computer vision and graphics, enables scene re-rendering from diverse perspectives akin to human vision. It aids in tasks like object manipulation and navigation while fostering creativity. Early neural 3D representation learning primarily optimized 3D data directly, aiming to enhance view synthesis capabilities for broader applications in these fields. However, all these…

The advancement of AI has led to remarkable strides in understanding and generating content that bridges the gap between text and imagery. A particularly challenging aspect of this interdisciplinary field involves seamlessly integrating visual content with textual narratives to create cohesive and meaningful multi-modal outputs. This challenge is compounded by the need for systems that…

Current challenges faced by large vision-language models (VLMs) include limitations in the capabilities of individual visual components and issues arising from excessively long visual tokens. These challenges pose constraints on the model’s ability to accurately interpret complex visual information and lengthy contextual details. Recognizing the importance of overcoming these hurdles for improved performance and versatility,…

Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) have been a game-changer for several computer vision tasks. These include object identification, object recognition, image segmentation, and edge detection. The ever-growing size and power consumption of DNNs have been key to enabling much of this advancement. Embedded, wearable, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which have restricted computing resources…

The emergence of Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) characterizes the intersection of visual perception and language processing. These models, which interpret visual data and generate corresponding textual descriptions, represent a significant leap towards enabling machines to see and describe the world around us with nuanced understanding akin to human perception. A notable challenge that impedes their…

Diffusion models are a set of generative models that work by adding noise to the training data and then learn to recover the same by reversing the noising process. This process allows these models to achieve state-of-the-art image quality, making them one of the most significant developments in Machine Learning (ML) in the past few…

In the dynamic arena of artificial intelligence, the intersection of visual and linguistic data through large vision-language models (LVLMs) is a pivotal development. LVLMs have revolutionized how machines interpret and understand the world, mirroring human-like perception. Their applications span a vast array of fields, including but not limited to sophisticated image recognition systems, advanced natural…

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is one area where Large transformer-based Language Models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable progress in recent years. Also, LLMs are branching out into other fields, like robotics, audio, and medicine. Modern approaches allow LLMs to produce visual data using specialized modules like VQ-VAE and VQ-GAN, which convert continuous visual pixels into discrete…

Foundational models are large deep-learning neural networks that are used as a starting point to develop effective ML models. They rely on large-scale training data and exhibit exceptional zero/few-shot performance in numerous tasks, making them invaluable in the field of natural language processing and computer vision. Foundational models are also used in Monocular Depth Estimation…