Auxiliary Classifier
Auxiliary classifiers are additional classification heads incorporated into neural networks to improve model performance and understanding. Current research focuses on leveraging auxiliary classifiers within various architectures, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and multi-task learning frameworks, to address challenges like data imbalance, mode collapse in GANs, and out-of-distribution generalization. These techniques find applications across diverse fields, such as medical image analysis, natural language processing, and cybersecurity, enhancing model robustness and interpretability while improving accuracy and efficiency in complex classification tasks. The widespread adoption of auxiliary classifiers reflects their growing importance in building more powerful and reliable machine learning models.