Neural Field
Neural fields represent data as continuous functions parameterized by neural networks, aiming to efficiently and accurately model complex, high-dimensional data. Current research focuses on improving training speed and efficiency through novel initialization schemes and architectural designs, such as sinusoidal neural fields and multi-resolution approaches incorporating techniques like diffusion nets and Fourier features. These advancements are impacting diverse fields, enabling applications in 3D scene reconstruction, medical imaging (e.g., cardiac modeling, photoacoustic tomography), fluid dynamics simulation, and robotics, by offering flexible, continuous representations that surpass traditional methods in accuracy and efficiency.
Papers
Neural Fields for 3D Tracking of Anatomy and Surgical Instruments in Monocular Laparoscopic Video Clips
Beerend G. A. Gerats, Jelmer M. Wolterink, Seb P. Mol, Ivo A. M. J. Broeders
From Activation to Initialization: Scaling Insights for Optimizing Neural Fields
Hemanth Saratchandran, Sameera Ramasinghe, Simon Lucey
Neural feels with neural fields: Visuo-tactile perception for in-hand manipulation
Sudharshan Suresh, Haozhi Qi, Tingfan Wu, Taosha Fan, Luis Pineda, Mike Lambeta, Jitendra Malik, Mrinal Kalakrishnan, Roberto Calandra, Michael Kaess, Joseph Ortiz, Mustafa Mukadam
Deep Learning on 3D Neural Fields
Pierluigi Zama Ramirez, Luca De Luigi, Daniele Sirocchi, Adriano Cardace, Riccardo Spezialetti, Francesco Ballerini, Samuele Salti, Luigi Di Stefano
Accelerating Neural Field Training via Soft Mining
Shakiba Kheradmand, Daniel Rebain, Gopal Sharma, Hossam Isack, Abhishek Kar, Andrea Tagliasacchi, Kwang Moo Yi
Neural Fields with Thermal Activations for Arbitrary-Scale Super-Resolution
Alexander Becker, Rodrigo Caye Daudt, Nando Metzger, Jan Dirk Wegner, Konrad Schindler