Region Specific
Region-specific analysis focuses on understanding variations within data across geographical locations or sub-populations, aiming to improve model accuracy and uncover hidden patterns. Current research emphasizes developing models that incorporate regional information, leveraging techniques like contrastive learning, transformer architectures, and attention mechanisms to handle diverse data distributions and address issues like data sparsity and domain shift. This work is significant for improving the generalizability and reliability of models across various domains, from urban planning and disease prediction to autonomous navigation and medical image analysis, ultimately leading to more effective and equitable applications.
Papers
Quilt-LLaVA: Visual Instruction Tuning by Extracting Localized Narratives from Open-Source Histopathology Videos
Mehmet Saygin Seyfioglu, Wisdom O. Ikezogwo, Fatemeh Ghezloo, Ranjay Krishna, Linda Shapiro
GPT4SGG: Synthesizing Scene Graphs from Holistic and Region-specific Narratives
Zuyao Chen, Jinlin Wu, Zhen Lei, Zhaoxiang Zhang, Changwen Chen