Spatial Context
Spatial context, the relationship between objects and their surroundings, is crucial for improving the performance of various AI models, particularly in vision and language tasks. Current research focuses on incorporating spatial information into deep learning architectures, such as transformers and graph neural networks, often using techniques like attention mechanisms and spatial regression to capture contextual relationships. This work is significant because effectively modeling spatial context enhances the accuracy and robustness of AI systems across diverse applications, including image and video understanding, robotics, and geospatial analysis. Improved spatial context modeling leads to more accurate predictions and better decision-making in these fields.
Papers
A Method for Evaluating Deep Generative Models of Images via Assessing the Reproduction of High-order Spatial Context
Rucha Deshpande, Mark A. Anastasio, Frank J. Brooks
Spatial-context-aware deep neural network for multi-class image classification
Jialu Zhang, Qian Zhang, Jianfeng Ren, Yitian Zhao, Jiang Liu