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20202026
most citedRGI: robust GAN-inversion for mask-free image inpainting and unsupervised pixel-wise anomaly detection

8 citations · 25 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.LG2026

Derivative-Informed Training of Neural Operators On-the-Fly via Sketched Tangent Consistency

Xinhan Yang, Lu Lu, Shancong Mou

Derivative-informed training improves neural operators by directly supervising their input-output sensitivities, which is crucial when neural operators are used as differentiable s…

cs.LG2026

Natural Hypergradient Descent: Algorithm Design, Convergence Analysis, and Parallel Implementation

Deyi Kong, Zaiwei Chen, Shuzhong Zhang +1

In this work, we propose Natural Hypergradient Descent (NHGD), a new method for solving bilevel optimization problems. To address the computational bottleneck in hypergradient esti…

cs.CV2024

Synth4Seg -- Learning Defect Data Synthesis for Defect Segmentation using Bi-level Optimization

Shancong Mou, Raviteja Vemulapalli, Shiyu Li +8

Defect segmentation is crucial for quality control in advanced manufacturing, yet data scarcity poses challenges for state-of-the-art supervised deep learning. Synthetic defect dat…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

Uni-3DAD: GAN-Inversion Aided Universal 3D Anomaly Detection on Model-free Products

Jiayu Liu, Shancong Mou, Nathan Gaw +1

Anomaly detection is a long-standing challenge in manufacturing systems. Traditionally, anomaly detection has relied on human inspectors. However, 3D point clouds have gained atten…

cs.CV2023★ 7 cited

VISION Datasets: A Benchmark for Vision-based InduStrial InspectiON

Haoping Bai, Shancong Mou, Tatiana Likhomanenko +6

Despite progress in vision-based inspection algorithms, real-world industrial challenges -- specifically in data availability, quality, and complex production requirements -- often…

cs.CV2023★ 8 cited

RGI: robust GAN-inversion for mask-free image inpainting and unsupervised pixel-wise anomaly detection

Shancong Mou, Xiaoyi Gu, Meng Cao +4

Generative adversarial networks (GANs), trained on a large-scale image dataset, can be a good approximator of the natural image manifold. GAN-inversion, using a pre-trained generat…

math.OC2022

Convex Relaxation for Optimal Fixture Layout Design

Zhen Zhong, Shancong Mou, Jeffrey H. Hunt +1

This paper proposes a general fixture layout design framework that directly integrates the system equation with the convex relaxation method. Note that the optimal fixture design p…

cs.LG2022★ 2 cited

Synthetic Defect Generation for Display Front-of-Screen Quality Inspection: A Survey

Shancong Mou, Meng Cao, Zhendong Hong +3

Display front-of-screen (FOS) quality inspection is essential for the mass production of displays in the manufacturing process. However, the severe imbalanced data, especially the…

cs.CV2022★ 3 cited

PAEDID: Patch Autoencoder Based Deep Image Decomposition For Pixel-level Defective Region Segmentation

Shancong Mou, Meng Cao, Haoping Bai +3

Unsupervised pixel-level defective region segmentation is an important task in image-based anomaly detection for various industrial applications. The state-of-the-art methods have…

eess.IV2022

Compressed Smooth Sparse Decomposition

Shancong Mou, Jianjun Shi

Image-based anomaly detection systems are of vital importance in various manufacturing applications. The resolution and acquisition rate of such systems is increasing significantly…

cs.LG2021

Stationary Behavior of Constant Stepsize SGD Type Algorithms: An Asymptotic Characterization

Zaiwei Chen, Shancong Mou, Siva Theja Maguluri

Stochastic approximation (SA) and stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithms are work-horses for modern machine learning algorithms. Their constant stepsize variants are preferre…

stat.ML2020★ 1 cited

Additive Tensor Decomposition Considering Structural Data Information

Shancong Mou, Andi Wang, Chuck Zhang +1

Tensor data with rich structural information becomes increasingly important in process modeling, monitoring, and diagnosis. Here structural information is referred to structural pr…

math.PR2020★ 3 cited

Heavy Traffic Queue Length Behaviour in a Switch under Markovian Arrivals

Shancong Mou, Siva Theja Maguluri

This paper studies the input queued switch operating under the MaxWeight algorithm when the arrivals are according to a Markovian process. We exactly characterize the heavy-traffic…