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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Computer Science › Advanced Neural Network Applications

   Visualizing and Understanding Convolutional Networks

   Zeiler and Fergus · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2013

   The paper introduces a way to visualise what layers of convolutional networks learn, uses an ablation study to improve the architecture on ImageNet, and tests how well the model transfers to other datasets.

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   1. UncheckedA convolutional network trained on ImageNet, with only its final classifier retrained, is reported to beat prior best results on Caltech-101 and Caltech-256.“We show our ImageNet model generalizes well to other datasets: when the softmax classifier is retrained, it convincingly beats the current state-of-the-art results on Caltech-101 and Caltech-256 datasets.”

2. Earth and Planetary Sciences › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

   Analyzing and Exploring Training Recipes for Large-Scale Transformer-Based Weather Prediction

   Willard, Harrington, Subramanian, Mahesh, O'Brien and Collins · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024

   The paper shows that an off-the-shelf transformer with simple training and moderate compute can reach high weather forecast skill, and it tests which training choices matter through ablations.

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   1. UncheckedA lightly modified SwinV2 transformer trained on ERA5 data is reported to forecast weather with better skill than the IFS physics-based model.“Specifically, we train a minimally modified SwinV2 transformer on ERA5 data, and find that it attains superior forecast skill when compared against IFS.”