Image Classification with Growing Neural Networks

Abstract

Future multi-media technologies are expected to support on-line processing of huge amounts of high-dimensional data without any special pre-processing. Growing Neural Networks designed for efficient image processing also involve data-dependent adjustment of both the number and position of the neurons that improves generalization.

In this way, local features detected automatically by Growing Neural Networks impact a transparent and compact representation of the extracted knowledge. The performed case studies refer to face and hand-written digit recognition.

Keywords

• image processing
• classification
• growing neural networks
• convolutional neural networks
• face recognition