Convolutional Variational Autoencoders for Image Clustering

The problem of data clustering is one of the most fundamental and well studied problems of unsupervised learning. Image clustering, refers to one of the most challenging specifications of clustering, concerning image data. Thankfully, the emerging Deep Neural Networks, and in particular Deep Autoenc...

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Published in:IEEE ... International Conference on Data Mining workshops pp. 695 - 702
Main Authors: Nellas, Ioannis A., Tasoulis, Sotiris K., Plagianakos, Vassilis P.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.12.2021
Subjects:
Autoencoders
Clustering algorithms
Convolutional Neural Networks
Deep Learning
Feature extraction
Image Clustering
Inference algorithms
Manifold learning
Manifolds
Supervised learning
Training
Variational Autoencoders
ISSN:2375-9259
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Summary:The problem of data clustering is one of the most fundamental and well studied problems of unsupervised learning. Image clustering, refers to one of the most challenging specifications of clustering, concerning image data. Thankfully, the emerging Deep Neural Networks, and in particular Deep Autoencoders lead to the automation of image clustering, which until recently, was time consuming and labor intensive. However, the effect of the consideration of local structure during feature extraction from a Variational Autoencoder on clustering, is still an unstudied subject in the literature, while simultaneously constitute a baseline approach for supervised learning (Convolutional Neural Networks). For this reason, the methodology proposed in this paper, is composed from a Variational Autoencoder (VAE) surrounded by a convolutional network in a symmetric way. The resulting embedded image data are fed to various established clustering algorithms to examine clustering performance. In addition, we propose a modification of this approach, able to reduce complexity while achieving similar or even better clustering performance. Finally, we investigate the combination of VAE's produced embedding and manifold learning for image clustering. The extensive experimental analysis, verified the importance of the proposed methodology, exposing the potential for further developments.
ISSN:2375-9259
DOI:10.1109/ICDMW53433.2021.00091