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We have seen that we can achieve reasonable performance on an image classification task by training a linear classifier on the pixels of the input image. In this exercise we will show that we can improve our classification performance by training linear classifiers not on raw pixels but on features that are computed from the raw pixels.
All of your work for this exercise will be done in this notebook.
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import random
import numpy as np
from cs231n.data_utils import load_CIFAR10
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (10.0, 8.0) # set default size of plots
plt.rcParams['image.interpolation'] = 'nearest'
plt.rcParams['image.cmap'] = 'gray'
# for auto-reloading extenrnal modules
# see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1907993/autoreload-of-modules-in-ipython
%load_ext autoreload
%autoreload 2
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# Load the CIFAR10 data
from cs231n.features import color_histogram_hsv, hog_feature
def get_CIFAR10_data(num_training=49000, num_validation=1000, num_test=1000):
# Load the raw CIFAR-10 data
cifar10_dir = 'cs231n/datasets/cifar-10-batches-py'
X_train, y_train, X_test, y_test = load_CIFAR10(cifar10_dir)
# Subsample the data
mask = range(num_training, num_training + num_validation)
X_val = X_train[mask]
y_val = y_train[mask]
mask = range(num_training)
X_train = X_train[mask]
y_train = y_train[mask]
mask = range(num_test)
X_test = X_test[mask]
y_test = y_test[mask]
return X_train, y_train, X_val, y_val, X_test, y_test
X_train, y_train, X_val, y_val, X_test, y_test = get_CIFAR10_data()
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from cs231n.features import *
# Extract features. For each image we will compute a Histogram of Oriented
# Gradients (HOG) as well as a color histogram using the hue channel in HSV
# color space. We form our final feature vector for each image by concatenating
# the HOG and color histogram feature vectors.
#
# Roughly speaking, HOG should capture the texture of the image while ignoring
# color information, and the color histogram represents the color of the input
# image while ignoring texture. As a result, we expect that using both together
# ought to work better than using either alone. Verifying this assumption would
# be a good thing to try for the bonus section.
# The hog_feature and color_histogram_hsv functions both operate on a single
# image and return a feature vector for that image. The extract_features
# function takes a set of images and a list of feature functions and evaluates
# each feature function on each image, storing the results in a matrix where
# each column is the concatenation of all feature vectors for a single image.
num_color_bins = 10 # Number of bins in the color histogram
feature_fns = [hog_feature, lambda img: color_histogram_hsv(img, nbin=num_color_bins)]
X_train_feats = extract_features(X_train, feature_fns, verbose=True)
X_val_feats = extract_features(X_val, feature_fns)
X_test_feats = extract_features(X_test, feature_fns)
# Preprocessing: Subtract the mean feature
mean_feat = np.mean(X_train_feats, axis=1)
mean_feat = np.expand_dims(mean_feat, axis=1)
X_train_feats -= mean_feat
X_val_feats -= mean_feat
X_test_feats -= mean_feat
# Preprocessing: Divide by standard deviation. This ensures that each feature
# has roughly the same scale.
std_feat = np.std(X_train_feats, axis=1)
std_feat = np.expand_dims(std_feat, axis=1)
X_train_feats /= std_feat
X_val_feats /= std_feat
X_test_feats /= std_feat
# Preprocessing: Add a bias dimension
X_train_feats = np.vstack([X_train_feats, np.ones((1, X_train_feats.shape[1]))])
X_val_feats = np.vstack([X_val_feats, np.ones((1, X_val_feats.shape[1]))])
X_test_feats = np.vstack([X_test_feats, np.ones((1, X_test_feats.shape[1]))])
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# Use the validation set to tune the learning rate and regularization strength
from cs231n.classifiers.linear_classifier import LinearSVM
# learning_rates = [1e-9, 1e-8, 1e-7]
# regularization_strengths = [1e5, 1e6, 1e7]
learning_rates = [1e-9, 2e-9, 3e-9, 4e-9, 5e-9]
regularization_strengths = [1e6, 2e6, 3e6, 4e6, 5e6]
results = {}
best_val = -1
best_svm = None
pass
################################################################################
# TODO: #
# Use the validation set to set the learning rate and regularization strength. #
# This should be identical to the validation that you did for the SVM; save #
# the best trained softmax classifer in best_svm. You might also want to play #
# with different numbers of bins in the color histogram. If you are careful #
# you should be able to get accuracy of near 0.44 on the validation set. #
################################################################################
iters = 2000 #100
for lr in learning_rates:
for rs in regularization_strengths:
svm = LinearSVM()
svm.train(X_train_feats, y_train, learning_rate=lr, reg=rs, num_iters=iters)
y_train_pred = svm.predict(X_train_feats)
acc_train = np.mean(y_train == y_train_pred)
y_val_pred = svm.predict(X_val_feats)
acc_val = np.mean(y_val == y_val_pred)
results[(lr, rs)] = (acc_train, acc_val)
if best_val < acc_val:
best_val = acc_val
best_svm = svm
################################################################################
# END OF YOUR CODE #
################################################################################
# Print out results.
for lr, reg in sorted(results):
train_accuracy, val_accuracy = results[(lr, reg)]
print 'lr %e reg %e train accuracy: %f val accuracy: %f' % (
lr, reg, train_accuracy, val_accuracy)
print 'best validation accuracy achieved during cross-validation: %f' % best_val
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# Evaluate your classifier on the test set
y_test_pred = best_svm.predict(X_test_feats)
test_accuracy = np.mean(y_test == y_test_pred)
print test_accuracy
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# An important way to gain intuition about how an algorithm works is to
# visualize the mistakes that it makes. In this visualization, we show examples
# of images that are misclassified by our current system. The first column
# shows images that our system labeled as "plane" but whose true label is
# something other than "plane".
examples_per_class = 8
classes = ['plane', 'car', 'bird', 'cat', 'deer', 'dog', 'frog', 'horse', 'ship', 'truck']
for cls, cls_name in enumerate(classes):
idxs = np.where((y_test != cls) & (y_test_pred == cls))[0]
idxs = np.random.choice(idxs, examples_per_class, replace=False)
for i, idx in enumerate(idxs):
plt.subplot(examples_per_class, len(classes), i * len(classes) + cls + 1)
plt.imshow(X_test[idx].astype('uint8'))
plt.axis('off')
if i == 0:
plt.title(cls_name)
plt.show()
Describe the misclassification results that you see. Do they make sense?
Answer: The mistakes encountered make sense when we consider the features we are using The color histogram feature creates a bias towards marking images with similar backgrounds as the same class. Thus, for example deer and other animals photographed against a green/brown background are confused. Similar, the HOG features cause us to put images with similar edges into the same category. The hard edges between car, truck, plane, and ship are quite similar, so the errors make sense.
You have seen that simple image features can improve classification performance. So far we have tried HOG and color histograms, but other types of features may be able to achieve even better classification performance.
For bonus points, design and implement a new type of feature and use it for image classification on CIFAR-10. Explain how your feature works and why you expect it to be useful for image classification. Implement it in this notebook, cross-validate any hyperparameters, and compare its performance to the HOG + Color histogram baseline.