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Data Augmentation in High Dimensional Low Sample Size Setting Using a Geometry-Based Variational Autoencoder


Speaker

Stéphanie Allassonnière

Affiliation

Paris Descartes University

Date

Friday, 04 February 2022

Time

14:00-15:00

Location

Zoom

Link

https://ucl.zoom.us/j/97245943682

Event series

Jump Trading/ELLIS CSML Seminar Series

Abstract

In this presentation, we propose a new method to perform data augmentation in a reliable way in the High Dimensional Low Sample Size (HDLSS) setting using a geometry-based variational autoencoder. Our approach combines a proper latent space modeling of the VAE seen as a Riemannian manifold with a new generation scheme which produces more meaningful samples especially in the context of small data sets. The proposed method is tested through a wide experimental study where its robustness to data sets, classifiers and training samples size is stressed. It is also validated on a medical imaging classification task on the challenging ADNI database where a small number of 3D brain MRIs are considered and augmented using the proposed VAE framework. In each case, the proposed method allows for a significant and reliable gain in the classification metrics. For instance, balanced accuracy jumps from 66.3% to 74.3% for a state-of-the-art CNN classifier trained with 50 MRIs of cognitively normal (CN) and 50 Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and from 77.7% to 86.3% when trained with 243 CN and 210 AD while improving greatly sensitivity and specificity metrics.

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