arXiv Machine Learning

ELMZip: Onboard Satellite Image Compression via Extreme Learning Machines for Efficient Downlink

arXiv:2608. 06942v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The acquisition of multispectral imagery via small satellites (e.

arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 11

FreeTransformSR: Efficient Lightweight Image Super-Resolution via Free Low-Rank Learnable Transform

FreeTransformSR is a lightweight image super‑resolution network that uses a channel‑wise free low‑rank learnable transform to adaptively modulate features with minimal parameters. It adds a local feature modulation branch with depthwise convolution and a soft complexity adaptive module that fuses local convolution and window self‑attention based on texture characteristics. The model also employs an adaptive intensity modulation strategy and achieves competitive PSNR/SSIM on five benchmark datasets while using only 595K parameters and running faster than competing methods.

By Hongji Li, Yunhui Li
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 28

Over-The-Air Extreme Learning Machines with Nonlinear Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces

The paper proposes an eXtremely Large MIMO system that functions as an Extreme Learning Machine for over‑the‑air binary classification. It uses cascaded metasurfaces, with a front layer providing a fixed nonlinear activation and subsequent tunable linear layers implementing trained weights directly in the wave domain. Numerical results on various datasets show that this low‑complexity, wave‑domain architecture achieves classification accuracy comparable to ideal digital models.

By Kyriakos Stylianopoulos, Mattia Fabiani, Giulia Torcolacci, Davide Dardari, George C. Alexandropoulos
arXiv AI
Aug 26

ORBITALIF: An Efficient Spiking Federated Learning Framework for Onboard Cloud Removal

The paper introduces OrbitALIF, a federated learning framework that performs cloud removal on low‑earth‑orbit satellites. It uses a compact 2.30 M‑parameter spiking neural network with adaptive gated fusion and spectral‑spatial hybrid attention modules, enabling both training and inference onboard. The approach achieves competitive cloud‑removal quality while consuming only 0.287 mJ per inference on neuromorphic hardware, a 72.3‑fold energy reduction compared to an equivalent ANN.

By Bohan Zhang, Chenyu Xu, Yijie Mao, Yuanming Shi
arXiv AI
Jun 2

Beyond Visual Fidelity: Benchmarking Super-Resolution Models for Large-Scale Remote Sensing Imagery via Downstream Task Integration

arXiv:2605. 00310v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Super-resolution (SR) techniques have made major advances in reconstructing high-resolution images from low-resolution inputs.

By Zhili Li, Kangyang Chai, Zhihao Wang, Xiaowei Jia, Yanhua Li, Gengchen Mai, Sergii Skakun, Dinesh Manocha, Yiqun Xie
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 28

Mapping Woody Vegetation from Multi-Source Imagery and Prediction Fusion for Enhanced Data Efficiency and Accuracy

The paper presents a framework that enhances deep‑learning tree‑cover mapping in New South Wales by fusing multiple imagery sources and normalizing image quality. It introduces an image‑composition technique that removes defects and a prediction‑fusion method that reduces reliance on any single image, together cutting errors by 38.2 % and 53.6 % respectively. Label transfer across diverse imagery further boosts data efficiency, yielding error reductions of 28.1 %–76.2 % and a 13‑fold decrease in performance variability across dates.

By Kal Backman, Jared Wood, Adam Roff