The following gives a brief summary of DEDALE accomplishments presented in the context of the corresponding work packages.
WP 1: Project Management
- All requested documents (for each WP) have been delivered.
- All DEDALE journal papers are freely available on archives and the DEDALE website.
- Various meetings were organized over the course of the project.
- Several WP lead teleconferences wer organized when needed. Agendas, all presentations and minutes are available on the website.
WP 2: Low-Dimensional Models for Complex Structured Data
- We developed an adative shearlet transform and we extend it for vector-valued data.
- An inpainting algorithm for large-scale polarized data on the sphere was developed, resulting in an improved polarized E map due to a smaller T mask and cross-correlations in the TE power spectrum.
- A study on the possible extensions of dictionary learning techniques to color images was carried out, comparing learning a dictionary for RGB color images using either vectorized patches or separating the color components.
- Effort was also put in the investigation of deep learning for image enhancement problems, using either convolutional sparse coding or sparse autoencoders.
- We considered the problem of dynamic range extension, where the objective is to increase the range between the maximum and minimum values in an image.
WP 3: Signal Processing on Complex Data
- We demonstrate that the Douglas-Rachford algorithm converges to a sparse signal and give good denoising results in a multiscale representation of S1^N.
- We proposed a novel post-acquisition computational technique aiming to enhance the spectral dimensionality of imaging systems by exploiting the mathematical frameworks of Sparse Representations and Dictionary Learning.
- The key contribution of this effort is a novel Coupled Sparse Dictionary Learning model which considers coupled feature spaces, composed of low and high spectral resolution hypercubes.
WP 4: Signal Processing on Complex Data
- We developed the bGMCA algorithm for blind source separation (BSS). Experiments demonstrated that the use of intermediate block sizes dramatically enhances the separation performances compared to standard sparse BSS.
- We developed the DEDALE Distributed Learning Platform, which capable of considering both physical as well as virtual resources.
- We explored 2 use cases: (a) the super-resolution of sub-sampled hyper-spectral data (b) galaxy image deconvolution. Results show an improvement of ~60% in time response terms against the conventional computing solutions.
WP5: Applications on the Euclid Mission
- We developed a new combined deep learning and dictionary learning algorithm that reduces both the scatter and the catastrophic outlier rate in spectroscopic redshift measurements.
- A method was developed to build superresolved Euclid PSF from subsampled data. It has lead to significant improvement compared to the state of the art.
- A new deconvolution algorithm was developed for big survey images in astrophysics, which used low-rank minimization techniques, which performs well when galaxy images are not dominated by noise.
- An optimal transport was developed for PSF interpolation, results show that galaxy shapes are recovered with significantly lower errors when using our PSF model instead of PSFEx.
- We investigated the problem of automated galaxy shape and distance (redshift) estimation using non-linear deep learning models. We observe that with sufficient training time (epochs) very good prediction accuracy can be achieved.
- A mass mapping reconstruction method (GLIMPSE) has been developed which use sparse regularization.
- GLIMPSE was used to reconstruct the convergence in the field of the public Dark Energy Survey (DES) Science Verification (SV) data. The resulting mass map was shown to be considerably better than the current state-of-the-art reconstruction methods.
- We compared the existing fast-simulators and showed that halo clustering does affect the theoretical peak statistic prediction and not including this effect would therefore lead to incorrect cosmological inferences.
WP6: Applications in Remote Sensing
- Using the dictionary learning tools developed in WP2, we improved on the color management of patches for dictionary learning for image denoising.
- We identified several applications in various fields of image processing for which the results of semantic segmentation lead to great improvements.
- A new maritime database was created during this project that can be used to tackle new problems in scene analysis, and to further improve the results we have in the maritime context.
WP 7: Dissemination and Exploitation
- A professional looking website has been developed and will be maintained beyond the duration of the project.
- Social media accounts were created and used to disseminate DEDALE activities and accomplishments.
- 2 outreach videos were produced and made available on the DEDALE web site.
- A workshop was organized in Nice in 2017 on Dictionary Learning on Manifolds (DLM) (
http://dlm.cosmostat.org(si apre in una nuova finestra)).
- Open data sets were made available on the project website with accompanying documentation.
- A GitHub repository was created to host all DEDALE software to facilitate dissemination and maintenance.
All of these activities were disseminated via scientific journals and conference papers. All of which are available on public archives and the DEDALE website.
