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New HPM detector boosts OOD detection with simpler feature geometry

Researchers propose a new post-hoc detector called Hyperspherical Pooled Mahalanobis (HPM) for long-tailed out-of-distribution (LT-OOD) detection. This method normalizes features and uses a pooled, ridge-regularized metric instead of class-specific covariances. Experiments on CIFAR-LT and ImageNet-100-LT datasets show HPM significantly improves detection accuracy, achieving state-of-the-art Log Efficiency Score on CIFAR-100-LT while maintaining high AUROC with reduced training costs. AI

IMPACT Introduces a more efficient method for detecting out-of-distribution data, potentially improving model robustness in real-world applications.

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New HPM detector boosts OOD detection with simpler feature geometry

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Yanhui Gu ·

    Is Complex Training Necessary for Long-Tailed OOD Detection? A Re-think from Feature Geometry

    Long-tailed out-of-distribution (LT-OOD) detection is often addressed with specialized training, including auxiliary out-of-distribution (OOD) data, abstention heads, contrastive objectives, energy losses, or gradient-conflict control. We show that these training mechanisms can o…