In-Domain Self-Supervised Learning Improves Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification

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Autori principali: Dimitrovski, Ivica, Kitanovski, Ivan, Simidjievski, Nikola, Kocev, Dragi
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author Dimitrovski, Ivica
Kitanovski, Ivan
Simidjievski, Nikola
Kocev, Dragi
author_facet Dimitrovski, Ivica
Kitanovski, Ivan
Simidjievski, Nikola
Kocev, Dragi
contents We investigate the utility of in-domain self-supervised pre-training of vision models in the analysis of remote sensing imagery. Self-supervised learning (SSL) has emerged as a promising approach for remote sensing image classification due to its ability to exploit large amounts of unlabeled data. Unlike traditional supervised learning, SSL aims to learn representations of data without the need for explicit labels. This is achieved by formulating auxiliary tasks that can be used for pre-training models before fine-tuning them on a given downstream task. A common approach in practice to SSL pre-training is utilizing standard pre-training datasets, such as ImageNet. While relevant, such a general approach can have a sub-optimal influence on the downstream performance of models, especially on tasks from challenging domains such as remote sensing. In this paper, we analyze the effectiveness of SSL pre-training by employing the iBOT framework coupled with Vision transformers trained on Million-AID, a large and unlabeled remote sensing dataset. We present a comprehensive study of different self-supervised pre-training strategies and evaluate their effect across 14 downstream datasets with diverse properties. Our results demonstrate that leveraging large in-domain datasets for self-supervised pre-training consistently leads to improved predictive downstream performance, compared to the standard approaches found in practice.
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spellingShingle In-Domain Self-Supervised Learning Improves Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification
Dimitrovski, Ivica
Kitanovski, Ivan
Simidjievski, Nikola
Kocev, Dragi
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
We investigate the utility of in-domain self-supervised pre-training of vision models in the analysis of remote sensing imagery. Self-supervised learning (SSL) has emerged as a promising approach for remote sensing image classification due to its ability to exploit large amounts of unlabeled data. Unlike traditional supervised learning, SSL aims to learn representations of data without the need for explicit labels. This is achieved by formulating auxiliary tasks that can be used for pre-training models before fine-tuning them on a given downstream task. A common approach in practice to SSL pre-training is utilizing standard pre-training datasets, such as ImageNet. While relevant, such a general approach can have a sub-optimal influence on the downstream performance of models, especially on tasks from challenging domains such as remote sensing. In this paper, we analyze the effectiveness of SSL pre-training by employing the iBOT framework coupled with Vision transformers trained on Million-AID, a large and unlabeled remote sensing dataset. We present a comprehensive study of different self-supervised pre-training strategies and evaluate their effect across 14 downstream datasets with diverse properties. Our results demonstrate that leveraging large in-domain datasets for self-supervised pre-training consistently leads to improved predictive downstream performance, compared to the standard approaches found in practice.
title In-Domain Self-Supervised Learning Improves Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01645