A Survey on Data Curation for Visual Contrastive Learning: Why Crafting Effective Positive and Negative Pairs Matters

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Autores principales: Desai, Shasvat, Ghose, Debasmita, Chakraborty, Deep
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author Desai, Shasvat
Ghose, Debasmita
Chakraborty, Deep
author_facet Desai, Shasvat
Ghose, Debasmita
Chakraborty, Deep
contents Visual contrastive learning aims to learn representations by contrasting similar (positive) and dissimilar (negative) pairs of data samples. The design of these pairs significantly impacts representation quality, training efficiency, and computational cost. A well-curated set of pairs leads to stronger representations and faster convergence. As contrastive pre-training sees wider adoption for solving downstream tasks, data curation becomes essential for optimizing its effectiveness. In this survey, we attempt to create a taxonomy of existing techniques for positive and negative pair curation in contrastive learning, and describe them in detail.
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spellingShingle A Survey on Data Curation for Visual Contrastive Learning: Why Crafting Effective Positive and Negative Pairs Matters
Desai, Shasvat
Ghose, Debasmita
Chakraborty, Deep
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Visual contrastive learning aims to learn representations by contrasting similar (positive) and dissimilar (negative) pairs of data samples. The design of these pairs significantly impacts representation quality, training efficiency, and computational cost. A well-curated set of pairs leads to stronger representations and faster convergence. As contrastive pre-training sees wider adoption for solving downstream tasks, data curation becomes essential for optimizing its effectiveness. In this survey, we attempt to create a taxonomy of existing techniques for positive and negative pair curation in contrastive learning, and describe them in detail.
title A Survey on Data Curation for Visual Contrastive Learning: Why Crafting Effective Positive and Negative Pairs Matters
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08134