AAAI 2024technical9 citations

Semi-supervised Active Learning for Video Action Detection

Ayush Singh, Aayush J Rana, Akash Kumar, Shruti Vyas, Yogesh Singh Rawat

Abstract

In this work, we focus on label efficient learning for video action detection. We develop a novel semi-supervised active learning approach which utilizes both labeled as well as un- labeled data along with informative sample selection for ac- tion detection. Video action detection requires spatio-temporal localization along with classification, which poses several challenges for both active learning (informative sample se- lection) as well as semi-supervised learning (pseudo label generation). First, we propose NoiseAug, a simple augmenta- tion strategy which effectively selects informative samples for video action detection. Next, we propose fft-attention, a novel technique based on high-pass filtering which enables effective utilization of pseudo label for SSL in video action detection by emphasizing on relevant activity region within a video. We evaluate the proposed approach on three different bench- mark datasets, UCF-101-24, JHMDB-21, and Youtube-VOS. First, we demonstrate its effectiveness on video action detec- tion where the proposed approach outperforms prior works in semi-supervised and weakly-supervised learning along with several baseline approaches in both UCF101-24 and JHMDB- 21. Next, we also show its effectiveness on Youtube-VOS for video object segmentation demonstrating its generalization capability for other dense prediction tasks in videos.

BibTeX
@article{Singh_Rana_Kumar_Vyas_Rawat_2024, title={Semi-supervised Active Learning for Video Action Detection}, volume={38}, url={https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/28292}, DOI={10.1609/aaai.v38i5.28292}, abstractNote={In this work, we focus on label efficient learning for video
action detection. We develop a novel semi-supervised active
learning approach which utilizes both labeled as well as un-
labeled data along with informative sample selection for ac-
tion detection. Video action detection requires spatio-temporal
localization along with classification, which poses several
challenges for both active learning (informative sample se-
lection) as well as semi-supervised learning (pseudo label
generation). First, we propose NoiseAug, a simple augmenta-
tion strategy which effectively selects informative samples for
video action detection. Next, we propose fft-attention, a novel
technique based on high-pass filtering which enables effective
utilization of pseudo label for SSL in video action detection
by emphasizing on relevant activity region within a video.
We evaluate the proposed approach on three different bench-
mark datasets, UCF-101-24, JHMDB-21, and Youtube-VOS.
First, we demonstrate its effectiveness on video action detec-
tion where the proposed approach outperforms prior works in
semi-supervised and weakly-supervised learning along with
several baseline approaches in both UCF101-24 and JHMDB-
21. Next, we also show its effectiveness on Youtube-VOS for
video object segmentation demonstrating its generalization
capability for other dense prediction tasks in videos.}, number={5}, journal={Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence}, author={Singh, Ayush and Rana, Aayush J and Kumar, Akash and Vyas, Shruti and Rawat, Yogesh Singh}, year={2024}, month={Mar.}, pages={4891-4899} }