Hyperbolic Hierarchical Clustering for Visual Representation Learning
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arXiv:2608.22665v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We investigate the token mixer in vision backbones by revisiting clustering, one of the most classic approaches in machine learning. An effective token mixer is a fundamental component of modern vision backbones like vision Transformers, facilitating information exchange between image patches. Mainstream token mixers, which rely on convolution, attention, MLP, or their hybrids, primarily focus on navigating the trade-off between accuracy and computational cost. However, a significant drawback of these methods is their black-box nature; their en
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- arXiv:2608.22665v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We investigate the token mixer in vision backbones by revisiting clustering, one of the most classic approaches in machine learning.
- An effective token mixer is a fundamental component of modern vision backbones like vision Transformers, facilitating information exchange between image patches.
- Mainstream token mixers, which rely on convolution, attention, MLP, or their hybrids, primarily focus on navigating the trade-off between accuracy and computational cost.
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