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SUMMARY:ESE Fall Colloquium Seminar - "Data Compression: From Classical to Modern"
DESCRIPTION:Lossy data compression is a vital\, if hidden\, enabling technology. This virtual seminar would be impossible without data compression!  Existing compression standards for images and audio rely on a “classical” theory of compression that models sources as stationary Gaussian processes. This theory is quite mature\, and it provides remarkable insights into how to compress Gaussian sources in a variety of settings\, including those in which the data to be compressed is distributed among multiple users\, as occurs in federated learning. At the same time\, compressors based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) have recently begun to outperform those based on the classical theory for images and other practical sources. Given that the classical methods are provably near-optimal for Gaussian sources\, it is evident that ANNs are able to exploit non-Gaussianity in the data and that a new theory of data compression is required to explain their performance. I will present recent results on both fronts\, specifically the latest advances on distribution compression of Gaussian sources and some first steps toward the development of a “modern” theory. No background in data compression or information theory will be assumed. \nThe talk contains results obtained in collaboration with Omer Bilgen and Johannes Ballé.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/ese-fall-colloquium-seminar-data-compression-from-classical-to-modern/
LOCATION:Zoom – Meeting ID 968 2448 5695
CATEGORIES:Seminar,Colloquium
ORGANIZER;CN="Electrical and Systems Engineering":MAILTO:eseevents@seas.upenn.edu
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