Uncertainty Surrogates for Deep Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.08147v1
• Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:50:28 GMT
• Title: Uncertainty Surrogates for Deep Learning
• Authors: Radhakrishna Achanta, Natasa Tagasovska
• Abstract summary: We introduce a novel way of estimating prediction uncertainty in deep networks through the use of uncertainty surrogates. These surrogates are features of the penultimate layer of a deep network that are forced to match predefined patterns. We show how our approach can be used for estimating uncertainty in prediction and out-of-distribution detection.
• Score: 17.868995105624023
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In this paper we introduce a novel way of estimating prediction uncertainty in deep networks through the use of uncertainty surrogates. These surrogates are features of the penultimate layer of a deep network that are forced to match predefined patterns. The patterns themselves can be, among other possibilities, a known visual symbol. We show how our approach can be used for estimating uncertainty in prediction and out-of-distribution detection. Additionally, the surrogates allow for interpretability of the ability of the deep network to learn and at the same time lend robustness against adversarial attacks. Despite its simplicity, our approach is superior to the state-of-the-art approaches on standard metrics as well as computational efficiency and ease of implementation. A wide range of experiments are performed on standard datasets to prove the efficacy of our approach.

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