Synthetic Data Generation and Deep Learning for the Topological Analysis of 3D Data

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16968v1
• Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:37:35 GMT
• Title: Synthetic Data Generation and Deep Learning for the Topological Analysis of 3D Data
• Authors: Dylan Peek, Matt P. Skerritt, Stephan Chalup
• Abstract summary: This research uses deep learning to estimate the topology of sparse, unordered point cloud scenes in 3D. The experimental results of this pilot study support the hypothesis that, with the aid of sophisticated synthetic data generation, neural networks can perform segmentation-based topological data analysis.
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• Abstract: This research uses deep learning to estimate the topology of manifolds represented by sparse, unordered point cloud scenes in 3D. A new labelled dataset was synthesised to train neural networks and evaluate their ability to estimate the genus of these manifolds. This data used random homeomorphic deformations to provoke the learning of visual topological features. We demonstrate that deep learning models could extract these features and discuss some advantages over existing topological data analysis tools that are based on persistent homology. Semantic segmentation was used to provide additional geometric information in conjunction with topological labels. Common point cloud multi-layer perceptron and transformer networks were both used to compare the viability of these methods. The experimental results of this pilot study support the hypothesis that, with the aid of sophisticated synthetic data generation, neural networks can perform segmentation-based topological data analysis. While our study focused on simulated data, the accuracy achieved suggests a potential for future applications using real data.

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