January 2019 Summaries

The article explores the application of Neural Style Transfer and DeepDream algorithms in creating stylized images, particularly focusing on the work involving Joan Miró's paintings. Neural Style Transfer is explained as a technique utilizing Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to apply the style of one image to another while maintaining its content. The process involves an Image Transformation Network and a Loss Network to compute style and content losses. The author used TensorFlow Magenta to train a model with nine different Joan Miró painting styles, displaying results on various test images. Additionally, the article touches on DeepDream, an algorithm by Google that enhances visual features detected by a CNN, demonstrating its application in models trained with Instagram data tagged with #joanmiro and #miro. This approach uses CNNs to learn visual features from multimodal data, with DeepDream visualizing these features by amplifying recognized patterns.