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Convolutional Neural Networks and Vision Applications, 4th Edition
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Convolutional Neural Networks and Vision Applications, 4th Edition

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 247

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Prof. Dr. D. J. Lee

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450 Engineering Building, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-4099, USA
Interests: artificial intelligence; high-performance visual computing; robotic vision; real-time visual inspection automation
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Dr. Dong Zhang

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School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Interests: computer vision and pattern recognition
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Processing speed is critical for visual inspection automation and mobile visual computing applications. Many powerful and sophisticated computer vision algorithms generate accurate results but require high computational power or resources, and they are not entirely suitable for real-time vision applications. On the other hand, there are vision algorithms and convolutional neural networks that perform at camera frame rates but with moderately reduced accuracy, which is arguably more applicable for real-time vision applications. This Special Issue is reserved for research related to the design, optimization, and implementation of machine-learning-based vision algorithms or convolutional neural networks that are suitable for real-time vision applications.

General topics covered in this Special Issue include the following:

  • Optimization of software-based vision algorithms;
  • CNN architecture optimizations for real-time performance;
  • CNN acceleration through approximate computing;
  • CNN applications that require real-time performance;
  • Tradeoff analysis between speed and accuracy in CNN;
  • GPU-based implementations for real-time CNN performance;
  • FPGA-based implementations for real-time CNN performance;
  • Embedded vision systems for applications that require real-time performance;
  • Machine vision applications that require real-time performance.

Prof. Dr. D. J. Lee
Prof. Dr. Dong Zhang
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Keywords

  • convolutional neural networks
  • vision applications
  • CNN architecture

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection Using Skeleton-Based Body Movement Analysis via Dual-Stream Deep Learning
by Jungpil Shin, Abu Saleh Musa Miah, Manato Kakizaki, Najmul Hassan and Yoichi Tomioka
Electronics 2025, 14(11), 2231; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14112231 (registering DOI) - 30 May 2025
Abstract
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) poses significant challenges in diagnosis due to its diverse symptomatology and the complexity of early detection. Atypical gait and gesture patterns, prominent behavioural markers of ASD, hold immense potential for facilitating early intervention and optimising treatment outcomes. These patterns [...] Read more.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) poses significant challenges in diagnosis due to its diverse symptomatology and the complexity of early detection. Atypical gait and gesture patterns, prominent behavioural markers of ASD, hold immense potential for facilitating early intervention and optimising treatment outcomes. These patterns can be efficiently and non-intrusively captured using modern computational techniques, making them valuable for ASD recognition. Various types of research have been conducted to detect ASD through deep learning, including facial feature analysis, eye gaze analysis, and movement and gesture analysis. In this study, we optimise a dual-stream architecture that combines image classification and skeleton recognition models to analyse video data for body motion analysis. The first stream processes Skepxels—spatial representations derived from skeleton data—using ConvNeXt-Base, a robust image recognition model that efficiently captures aggregated spatial embeddings. The second stream encodes angular features, embedding relative joint angles into the skeleton sequence and extracting spatiotemporal dynamics using Multi-Scale Graph 3D Convolutional Network(MSG3D) , a combination of Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) and Temporal Convolutional Networks (TCNs). We replace the ViT model from the original architecture with ConvNeXt-Base to evaluate the efficacy of CNN-based models in capturing gesture-related features for ASD detection. Additionally, we experimented with a Stack Transformer in the second stream instead of MSG3D but found it to result in lower performance accuracy, thus highlighting the importance of GCN-based models for motion analysis. The integration of these two streams ensures comprehensive feature extraction, capturing both global and detailed motion patterns. A pairwise Euclidean distance loss is employed during training to enhance the consistency and robustness of feature representations. The results from our experiments demonstrate that the two-stream approach, combining ConvNeXt-Base and MSG3D, offers a promising method for effective autism detection. This approach not only enhances accuracy but also contributes valuable insights into optimising deep learning models for gesture-based recognition. By integrating image classification and skeleton recognition, we can better capture both global and detailed motion patterns, which are crucial for improving early ASD diagnosis and intervention strategies. Full article
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