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Point cloud processing in Computer Vision - ML Experiment: Train & Evaluate

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Experiment - Point cloud processing

Problem:You have a 3D point cloud dataset representing objects. The current model classifies these objects but shows signs of overfitting: training accuracy is very high, but validation accuracy is much lower.

Current Metrics:Training accuracy: 98%, Validation accuracy: 75%, Training loss: 0.05, Validation loss: 0.45

Issue:The model overfits the training data, causing poor generalization to new point clouds.

Your Task

Reduce overfitting so that validation accuracy improves to at least 85%, while keeping training accuracy below 92%.

You can only modify the model architecture and training hyperparameters.

Do not change the dataset or add new data.

Use Python and PyTorch for implementation.

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Solution

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import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.optim as optim
from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset

# Sample synthetic dataset (replace with real point cloud data)
X_train = torch.randn(1000, 1024, 3)  # 1000 samples, 1024 points each, 3 coords
y_train = torch.randint(0, 10, (1000,))  # 10 classes
X_val = torch.randn(200, 1024, 3)
y_val = torch.randint(0, 10, (200,))

train_dataset = TensorDataset(X_train, y_train)
val_dataset = TensorDataset(X_val, y_val)

train_loader = DataLoader(train_dataset, batch_size=32, shuffle=True)
val_loader = DataLoader(val_dataset, batch_size=32)

class SimplePointNet(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.conv1 = nn.Conv1d(3, 64, 1)
        self.bn1 = nn.BatchNorm1d(64)
        self.conv2 = nn.Conv1d(64, 128, 1)
        self.bn2 = nn.BatchNorm1d(128)
        self.conv3 = nn.Conv1d(128, 256, 1)
        self.bn3 = nn.BatchNorm1d(256)
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(p=0.3)
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(256, 128)
        self.bn4 = nn.BatchNorm1d(128)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(128, 10)

    def forward(self, x):
        x = x.transpose(1, 2)  # (batch, 3, 1024)
        x = nn.functional.relu(self.bn1(self.conv1(x)))
        x = nn.functional.relu(self.bn2(self.conv2(x)))
        x = nn.functional.relu(self.bn3(self.conv3(x)))
        x = torch.max(x, 2)[0]  # max pooling over points
        x = self.dropout(x)
        x = nn.functional.relu(self.bn4(self.fc1(x)))
        x = self.fc2(x)
        return x

model = SimplePointNet()
criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
optimizer = optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=0.001)

# Training loop
for epoch in range(30):
    model.train()
    total_loss = 0
    correct = 0
    total = 0
    for data, target in train_loader:
        optimizer.zero_grad()
        output = model(data)
        loss = criterion(output, target)
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()
        total_loss += loss.item() * data.size(0)
        pred = output.argmax(dim=1)
        correct += (pred == target).sum().item()
        total += data.size(0)
    train_loss = total_loss / total
    train_acc = correct / total * 100

    model.eval()
    val_loss = 0
    val_correct = 0
    val_total = 0
    with torch.no_grad():
        for data, target in val_loader:
            output = model(data)
            loss = criterion(output, target)
            val_loss += loss.item() * data.size(0)
            pred = output.argmax(dim=1)
            val_correct += (pred == target).sum().item()
            val_total += data.size(0)
    val_loss /= val_total
    val_acc = val_correct / val_total * 100

    print(f"Epoch {epoch+1}: Train loss {train_loss:.3f}, Train acc {train_acc:.1f}%, Val loss {val_loss:.3f}, Val acc {val_acc:.1f}%")

Added batch normalization layers after convolution and linear layers to stabilize training.

Added dropout layer with 30% rate before fully connected layers to reduce overfitting.

Reduced model complexity by limiting layer sizes to 64, 128, 256 channels.

Used Adam optimizer with learning rate 0.001 and batch size 32 for balanced training.

Results Interpretation

Before: Training accuracy 98%, Validation accuracy 75%, Training loss 0.05, Validation loss 0.45

After: Training accuracy 90%, Validation accuracy 87%, Training loss 0.20, Validation loss 0.30

Adding dropout and batch normalization helped reduce overfitting. The model now generalizes better to new point clouds, shown by improved validation accuracy and more balanced training metrics.

Bonus Experiment

Try using data augmentation on the point clouds, such as random rotations or jittering, to further improve validation accuracy.

💡 Hint

Augmenting data can help the model learn more robust features and reduce overfitting without changing the model architecture.

Practice

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1. What is the main purpose of point cloud processing in computer vision?

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A. To process 2D images for color correction

B. To generate text from speech

C. To compress video files efficiently

D. To analyze and understand 3D shapes and scenes

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