The Surprising Power of Denoising

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Peyman Milanfar, Google Research
Fine Hall 214

Denoising is one of the oldest problems in imaging. But besides removing noise, we've found completely unexpected, brand new uses for denoising. I will give a whirlwind tour of the structure of denoisers, and why denoising is more important than ever; especially now as a core engine and building block for much more complex tasks in imaging, inverse problems, and machine learning.