AI engineering glossary · Computer vision

What is cutMix?

CutMix: An augmentation that pastes a rectangular patch from one image onto another and mixes the labels in proportion to the patch area. It keeps more useful pixels than Cutout while still regularising.

Level: advancedTopic: Computer vision

CutMix: an example

If a pasted dog patch covers 25% of a cat photo, the label becomes 75% cat and 25% dog.

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CutMix is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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