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Bayes-SAR Net: Robust SAR Image Classification with Uncertainty Estimation Using Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network
IEEE International Radar Conference (2020)
  • Dimah Dera, Rowan University
  • Ghulam Rasool, Rowan University
  • Nidhal C. Bouaynaya, Rowan University
  • Adam Eichen, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems,Moorestown,NJ,USA
  • Stephen Shanko, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems,Moorestown,NJ,USA
  • Jeff Cammerata, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems,Moorestown,NJ,USA
  • Sanipa Arnold, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems,Moorestown,NJ,USA
Abstract
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image classification is a challenging problem due to the complex imaging mechanism as well as the random speckle noise, which affects radar image interpretation. Recently, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been shown to outperform previous state-of-the-art techniques in computer vision tasks owing to their ability to learn relevant features from the data. However, CNNs in particular and neural networks, in general, lack uncertainty quantification and can be easily deceived by adversarial attacks. This paper proposes Bayes-SAR Net, a Bayesian CNN that can perform robust SAR image classification while quantifying the uncertainty or confidence of the network in its decision. Bayes-SAR Net propagates the first two moments (mean and covariance) of the approximate posterior distribution of the network parameters given the data and obtains a predictive mean and covariance of the classification output. Experiments, using the benchmark datasets Flevoland and Oberpfaffenhofen, show superior performance and robustness to Gaussian noise and adversarial attacks, as compared to the SAR-Net homologue. Bayes-SAR Net achieves a test accuracy that is around 10% higher in the case of adversarial perturbation (levels ≥ 0.05).
Publication Date
April 1, 2020
Location
Washington, DC, USA
DOI
10.1109/RADAR42522.2020.9114737
Citation Information
Dimah Dera, Ghulam Rasool, Nidhal C. Bouaynaya, Adam Eichen, et al.. "Bayes-SAR Net: Robust SAR Image Classification with Uncertainty Estimation Using Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network" IEEE International Radar Conference (2020) p. 362 - 367
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nidhal-bouaynaya/38/