Solving Linear Inverse Problems Using Gan Priors: An Algorithm with Provable Guarantees

Viraj Shah, Chinmay Hegde

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    Abstract

    In recent works, both sparsity-based methods as well as learning-based methods have proven to be successful in solving several challenging linear inverse problems. However, sparsity priors for natural signals and images suffer from poor discriminative capability, while learning-based methods seldom provide concrete theoretical guarantees. In this work, we advocate the idea of replacing hand-crafted priors, such as sparsity, with a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to solve linear inverse problems such as compressive sensing. In particular, we propose a projected gradient descent (PGD) algorithm for effective use of GAN priors for linear inverse problems, and also provide theoretical guarantees on the rate of convergence of this algorithm. Moreover, we show empirically that our algorithm demonstrates superior performance over an existing method of leveraging GANs for compressive sensing.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018 - Proceedings
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages4609-4613
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Print)9781538646588
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 10 2018
    Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018 - Calgary, Canada
    Duration: Apr 15 2018Apr 20 2018

    Publication series

    NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
    Volume2018-April
    ISSN (Print)1520-6149

    Other

    Other2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityCalgary
    Period4/15/184/20/18

    Keywords

    • Compressive sensing
    • Generative adversarial networks
    • Inverse problems

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Signal Processing
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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