DenseNets Reloaded: Paradigm Shift Beyond ResNets and ViTs
DenseNets Reloaded: Paradigm Shift Beyond ResNets and ViTs
This paper revives Densely Connected Convolutional Networks (DenseNets) and reveals the underrated effectiveness over predominant ResNet-style architectures. We believe DenseNets' potential was overlooked due to untouched training methods and traditional design elements not fully revealing their capabilities. Our pilot study shows dense connections through concatenation are strong, demonstrating that DenseNets …