Preprints and Publications

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Stay-Positive: A Case for Ignoring Real Image Features in Fake Image Detection

Venue: arXiv 2025

Authors: Anirudh Sundara Rajan, Yong Jae Lee

Learning what makes an image real harms the fake image detector!


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On the Effectiveness of Dataset Alignment for Fake Image Detection

Venue: ICLR 2025

Authors: Anirudh Sundara Rajan*, Utkarsh Ojha*, Jedidiah Schloesser, Yong Jae Lee

(*Joint first authors*)

Fake images that look real help detectors avoid chasing the wrong patterns.


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What Knowledge Gets Distilled in Knowledge Distillation?

Venue: NeurIPS 2023

Authors: Utkarsh Ojha*, Yuheng Li*, Anirudh Sundara Rajan*, Yingyu Liang, Yong Jae Lee

(*Joint first authors*)

The teacher can transfer some really cool, hidden properties to the student!


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