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View ArticleInstability of quantum de Sitter spacetime
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AbstractBy averaging the Einstein equations over transverse gravitational perturbations we obtain a closed set of two ordinary differential equations describing the macroscopic cosmological evolution...
View ArticleGIA-Net: Global Information Aware Network for Low-Light Imaging
AbstractIt is extremely challenging to acquire perceptually plausible images under low-light conditions due to low SNR. Most recently, U-Nets have shown promising results for low-light imaging....
View ArticleAIM 2020 Challenge on Efficient Super-Resolution: Methods and Results
AbstractThis paper reviews the AIM 2020 challenge on efficient single image super-resolution with focus on the proposed solutions and results. The challenge task was to super-resolve an input image...
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