Sparse digit recognition SVM

Closed weights University of Lubeck November 2008

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Origin

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Organisation
University of Lubeck
Organisation type
Academia
Country
Germany
Published
19 November 2008
Authors
Kai Labusch, Erhadt Barth, Thomas Martinetz

What it does

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Domain
Vision
Task
Image classification

Size

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Training data
tokens

How it is classified

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Why it is tracked
SOTA improvement

"Finally, we train a support vector machine (SVM) on the resulting feature vectors and obtain state-of-the-art classification performance in the digit recognition task defined by the MNIST benchmark"

Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
124

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Simple method for high-performance digit recognition based on sparse coding
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

Sparse digit recognition SVM was published by University of Lubeck, in Germany, in November 2008. It comes out of academia.

It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing image classification.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Training and provenance

The reason it appears in this catalogue at all is sOTA improvement.

Answers

Sparse digit recognition SVM — common questions

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Is Sparse digit recognition SVM open source?

The licensing for Sparse digit recognition SVM was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

02

How many parameters does Sparse digit recognition SVM have?

No parameter count has been published for Sparse digit recognition SVM, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

03

Who created Sparse digit recognition SVM?

Sparse digit recognition SVM was published by University of Lubeck, based in Germany, categorised as academia.

04

When was Sparse digit recognition SVM released?

Sparse digit recognition SVM was published in November 2008. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

05

What is Sparse digit recognition SVM used for?

Sparse digit recognition SVM works in Vision, and is recorded as handling image classification. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

06

What GPU do I need to run Sparse digit recognition SVM?

None. Sparse digit recognition SVM is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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