<p>Consider the following excerpt from the abstract of the research paper titled <a href="https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_cvpr_2018/papers/Hu_Squeeze-and-Excitation_Networks_CVPR_2018_paper.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Squeeze-and-Excitation networks</a> by <em>Jie Hu et al</em>.</p>
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<p>Convolutional neural networks are built upon the convolution operation, which extracts informative features by fusing spatial and channel-wise information together within local receptive fields. In order to boost the representational power of a network, several recent approaches have shown the benefit of enhancing <strong>spatial encoding</strong>.</p>
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<p>The authors used the term &quot;spatial encoding&quot; and the excerpt implies that enhancing spatial encoding has the benefit of increasing the representational power of a convolutional neural network.</p>
<p>What is meant by the term &quot;spatial encoding&quot; in this context related to the convolutional neural networks?</p>

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What is meant by "spatial encoding" in the context of convolutional neural networks?
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# What is meant by "spatial encoding" in the context of convolutional neural networks?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-07)

Consider the following excerpt from the abstract of the research paper titled [Squeeze-and-Excitation networks](https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_cvpr_2018/papers/Hu_Squeeze-and-Excitation_Networks_CVPR_2018_paper.pdf) by *Jie Hu et al*.

> Convolutional neural networks are built upon the convolution operation, which extracts informative features by fusing spatial and channel-wise information together within local receptive fields. In order to boost the representational power of a network, several recent approaches have shown the benefit of enhancing **spatial encoding**.

The authors used the term "spatial encoding" and the excerpt implies that enhancing spatial encoding has the benefit of increasing the representational power of a convolutional neural network.

What is meant by the term "spatial encoding" in this context related to the convolutional neural networks?

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