SALAD: Smart AI Language Assistant Daily

SALAD is an AI-driven language-learning application designed to help foreigners learn Japanese. It offers translations in Kanji-Kana-Romaji, speech recognition, translated audio, vocabulary tracking, grammar explanations, and songs generated from newly learned words. The app targets beginners and intermediate learners, aiming to make language acquisition more accessible and enjoyable. SALAD uses daily translations to enhance fluency and comfort in communication with native speakers. The primary objectives include effective Japanese language learning, user engagement, and progress tracking. A survey by us found that 39% of foreigners in Japan face discomfort in conversations with Japanese speakers. Over 60% of foreigners expressed confidence in SALAD's ability to enhance their Japanese language skills. The app uses large language models, speech recognition, and diffusion models to bridge the language gap and foster a more inclusive community in Japan.

From Blurry to Brilliant Detection: YOLOv5-Based Aerial Object Detection with Super Resolution

The demand for accurate object detection in aerial imagery has surged with the widespread use of drones and satellite technology. Traditional object detection models, trained on datasets biased towards large objects, struggle to perform optimally in aerial scenarios where small, densely clustered objects are prevalent. To address this challenge, we present an innovative approach that combines super-resolution and an adapted lightweight YOLOv5 architecture. We employ a range of datasets, including VisDrone-2023, SeaDroneSee, VEDAI, and NWPU VHR-10, to evaluate our model's performance. Our Super Resolved YOLOv5 architecture features Transformer encoder blocks, allowing the model to capture global context and context information, leading to improved detection results, especially in high-density, occluded conditions. This lightweight model not only delivers improved accuracy but also ensures efficient resource utilization, making it well-suited for real-time applications. Our experimental results demonstrate the model's superior performance in detecting small and densely clustered objects, underlining the significance of dataset choice and architectural adaptation for this specific task. In particular, the method achieves 52.5% mAP on VisDrone, exceeding top prior works. This approach promises to significantly advance object detection in aerial imagery, contributing to more accurate and reliable results in a variety of real-world applications.