Systems and methods for out-of-distribution detection

Abstract

Some embodiments of the current disclosure disclose methods and systems for detecting out-of-distribution (ODD) data. For example, a method for detecting ODD data includes obtaining, at a neural network composed of a plurality of layers, a set of training data generated according to a distribution. Further, the method comprises generating, via a processor, a feature map by combining mapping functions corresponding to the plurality of layers into a vector of mapping function elements and mapping, by the feature map, the set of training data to a set of feature space training data in a feature space. Further, the method comprises identifying, via the processor, a hyper-ellipsoid in the feature space enclosing the feature space training data based on the generated feature map. In addition, the method comprises determining, via the processor, the first test data sample is OOD data when a mapped first test data sample in the feature space is outside the hyper-ellipsoid.