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LLM ArchitectureFoundations Updated 2026

CNN (Convolutional Neural Network)

A neural architecture that uses learned filters to detect spatial patterns, foundational to modern computer vision.

Convolutional neural networks apply small learned filters across an input to detect local patterns — edges, textures, shapes — building up to complex features in deeper layers. LeCun et al. (1998) established the modern CNN for document recognition, and Krizhevsky et al. (2012) ignited the deep-learning era when their CNN (AlexNet) won the ImageNet competition by a wide margin.

CNNs remain central to vision and are often combined with Transformers in multimodal systems.

References

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Gradient-Based Learning Applied to Document Recognition
LeCun, Y., Bottou, L., Bengio, Y., & Haffner, P. (1998). Proceedings of the IEEE, 86(11), 2278–2324.
ImageNet Classification with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (AlexNet)
Krizhevsky, A., Sutskever, I., & Hinton, G. E. (2012). Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 25 (NeurIPS 2012).

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MultipleChat. "CNN (Convolutional Neural Network)." MultipleChat AI & LLM Glossary, 2026. https://multiple.chat/ai-glossary/cnn

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