# Unsupervised image annotation on ILSVRC ImageNet (val)

Source: [Unsupervised image annotation on ILSVRC ImageNet (val)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/unsupervised-image-annotation-on-ilsvrc-imagenet-val>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-27T06:58:15.552Z

Evaluation of unsupervised image annotation performance on the validation split of the ILSVRC ImageNet dataset, typically measured using metrics like nMI and WNsim.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Unsupervised image annotation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ILSVRC ImageNet (val) |
| Metric | nMI |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 5 of 5 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [nMI](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/unsupervised-image-annotation-on-ilsvrc-imagenet-val.md?metric=nMI>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [WNsim](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/unsupervised-image-annotation-on-ilsvrc-imagenet-val.md?metric=WNsim>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | nMI | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SimCLR\_kmeans | 0.59 | Not recorded | 68fa6b101e209131cea2be31 |
| Communication Game (+augmentations -shared) | 0.58 | Not recorded | 68fa6b101e209131cea2be31 |
| Communication Game (+augmentations +shared) | 0.56 | Not recorded | 68fa6b101e209131cea2be31 |
| Communication Game (-augmentations -shared) | 0.5 | Not recorded | 68fa6b101e209131cea2be31 |
| SimCLR\_disc | 0.49 | Not recorded | 68fa6b101e209131cea2be31 |

### SimCLR\_kmeans

nMI: 0.59. Result ID: 69a1406935dfcabb00e5c945.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67d71e209131cea18de5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/google-research/simclr>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"\|P\|":"2035"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Communication Game (+augmentations -shared)

nMI: 0.58. Result ID: 69a1406935dfcabb00e5c947.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/EGG/tree/master/egg/zoo/emcom_as_ssl>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"\|P\|":"2042"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Communication Game (+augmentations +shared)

nMI: 0.56. Result ID: 69a1406935dfcabb00e5c948.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/EGG/tree/master/egg/zoo/emcom_as_ssl>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"\|P\|":"2046"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Communication Game (-augmentations -shared)

nMI: 0.5. Result ID: 69a1406935dfcabb00e5c946.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/facebookresearch/EGG/tree/master/egg/zoo/emcom_as_ssl>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"\|P\|":"2044"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SimCLR\_disc

nMI: 0.49. Result ID: 69a1406935dfcabb00e5c944.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6b101e209131cea2be31.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67d71e209131cea18de5.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/google-research/simclr>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"\|P\|":"1489"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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