# Atrous Convolution ```toc ``` - The kernel size can be increased to integrate over a larger area - However, it typically remains an odd number so that it can be centered around the current position. Increasing the kernel size has the disadvantage of requiring more weights. - This leads to the idea of dilated or atrous convolutions, in which the kernel values are interspersed with zeros. - The number of zeros we intersperse between the weights determines the dilation rate