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34 results for ARD

Knowledge distillation is effective for producing small, high-performance neural networks for classification, but these small networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks. This paper studies how adversarial robustness transfers from teacher to student during knowledge distillation. We find that a large amount of robu…

2019-05-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian optimisation improves with fully-Bayesian treatment of hyperparameters.

problem Overconfident model predictions in BO due to ignoring hyperparameter uncertainty.
method Investigate FBBO using three approximate inference schemes compared to maximum likelihood approach.
result FBBO using EI with an ARD kernel leads to best performance in noise-free setting.

Deep state space model forecasts time series with uncertainty.

problem Probabilistic forecasting for risk management.
method Parameterized deep networks for non-linear models, recurrent neural nets for dependency, ARD network for exogenous variables.
result Accurate and sharp probabilistic forecasts with realistic uncertainty growth.

The paper analyzes methods for sparse Bayesian regression in nonlinear system identification.

problem Learning sparse models in Bayesian regression with nonlinear applications.
method Two classes of methods: regularization and thresholding based, built on automatic relevance determination (ARD).
result Analytical demonstration of favorable performance with sparse solutions in linear problems.

A recurring problem when building probabilistic latent variable models is regularization and model selection, for instance, the choice of the dimensionality of the latent space. In the context of belief networks with latent variables, this problem has been adressed with Automatic Relevance Determination (ARD) employing…

2015-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the Automatic Relevance Determination procedure applied to deep neural networks. We show that ARD applied to Bayesian DNNs with Gaussian approximate posterior distributions leads to a variational bound similar to that of variational dropout, and in the case of a fixed dropout rate, objectives are exactly the s…

2018-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Jointly learns feature and sample relevancies for robust sparse recovery.

problem Sparse recovery sensitivity to data contaminants like outliers or misspecified noise.
method Jointly learns feature and sample relevancies via marginal likelihood optimization.
result Consistent sparse and robust prediction models across diverse tasks.

This paper introduces methods to handle discrete data by dequantization.

problem Handling discrete data in deep learning models.
method Dequantization framework, including importance-weighted and Rényi dequantization objectives, and autoregressive dequantization.
result Improved performance on uniform dequantization distributions and state-of-the-art negative log-likelihood on CIFAR10.

New kernel interprets 3D anisotropic data with rotations and improved predictions.

problem Capturing rotated anisotropy in 3D spatial fields.
method Introduces a Lie-algebraic kernel with three principal length-scales and an explicit rotation.
result Posterior recovers rotated anisotropy and improves prediction over axis-aligned kernels.

This paper focuses on Bayesian Optimization (BO) for objectives on combinatorial search spaces, including ordinal and categorical variables. Despite the abundance of potential applications of Combinatorial BO, including chipset configuration search and neural architecture search, only a handful of methods have been pro…

2019-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

RFFNet scales kernel methods to large datasets by learning kernel relevance.

problem Scaling kernel methods to large datasets while maintaining interpretability.
method Designs random Fourier features for ARD kernels and uses first-order stochastic optimization for learning kernel relevances.
result RFFNet achieves low prediction error and identifies relevant features, leading to more interpretable solutions.

NARD extends ARD for linear models, promoting sparsity and correlation structure.

problem Sparse relationships between inputs and outputs, capturing correlation structure.
method Matrix normal prior with sparsity-inducing parameter, iterative updates, sequential evaluation, and surrogate function approximation.
result Significant computational efficiency improvements with comparable performance.

Develops a risk score to assist ECMO planning for critically ill patients with viral or unspecified pneumonia.

problem Lack of a risk score to guide ECMO planning for critically ill patients.
method Leverages machine learning to develop the PEER score.
result PEER score predicts mortality and decompensation in patients eligible for ECMO.

VSCOUT detects anomalies in high-dimensional data using a hybrid VAE approach.

problem Challenges in classical SPC for high-dimensional, non-Gaussian data.
method Hybrid VAE architecture with ARD prior, ensemble filtering, and changepoint detection.
result VSCOUT achieves superior sensitivity to special-cause structure and controlled false alarms.

We aim to identify the generating, ordinary differential equation (ODE) from a set of trajectories of a partially observed system. Our approach does not need prescribed basis functions to learn the ODE model, but only a rich set of Neural Arithmetic Units. For maximal explainability of the learnt model, we minimise the…

2019-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Many data-driven approaches exist to extract neural representations of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, but most of them lack a proper probabilistic formulation. We propose a group level scalable probabilistic sparse factor analysis (psFA) allowing spatially sparse maps, component pruning using automa…

2016-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

A common strategy for sparse linear regression is to introduce regularization, which eliminates irrelevant features by letting the corresponding weights be zeros. However, regularization often shrinks the estimator for relevant features, which leads to incorrect feature selection. Motivated by the above-mentioned issue…

2015-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

GP model for time series forecasting with priors.

problem Automatic selection of optimal kernels and reliable estimation of hyperparameters.
method Fixed composition of kernels, automatic relevance determination (ARD), empirical Bayes priors.
result GP model is more accurate than state-of-the-art models.

The paper presents a framework for estimating treatment effects using partial network data.

problem Estimating treatment effects when interference exists and complete network data is unavailable.
method Structural causal models and various network sampling strategies.
result Validated approach using simulated experiments and real-world applications.

Bayesian Tensor Ring factorization improved for scalability and handling of discrete data.

problem Scalability issues and handling of discrete data in Bayesian Tensor Ring factorization.
method Proposes a novel Bayesian Tensor Ring model with a nonparametric Multiplicative Gamma Process prior and Pólya-Gamma augmentation for discrete data. Developed efficient Gibbs sampler and online EM algorithm for scalability.
result Significantly improved scalability and handling of discrete data compared to previous methods.

BKTF uses tensor factorization for Bayesian optimization of complex functions.

problem Complex functions with nonstationary, nonseparable, and multimodal features.
method Bayesian Kernelized Tensor Factorization (BKTF) approximates complex functions using a low-rank tensor CP decomposition with GP priors.
result BKTF provides flexible and effective surrogate modeling with uncertainty quantification.

A neural network method determines the latent dimensionality of NMF.

problem Determining the correct number of hidden features (latent dimensionality) in NMF.
method Combining NMFk with an MLP classifier trained on a dataset of matrices with known latent features.
result The MLP classifier in conjunction with NMFk achieves a greater than 95% success rate in determining the correct number of latent features.

The paper proves Liouville theorems for VV-harmonic maps under specific curvature conditions.

problem Proving Liouville theorems for VV-harmonic maps in Riemannian manifolds with non-negative (m,V)(m, V)-Ricci curvature.
method Probabilistic proof extending previous results by Cheng, Hildebrandt-Jost-Wideman, and Stafford.
result Extends Liouville theorems to a broader class of manifolds and curvature conditions.

BONSAI optimizes parameters while respecting a default configuration, reducing unnecessary changes.

problem Standard BO pushes weakly relevant parameters to the boundary, making it hard to distinguish between important and spurious changes.
method BONSAI is a default-aware BO policy that prunes low-impact deviations from a default configuration while controlling acquisition value loss.
result BONSAI matches the GP-UCB regret rate while recovering the minimal-0\ell_0 solution, reducing the number of non-default parameters in recommended configurations.