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48 results for Additive Gaussian Noise

Paper uses VAEs to detect radar targets in complex noise.

problem Detecting radar targets in compound clutter and thermal noise.
method Proposes a VAE architecture to distinguish radar targets from various noise types.
result The VAE outperforms classical detectors in challenging noise conditions.

Deep Gaussian processes (DGPs) can model complex marginal densities as well as complex mappings. Non-Gaussian marginals are essential for modelling real-world data, and can be generated from the DGP by incorporating uncorrelated variables to the model. Previous work on DGP models has introduced noise additively and use…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Discrete Gaussian noise preserves privacy and accuracy in differential privacy.

problem Finite computers cannot represent continuous Gaussian noise, leading to privacy breaches and loss of interpretability.
method Introduced and analyzed discrete Gaussian noise, providing privacy and accuracy guarantees similar to continuous Gaussian noise.
result Discrete Gaussian noise offers the same privacy and accuracy as continuous Gaussian noise, with efficient sampling algorithms.

Study on deep learning for speckle noise reduction in imaging modalities.

problem Multiplicative speckle noise challenges conventional deep learning methods for speckle denoising.
method Likelihood-based deep neural network (DNN) estimators for nonparametric regression under speckle noise.
result Established minimax rates for speckle denoising, matching those for additive Gaussian noise alone.

We study the statistical decision process of detecting the signal from a `signal+noise' type matrix model with an additive Wigner noise. We propose a hypothesis test based on the linear spectral statistics of the data matrix, which does not depend on the distribution of the signal or the noise. The test is optimal unde…

2020-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The Sampled Gaussian Mechanism's noise level decreases with larger subsampling rates, improving privacy-utility trade-offs.

problem Improving privacy-utility trade-offs in differentially private stochastic optimization.
method Proof of a conjecture about the Sampled Gaussian Mechanism's noise level and subsampling rate relationship.
result A rigorous proof of the conjecture, completing the proof of Theorem 6.2 in the original paper.

GNIs induce asymmetric heavy-tailed noise in SGD, affecting network performance.

problem The effect of Gaussian noise injections on SGD dynamics and network performance.
method Developed a Langevin-like SDE driven by asymmetric heavy-tailed noise to model the modified SGD dynamics.
result GNIs induce an implicit bias that varies with noise heaviness and asymmetry, affecting network performance.

We present a noise-injected version of the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm: the Noisy Expectation Maximization (NEM) algorithm. The NEM algorithm uses noise to speed up the convergence of the EM algorithm. The NEM theorem shows that injected noise speeds up the average convergence of the EM algorithm to a local…

2018-01-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes deflation for estimating a low-rank spike in large tensors with noise.

problem Estimating a low-rank symmetric spike in large tensors with additive Gaussian noise.
method Characterization of deflation performance in terms of vector alignments and weights.
result Understanding deflation mechanism in noisy conditions and designing more efficient methods.

Algorithm identifies and corrects noisy labels using Gaussian process regression.

problem Detecting and correcting real-valued noisy labels from mixed data.
method Gaussian process regression with heteroscedastic noise model and leave-one-out cross-validation.
result The method can pinpoint corrupted sample points and improve regression models.

Privacy-preserving crypto exchanges adjust prices based on Gaussian noise.

problem Ensuring fair pricing in privacy-preserving cryptocurrency exchanges.
method Derive Kyle equilibrium with Gaussian noise perturbation, rescaling price-impact and strategy factors.
result Identify a privacy subsidy as a transfer from LP pool to traders, invariant to noise.

Paper finds sample complexity for learning high-dimensional simplices from noisy data.

problem Learning high-dimensional simplices from noisy samples.
method Combines sample compression, high-dimensional geometry, and Fourier analysis.
result Proves sample complexity bound for achieving a simplex within a certain distance from the true simplex.

Paper proposes a self-supervised method to denoise autoregressive signals with heavy-tailed noise.

problem Denoising autoregressive signals corrupted by heavy-tailed noise.
method Self-supervised learning approach without requiring full noise distribution knowledge.
result Strong denoising performance compared to baseline methods, especially for impulsive noise.

Compression is at the heart of effective representation learning. However, lossy compression is typically achieved through simple parametric models like Gaussian noise to preserve analytic tractability, and the limitations this imposes on learning are largely unexplored. Further, the Gaussian prior assumptions in model…

2019-04-15abs ↗pdf ↗

A prototypical blind signal separation problem is the so-called cocktail party problem, with n people talking simultaneously and n different microphones within a room. The goal is to recover each speech signal from the microphone inputs. Mathematically this can be modeled by assuming that we are given samples from an n…

2012-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Adding noise controls capacity of function compositions.

problem Large capacity of function compositions with bounded capacity classes.
method Adding Gaussian noise to the output of F\mathcal{F} before composing with H\mathcal{H}.
result Noise effectively controls the capacity of HF\mathcal{H} \circ \mathcal{F}, offering a general recipe for modular design.

Exact recovery method for community detection in Gaussian mixtures with dependent noise.

problem Community detection in Gaussian mixtures with dependent and heterogeneous noise.
method Maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for constrained quadratic optimization problem, using ΣΣ-whitened separation and local inequalities.
result Sharp exact-recovery threshold and no-gap mechanism in the unknown-size setting.

New method designs joint initial noises for diffusion models to improve diversity and alignment.

problem Independent initial noises limit diversity in generated images.
method Coupling of initial noises, maintaining Gaussian distribution while allowing dependence.
result Repulsive Gaussian coupling improves diversity without increasing sampling cost.

Improves detection of low-rank signals from noisy data matrices.

problem Statistical detection of low-rank signals in noisy data matrices.
method Entrywise pre-transforming data matrix for non-Gaussian noise, sharp phase transition thresholds, central limit theorem for linear spectral statistics, hypothesis test.
result Improves detection of low-rank signals from noisy data matrices, generalizing known results.

A model learns causal representations from high-dimensional data.

problem Challenges in learning causal representations from high-dimensional data.
method Formulated a latent variable decoder model, Decoder BCD, for Bayesian causal discovery.
result Shows that using known intervention targets as labels helps in unsupervised Bayesian inference over structure and parameters.

We propose a learning-based approach for estimating the spectrum of a multisinusoidal signal from a finite number of samples. A neural-network is trained to approximate the spectra of such signals on simulated data. The proposed methodology is very flexible: adapting to different signal and noise models only requires m…

2018-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

A bandit algorithm reduces regret in noisy, communication-constrained feedback.

problem Distributed stochastic multi-armed bandit with noisy, communication-constrained feedback.
method Proposes a multi-phase bandit algorithm, UE-UCB++, that matches an information-theoretic lower bound.
result Matches an information-theoretic lower bound of Ω(√(KT/σ²)) on the minimax regret.

Extends neural network training framework to handle noise and uncertainty.

problem Handling noise and uncertainty in neural network training.
method Integrates non-zero aleatoric noise and derives posterior covariance for epistemic uncertainty.
result Derives an estimator for posterior covariance, providing a handle on epistemic uncertainty.

New algorithms reduce communication for sparse mean estimation in noisy distributed systems.

problem Sparse normal means estimation with limited communication in a distributed setting.
method Two distributed algorithms for estimating a sparse mean vector with sublinear communication.
result Correct support of the sparse mean can be recovered with significantly less communication than previously required.

Method estimates bivariate causal models using normalising flows and variational Gaussian process regression.

problem Lack of explainability in AI models, especially in causal mechanisms.
method Combination of normalising flows for density estimation and variational Gaussian process regression for post-nonlinear models.
result Method better explains cause-effect pairs than simple additive noise models.

Expands differential privacy mechanisms to include the Generalized Gaussian mechanism for improved private machine learning.

problem Improving privacy in machine learning algorithms while maintaining utility.
method Introduces and analyzes the Generalized Gaussian (GG) mechanism for differential privacy.
result The GG mechanism provides better performance than the Laplace and Gaussian mechanisms across various values of β.

Enhances deep learning robustness to noise without sacrificing clean data accuracy.

problem Robustness of deep neural networks to input noise.
method Discriminative loss at penultimate layer and class-wise feature alignment with Gaussian noise.
result Improves robustness to various perturbations without degrading clean data accuracy.

Study on online regression with noise, achieving near-optimal regret bounds.

problem Online generalized linear regression with stochastic noise.
method Sharp analysis of FTRL algorithm for stochastic label noise.
result Achieved near-optimal regret bounds for O(σ2dlogT)+o(logT)O(σ^2 d \log T) + o(\log T).

Reconstruction-based learning produces uninformative features for perception tasks.

problem Misalignment between reconstruction-based learning and perception tasks.
method Investigated the impact of input space reconstruction on feature learning for perception tasks.
result Reconstruction-based learning allocates model capacity to a subspace with uninformative features for perception tasks.

We prove quantitative convergence rates at which discrete Langevin-like processes converge to the invariant distribution of a related stochastic differential equation. We study the setup where the additive noise can be non-Gaussian and state-dependent and the potential function can be non-convex. We show that the key p…

2019-07-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently learns linear non-Gaussian DAGs with noisy nodes.

problem Learning DAGs with non-Gaussian noise and diverging number of nodes.
method Proposes a novel method using topological layers for bottom-up reconstruction and consistent parent-child relations.
result Topological layers can be exactly reconstructed and parent-child relations established without faithfulness assumption.