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48 results for Automatic tuning

This paper proposes automatic tuning of Bayesian Optimization's acquisition function.

problem Optimizing black-box functions with noisy, expensive evaluations and hyperparameter tuning.
method Exploring heuristics to automatically tune acquisition functions in Bayesian Optimization.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of heuristics in automatic Bayesian Optimization.

Meta-SAC automatically tunes SAC's entropy temperature for better exploration.

problem Exploration-exploitation dilemma in reinforcement learning.
method Meta-SAC uses metagradient and a novel meta objective to automatically adjust SAC's entropy temperature.
result Meta-SAC outperforms SAC-v2 by 10% on the humanoid-v2 task.

New method improves hyperparameter tuning efficiency across similar tasks.

problem Mismatch between evaluations in current and previous tasks.
method Nested drop-out and auto-relevance determination for learning basis functions of increasing complexity.
result Improves sample efficiency in hyperparameter tuning across different data regimes.

Proposes an automatic cyclical scheduling for gradient-based discrete sampling.

problem Gradient-based sampling in high-dimensional models can get stuck in local modes.
method Cyclical step size and balancing schedules with automatic hyperparameter tuning.
result Proves non-asymptotic convergence and inference guarantees for general discrete distributions.

MLtuner automatically tunes settings for training tunables (such as the learning rate, the momentum, the mini-batch size, and the data staleness bound) that have a significant impact on large-scale machine learning (ML) performance. Traditionally, these tunables are set manually, which is unsurprisingly error-prone and…

2018-03-20abs ↗pdf ↗

D-Adaptation automatically sets optimal learning rates without manual tuning.

problem Optimizing learning rates for efficient convergence in machine learning.
method D-Adaptation, which asymptotically achieves optimal learning rates without back-tracking or additional evaluations.
result D-Adaptation automatically matches hand-tuned learning rates across diverse problems.

New method improves sampling from complex, multi-peaked distributions.

problem Sampling from high-dimensional, multimodal distributions using HMC.
method Combines tempered HMC with automatic tuning strategies.
result Demonstrates more effective scaling with dimension than adaptive methods.

GOLS-I automatically determines learning rates for various neural network training algorithms.

problem Adapting learning rates in stochastic training algorithms for neural networks.
method Gradient-Only Line Search (GOLS-I) for automatically setting learning rates.
result GOLS-I learning rate schedules are competitive with manually tuned rates across multiple algorithms, architectures, datasets, and loss functions.

We introduce a technique that can automatically tune the parameters of a rule-based computer vision system comprised of thresholds, combinational logic, and time constants. This lets us retain the flexibility and perspicacity of a conventionally structured system while allowing us to perform approximate gradient descen…

2018-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Interactive applications incorporating high-data rate sensing and computer vision are becoming possible due to novel runtime systems and the use of parallel computation resources. To allow interactive use, such applications require careful tuning of multiple application parameters to meet required fidelity and latency …

2012-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning algorithms frequently require careful tuning of model hyperparameters, regularization terms, and optimization parameters. Unfortunately, this tuning is often a "black art" that requires expert experience, unwritten rules of thumb, or sometimes brute-force search. Much more appealing is the idea of deve…

2012-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods reduce private federated learning communication automatically.

problem Reducing communication in private federated learning.
method Automatic compression rate adjustment based on training error, using secure aggregation and differential privacy.
result Provable instance-optimal for mean estimation, achieving favorable compression rates.

During the development of AlphaGo, its many hyper-parameters were tuned with Bayesian optimization multiple times. This automatic tuning process resulted in substantial improvements in playing strength. For example, prior to the match with Lee Sedol, we tuned the latest AlphaGo agent and this improved its win-rate from…

2018-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

New method for hyperparameter tuning in sparse matrix factorization.

problem Hyperparameter tuning in sparse matrix factorization.
method Numerical method based on evaluating the zero point of normalization factor in sparse matrix prior.
result Our method outperforms existing algorithms in ground-truth sparse matrix reconstruction.

We study a budgeted hyper-parameter tuning problem, where we optimize the tuning result under a hard resource constraint. We propose to solve it as a sequential decision making problem, such that we can use the partial training progress of configurations to dynamically allocate the remaining budget. Our algorithm combi…

2019-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

BASS efficiently learns time-varying graphs with low complexity and automatic tuning.

problem Estimating time-varying graphical models with efficient and automatic parameter tuning.
method BASS uses temporally-dependent spike-and-slab priors and variational inference to learn graph structures efficiently.
result BASS outperforms existing methods in recovering true graphs, especially for high-dimensional cases.

This work improves texture segmentation by automatically tuning hyperparameters for Total-Variation.

problem The challenge is to automatically select hyperparameters for Total-Variation texture segmentation.
method The approach involves extending Stein's unbiased gradient estimator to handle correlated Gaussian noise, leading to an automatic tuning method.
result The method provides an automatic way to select hyperparameters for Total-Variation texture segmentation.

Tuning SVM and boosting models using optimization algorithms.

problem Tuning parameters for SVM and boosting models across various datasets.
method Used grid search to identify parameter ranges and optimization algorithms to select models.
result Optimization algorithms outperformed grid search in selecting well-performing models.

A new Mapper algorithm optimizes data visualization through automatic parameter tuning.

problem Manual parameter tuning and fixed intervals limit the performance of the standard Mapper algorithm.
method Introduces a soft Mapper framework based on Gaussian mixture models for automatic interval construction and optimization via stochastic gradient descent.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in capturing underlying topological structures and identifying distinct subgroups.

The random forest algorithm (RF) has several hyperparameters that have to be set by the user, e.g., the number of observations drawn randomly for each tree and whether they are drawn with or without replacement, the number of variables drawn randomly for each split, the splitting rule, the minimum number of samples tha…

2018-04-10abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for automatic gradient tree boosting using information theory.

problem Automatic selection of tree complexity and number in gradient boosting.
method Optimism of greedy leaf splitting procedure modeled as a Cox-Ingersoll-Ross process, leading to an information criterion for model selection.
result The method achieves significant speedups (10-1400) compared to xgboost without sacrificing predictive power.

Proposes baselines for joint NAS and HPO optimization.

problem Joint optimization of neural architecture and hyperparameters for multiple objectives.
method Extends existing methods to jointly optimize with multiple objectives.
result Serves as simple baselines for future multi-objective joint NAS + HPO research.

The performance of optimizers, particularly in deep learning, depends considerably on their chosen hyperparameter configuration. The efficacy of optimizers is often studied under near-optimal problem-specific hyperparameters, and finding these settings may be prohibitively costly for practitioners. In this work, we arg…

2019-10-25abs ↗pdf ↗

DNN pruning reduces memory footprint and computational work of DNN-based solutions to improve performance and energy-efficiency. An effective pruning scheme should be able to systematically remove connections and/or neurons that are unnecessary or redundant, reducing the DNN size without any loss in accuracy. In this p…

2019-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The performance of stochastic gradient descent (SGD) depends critically on how learning rates are tuned and decreased over time. We propose a method to automatically adjust multiple learning rates so as to minimize the expected error at any one time. The method relies on local gradient variations across samples. In our…

2012-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Understanding the influence of hyperparameters on the performance of a machine learning algorithm is an important scientific topic in itself and can help to improve automatic hyperparameter tuning procedures. Unfortunately, experimental meta data for this purpose is still rare. This paper presents a large, free and ope…

2018-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper fine-tunes BERT for stock market sentiment analysis and improves trading performance.

problem Improving trading performance in non-strongly efficient markets.
method Fine-tuning BERT on annotated data, combining with Alpha191 model for regression and prediction.
result Emotional factors significantly improve trading performance, increasing return rates by 73.8% compared to baseline.