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New study on guidance in masked diffusion models, showing how it shapes sampling dynamics.
problem Understanding how guidance influences the sampling behavior of masked diffusion models.
method Derived explicit solution to guided reverse dynamics, analyzing effects in 1D and 2D.
result Guidance amplifies class-specific regions and suppresses shared regions, affecting covariance structures.
In this paper we formulate a probabilistic model for class-specific discriminant subspace learning. The proposed model can naturally incorporate the multi-modal structure of the negative class, which is neglected by existing class-specific methods. Moreover, it can be directly used to define a class-specific probabilis…
Proposes a method to estimate acceptance regions for many classes, including new ones.
problem Lack of methods to handle new classes in set-valued classification.
method Generalized Prediction Set (GPS) approach to estimate acceptance regions.
result Achieves a good balance between accuracy, efficiency, and anomaly detection.
In this paper, we carry out null space analysis for Class-Specific Discriminant Analysis (CSDA) and formulate a number of solutions based on the analysis. We analyze both theoretically and experimentally the significance of each algorithmic step. The innate subspace dimensionality resulting from the proposed solutions …
We propose a technique for making Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based models more transparent by visualizing input regions that are 'important' for predictions -- or visual explanations. Our approach, called Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM), uses class-specific gradient information to localize…
SCRIB assigns multiple labels to each example to control class-specific prediction risks.
problem Lack of a sound mechanism to decide when to refrain from predicting in DL classifiers.
method Set-classifier with Class-specific Risk Bounds (SCRIB) that assigns multiple labels to each example and controls class-specific prediction risks.
result SCRIB obtained class-specific risks 35%-88% closer to the target risks than baseline methods.
We propose a novel perspective to understand deep neural networks in an interpretable disentanglement form. For each semantic class, we extract a class-specific functional subnetwork from the original full model, with compressed structure while maintaining comparable prediction performance. The structure representation…
In this letter, we present a novel exponentially embedded families (EEF) based classification method, in which the probability density function (PDF) on raw data is estimated from the PDF on features. With the PDF construction, we show that class-specific features can be used in the proposed classification method, inst…
XNB classifier improves model interpretability by selecting class-specific features.
problem Overfitting and poor model accuracy in high-dimensional datasets.
method XNB classifier uses Kernel Density Estimation and class-specific feature subsets.
result XNB classifier matches traditional Naive Bayes performance while improving interpretability.
Wide networks learn from adversarial perturbations effectively.
problem Understanding why adversarial examples deceive classifiers and transfer between models.
method Assumed wide two-layer networks, proved with theoretical analysis.
result Adversarial perturbations contain class-specific features for networks to generalize.
Despite their impressive performance, deep neural networks exhibit striking failures on out-of-distribution inputs. One core idea of adversarial example research is to reveal neural network errors under such distribution shifts. We decompose these errors into two complementary sources: sensitivity and invariance. We sh…
A new probabilistic approach improves deep metric learning by considering image uncertainties and class-specific variances.
problem Proxy-based deep metric learning struggles with image uncertainties and class-specific structures.
method Introduces non-isotropic probabilistic proxy-based deep metric learning using directional von Mises-Fisher distributions.
result Improves generalization performance and competitive on standard benchmarks.
The paper develops distribution-free methods for ordinal classification.
problem Constructing valid prediction sets for ordinal classification problems.
method Leveraging conformal prediction and multiple testing with FWER control.
result The proposed methods achieve satisfactory levels of marginal and class-specific conditional coverages.
New method tackles label noise on imbalanced datasets by considering class-specific uncertainty.
problem Label noise and class imbalance in imbalanced datasets.
method Epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty-aware class-specific noise modeling.
result Proposed ULC framework improves performance on imbalanced datasets.
New bounds study class-specific generalization error in machine learning.
problem Existing generalization theories assume uniform class performance, but in practice, classes vary significantly.
method Developed novel information-theoretic bounds using KL divergence and CMI.
result Theoretical bounds accurately capture complex class-generalization error behavior.
Diffusion-based classifiers such as those relying on the Personalized PageRank and the Heat kernel, enjoy remarkable classification accuracy at modest computational requirements. Their performance however is affected by the extent to which the chosen diffusion captures a typically unknown label propagation mechanism, t…
New framework models uncertainty in classification debates.
problem Weak interpretability of existing uncertainty quantification methods.
method Courtroom analogy and Mixture of Dirichlet Experts (MoDEX) model.
result MoDEX achieves state-of-the-art uncertainty quantification performance.
Proposes a new framework for image generation using classification latent space representations.
problem Combining discriminative and dense representations for image generation and reconstruction.
method Discriminative modeling framework using manipulated supervised latent representations.
result Higher classification accuracy and visually realistic image generation compared to existing models.
Study characterizes and mitigates imbalances in neurosymbolic learning.
problem Characterizing and mitigating class-specific risks in neural classifiers.
method Theoretical analysis and practical techniques including estimating marginal gold labels and mitigating imbalances at training and testing time.
result Learning imbalances can be greatly impacted by the symbolic component σ, unlike in supervised and weakly supervised learning.
Proposes class-agnostic object detection to handle all objects without class labels.
problem Difficulty and cost in creating annotated datasets limit conventional object detection models to specific object types.
method Proposes class-agnostic object detection as a new problem and proposes training and evaluation protocols. Uses adversarial learning to exclude class-specific information.
result Adversarial learning improves class-agnostic detection efficacy.
Metric learning for classification has been intensively studied over the last decade. The idea is to learn a metric space induced from a normed vector space on which data from different classes are well separated. Different measures of the separation thus lead to various designs of the objective function in the metric …
BCCP uses bandit feedback to provide reliable predictions with limited labeled data.
problem Limited labeled data and bandit feedback challenge online set-valued classification.
method BCCP uses stochastic gradient descent to train model and make set-valued inferences with unbiased estimation of true label.
result BCCP offers coverage guarantees on a class-specific granularity.
We propose a fast, model agnostic method for finding interpretable counterfactual explanations of classifier predictions by using class prototypes. We show that class prototypes, obtained using either an encoder or through class specific k-d trees, significantly speed up the the search for counterfactual instances and …
We propose a new technique, Singular Vector Canonical Correlation Analysis (SVCCA), a tool for quickly comparing two representations in a way that is both invariant to affine transform (allowing comparison between different layers and networks) and fast to compute (allowing more comparisons to be calculated than with p…
We posit that hippocampal place cells encode information about future locations under a transition distribution observed as an agent explores a given (physical or conceptual) space. The encoding of information about the current location, usually associated with place cells, then emerges as a necessary step to achieve t…
We present an algorithm for computing class-specific universal adversarial perturbations for deep neural networks. Such perturbations can induce misclassification in a large fraction of images of a specific class. Unlike previous methods that use iterative optimization for computing a universal perturbation, the propos…
RATIO improves neural network robustness and explainability.
problem Neural networks' lack of robustness to adversarial changes and uncertainty on out-distribution samples.
method RATIO: Adversarial Training on In- and Out-distribution.
result RATIO leads to robust models with reliable confidence estimates on out-distribution samples.
This work presents a new strategy for multi-class classification that requires no class-specific labels, but instead leverages pairwise similarity between examples, which is a weaker form of annotation. The proposed method, meta classification learning, optimizes a binary classifier for pairwise similarity prediction a…
Tensor decomposition methods are widely used for model compression and fast inference in convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Although many decompositions are conceivable, only CP decomposition and a few others have been applied in practice, and no extensive comparisons have been made between available methods. Previo…
Batch Normalization (BN) is a common technique used to speed-up and stabilize training. On the other hand, the learnable parameters of BN are commonly used in conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGANs) for representing class-specific information using conditional Batch Normalization (cBN). In this paper we pro…
Adaptive optimal transport priors improve few-shot learning robustness.
problem Limited supervision and distribution shifts in few-shot learning.
method Prototype-Guided Distributionally Robust Optimization (PG-DRO) framework.
result PG-DRO achieves stronger robust generalization in few-shot scenarios.
We introduce a new learned descriptor for audio signals which is efficient for event representation. The entries of the descriptor are produced by evaluating a set of regressors on the input signal. The regressors are class-specific and trained using the random regression forests framework. Given an input signal, each …
The paper identifies all link projections with isolate-region number one.
problem Determining link projections with a specific isolate-region number.
method Analyzing link projections to find isolated regions and their cardinality.
result All link projections with isolate-region number one are identified.
We introduce a local move on a link diagram named a region freeze crossing change which is close to a region crossing change, but not the same. We study similarity and difference between region crossing change and region freeze crossing change.
Energy-efficient detection of natural errors in deep networks.
problem Deep networks lack error detection capability without additional energy costs.
method Append RACs at hidden layers to detect natural errors with early classification termination.
result Early classification termination reduces energy consumption.
Regionalization is the task of dividing up a landscape into homogeneous patches with similar properties. Although this task has a wide range of applications, it has two notable challenges. First, it is assumed that the resulting regions are both homogeneous and spatially contiguous. Second, it is well-recognized that l…
Isoperimetric regions in scaled product manifolds are products of regions in each factor.
problem Characterizing isoperimetric regions in anisotropically scaled product manifolds.
method Analyzing regions with smooth boundaries in scaled product manifolds.
result Isoperimetric regions in scaled product manifolds are products of regions in each factor.
Two multifidelity trust-region methods use low-fidelity models for efficient optimization.
problem Efficiently solving complex optimization problems with limited data.
method Sketched Trust-Region (STR) and SVD Trust-Region (SVDTR) methods using low-fidelity models.
result Potential gain in efficiency demonstrated through numerical examples.
New taxonomy reveals different detection limits for various types of fraud.
problem Existing fraud detection treats all fraud as the same, ignoring its diverse forms.
method Introduced an observation-mechanism taxonomy with five fraud classes.
result Separate estimation by fraud class outperforms pooled estimation.
Large-scale datasets play a fundamental role in training deep learning models. However, dataset collection is difficult in domains that involve sensitive information. Collaborative learning techniques provide a privacy-preserving solution, by enabling training over a number of private datasets that are not shared by th…
Predicts optimal training dataset sizes per class for machine learning models.
problem Optimizing training dataset sizes for class-specific machine learning models.
method Algorithm based on space-filling design of experiments, models like powerlaw curves and generalized linear models.
result The algorithm predicts optimal training dataset sizes per class for improved model performance.
There are few papers about the consumption pattern of the Portuguese wine, using econometrics techniques. This work, pretend to analyze the consumers behavior of the wine produced in Portugal, determining the demand equation with panel data methods. There were used statistical data available in the Alentejo Regional Wi…
This paper studies the problem of Generalized Zero-shot Learning (G-ZSL), whose goal is to classify instances belonging to both seen and unseen classes at the test time. We propose a novel space decomposition method to solve G-ZSL. Some previous models with space decomposition operations only calibrate the confident pr…
A region crossing change at a region of a spatial-graph diagram is a transformation changing every crossing on the boundary of the region. In this paper, it is shown that every spatial graph consisting of theta-curves can be unknotted by region crossing changes.
Adaptive region-based active learning seeks labels for complex data.
problem Efficiently label complex datasets with minimal human effort.
method Adaptive region partitioning and active learning for distinct predictors.
result Substantial empirical benefits over existing methods.
Isoperimetric regions minimize the size of their boundaries among all regions with the same volume. In Euclidean and Hyperbolic space, isoperimetric regions are round balls. We show that isoperimetric regions in two and three-dimensional nonpositively curved manifolds are not necessarily balls, and need not even be con…
K-color region select gamemath.GT
Generalizes region select game to -colored knot diagrams.
problem Play game on knot diagrams with multiple colors.
method Generalize region select game to -colored knot diagrams.
result Generalization of the region select game to -colored knot diagrams.