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48 results for Conformer encoder

Conformer encoder reverses sequence in time dimension, affecting decoder training.

problem Reversal of sequence in Conformer encoder impacts decoder training.
method Analyzed initial behavior of decoder cross-attention and proposed methods to avoid flipping.
result Self-attention module of Conformer starts dominating, allowing only reversed information to pass.

This paper proposes grid cells encode position via a conformal isometric embedding of 2D physical space.

problem Hexagonal grid firing patterns in grid cells.
method Learning a distance-preserving position embedding in neural space using a recurrent neural network.
result The conformal isometric embedding of 2D physical space into neural space explains hexagonal grid firing patterns.

In this review, we collect several results for conformally standard stationary spacetimes (SxR,g) obtained in terms of a Finsler metric of Randers type on the orbit manifold S that we call Fermat metric. This metric is obtained by applying the relativistic Fermat principle and it turns out that it encodes all the causa…

2012-01-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a triality between the Zermelo navigation problem, the geodesic flow on a Finslerian geometry of Randers type, and spacetimes in one dimension higher admitting a timelike conformal Killing vector field. From the latter viewpoint, the data of the Zermelo problem are encoded in a (conformally) Painleve-Gullst…

2008-11-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proves a rigidity theorem for null geodesic travel times in asymptotically AdS spacetimes.

problem Determining if a spacetime is conformally AdS based on null geodesic travel times.
method Analyzing all null geodesics from a point to its antipodal point, considering various spacetime conditions.
result The spacetime is conformally AdS if and only if all null geodesics from a point refocus at its antipodal point.

New boundary and point constraints for controlling conformal surfaces.

problem Controlling the geometry of surfaces defined by minimizers of conformal variational problems.
method Introducing new boundary conditions, point constraints, and flux constraints to control the metric and conformal scale factor.
result Introduces intuitive controls for exploring a subspace of conformal immersions.

SPLICE generates accurate time-series imputations with reliable prediction intervals.

problem Lack of reliability guarantees in time-series imputation models.
method Modular framework combining latent generative imputation with distribution-free prediction intervals.
result SPLICE achieves lowest mean Load-only MSE and best CRPS on various datasets.

We study the relations between the projective and the almost conformally symplectic structures on a smooth even dimensional manifold. We describe these relations by a single almost conformally symplectic connection with totally trace--free torsion sharing the geodesics (up to parametrization) with the projective class.…

2017-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines flaws in probing LLMs' knowledge and introduces a new method.

problem Flaws in existing methods for probing the veracity of LLMs' internal knowledge.
method sAwMIL (Sparse-Aware Multiple-Instance Learning) combining multiple-instance learning with conformal prediction.
result LLMs encode a third type of signal distinct from true and false.

Study on Yang-Mills equations on conformally compact manifolds, finding obstructions and asymptotics.

problem Obstructing higher conformal Yang-Mills equations on conformally compact manifolds.
method Formal asymptotics, Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps, higher transverse derivative boundary operators.
result Obstructing current is the variation of a conformally invariant coefficient in the interior Yang-Mills energy expansion.

Quaternion Conformer GAN (QC-GAN) is a parameter-efficient speech enhancement framework that combines a Quaternion Conformer generator with MetricGAN-based training.

problem Speech Enhancement
method Quaternion Conformer GAN
result Achieved a PESQ score of 3.48 with 0.89M parameters, comparable to state-of-the-art models at less than half their size.

LoBoost improves local conformal prediction for gradient-boosted trees without extra data splits.

problem Quantifying uncertainty in gradient-boosted tree predictions.
method Model-native local conformal prediction using leaf structure.
result Competitive interval quality and improved test MSE with large calibration speedups.

Conformal geodesics are distinguished curves on a conformal manifold, loosely analogous to geodesics of Riemannian geometry. One definition of them is as solutions to a third order differential equation determined by the conformal structure. There is an alternative description via the tractor calculus. In this article …

2019-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

ICP improves text infilling and POS tagging with valid confidence sets.

problem Statistical reliability of machine learning predictions.
method Inductive conformal prediction algorithms for text infilling and POS tagging.
result Valid set-valued predictions with small size for real-world applications.

New tractor geometry derived from asymptotically flat spacetimes.

problem Understanding the geometry of spacetimes near their boundaries.
method Derived null-tractor bundle from interior spacetime geometry, proved connections' uniqueness, and expressed results in BMS coordinates.
result Tractor connection encodes mass and angular momentum in 3D, and asymptotic shear in higher dimensions.

Conformal Autoencoders infer intrinsic dimensionality and impose invariance.

problem Detecting intrinsic dimensionality and imposing invariance in nonlinear manifold data.
method Imposing orthogonality conditions on latent variables to infer intrinsic dimensionality and build coordinate invariance.
result The method can infer intrinsic dimensionality and build coordinate invariance on submanifolds.

The paper explores how magnetic systems' spectra can identify metrics and 1-forms.

problem Can the marked magnetic action spectrum of magnetic systems with Anosov flow determine the metric and 1-form?
method The paper addresses this question in two settings: locally for systems with close metrics and 1-forms, and for metrics in the same conformal class.
result The paper answers the question affirmatively in both settings.

In this article we propose a new geometrization of the radiative phase space of asymptotically flat space-times: we show that the geometry induced on null-infinity by the presence of gravitational waves can be understood to be a generalisation of the tractor calculus of conformal manifolds adapted to the case of degene…

2020-01-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of superintegrable systems linked to affine hypersurfaces.

problem Understanding superintegrable systems through geometric structures.
method Established a correspondence between superintegrable systems and affine hypersurfaces, defining conformal equivalence.
result Identified conformal classes of abundant manifolds with abundant hypersurface immersions.

COLEP improves robustness of conformal prediction via probabilistic circuits.

problem Adversarial perturbations can undermine the coverage guarantees of conformal prediction.
method COLEP uses probabilistic circuits to learn and reason about different semantic concepts, providing certifiable coverage guarantees.
result COLEP achieves higher prediction coverage and accuracy than a single model, especially with non-trivial knowledge models.

CPP solves chance constrained optimization problems with a framework that combines samples and quantile lemma.

problem Chance constrained optimization problems with constraints on random variables.
method CPP framework using samples and quantile lemma to transform into deterministic problem.
result CPP provides a posteriori guarantees on constraint satisfaction and can handle different types of chance constraints.

Generalizes Fefferman's structure to CR three-manifolds with additional data.

problem Finding conditions for conformal isometry and existence of metrics.
method Introduces perturbations of Fefferman's conformal circle bundle and investigates existence of metrics.
result Provides conditions for existence of metrics satisfying Einstein equations.

To a compact hyperbolic Riemann surface, we associate a finitely summable spectral triple whose underlying topological space is the limit set of a corresponding Schottky group, and whose ``Riemannian'' aspect (Hilbert space and Dirac operator) encode the boundary action through its Patterson-Sullivan measure. We prove …

2007-08-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss training techniques, objectives and metrics toward personalization of deep learning models. In machine learning, personalization addresses the goal of a trained model to target a particular individual by optimizing one or more performance metrics, while conforming to certain constraints. To personalize, we i…

2019-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

PPC detects anomalies in high-dimensional data efficiently.

problem Scalability issues and reduced performance with high-dimensional data.
method Probabilistic Predictive Coding (PPC) learns latent representations and predicts uncertainties.
result PPC achieves linear time complexity and high adaptability.

We present a number of conditions which are necessary for an n-dimensional projective structure (M,[nabla]) to include the Levi-Civita connection nabla of some metric on M. We provide an algorithm, which effectively checks if a Levi-Civita connection is in the projective class and, in the positive, which finds this con…

2010-03-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the Laplacian associated with a general metric in the canonical conformal structure of the noncommutative two torus, and calculate a local expression for the term a_4 that appears in its corresponding small-time heat kernel expansion. The final formula involves one variable functions and lengthy two, three …

2016-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a generalisation of disentanglement in VAEs---decomposition of the latent representation---characterising it as the fulfilment of two factors: a) the latent encodings of the data having an appropriate level of overlap, and b) the aggregate encoding of the data conforming to a desired structure, represented t…

2018-12-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We review aspects of twistor theory, its aims and achievements spanning thelast five decades. In the twistor approach, space--time is secondary with events being derived objects that correspond to compact holomorphic curves in a complex three--fold -- the twistor space. After giving an elementary construction of this s…

2017-04-24abs ↗pdf ↗

A machine learning model captures non-Newtonian fluid dynamics from molecular details.

problem Creating accurate non-Newtonian fluid models from molecular data.
method Developed a machine learning framework that maps micro-scale polymer configurations to macro-scale fluid dynamics, preserving molecular fidelity.
result The deep non-Newtonian model (DeePN2^2) accurately predicts fluid behavior without empirical closures.