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DPA preserves data distribution in reduced dimensions.
problem Loss of data distribution in dimension reduction.
method DPA combines encoder and decoder to match data distribution.
result DPA successfully reconstructs data distribution.
A new clustering method for functional data using skewed distributions.
problem Clustering functional data with skewed distributions.
method Mixtures of functional linear regression models and three skewed multivariate distributions (variance-gamma, skew-t, normal-inverse Gaussian).
result The proposed method funWeightClustSkew performs well on simulated and real data.
The last decades have seen a surge of interests in distributed computing thanks to advances in clustered computing and big data technology. Existing distributed algorithms typically assume {\it all the data are already in one place}, and divide the data and conquer on multiple machines. However, it is increasingly ofte…
Probabilistic Matching of Real and Generated Data Statistics in Generative Adversarial Networksstat.ML
New method ensures generated data statistics match real data distributions.
problem Ensuring generated data statistics match real data distributions in GANs.
method Added a new loss term to the generator loss function using f-divergences and kernel density estimation.
result Improved performance on synthetic and real-world datasets.
A new framework assigns values to data points considering their distribution.
problem Limited applicability of data Shapley to points outside the fixed data set.
method Proposes distributional Shapley, defining point value in context of data distribution.
result Distributional Shapley values are stable under data point and distribution perturbations.
This paper introduces a noise-robust clustering method using distribution distances.
problem Reducing noise impact on clustering results.
method Introduces expectation distance (ED) for distribution clustering, extending K-means and K-medoids.
result Improved clustering accuracy and reduced computation time.
Density sketches summarize data distributions for accurate sampling and estimation.
problem Accurately estimating and sampling from complex data distributions.
method Online algorithm generating additive density sketches.
result Density sketches provide statistically sound estimators and sampling capabilities.
The Poisson distribution has been widely studied and used for modeling univariate count-valued data. Multivariate generalizations of the Poisson distribution that permit dependencies, however, have been far less popular. Yet, real-world high-dimensional count-valued data found in word counts, genomics, and crime statis…
One key use of k-means clustering is to identify cluster prototypes which can serve as representative points for a dataset. However, a drawback of using k-means cluster centers as representative points is that such points distort the distribution of the underlying data. This can be highly disadvantageous in problems wh…
A Robust and Flexible EM Algorithm for Mixtures of Elliptical Distributions with Missing Datastat.ML
New EM algorithm for mixtures of elliptical distributions handles missing data and outliers.
problem Missing data imputation for noisy and non-Gaussian data.
method Investigation of a new EM algorithm for mixtures of elliptical distributions.
result The proposed algorithm is robust to outliers and competitive with other methods.
Federated learning studies separate client data and distribution gaps.
problem Understanding performance differences in federated learning across different datasets.
method Proposed a framework to disentangle out-of-sample and participation gaps.
result Dataset synthesis strategy is crucial for realistic simulations of federated learning generalization.
AdapTable adapts tabular models to shifts without source data, improving HELOC performance.
problem Distribution shifts in tabular data threaten model performance.
method Shift-aware uncertainty calibrator and label distribution handler.
result Up to 16% improvement on HELOC dataset.
In this paper, we propose a data collaboration analysis method for distributed datasets. The proposed method is a centralized machine learning while training datasets and models remain distributed over some institutions. Recently, data became large and distributed with decreasing costs of data collection. If we can cen…
Undirected graphs are often used to describe high dimensional distributions. Under sparsity conditions, the graph can be estimated using penalization methods. However, current methods assume that the data are independent and identically distributed. If the distribution, and hence the graph, evolves over time t…
DPA autoencoders learn data distribution and intrinsic dimensionality with guarantees.
problem Learning data distribution and intrinsic dimensionality in unsupervised learning.
method Combines distributionally correct reconstruction with principal-component-like interpretability.
result Exact theoretical guarantees on disentangling factors of variation and intrinsic dimensionality.
The paper addresses missing data imputation issues by correcting for distribution shift.
problem Missing data imputation and the resulting distribution shift between observed and full data.
method Formulates imputation as a risk minimization problem and proposes a novel algorithm to correct for distribution shift.
result The proposed algorithm consistently improves imputation accuracy, reducing RMSE and Wasserstein distance by 3% and 7%, respectively.
Simplified identification methods for causal inference with arbitrary interventional distributions.
problem Estimating cause-effect relationships from data with experimental interventions.
method Using Single World Intervention Graphs and nested model factorization, we provide algorithms for identifying causal parameters from mixed observational and interventional distributions.
result Our algorithms are complete for certain types of interventional marginal distributions.
Proposes QQE for transforming and embedding data distributions.
problem Transforming and embedding data distributions for better representation or visualization.
method Quantile-Quantile Embedding (QQE) using quantile-quantile plot concept.
result QQE allows for better discrimination of classes in some cases.
New polynomial convergence guarantees for SGM on general data distributions.
problem Efficient guarantees for multimodal and non-smooth distributions in SGM.
method Polynomial convergence guarantees for denoising diffusion models on general data distributions, with no assumptions on functional inequalities or smoothness.
result Wasserstein distance guarantees for distributions of bounded support or decaying tails, and TV guarantees for further smoothness assumptions.
New approach models how explanations shift with distribution changes.
problem Model performance drops with changing input data distributions.
method Models explanation shifts and compares them to state-of-the-art techniques.
result Modeling explanation shifts better detects out-of-distribution behavior.
A decision-theoretic bootstrapping method for robust uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty in finite data sets and distributional shift between training and testing data.
method Partition data, train models, sample UQ subsets, define adversarial game, identify optimal mixed strategies.
result Optimal model mixtures and UQ estimates for robust uncertainty quantification.
Paper introduces CWDAE for better synthetic data generation.
problem Measuring discrepancy between generative and ground-truth distributions.
method Introduces mixture Cramer-Wold distance for joint and marginal distributional learning.
result CWDAE shows remarkable performance in generating synthetic data.
Recent work has shown that deep generative models assign higher likelihood to out-of-distribution inputs than to training data. We show that a factor underlying this phenomenon is a mismatch between the nature of the prior distribution and that of the data distribution, a problem found in widely used deep generative mo…
Linear classification has been widely used in many high-dimensional applications like text classification. To perform linear classification for large-scale tasks, we often need to design distributed learning methods on a cluster of multiple machines. In this paper, we propose a new distributed learning method, called f…
This paper reviews methods for distributed training of machine learning models from high-rate streams.
problem Training machine learning models from high-rate distributed streams in a compute- and bandwidth-limited setting.
method Recently developed methods for large-scale distributed stochastic optimization.
result There exist regimes where systems can learn from distributed, streaming data at order-optimal rates.
RIA method improves OoD generalization for covariate shift.
problem Improving out-of-distribution generalization under covariate shift.
method Adversarial label invariant graph data augmentations for OoD generalization.
result RIA method achieves high accuracy compared to OoD baselines.
Data-driven topology design using a deep generative modelphysics.comp-ph
Paper proposes a new method for designing materials using deep learning.
problem Designing high-performance material distributions from given distributions.
method Iterative process of selecting, generating, and merging material distributions using a deep generative model.
result The method improves material performance through iterative refinement.
The problem of detecting data anomaly is considered. Under the null hypothesis that models anomaly-free data, measurements are assumed to be from an unknown distribution with some authenticated historical samples. Under the composite alternative hypothesis, measurements are from an unknown distribution positive distanc…
New RESK distributions improve robust clustering of skewed data.
problem Robustly clustering non-symmetric, heavy-tailed data clusters.
method Proposes RESK distributions and an EM algorithm with robust skew-Huber M-estimator.
result Numerical experiments confirm the effectiveness of the proposed methods.
Learning where to learn: Training data distribution optimization for scientific machine learningcs.LG
Paper optimizes training data distribution for better model performance across various deployment conditions.
problem Improving model accuracy when deployed with parameters far from training data.
method Developed adaptive algorithms based on bilevel or alternating optimization in the space of probability measures.
result Optimized training distributions lead to models with improved sample complexity and robustness to distribution shift.
Adapting deep generative approaches for getting synthetic data with realistic marginal distributionsstat.ML
A new method generates synthetic data with realistic marginal distributions.
problem Generating synthetic data with bimodal and skewed marginal distributions.
method Pre-transformation variational autoencoders (PTVAEs) with separate parameter optimization for each variable.
result PTVAEs outperform other methods in generating synthetic data with bimodal and skewed distributions.
New method for reducing dimensions of distributional data.
problem Nonlinear sufficient dimension reduction for distribution-on-distribution regression.
method Building universal kernels on metric spaces to characterize conditional independence.
result Method outperforms competing methods in synthetic and real data applications.
New methods improve distributed optimization on non-iid data.
problem Communication bottleneck in distributed machine learning models.
method Two types of distributed gradient compression methods (D-QSGD and D-EF-SGD) analyzed for non-iid data.
result D-EF-SGD performs better than D-QSGD on non-iid data but can still slow down with high data skewness.
RelaySum improves decentralized deep learning by uniformly distributing data across workers.
problem Handling data heterogeneity in decentralized deep learning.
method RelaySum uses spanning trees to distribute information exactly uniformly across all workers with finite delays.
result RelaySum is independent of data heterogeneity and scales to many workers, enabling highly accurate decentralized deep learning.
This paper improves diffusion models for low-dimensional data.
problem Theoretical foundations of diffusion models are lacking for low-dimensional data.
method Score approximation, estimation, and distribution recovery of diffusion models on low-dimensional data.
result Sample complexity bounds for distribution estimation using diffusion models are provided.
This work develops secure distributed algorithms for machine learning to protect against data poisoning and network attacks.
problem Vulnerability of distributed machine learning algorithms to cyber threats.
method Game-theoretic framework to capture conflicting goals of a learner and an attacker, iterative distributed algorithm.
result Distributed SVM is prone to fail in different types of attacks, with impact depending on network structure and attack capabilities.
Paper tackles test-time adaptation for tabular data.
problem Performance degradation due to distribution shifts in testing.
method Proposes FTAT for robustly adapting tabular models during testing.
result FTAT outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets.
Improves NF for complex data distributions with multiple modes.
problem Difficulty in handling data distributions with multiple isolated modes.
method Proposes a new framework using variational latent representation to improve NF.
result Significantly more powerful for generating data distributions with multiple modes.
A novel framework synthesizes treatment data across sites using optimal transport.
problem Estimating treatment effects across different sites with varying conditions.
method Distributional causal inference, Optimal Transport for alignment of control group distributions.
result Synthetic treatment group data aligns with true target distribution under general conditions.
GIM uses neural networks with Gaussian distributions to detect out-of-distribution data.
problem Incorrect classification of out-of-distribution data by neural networks.
method GIM is a hybrid classifier based on neural networks with a new loss function that imposes Gaussian distributions on each class.
result GIM achieves state-of-the-art results on image recognition and sentiment analysis datasets.
This research examines how model explanations change under distribution shifts in tabular data.
problem Detecting distribution shifts in tabular data affecting model performance and explanations.
method Investigates the relationship between model performance and explanation characteristics under distribution shifts.
result Explanation shifts are a better indicator for detecting predictive performance changes than traditional distribution shift techniques.
The recent decades have seen a surge of interests in distributed computing. Existing work focus primarily on either distributed computing platforms, data query tools, or, algorithms to divide big data and conquer at individual machines etc. It is, however, increasingly often that the data of interest are inherently dis…
Deep learning models are known to be overconfident in their predictions on out of distribution inputs. This is a challenge when a model is trained on a particular input dataset, but receives out of sample data when deployed in practice. Recently, there has been work on building classifiers that are robust to out of dis…
DDG-DA predicts future data distribution to adapt models for predictable concept drift.
problem Adapting models to streaming data with predictable concept drift.
method Train a predictor to forecast future data distribution, generate training samples, and train models on them.
result Significant improvement on multiple models in real-world tasks.
A new algorithm reduces data dimensionality and decorrelation in a distributed setting.
problem Distributed PCA for decorrelated features in big data.
method Feedforward neural network-based one time-scale algorithm for estimating eigenvectors of distributed data covariance matrix.
result DSA converges linearly to the true solution.
Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.
problem Gradient-based causal discovery methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries in bivariate categorical data.
method Identified and examined two distributional biases: Marginal Distribution Asymmetry and Marginal Distribution Shift Asymmetry. Employed two simple models to demonstrate and control these biases.
result Gradient-based methods can be biased by distributional asymmetries, and these biases can be controlled.
Hierarchical VAEs detect out-of-distribution data by identifying low-level in-distribution features.
problem Out-of-distribution data often has in-distribution low-level features, leading to misleading likelihood estimates in deep generative models.
method Developed a fast, scalable, unsupervised likelihood-ratio score for out-of-distribution detection based on hierarchical variational autoencoders.
result Achieved state-of-the-art results on out-of-distribution detection across various data and model combinations.