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Bayesian tensor train kernel machine uses Laplace approximation for scalable GP regression.

problem Scalability limitations of Gaussian process regression.
method Bayesian tensor train kernel machine with Laplace approximation and variational inference.
result VI replaces cross-validation and offers up to 65x faster training.

Tensorized Rademacher projections outperform Gaussian projections in reducing tensor dimensions.

problem Reducing the dimension of high-dimensional tensors for machine learning.
method Tensorized Rademacher random projections using Tensor Train decomposition.
result Tensorized Rademacher projections can replace Gaussian projections in tensor compression.

GPflow is a Gaussian process library that uses TensorFlow for its core computations and Python for its front end. The distinguishing features of GPflow are that it uses variational inference as the primary approximation method, provides concise code through the use of automatic differentiation, has been engineered with…

2016-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a new DTSM with nonlinearities using Gaussian Processes for better interest rate forecasting.

problem Linear DTSMs fail to capture nonlinear relationships between macroeconomic variables and interest rates.
method We propose a Gaussian Process-based sequential Monte Carlo estimation and forecasting scheme.
result Nonlinear models outperform linear ones in forecasting core inflation, leading to significant economic value gains.

Gaussian process (GP) models form a core part of probabilistic machine learning. Considerable research effort has been made into attacking three issues with GP models: how to compute efficiently when the number of data is large; how to approximate the posterior when the likelihood is not Gaussian and how to estimate co…

2015-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian methods in machine learning, such as Gaussian processes, have great advantages com-pared to other techniques. In particular, they provide estimates of the uncertainty associated with a prediction. Extending the Bayesian approach to deep architectures has remained a major challenge. Recent results connected dee…

2018-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This note proves a Gaussian version of a Pólya-Szegö conjecture using rearrangement techniques.

problem Finding the domain with the minimum Gaussian principal frequency when the Gaussian torsional rigidity is fixed.
method Adapted Kohler-Jobin rearrangement technique to the Gauss space, considering a modified torsional rigidity and rearranging layers to half-spaces.
result The Gaussian principal frequency is minimized for the half-space when the Gaussian torsional rigidity is fixed.

New sparse Gaussian process method tackles unconstrained regression problems.

problem Dealing with physical systems that satisfy inequality constraints.
method Extends constrained Gaussian process by redefining hat basis functions.
result Reduces computational complexity from O(n3)O(n^{3}) to O(nm2)O(nm^{2}).

In the last five years, the financial industry has been impacted by the emergence of digitalization and machine learning. In this article, we explore two methods that have undergone rapid development in recent years: Gaussian processes and Bayesian optimization. Gaussian processes can be seen as a generalization of Gau…

2019-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Method simulates drawdown and duration in Lévy models using Gaussian approximation.

problem Simulating drawdown and duration in Lévy models with high jump activity.
method Stick-breaking Gaussian approximation for simulation, bounds on Wasserstein distances.
result Good agreement between theoretical bounds and numerical performance.

This paper establishes an equivalence between transitive double Lie algebroids and core diagrams.

problem Understanding and characterizing transitive double Lie algebroids.
method Using core diagrams and equivalence of transitive core diagrams with transitive double Lie groupoids.
result Transitive double Lie algebroids are completely determined by their core diagrams.

We study the problem of estimating the parameters of a Gaussian distribution when samples are only shown if they fall in some (unknown) subset SRdS \subseteq \R^d. This core problem in truncated statistics has long history going back to Galton, Lee, Pearson and Fisher. Recent work by Daskalakis et al. (FOCS'18), provide…

2019-08-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimising black-box functions is important in many disciplines, such as tuning machine learning models, robotics, finance and mining exploration. Bayesian optimisation is a state-of-the-art technique for the global optimisation of black-box functions which are expensive to evaluate. At the core of this approach is a G…

2014-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We derive PAC-Bayesian learning guarantees for heavy-tailed losses, and obtain a novel optimal Gibbs posterior which enjoys finite-sample excess risk bounds at logarithmic confidence. Our core technique itself makes use of PAC-Bayesian inequalities in order to derive a robust risk estimator, which by design is easy to …

2019-05-20abs ↗pdf ↗

In various application areas, networked data is collected by measuring interactions involving some specific set of core nodes. This results in a network dataset containing the core nodes along with a potentially much larger set of fringe nodes that all have at least one interaction with a core node. In many settings, t…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian optimization technique scaled using Vecchia approximations.

problem Scalability issue with Gaussian process surrogate models in Bayesian optimization.
method Adapted Vecchia approximation from spatial statistics to Gaussian processes, developed improvements and extensions.
result Methods compared favorably to state-of-the-art on various test functions and reinforcement learning problems.

AL0\ell_0CORE tensor decomposition reduces computational cost for sparse count data.

problem Efficiently decompose sparse count data matrices.
method Probabilistic Tucker decomposition with 0\ell_0-norm constraint.
result AL0\ell_0CORE achieves similar results to full Tucker decomposition at a fraction of the cost.

FunBaT extends Tucker decomposition to handle continuous-indexed tensor data.

problem Handling continuous-indexed tensor data that doesn't fit traditional Tucker decomposition.
method FunBaT treats continuous-indexed data as interactions between a core tensor and a group of latent functions modeled by Gaussian processes (GP). It converts each GP into a state-space prior and uses advanced message-passing techniques for scalable inference.
result FunBaT effectively handles real-world data with continuous indexes, demonstrating its advantage in synthetic and real-world applications.

We introduce the notion of the visual core of a hyperbolic 3-manifold N and explore its basic properties. The visual core can be thought of as a harmonic analysis analogue of the convex core. We investigate circumstances in which the visual core of a cover N' of N embeds under the covering map from N' to N. We apply th…

1999-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Many applications infer the structure of a probabilistic graphical model from data to elucidate the relationships between variables. But how can we train graphical models on a massive data set? In this paper, we show how to construct coresets -compressed data sets which can be used as proxy for the original data and ha…

2017-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗

LVM-GP solves PDEs with uncertainty using latent variables and Gaussian processes.

problem Uncertainty quantification in PDE solutions with noisy data.
method Combines latent variable model and Gaussian process for uncertainty-aware prediction.
result Efficiently captures functional dependencies and robust uncertainty quantification.

Paper introduces a core-periphery model for identifying informative network structures.

problem Noise and bias in non-informative periphery structures obscure the informative core in complex networks.
method Spectral algorithms for core identification as a preprocessing step for network analysis.
result The proposed method outperforms traditional core-periphery methods in various downstream tasks.

Gaussian processes (GPs) are important models in supervised machine learning. Training in Gaussian processes refers to selecting the covariance functions and the associated parameters in order to improve the outcome of predictions, the core of which amounts to evaluating the logarithm of the marginal likelihood (LML) o…

2018-03-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Kernel embeddings separate distinct probability distributions, simplifying testing.

problem Testing equality of non-atomic probability distributions.
method Kernel covariance embeddings and Gaussian measures in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces.
result Testing for singularity between Gaussian measures is equivalent to testing for equality of non-atomic probability distributions.

This work extends entropic optimal transport to non-product reference couplings, focusing on Gaussian cases.

problem Finding a diffuse coupling between two measures with non-product reference couplings.
method Reduction of the entropic optimal transport problem to a matrix optimization problem.
result Complete description of the solution for non-product reference couplings, including primal and dual variables.

Estimates covariance matrices for matrix-variate data via core covariance geometry.

problem Estimating covariance matrices for matrix-variate data with partial isotropy.
method Fixed-rank core covariance geometry, partial-isotropy rank-r core shrinkage estimator.
result The geometry of the space of rank-r cores is a smooth manifold.

Probabilistic models are conceptually powerful tools for finding structure in data, but their practical effectiveness is often limited by our ability to perform inference in them. Exact inference is frequently intractable, so approximate inference is often performed using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). To achieve the…

2012-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhanced SMC2^2 uses gradients from CRN-PF in Langevin proposals for improved state and parameter estimation.

problem Challenges in high-dimensional parameter spaces for SMC2^2.
method Leveraging gradients from a CRN-PF within a Langevin proposal.
result Higher effective sample size and more accurate parameter estimates.

Probabilistic programming aids in automatically dating ice cores, reducing manual error and uncertainty.

problem Automatically dating ice cores with high accuracy and capturing uncertainty.
method Probabilistic models and probabilistic programming for automatic inference.
result Demonstrated the use of probabilistic programming for ice core dating, showcasing its benefits and limitations.

A new model captures multifractal volatility in stock returns.

problem Capturing multifractal volatility in stock returns.
method Introduced mLog S-fBM model, defined mS-fBM, and developed calibration procedure.
result Validated model on synthetic and real data, showing multifractal behavior.

Paper extends knowledge gradient for preferential BO, overcoming computational challenges.

problem Extending knowledge gradient to preferential BO with pairwise comparisons.
method Derive exact and analytical knowledge gradient for preferential BO.
result Exact knowledge gradient outperforms existing acquisition functions on benchmark problems.

FABLE incorporates instance features into PWS label models for improved performance.

problem Lack of instance features in existing label models limits their performance.
method FABLE uses a mixture of Bayesian label models and a Gaussian Process classifier to incorporate instance features.
result FABLE achieves the highest averaged performance across nine baselines on benchmark datasets.