Adversarial online nonparametric regression achieves optimal rates with locally adaptive learning.
problem Adversarial online nonparametric regression with general convex losses.
method Parameter-free learning algorithm leveraging chaining trees to compete against H{ö}lder functions, dynamically tracking and adapting to local smoothness variations.
result First computationally efficient algorithm with locally adaptive optimal rates for online regression in an adversarial setting.
Study approximates unknown function levels with queries.
problem Approximating unknown function levels through sequential queries.
method Introduce Bisect and Approximate algorithms to reduce to local function approximation.
result Rate-optimal sample complexity guarantees for H{ö}lder functions.
The purpose of these notes is to explain parts of Gromov's survey of Carnot-Carathedory spaces, in the light of subsequent results of M. Rumin. Among the rich material provided by Gromov, most of which pertains to analysis on metric spaces, we choose to concentrate on the H{ö}lder equivalence problem for Carnot manifol…
A variant of Gromov's H{ö}lder-equivalence problem, motivated by a pinching problem in Riemannian geometry, is discussed. A partial result is given. The main tool is a general coarea inequality satisfied by packing energies of maps.
In the context of stochastic continuum-armed bandits, we present an algorithm that adapts to the unknown smoothness of the objective function. We exhibit and compute a polynomial cost of adaptation to the H{ö}lder regularity for regret minimization. To do this, we first reconsider the recent lower bound of Locatelli an…
We study finite energy classes of quasiplurisubharmonic (qpsh) functions in the setting of toric compact K{ä}hler manifolds. We characterize toric qpsh functions and give necessary and sufficient conditions for them to have finite (weighted) energy, both in terms of the associated convex function in R n , and through t…
Let S be a closed oriented surface of genus at least 2, and denote by T(S) its Teichm{ü}ller space. For any isotopy class of closed curves γ, we compute the first three derivatives of the length function ℓ_γ:T(S)→R_+ in the shearing coordinates associated to a maxim…
We consider the problem of online nonparametric regression with arbitrary deterministic sequences. Using ideas from the chaining technique, we design an algorithm that achieves a Dudley-type regret bound similar to the one obtained in a non-constructive fashion by Rakhlin and Sridharan (2014). Our regret bound is expre…
In this paper we provide an alternative framework to tackle the first-best Principal-Agent problem under CARA utilities. This framework leads to both a proof of existence and uniqueness of the solution to the Risk-Sharing problem under very general assumptions on the underlying contract space. Our analysis relies on an…
Validates economic scenarios using statistical tests on stochastic processes.
problem Ensuring the accuracy of real-world economic scenario models.
method Applies Chevyrev and Oberhauser's (2022) signature and maximum mean distance test to various stochastic processes.
result Demonstrates the test's effectiveness across different path properties relevant to financial modeling.
We find a local solution to the Ricci flow equation under a negative lower bound for many known curvature conditions. The flow exists for a uniform amount of time, during which the curvature stays bounded below by a controllable negative number. The curvature conditions we consider include 2-non-negative and weakly $\t…
Study shows zero-shot super-resolution in neural operators is impossible in many cases.
problem Understanding the theoretical limits of zero-shot super-resolution in neural operators.
method Systematic theoretical study including information-theoretic and generalization bounds analysis.
result Zero-shot super-resolution is information-theoretically impossible in many settings.
Efficient algorithms for contextual bandits with smooth regret in continuous action spaces.
problem Efficient learning in large or continuous action spaces.
method Smooth regret notion and efficient algorithms for general function approximation.
result Statistically and computationally efficient algorithms for contextual bandits with smooth regret.
General lower bounds on neural network approximation in L^p norm.
problem Fundamental limits of neural network expressivity.
method General lower bound proof on approximation in L^p norm, applied to feed-forward neural networks.
result Neural networks can't approximate certain functions as well as previously thought.
This paper selects features in deep neural networks with theoretical guarantees.
problem Feature selection in deep neural networks with unknown nonlinear functions.
method Reformulate neural networks as index models, estimate feature sets using Stein's formula, and apply screening-and-selection mechanism.
result Consistent feature selection with theoretical guarantees, even in high-dimensional settings.
New algorithms for interactive learning match minimax bounds efficiently.
problem Interactive learning in the realizable setting with computational efficiency.
method General framework, computationally efficient algorithms, Monte Carlo hit-and-run sampling.
result Sample complexities quantifiable in terms of combinatorial quantities, computationally efficient.
Introduces a space of almost complex structures for complex Lie group bundles.
problem Integrability of almost complex structures on complex Lie group bundles.
method Introduces a space of bundle almost complex structures and studies their properties.
result Locally pseudo-holomorphic sections exist if and only if the obstruction form is zero.
Embeddings are ubiquitous in machine learning, appearing in recommender systems, NLP, and many other applications. Researchers and developers often need to explore the properties of a specific embedding, and one way to analyze embeddings is to visualize them. We present the Embedding Projector, a tool for interactive v…
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.
Maps can be embedded in higher dimensions if they lift to embeddings in product spaces.
problem Embedding maps in higher dimensions without self-intersections.
method Lifting maps to embeddings in product spaces.
result Maps can be embedded in higher dimensions if they lift to embeddings in product spaces.
New embeddings for manifolds using heat kernels.
problem Constructing canonical conformal embeddings for manifolds.
method Employing heat kernel embedding from Bérard-Besson-Gallot'94 to find canonical conformal embeddings.
result Intrinsic construction of canonical conformal embeddings with dimensions growing exponentially with t. Introduces PELP for graph-enhanced word embeddings.
problem Combining graph side-information into static word embeddings.
method Probabilistic embeddings using Laplacian priors.
result Unified and flexible approach to various embedding methods.
Curvature regularization prevents distortion in graph embeddings.
problem Graph topology patterns distort in Euclidean space, making detection difficult.
method Proposes curvature regularization to enforce flatness in embedding manifolds.
result Significant improvements in five embedding methods on open graph datasets.
Word embeddings are a powerful approach for unsupervised analysis of language. Recently, Rudolph et al. (2016) developed exponential family embeddings, which cast word embeddings in a probabilistic framework. Here, we develop dynamic embeddings, building on exponential family embeddings to capture how the meanings of w…
Proposes cone embedding for better graph hierarchical structure representation.
problem Lack of natural and interpretable hierarchical indicators in graph embeddings.
method Metric cone embedding method to capture hierarchical structure.
result Extracts hierarchical structure from other graph embedding outputs.
Classifies linear embeddings of grassmannians and ind-grassmannians.
problem Understanding linear embeddings of grassmannians and ind-grassmannians.
method Classification through isomorphism of Picard groups and direct limits.
result Most linear embeddings of grassmannians are equivariant.
BC-Aligner maintains backward compatibility of embeddings after frequent updates.
problem Updating embeddings without requiring consumer teams to retrain their models.
method Learning backward compatible embeddings through BC-Aligner.
result BC-Aligner maintains backward compatibility with existing unintended tasks after multiple model version updates.
Embedding calculus proves convergence for surfaces.
problem Proving convergence of embedding calculus for surfaces.
method Goodwillie-Weiss' embedding calculus for spaces of embeddings into a manifold of dimension at most two.
result Relates Johnson filtration of mapping class group to embedding calculus.
Unified framework for word embedding models using noise examples.
problem Improving word embedding models with negative sampling.
method Formulated a Word-Context Classification (WCC) framework that generalizes SkipGram word embedding models.
result The best noise distribution is the data distribution, improving both performance and training speed.
Models use embeddings and attention for better claim severity prediction.
problem Improving predictive modeling of claim severity with categorical data.
method Developed neural networks and attention-based architectures with embeddings.
result Attention-based models enhance predictive performance with contextual augmentation.
A fast graph embedding method for large graphs.
problem Efficiently embedding large graphs for various applications.
method One-hot graph encoder embedding with linear complexity.
result Graph encoder embedding is approximately normally distributed and converges to its mean.
Paper proves impossibility of three desirable properties in node embedding.
problem Understanding limitations of node embedding methods.
method Axiomatic approach to node embedding, proving impossibility of three properties.
result No node embedding method can satisfy all three desirable properties simultaneously.
The study characterizes and verifies equivariant embeddings of symmetric Kählerian manifolds.
problem Characterizing and verifying equivariant embeddings of symmetric Kählerian manifolds.
method Investigation motivated by Cartan and Wallach's theorem on symmetric spaces, focusing on CPn and parallel plurimean curvature. result If an equivariant embedding has parallel plurimean curvature, it is the extrinsically symmetric one.
Proves uniqueness of embedding complex manifold into infinite-dimensional space.
problem Balanced embedding of non-compact complex manifold into infinite-dimensional projective space.
method Fine estimates of asymptotics of a balanced embedding.
result Uniqueness of embedding proven.
The paper defines invariants for almost graph embeddings and explores their properties.
problem Understanding the properties and limitations of almost graph embeddings in the plane.
method Introducing and analyzing integer invariants (winding number, Wu numbers) for almost embeddings.
result Some values of invariants are realizable for almost embeddings but not for embeddings.
Recently, click-through rate (CTR) prediction models have evolved from shallow methods to deep neural networks. Most deep CTR models follow an Embedding\&MLP paradigm, that is, first mapping discrete id features, e.g. user visited items, into low dimensional vectors with an embedding module, then learn a multi-layer pe…
This work analyzes PPR-based node embeddings and their topological information.
problem Understanding and interpreting PPR-based node embeddings.
method Unified framework and two methods for topology recovery.
result PPR-based embeddings maintain more topological information than random walk-based embeddings.
Network representation learning in low dimensional vector space has attracted considerable attention in both academic and industrial domains. Most real-world networks are dynamic with addition/deletion of nodes and edges. The existing graph embedding methods are designed for static networks and they cannot capture evol…
For leveled spatial graphs, we find a surface embedding that allows cellular embedding.
problem Finding a surface embedding for general spatial graphs is not always possible.
method Define leveled property, decompose graph into subgraphs, and construct surface.
result For leveled spatial graphs with a small number of levels, a surface can always be found.
Long spacelike embeddings can be approximated by isometric ones.
problem Approximating long embeddings to isometric embeddings in Lorentzian spaces.
method Proving approximation by constructing C1 isometric embeddings. result Long spacelike embeddings can be C0-approximated by C1 isometric embeddings. A {\it wrinkled embedding} f:Vn→Wm is a topological embedding which is a smooth embedding everywhere on V except a set of (n−1)-dimensional spheres, where f has cuspidal corners. In this paper we prove that any rotation of the tangent plane field TV⊂TW of a {\it smoothly embedded} submanifold $V\s…
Graph embeddings have become a key and widely used technique within the field of graph mining, proving to be successful across a broad range of domains including social, citation, transportation and biological. Graph embedding techniques aim to automatically create a low-dimensional representation of a given graph, whi…
Graphs embeddable on torus and linklessly in 3D can be embedded linklessly in standard torus.
problem Embedding linklessly in a standard torus for graphs embeddable on torus and in 3D.
method Analyzing graphs of order 9 and below, showing linkless embedding in standard torus.
result For graphs of order 9 and below, linkless embedding in standard torus is possible.
Geometrically transforms word embeddings into a common space for better comparison.
problem Comparing embeddings from different sources is challenging.
method Applies orthogonal rotations and Mahalanobis scaling to transform embeddings into a shared latent space.
result The method improves word similarity and analogy tasks.
Obtaining continuous representations of structural data such as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) has gained attention in machine learning and artificial intelligence. However, embedding complex DAGs in which both ancestors and descendants of nodes are exponentially increasing is difficult. Tackling in this problem, we de…
The paper proves nonexistence and existence results for minimal surfaces in R^4.
problem Proving nonexistence and existence of minimal surfaces in R^4.
method Analyzing complete minimal immersions with finite total curvature and embedded planar ends.
result Existence of embedded minimal spheres in R^4 with 3 embedded planar ends.
Recent works reveal that network embedding techniques enable many machine learning models to handle diverse downstream tasks on graph structured data. However, as previous methods usually focus on learning embeddings for a single network, they can not learn representations transferable on multiple networks. Hence, it i…
MCE reduces embedding instability in nonlinear dimensionality reduction.
problem Embedding instability caused by random initialization.
method Median of multiple embeddings (MCE) based on large deviation theory.
result MCE achieves consistency at an exponential rate and effectively mitigates instability.