Unsupervised method learns hierarchical graph representations without labels.
problem Lack of hierarchical graph representations and need for labeled data in GNNs.
method Maximizes mutual information between local and global graph representations.
result Comparable performance to supervised methods on graph classification benchmarks.
HCRL learns hierarchical embeddings from deep embeddings of hierarchy components.
problem Flat clustering limits cohesive instance relations in hierarchical data.
method Simultaneously optimizes representation learning and hierarchical clustering in the embedding space.
result HCRL achieves best hierarchical clustering and data reconstruction.
This paper improves disentanglement in VAEs by progressively learning hierarchical representations.
problem Compromised disentanglement in VAEs due to high-level abstraction extraction.
method Progressive learning of independent hierarchical representations from high to low levels.
result Improved disentanglement demonstrated on two benchmark datasets using new metrics.
Poincaré embeddings learn hierarchical symbolic data representations.
problem Learning hierarchical representations for complex symbolic data like text and graphs.
method Embedding into hyperbolic space (Poincaré ball) for efficient Riemannian optimization.
result Poincaré embeddings outperform Euclidean embeddings on data with latent hierarchies.
Proposes a new VAE model with hierarchical nonparametric priors for better data representation.
problem Limited flexibility of standard VAE latent representations.
method Combines tree-structured Bayesian nonparametric priors with VAEs for joint learning of neural parameters and priors.
result Discover highly interpretable activity hierarchies and improved clustering accuracy.
Extends linear representation hypothesis to categorical and hierarchical concepts in LLMs.
problem Representing concepts without natural contrasts in large language models.
method Formalizes linear representation hypothesis for categorical and hierarchical concepts, proving relationships between concept hierarchy and representation geometry.
result Validated theoretical results on large language models, estimating representations for 900+ concepts.
Bayesian algorithm improves word representations using semantic taxonomy.
problem Improving word representations in semantic taxonomy.
method Bayesian Hierarchical Words Representation (BHWR) learning algorithm combining Variational Bayes and semantic taxonomy modeling.
result BHWR produces better representations for rare words.
Method learns hierarchical representations of samples and features simultaneously.
problem Hierarchical structures in samples and features not considered by existing methods.
method Jointly learns hierarchical representations via Tree-Wasserstein Distance alternating between samples and features.
result Method improves performance in link prediction and node classification tasks.
Proposes learning a hierarchical prior in VAEs to avoid over-regularization.
problem Over-regularization in VAEs with standard normal priors.
method Formulates as a constrained optimisation problem, introduces graph-based interpolation.
result Learned latent representation reflects data manifold topology and properties.
We learn hierarchical slate representations for collaborative filtering.
problem Building models for recommendation systems with hierarchical slates.
method Learning low-dimensional embeddings of hierarchical slates using recursive composition rules.
result Improved recommendation system performance on a real-world dataset.
Proposes a graph pooling method leveraging node proximity for hierarchical graph representation learning.
problem Efficiently exploiting the geometry of graph data for hierarchical representation learning.
method Combines node proximity with kernel representation of topology and node features for adaptive node signal similarities evaluation.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on graph classification benchmark datasets.
Paper presents a hierarchical learning strategy for sparse data representation.
problem Sparse representation of multivariate datasets.
method Hierarchical approximation spaces at finer scales, stability and convergence analysis.
result Efficient data reconstruction and error minimization in prediction.
New metric assesses hierarchical clustering quality.
problem Evaluate the quality of hierarchical graph clustering.
method Proposes a novel metric based on dendrogram reconstruction.
result Optimal graph representation leads to regular dendrograms.
Improved model learns text and hierarchical relations for commonsense knowledge.
problem Predicting hierarchical relations and non-hierarchical knowledge in text data.
method Jointly learns ordering relations and non-hierarchical knowledge from text data. Exploits partial order structure for long-distance triplet constraints.
result Both free text and augmented training constraints improve model performance over baselines.
Proposes a hierarchical clustering method for positive and negative dissimilarities.
problem Clustering dissimilarities, especially positive and negative.
method Hierarchical correlation clustering followed by tree preserving embedding.
result Performance on various datasets.
New measure shows how LSTM models compose hierarchical representations.
problem Understanding how LSTM models capture compositional structure in language.
method Novel measure of interdependence between word meanings in LSTM internal gates.
result High interdependence can hurt generalization and reveals hierarchical structure learning.
Boxhead dataset tests autoencoder disentanglement in hierarchical data.
problem Evaluate disentanglement in hierarchical data.
method Introduced Boxhead dataset with hierarchically structured factors, evaluated autoencoder models.
result Hierarchical models outperform single-layer VAEs in disentangling factors.
Tag2Vec learns tag representations in hybrid networks with semantic and hierarchical information.
problem Lack of semantic and hierarchical information in tag networks.
method Tag2Vec model that combines nodes and tags into hybrid networks, using parameterized random walks and hyperbolic Skip-gram model.
result Tag2Vec outperforms other models in learning rich semantic tag representations.
HCL learns shared and modality-specific latent representations for multimodal data.
problem Binary shared-private decomposition inadequately represents shared information across subsets of modalities.
method Hierarchical Contrastive Learning framework combining latent-variable formulation, structural sparsity, and contrastive objective.
result HCL accurately recovers hierarchical structure and improves predictive performance on multimodal data.
HGP-SL pools and learns graph structure for hierarchical representation learning.
problem Graph pooling is overlooked in GNN models, limiting hierarchical representation learning.
method Integrates graph pooling and structure learning into a unified module.
result HGP-SL improves graph classification performance on benchmarks.
Method learns graph from data clusters using FCA.
problem Learning graph representation from multivariate data.
method Uses formal concept analysis (FCA) to extract hierarchical relationships between clusters.
result Empirically shows superior hierarchical structure extraction compared to baseline.
Paper proposes a method for semi-supervised learning of molecular representations.
problem Learning representations of molecules in a semi-supervised manner.
method Unsupervised hierarchical feature extraction algorithm using neural message passing.
result Method outperforms existing methods in benchmark datasets.
Hierarchical density embeddings capture word relationships with uncertainty.
problem Capturing semantic relationships and uncertainty in word embeddings.
method Learn hierarchical representations through probability density encapsulation, using simple loss functions and distance metrics.
result State-of-the-art performance on WordNet and Hyperlex datasets.
SeCTAR learns latent representations of trajectories for hierarchical reinforcement learning.
problem Learning lower layers in a hierarchy of reinforcement learning problems.
method SeCTAR uses variational autoencoders to learn latent representations of trajectories, combining policy and model consistency.
result SeCTAR effectively solves long-term and multi-stage problems with sparse rewards.
DiffPool learns hierarchical graph representations for improved graph classification.
problem Lack of hierarchical graph representations in current GNN methods.
method Differentiable graph pooling module that learns hierarchical node cluster assignments.
result Combining DiffPool with GNNs improves graph classification accuracy by 5-10%.
We consider a set of probabilistic functions of some input variables as a representation of the inputs. We present bounds on how informative a representation is about input data. We extend these bounds to hierarchical representations so that we can quantify the contribution of each layer towards capturing the informati…
Hierarchical autoregressive models improve image quality by learning abstract representations.
problem Local structure bias in autoregressive models leads to lack of large-scale coherence in generated images.
method Propose two methods to learn discrete representations of images that abstract away local detail, and train autoregressive priors on these representations.
result Hierarchical autoregressive models produce high-fidelity reconstructions and realistic images with large-scale coherence.
Paper proposes a fair auto-encoder using hierarchical VampPrior and mutual information.
problem Learning fair representations to remove biases in decision-making.
method Hierarchical Variational Auto-Encoder with mutual information regularization.
result The approach either outperforms or performs on par with the current best model in experiments.
New algorithms for hierarchical classification using conformal prediction.
problem Valid prediction sets in hierarchical classification tasks.
method Extended split conformal prediction framework with two inference algorithms.
result Empirical evaluations show effectiveness in achieving nominal coverage.
Poincaré VAEs improve hierarchical data representation.
problem Hierarchical data structures are difficult to represent in Euclidean latent spaces.
method Introducing Poincaré ball model of hyperbolic geometry as a latent space for VAEs.
result Better generalization and hierarchical structure recovery in hyperbolic space.
New model learns coupled representations for domains, intents, and slots.
problem Representation learning for domains, intents, and slots in spoken language understanding.
method Proposes a model that learns coupled representations by aggregating slot and intent representations based on their hierarchical relationships.
result Improved performance on contextual cross-domain reranking task.
We propose a new method for learning word representations using hierarchical regularization in sparse coding inspired by the linguistic study of word meanings. We show an efficient learning algorithm based on stochastic proximal methods that is significantly faster than previous approaches, making it possible to perfor…
Proposes mGBDTs for learning hierarchical representations in gradient boosting decision trees.
problem Inability of gradient boosting decision trees to learn hierarchical representations.
method Introduces multi-layered GBDT forest (mGBDTs) with explicit emphasis on hierarchical learning.
result Jointly trained mGBDTs can learn hierarchical representations effectively without backpropagation.
Paper relaxes set-valued prediction in hierarchical classification by considering representation complexity.
problem Uncertainty in class labels in hierarchical multi-class classification problems.
method Introduces representation complexity for predicted sets, proposes three methods for inference.
result Recursive tree search method is computationally more efficient.
Linear RC shows hierarchical temporal patterns in state signals.
problem Understanding hierarchical temporal representations in deep RNNs.
method Used linear recurrent units and frequency analysis on state signals.
result Linear RC reveals intrinsic hierarchical temporal structure.
Transformer models perform slower than convolutional networks in learning hierarchical language structures.
problem Understanding how neural networks learn hierarchical language structures.
method Theoretical scaling laws and empirical validation of neural network performance.
result Convolutional networks outperform transformers in learning hierarchical language structures.
Develops comparison-based hierarchical clustering algorithms without object representations.
problem Hierarchical clustering without object representations or pairwise similarities.
method Comparison-based hierarchical clustering algorithms (single, complete, and average linkage variants).
result Statistical guarantees and empirical performance on various datasets.
Proposes EM-HRNN model for better hierarchical language representation.
problem Learning hierarchical representations in natural language processing.
method Introduces latent indicator layer and EM algorithm for training.
result EM-HRNN model outperforms other RNN-based models in document classification.
INVERT connects neural representations to human-understandable concepts.
problem Lack of understanding and statistical significance in existing explainability methods.
method Inverse Recognition (INVERT) approach that connects learned representations to human-understandable concepts.
result INVERT provides interpretable metrics and statistical significance for representation alignment.
Proposes a novel framework for multi-label text classification.
problem Lack of coherent consideration of non-consecutive and long-distance semantics and hierarchical relations among labels.
method Hierarchical taxonomy-aware and attentional graph capsule recurrent CNNs framework.
result Significantly improves multi-label text classification performance.
The paper uses deep learning to detect financial market regimes from correlation matrices.
problem Detecting financial market regimes from correlation dynamics.
method Representation learning on block hierarchical SPD correlation matrices using SPDNet, SPD-NetBN, and U-SPDNet models.
result Deep learning models overfit in financial market data, misleading performance metrics.
Hyperbolic space outperforms Euclidean in learning hierarchical data.
problem Learning hierarchical data in Euclidean space requires exponentially many samples.
method Established geometric obstruction in Euclidean space and showed hyperbolic space's advantage.
result Hyperbolic space enables learning with O(mRlogm) samples, matching information-theoretic optimum. Sharp theory of neural network scaling laws for hierarchical targets.
problem Learning hierarchical multi-index models in neural networks.
method Sharp information-theoretic scaling laws derived for two-layer neural networks.
result Optimal rates achieved by a simple spectral estimator.
Combines multiple image resolutions for improved classification accuracy.
problem Improving image classification accuracy by leveraging different spatial resolutions.
method Proposes a hierarchical image representation combining LSR, MSR, HSR, and VHSR images, and uses structured kernels for machine learning.
result Significantly improves classification accuracy compared to single-scale approaches.
MHVAE learns cross-modality inference inspired by human cognition.
problem Cross-modality inference in multimodal data.
method Hierarchical multimodal generative model with modality-specific and joint-modality distributions.
result MHVAE performs on par with state-of-the-art models on multimodal datasets.
An important problem in multi-label classification is to capture label patterns or underlying structures that have an impact on such patterns. This paper addresses one such problem, namely how to exploit hierarchical structures over labels. We present a novel method to learn vector representations of a label space give…
Deep networks learn hierarchical data by invariant representations.
problem How many examples are needed for deep networks to learn hierarchical data?
method Random Hierarchy Model: synthetic tasks inspired by language and images hierarchy.
result Deep networks learn by invariant representations and require a detectable number of correlations between low-level features and classes.
Study shows how deep network representations can be transferred between datasets and tasks.
problem Transferability of deep network representations across datasets and tasks.
method Examined layer-wise transferability of representations in deep networks across multiple datasets and tasks.
result Interesting empirical observations on layer-wise transferability of representations.