Hungarian text processing improved with efficient, accurate NLP pipelines.
problem Improving text processing for Hungarian language.
method Implemented in spaCy framework, focusing on efficiency and accuracy.
result Near state-of-the-art performance in all text preprocessing steps.
HuSpaCy offers an industrial-grade Hungarian NLP toolkit.
problem Lack of suitable open-source Hungarian NLP pipelines.
method Built on spaCy, HuSpaCy includes lemmatization, morphosyntactic analysis, entity recognition, and word embeddings.
result HuSpaCy achieves high accuracy with resource-efficient prediction.
Modified Hungarian algorithm solves special OT problems efficiently.
problem Computing empirical Wasserstein distance in independence tests.
method Modified Hungarian algorithm for special OT problems.
result The modified algorithm solves special OT problems with complexity O(m2n). We solve a key problem in cross-lingual learning using a novel approach.
problem Aligning word embeddings across different languages.
method We devise a direct solution to the Wasserstein-Procrustes problem.
result Our method improves existing UCL approaches significantly.
Study measures gender bias in machine translation using multiple reference points.
problem Measuring and identifying gender bias in machine translation.
method Used an optimal non-biased translator, reference points from occupational statistics and survey.
result Found bias against both genders, but more against women, and found occupations have a greater effect than adjectives.
QUACKIE creates a new benchmark for NLP interpretability.
problem Evaluating NLP interpretability methods is challenging due to biased ground truths.
method Formulated a custom classification task from question-answering datasets, generating unbiased ground truths.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of current interpretability methods on the new benchmark.
This study uses NLP to detect financial risks from documents.
problem Detecting and predicting financial risks in documents.
method NLP model design, text preprocessing, feature extraction, machine learning.
result NLP model effectively identifies and predicts financial risks.
We develop new models and algorithms for learning the temporal dynamics of the topic polytopes and related geometric objects that arise in topic model based inference. Our model is nonparametric Bayesian and the corresponding inference algorithm is able to discover new topics as the time progresses. By exploiting the c…
New measure corrects news bias in NLP stock return forecasting.
problem Improving stock return and volatility forecasting accuracy.
method Hype-Adjusted Probability Measure, sentiment score equation.
result Significantly improved forecast accuracy for U.S. semiconductor tickers.
This paper analyzes crypto white papers under MiCAR, highlighting NLP's role.
problem Regulatory changes in crypto white papers under MiCAR.
method Survey of existing NLP applications, analysis of MiCAR changes.
result NLP can assist in regulatory compliance and white paper analysis.
This paper improves NLP interpretability by using sentence segments instead of words.
problem Limitations of word-based sampling in explaining complex BERT models.
method Using sentence segments as elementary building blocks for NLP interpretability.
result Improved fidelity of the explainer on a benchmark classification task.
Matching cells over time has long been the most difficult step in cell tracking. In this paper, we approach this problem by recasting it as a classification problem. We construct a feature set for each cell, and compute a feature difference vector between a cell in the current frame and a cell in a previous frame. Then…
SusGen-GPT improves financial NLP and ESG report generation.
problem Lack of advanced NLP tools for finance and ESG domains.
method Developed SusGen-30K dataset and SusGen-GPT models.
result Achieved state-of-the-art performance in financial NLP tasks.
MDA optimizer performs similarly to SGD+M in CV and Adam in NLP.
problem Performance degradation due to choosing the wrong optimizer.
method Modernized Dual Averaging (MDA) optimizer, inspired by dual averaging.
result MDA performs as well as SGD+M in CV and as Adam in NLP.
We introduce HUBERT which combines the structured-representational power of Tensor-Product Representations (TPRs) and BERT, a pre-trained bidirectional Transformer language model. We show that there is shared structure between different NLP datasets that HUBERT, but not BERT, is able to learn and leverage. We validate …
Signed-permutation coordinate transport improves model alignment across checkpoints.
problem Improper alignment of coordinate-indexed objects across model checkpoints.
method Introduces sign-marginalized Hungarian matching and coordinate-preserving transport.
result Recovering signed-permutation gauge improves coordinate alignment and model performance.
Survey on using large models to train smaller datasets in NLP.
problem Lack of large datasets and computing resources for NLP tasks.
method Analysis of recent transfer learning approaches in NLP.
result Increased demand for transfer learning in NLP due to large models.
New pruning method retains model expressiveness for NLP tasks.
problem Pruning large pretrained transformer models for real-world deployment.
method Mixture Gaussian Prior Pruning (MGPP) algorithm.
result MGPP outperforms existing pruning methods in high sparsity settings.
BERT outperforms traditional machine learning in text classification tasks.
problem Comparing BERT to traditional machine learning methods for text classification.
method Empirical testing of BERT against TF-IDF-based machine learning models in various scenarios.
result BERT demonstrates superior performance and independence from text features.
The Hype Index measures media attention to equities using NLP.
problem Quantifying media attention to equities for volatility analysis.
method Constructs News Count-Based and Capitalization Adjusted Hype Indices using NLP.
result The Hype Index family provides valuable tools for stock volatility analysis.
While state-of-the-art NLP explainability (XAI) methods focus on explaining per-sample decisions in supervised end or probing tasks, this is insufficient to explain and quantify model knowledge transfer during (un-)supervised training. Thus, for TX-Ray, we modify the established computer vision explainability principle…
The paper improves cryptocurrency price forecasting using deep learning and NLP on financial, blockchain, and social media data.
problem Improving cryptocurrency price forecasting accuracy and profitability.
method Integrates financial, blockchain, and social media data; applies BART MNLI model for sentiment analysis; uses deep learning NLP models; compares with traditional methods; uses local extrema as predictive targets.
result Significantly improves forecasting accuracy and profitability of cryptocurrency price predictions.
COCKATIEL explains neural net models on NLP tasks by identifying meaningful concepts.
problem Transformer models are complex and hard to interpret.
method COCKATIEL uses NMF and sensitivity analysis to identify and rank concepts used by the model.
result COCKATIEL provides accurate and meaningful explanations without affecting model performance.
This paper presents several strategies that can improve neural network-based predictive methods for MOOC student course trajectory modeling, applying multiple ideas previously applied to tackle NLP (Natural Language Processing) tasks. In particular, this paper investigates LSTM networks enhanced with two forms of regul…
This paper presents a deep-learning based traffic classification method for identifying multiple streaming video sources at the same time within an encrypted tunnel. The work defines a novel feature inspired by Natural Language Processing (NLP) that allows existing NLP techniques to help the traffic classification. The…
This paper explores how NLP enhances insurance data analysis.
problem Traditional insurance data limitations and need for alternative data.
method Application of NLP techniques to transform and analyze unstructured text data.
result NLP techniques improve insurance data analysis and risk assessment.
Study improves cryptocurrency price prediction using unlabeled text data.
problem Predicting cryptocurrency returns from unlabelled text data.
method Introduced weak learning approach to finetune BERT on unlabeled text data.
result Finetuning pretrained NLP models with weak labels enhances forecast accuracy.
Framework quantifies financial NLP robustness under regime shifts.
problem Semantic and causal drift in financial news narratives.
method Four metrics: FCAS, PCS, TSV, NLICS.
result Transformer models are more affected by semantic drift.
Detects systematic anomalies in consumer complaints using NLP.
problem Detecting small, frequent anomalies in consumer complaints.
method NLP conversion of narratives, followed by anomaly detection algorithm.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of NLP for detecting systematic anomalies.
BigBird improves transformer performance on NLP tasks with longer sequences.
problem Quadratic dependency on sequence length in transformer models.
method Sparse attention mechanism reducing quadratic dependency to linear.
result Significant improvement in performance on NLP tasks like QA and summarization.
BERTopic enhances stock market prediction by analyzing sentiment in topic models.
problem Improving stock price prediction accuracy using sentiment analysis.
method Employed BERTopic for sentiment analysis of stock market comments integrated with deep learning models.
result Enhanced model performance through topic sentiment integration.
This paper predicts legal proceedings status using NLP and machine learning.
problem Classify Brazilian legal proceedings into archived, active, and suspended categories.
method Combined NLP techniques with machine learning to classify legal proceedings sequences.
result Achieved maximum accuracy of 93% and top average F1 Scores of 89% (macro) and 93% (weighted).
BERTino is a lightweight Italian DistilBERT model for NLP tasks.
problem High computational and memory demands of large language models.
method Developed a DistilBERT model tailored for Italian language.
result F1 scores comparable to BERTBASE with significant speed improvements.
Paper develops a method for valid inference using language model predictions from verbal autopsy narratives.
problem Valid inference from verbal autopsy narratives for public health decision-making.
method Develops multiPPI++ method for valid inference using NLP techniques for COD prediction.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of multiPPI++ in handling transportability issues and recovering ground truth estimates.
Researchers develop a method to interpret GNNs by identifying unnecessary edges in NLP models.
problem Understanding which parts of graphs contribute to NLP model predictions.
method A post-hoc method using differentiable edge masking to identify and drop unnecessary edges.
result Large proportions of edges can be dropped without affecting model performance, providing insights into model predictions.
Cryptonite tests NLP models with cryptic crossword clues.
problem Ambiguity in language poses a challenge for NLP models.
method Cryptic crossword dataset based on cryptic clues.
result Fine-tuning T5-Large on Cryptonite achieves only 7.6% accuracy.
The lottery ticket hypothesis proposes that over-parameterization of deep neural networks (DNNs) aids training by increasing the probability of a "lucky" sub-network initialization being present rather than by helping the optimization process (Frankle & Carbin, 2019). Intriguingly, this phenomenon suggests that initial…
Study uses LLMs and NLP to analyze 14,342 algorithmic trading papers.
problem Analyzing the vast literature on algorithmic trading.
method Filtering and analyzing 136 million papers, comparing traditional and modern methods.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of LLMs in refining and answering complex questions.
Optimal Word2Vec hyper-parameters improve NLP tasks.
problem Finding the best Word2Vec hyper-parameters for NLP tasks.
method Empirical evaluation of various hyper-parameter combinations on NLP tasks.
result The best hyper-parameters vary by task, and high analogy scores don't always correlate with performance.
SCROLLS benchmarks long text NLP tasks, improving existing models.
problem Short NLP benchmarks ignore long texts; SCROLLS addresses this.
method Handpicked long-text datasets for summarization, QA, and inference tasks.
result Improvement potential on SCROLLS tasks, as indicated by initial baselines.
Deep neural network models have recently achieved state-of-the-art performance gains in a variety of natural language processing (NLP) tasks (Young, Hazarika, Poria, & Cambria, 2017). However, these gains rely on the availability of large amounts of annotated examples, without which state-of-the-art performance is rare…
New algorithm avoids spurious sharpness minimization for NLP models.
problem SAM fails in NLP, leading to performance degradation.
method Developed Functional-SAM, which modifies logit statistics instead of function geometry.
result Functional-SAM and combined methods outperform AdamW and SAM in NLP tasks.
Text classification on drug SMILES strings yields competitive drug type classification results.
problem Classifying drug types using conventional text classification methods.
method Treated drug SMILES as sentences and applied basic NLP methods for classification.
result Competitive drug type classification results achieved.
A benchmark for NLP models trained on text datasets.
problem Limited access to high-performance clusters for NAS experiments.
method Created a search space for recurrent neural networks on text datasets and trained 14k architectures.
result Demonstrated the potential of precomputed NAS results for NLP.
Study recommends PLM choices for minimizing calibration error in NLP tasks.
problem Minimizing calibration error in PLM-based NLP predictions.
method Compared various options for PLM encoding, size, uncertainty quantifier, and fine-tuning loss.
result Recommendations for a well-calibrated PLM-based prediction pipeline.
Extracting information from electronic health records (EHR) is a challenging task since it requires prior knowledge of the reports and some natural language processing algorithm (NLP). With the growing number of EHR implementations, such knowledge is increasingly challenging to obtain in an efficient manner. We address…
Study shows fairness metrics are unreliable for small datasets in NLP tasks.
problem Unreliable fairness metrics for small datasets in NLP tasks.
method Experiments on Bios dataset with varying model sizes.
result Common fairness indices provide unreliable results for small samples.
Improved NLP performance with fewer parameters and less data using conditional multi-task learning.
problem Challenges in transferring knowledge across different NLP tasks, including overfitting, forgetting, and negative transfer.
method Proposes a novel Transformer architecture with conditional attention and task-conditioned modules for efficient parameter sharing and mitigating forgetting.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on 26 NLP tasks with 66% less data and 50% fewer parameters compared to existing methods.