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36 results for ICM

In this paper, we prove that the Morse index of a multiplicity one, smooth, min-max minimal hypersurface is generically equal to the dimension of the homology class detected by the families used in the construction. This confirms part of the program (\cite{marques-icm}, \cite{marques-neves-cycles}, \cite{marques-neves-…

2018-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The postulate of independence of cause and mechanism (ICM) has recently led to several new causal discovery algorithms. The interpretation of independence and the way it is utilized, however, varies across these methods. Our aim in this paper is to propose a group theoretic framework for ICM to unify and generalize the…

2017-05-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New framework improves model robustness by focusing on stable relations across environments.

problem Standard supervised learning fails under data distribution shift.
method Gradient-based learning framework derived from the principle of independent causal mechanisms (ICM).
result Models generalize well to unseen scenarios, ignoring unstable relations.

Using results of Gathmann, we prove the following theorem: If a smooth projective variety X has generically semisimple (p,p)-quantum cohomology, then the same is true for the blow-up of X at any number of points. This a successful test for a modified version of Dubrovin's conjecture from the ICM 1998.

2004-03-16abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper formalizes manifolds in positive characteristic varieties.

problem Establishing l-adic formal manifold structures on positive characteristic varieties.
method Develops and proves the existence of l-adic formal manifold structures and abelianized Galois symmetries.
result Proves l-adic homotopic equivalence and l-local lifting for simply-connected varieties.

New bounds show triangulated surfaces are evenly distributed in moduli space.

problem Distribution of triangulated surfaces in moduli space as genus increases.
method Proved upper and lower bounds for the number of triangulated surfaces in Teichmüller balls.
result Number of triangulated surfaces in a Teichmüller unit ball is at most exponential in the number of triangles, independent of genus.

DeepICMGP surrogate models multiple outputs efficiently.

problem Challenges in modeling dependencies between multiple outputs using traditional multi-output GPs.
method Introduces hierarchical coregionalization structures across layers in DGPs.
result Demonstrates competitive performance and active learning strategies.

New framework learns disentangled causal representations from observed labels.

problem Learning meaningful disentangled causal representations from observed data.
method ICM-VAE framework using flow-based diffeomorphic functions and causal disentanglement prior.
result Induces highly disentangled causal factors and improves robustness.

Nonlinear analysis has played a prominent role in the recent developments in geometry and topology. The study of the Yang-Mills equation and its cousins gave rise to the Donaldson invariants and more recently, the Seiberg-Witten invariants. Those invariants have enabled us to prove a number of striking results for low …

2002-12-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Interprets how intrinsic motivation shapes behavior in RL agents.

problem Understanding how intrinsic motivation influences behavior in reinforcement learning agents.
method Analyzed five RL agents in procedurally generated environments using various interpretability techniques.
result Curiosity-driven agents exhibit broader and more dynamic attention than extrinsically motivated agents.

This is the first comprehensive introduction to the authors' recent attempts toward a better understanding of the global concepts behind spinor representations of surfaces in 3-space. The important new aspect is a quaternionic-valued function theory, whose "meromorphic functions" are conformal maps into quaternions, wh…

2000-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Parametric images provide insight into the spatial distribution of physiological parameters, but they are often extremely noisy, due to low SNR of tomographic data. Direct estimation from projections allows accurate noise modeling, improving the results of post-reconstruction fitting. We propose a method, which we name…

2018-03-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Interactive tool helps choose and understand classification metrics.

problem Common metrics for binary classification have limitations.
method Graphical application to visualize and explore evaluation metrics.
result Promotes careful attention to interpretation of metrics.

The paper studies cohomology of groups acting on 1-manifolds and applies results to spectrum problems.

problem Understanding cohomology of groups acting on 1-manifolds and its applications to spectrum problems.
method Proves a criterion for vanishing second bounded cohomology and applies it to various groups and spectrum problems.
result Provides new computations of second bounded cohomology and solves several spectrum problems.

Rewards are sparse in the real world and most of today's reinforcement learning algorithms struggle with such sparsity. One solution to this problem is to allow the agent to create rewards for itself - thus making rewards dense and more suitable for learning. In particular, inspired by curious behaviour in animals, obs…

2018-10-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Several examples of non-compact manifolds M0M_0 whose geometry at infinity is described by Lie algebras of vector fields VΓ(TM)V \subset Γ(TM) (on a compactification of M0M_0 to a manifold with corners MM) were studied by Melrose and his collaborators. In math.DG/0201202 and math.OA/0211305, the geometry of manifolds desc…

2003-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Spectral Independence Criterion helps infer cause-effect relationships in time series.

problem Distinguishing cause from effect in time series data.
method Spectral Independence Criterion (SIC) based on PSD and frequency response.
result SIC provides a robust method for causal inference in time series data.

Variational Bayes (VB), also known as independent mean-field approximation, has become a popular method for Bayesian network inference in recent years. Its application is vast, e.g. in neural network, compressed sensing, clustering, etc. to name just a few. In this paper, the independence constraint in VB will be relax…

2018-03-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph Convolutional Networks improve prosthetic sensation interpretation.

problem Improving neuroprosthetic performance and sensory information stability.
method Applied Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) to interpret neuronal spiking activity.
result GCN model achieved 73.5% performance on ordinal regression task.

This paper improves boundary regularity of harmonic maps in metric measure spaces.

problem Improving boundary regularity of harmonic maps in non-smooth spaces.
method Developed a Gauss-Green formula for RCD(K,N)RCD(K, N) spaces and applied it to harmonic maps.
result Optimal boundary regularity of harmonic maps from RCD(K,N)RCD(K,N)-spaces to CAT(0)CAT(0)-spaces.

In this paper, we study statistical classification accuracy of two different Markov field environments for pixelwise image segmentation, considering the labels of the image as hidden states and solving the estimation of such labels as a solution of the MAP equation. The emission distribution is assumed the same in all …

2013-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This thesis tackles causality in machine learning, improving OOD generalization and robustness.

problem Machine learning struggles with OOD generalization and robustness due to lack of causality modeling.
method Exploits the principle of independent causal mechanisms (ICM) to ensure conditional distribution invariance under distribution shifts.
result Demonstrates how incorporating causality can enhance machine learning's OOD generalization, interpretability, and robustness.

In this paper we consider a conjecture formulated by the second author in occasion of the 1998 ICM in Berlin (arXiv:math/9807034v2). This conjecture states the equivalence, for a Fano variety XX, of the semisimplicity condition for the quantum cohomology QH(X)QH^\bullet(X) with the existence condition of full exceptional…

2018-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗