Paper introduces Functional Effects Models to account for individual heterogeneity in panel data.
problem Accounting for preference heterogeneity in panel data with machine learning.
method Functional Effects Models using gradient boosting decision trees and deep neural networks to learn individual-specific preference parameters.
result Functional Effects Models outperform traditional models in learning inter-individual heterogeneity and predictive performance.
New test identifies specific biological parameters for personalized CVD detection.
problem Ineffectual pathology tests fail to consider platelet activation and inter-individual variability.
method Stochastic platelet deposition model and approximate Bayesian computation with discriminative summary statistics.
result Inferred parameters help identify specific biological parameters for personalized CVD detection.
This work relates the framework of model-based clustering for spatial functional data where the data are surfaces. We first introduce a Bayesian spatial spline regression model with mixed-effects (BSSR) for modeling spatial function data. The BSSR model is based on Nodal basis functions for spatial regression and accom…
New method aligns brain data across individuals for better brain decoding.
problem Inter-individual variability in brain response patterns limits decoder generalization.
method SpectralOT method that embeds cortical geometry into Laplace-Beltrami eigenmodes.
result SpectralOT strikes balance between aligning functional features and preserving anatomical structure.
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) outperform traditional classification methods in many domains. Recently these methods have gained attention in neuroscience and particularly in brain-computer interface (BCI) community. Here, we introduce a CNN optimized for classification of brain states from magnetoencephalographic…
This note is concerned with an accurate and computationally efficient variational bayesian treatment of mixed-effects modelling. We focus on group studies, i.e. empirical studies that report multiple measurements acquired in multiple subjects. When approached from a bayesian perspective, such mixed-effects models typic…
PerCDL learns personalized dictionaries for physiological signals combining global and local structures.
problem Representing datasets with both global and local structures in human physiological signals.
method Personalized Convolutional Dictionary Learning (PerCDL) that combines a global and personalized local dictionary.
result PerCDL effectively learns interpretable representations for human locomotion data.
The current economic crisis has provoked an active response from the interdisciplinary scientific community. As a result many papers suggesting what can be improved in understanding of the complex socio-economics systems were published. Some of the most prominent papers on the topic include (Bouchaud, 2009; Farmer and …
New method aligns brain surfaces based on functional signatures.
problem Inter-individual variability in neuroimaging data.
method Fused Unbalanced Gromov-Wasserstein (FUGW) based on Optimal Transport.
result FUGW significantly increases between-subject correlation of activity.
Automated prediction of valence, one key feature of a person's emotional state, from individuals' personal narratives may provide crucial information for mental healthcare (e.g. early diagnosis of mental diseases, supervision of disease course, etc.). In the Interspeech 2018 ComParE Self-Assessed Affect challenge, the …
Bayesian optimization generates personalized face stimuli for cognitive neuroscience.
problem Lack of personalized face stimuli in cognitive neuroscience studies.
method Combines GANs with Bayesian optimization to identify individual response patterns to faces.
result Algorithm efficiently generates optimal faces maximizing individual subject's response.
VSAE learns from missing heterogeneous data by modeling latent dependencies.
problem Learning from partially-observed heterogeneous data with missingness.
method Variational selective autoencoder (VSAE) models joint distribution of observed, unobserved, and missing data.
result VSAE improves over state-of-the-art models in data generation and imputation tasks.
Paper tackles variable-length, incomplete wearable sensor data to improve personalized insights.
problem Variable-length and incomplete time series data from wearable sensors.
method HeartSpace integrates a time series encoding module and pattern aggregation network, along with a Siamese-triplet network for representation learning.
result Empirical evaluation shows significant performance gains in personality prediction, demographics inference, and user identification.
Study quantifies impacts of heterogeneity in FL on smartphone data.
problem Heterogeneity in FL devices causes performance degradation.
method Collected 136k smartphone data, built heterogeneity-aware FL platform, conducted extensive experiments.
result Heterogeneity causes up to 9.2% accuracy drop and 2.32x training time increase.
New methods handle both data and network heterogeneity in federated learning.
problem Challenges in federated learning due to data and network heterogeneity.
method Two novel client selection schemes that minimize theoretical runtime to convergence.
result Our methods are at least competitive to and up to 20 times better than existing baselines.
New method for learning on heterogeneous graphs without meta-paths.
problem Learning on heterogeneous graphs is sensitive to meta-paths choice, leading to poor performance.
method Decompose heterogeneous graph into homogeneous relation-type graphs, combine higher-order representations, use attention mechanisms.
result Our model outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in vertex classification tasks on heterogeneous graph datasets.
Detects dense subhypergraphs in heterogeneous random hypergraphs.
problem Testing for the existence of a dense subhypergraph in heterogeneous random hypergraphs.
method Established detection boundaries and constructed asymptotically powerful and adaptive tests.
result Developed tests for distinguishing between null and alternative hypotheses.
HGT models heterogeneous graphs with dedicated node and edge representations.
problem Infeasibility of existing GNNs for heterogeneous graphs.
method Node- and edge-type dependent parameters, relative temporal encoding, heterogeneous mini-batch graph sampling.
result HGT outperforms state-of-the-art GNNs by 9%--21% on various downstream tasks.
Paper analyzes D-SGD convergence with heterogeneous data and proposes topology learning.
problem Efficiently dealing with data heterogeneity in decentralized learning.
method Revisits D-SGD analysis, introduces neighborhood heterogeneity, and proposes topology learning.
result Formulates topology learning as a tractable optimization problem and demonstrates its effectiveness.
Method for understanding heterogeneous treatment effects in complex causal graphs.
problem Heterogeneity and comorbidity in healthcare problems.
method Developed a new approach to characterize heterogeneous causal effects (HCEs) in graphical contexts, including heterogeneous causal graphs (HCGs) with confounders and mediators.
result Established theoretical forms and properties of HCEs in linear and nonlinear models, and developed interactive structural learning for estimation.
This survey reviews Heterogeneous Representation Learning (HRL) for diverse data types.
problem Challenges in learning from heterogeneous data types.
method Unified learning framework for modeling various learning settings.
result Unified mathematical framework for multi-view, transfer, privileged, and multi-task learning.
LATTE tackles heterogeneous network embedding challenges with layer-stacked attention.
problem Aggregating higher-order indirect relations in heterogeneous networks.
method Layer-stacked ATTention Embedding (LATTE) that decomposes meta relations at each layer.
result LATTE achieves state-of-the-art performance on benchmark datasets.
UNTIE learns representations of coupled categorical data.
problem Challenges in learning from unlabeled categorical data with complex couplings.
method UNTIE approach for unsupervised representation learning of heterogeneous couplings.
result UNTIE significantly improves categorical data representations on 25 diverse datasets.
The thesis clarifies when local updates outperform centralized methods in heterogeneous data environments.
problem Understanding when local updates are more effective than centralized or mini-batch methods in distributed optimization.
method Fine-grained consensus-error-based analysis framework, focusing on bounded second-order heterogeneity and third-order smoothness.
result Local updates outperform centralized or mini-batch methods under realistic models of data heterogeneity.
Unified MTL framework for heterogeneous data integrates shared and task-specific encoders.
problem Efficiently sharing information across multiple tasks with heterogeneous data.
method Dual-encoder framework with task-shared and task-specific encoders.
result Unified algorithm alternates learning task-specific and shared encoders and coefficients.
Paper introduces HGSL for heterogeneous graphs, improving edge type and weight recovery.
problem Learning structure in heterogeneous graphs with multiple node and edge types.
method Proposes H2MN model for DGPs and derives alternating optimization method.
result Demonstrates superior performance on synthetic and real-world datasets.
The paper compares methods for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects using multiple randomized trials.
problem Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects reliably and precisely with a single dataset is challenging.
method Non-parametric approaches for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects using data from multiple trials.
result Methods that directly allow for heterogeneity of the treatment effect across trials perform better than those that do not.
The paper introduces a new volatility model for state heterogeneous financial markets using high-frequency data.
problem State heterogeneity in financial volatility processes.
method Developed a state heterogeneous GARCH-Ito (SG-Ito) model based on continuous Ito diffusion process.
result Empirical studies reveal various state heterogeneities in S&P 500 index volatility.
VAEM extends VAEs to handle mixed-type data heterogeneity.
problem Heterogeneous data with different types and marginal distributions.
method Two-stage training approach to handle mixed-type data.
result VAEM improves deep generative model performance on diverse tasks.
Bayesian approach for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects in RDD designs.
problem Heterogeneity in treatment effects in RDD designs can lead to misleading conclusions.
method Direct Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) for modeling heterogeneous treatment effects.
result Flexibly captures complicated structures of heterogeneous treatment effects as a function of covariates.
A new method clusters heterogeneous subgroups for accurate causal learning.
problem Diverse causal relationships across different time spans, regions, or strategies.
method Nonlinear Causal Kernel Clustering
result Reduction in prediction error through enhanced causal learning.
The aim of this paper is to propose a heterogeneous agent model of stock markets that develop complicated endogenous price fluctuations. We find occurrences of non-stationary chaos, or speculative bubble, are caused by the heterogeneity of traders' strategies. Furthermore, we show that the distributions of returns gene…
The paper proposes a mixture model with segmentation for heterogeneous functional data.
problem Heterogeneity in time and population for functional data.
method Mixture model with segmentation of time, maximum likelihood estimator, EM algorithm with dynamic programming.
result The method is consistent and identifiable, and illustrated on simulated and real datasets.
GEM detects malicious accounts using adaptive embeddings from heterogeneous graphs.
problem Detecting malicious accounts on a leading mobile payment platform.
method Adaptive learning of discriminative embeddings from heterogeneous account-device graphs with attention mechanism for node importance.
result GEM consistently outperforms competitive methods in detecting malicious accounts.
DyHATR learns dynamic heterogeneous networks for better link prediction.
problem Learning effective representations of dynamic heterogeneous networks for link prediction.
method Hierarchical attention for heterogeneous information and temporal RNN for evolutionary patterns.
result DyHATR significantly outperforms state-of-the-art baselines on link prediction tasks.
Energy distance measures feature heterogeneity in federated learning.
problem Heterogeneity across data sources hinders model aggregation in federated learning.
method Introduced Taylor approximations of energy distance for efficient computation.
result Taylor approximations accurately capture feature discrepancies, improving convergence.
Intratumor heterogeneity is often manifested by vascular compartments with distinct pharmacokinetics that cannot be resolved directly by in vivo dynamic imaging. We developed tissue-specific compartment modeling (TSCM), an unsupervised computational method of deconvolving dynamic imaging series from heterogeneous tumor…
Estimates price sensitivity from transaction data using a novel odds ratio method.
problem Estimate price sensitivity from transaction-level data with partially observed treatment assignments.
method Recursive partitioning procedure with adversarial imputation for robust estimation.
result Validated on synthetic data and applied to three case studies, demonstrating heterogeneity in treatment effects.
New method quantifies variable importance in causal forests for treatment effect heterogeneity.
problem Lack of understanding how input variables affect treatment effect heterogeneity in causal forests.
method Developed a new importance variable algorithm for causal forests based on the drop and relearn principle.
result Shows how to handle forest retraining without a confounding variable and introduces a corrective term for confounders.
This paper evaluates CFL algorithms for handling data heterogeneity in federated learning.
problem Handling data heterogeneity among clients in federated learning.
method Comparative evaluation of two state-of-the-art CFL algorithms with a proposed taxonomy of data heterogeneities.
result Analysis of CFL performance across different heterogeneity scenarios using extrinsic clustering metrics.
Estimates population mean from user-level data with privacy, accounting for heterogeneity.
problem Heterogeneous user data with varying numbers of data points and distributions.
method Simple model of heterogeneous user data, differential privacy mechanism for estimation.
result Asymptotic optimality of the proposed estimator and general lower bounds on error.
A federated minimax framework for heterogeneous clients.
problem Training with edge devices having different datasets and capabilities.
method Proposes a federated minimax optimization framework with normalized updates.
result Improves convergence and communication complexity for nonconvex functions.
Paper extends multi-task Gaussian Cox processes for heterogeneous tasks.
problem Modeling multiple heterogeneous correlated tasks jointly.
method Data augmentation and mean-field approximation for non-conjugate Bayesian inference.
result Demonstrates improved performance and inference on synthetic and real data.
Algorithm uncovers treatment effect heterogeneity in educational RD designs.
problem Discovering sources of treatment effect heterogeneity in regression discontinuity designs.
method Causal supervised machine learning algorithm to build a 'regression discontinuity tree'.
result Algorithm uncovers various sources of heterogeneity in the impact of attending a better secondary school.
New bounds for LDP with heterogeneous privacy levels guaranteeing high probability of accuracy.
problem Statistical estimation under LDP with users having varying privacy levels.
method Developed finite sample upper bounds in ℓ_2-norm with high probability, complemented by lower bounds.
result Optimal guarantees for heterogeneous LDP in terms of probability and constants.
Paper proposes robust method to detect risk heterogeneity across ethnic groups.
problem Detecting risk heterogeneity across ethnic groups in ICU studies.
method Proposes a robust framework using Neyman orthogonality for inference.
result Demonstrates improved inferential stability and reduced bias compared to standard methods.
ATLAS separates invariant and transferable latent factors across diverse environments.
problem Transfer learning and robust prediction in heterogeneous environments.
method ATLAS leverages invariance principle to disentangle latent factors and uses auxiliary labels for robust prediction.
result Near-oracle performance and robust transferable prediction in new environments.
Heterogeneous information network (HIN) embedding has gained increasing interests recently. However, the current way of random-walk based HIN embedding methods have paid few attention to the higher-order Markov chain nature of meta-path guided random walks, especially to the stationarity issue. In this paper, we system…