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48 results for Kernel precision matrix

Study shows deterministic equivalent for neural network kernel convergence.

problem Understanding convergence of neural network kernels.
method Analyzes empirical spectral distribution of Conjugate Kernel, proving convergence to a deterministic limit.
result Obtains a deterministic equivalent for the Stieltjes transform and resolvent of the Conjugate Kernel.

Paper speeds up GP inference by reducing precision matrix computation.

problem High computational complexity in computing kernel precision matrices.
method Splitting precision matrix into Hankel-Toeplitz matrices and computing only unique entries.
result Precision matrix computation reduced from O(NM2)\mathcal{O}(NM^2) to O(NM)\mathcal{O}(NM).

New GPU kernels boost deep learning speed and memory efficiency.

problem Sparse deep learning matrices are not well-suited for existing sparse kernels.
method Identified favorable properties of sparse matrices from deep learning, developed high-performance GPU kernels for sparse matrix operations.
result 27% of single-precision peak performance on Nvidia V100 GPUs achieved with new kernels.

The paper examines how kernel approximations affect Gaussian process regression in large data applications.

problem Effect of kernel approximations on Gaussian process regression in large data applications.
method Unified framework to analyze Gaussian process regression under computational and epistemic misspecification.
result Theoretical analysis of Gaussian process regression under various misspecifications.

The present paper proposes generalized Gaussian kernel adaptive filtering, where the kernel parameters are adaptive and data-driven. The Gaussian kernel is parametrized by a center vector and a symmetric positive definite (SPD) precision matrix, which is regarded as a generalization of the scalar width parameter. These…

2018-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Determinantal point processes (DPPs) offer a powerful approach to modeling diversity in many applications where the goal is to select a diverse subset. We study the problem of learning the parameters (the kernel matrix) of a DPP from labeled training data. We make two contributions. First, we show how to reparameterize…

2014-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Characterizes RFF regression in large n,p,Nn,p,N setting, providing precise learning phases and double descent curve.

problem Characterizes RFF regression in large n,p,Nn,p,N setting.
method Characterizes the exact asymptotics of random Fourier feature (RFF) regression in the realistic setting of large n,p,Nn,p,N.
result Characterizes two qualitatively different phases of learning and the corresponding double descent test error curve.

We analyze kernel matrices in polynomial high-dimensional settings and explain double descent in KRR.

problem Understanding the spectrum of kernel matrices in polynomial high-dimensional settings and its implications for KRR risk.
method Generalized decomposition of kernel matrices into low-rank spike matrix, identity, and Gegenbauer matrix.
result The test error in KRR can exhibit double descent behavior, depending on effective regularization and signal-to-noise ratio.

This paper analyzes error in SKI for Gaussian Processes, providing conditions for linear time inference.

problem Lack of rigorous theoretical error analysis for SKI.
method Proved error bounds for SKI Gram matrix, examined error effects, provided practical guidelines.
result Identified two dimensionality regimes for SKI's scalability-accuracy trade-offs.

One approach to improving the running time of kernel-based machine learning methods is to build a small sketch of the input and use it in lieu of the full kernel matrix in the machine learning task of interest. Here, we describe a version of this approach that comes with running time guarantees as well as improved guar…

2014-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

New findings on kernel regression in the quadratic regime, improving understanding of machine learning models.

problem Understanding kernel ridge regression in the quadratic asymptotic regime.
method Extended study of kernel regression to the quadratic regime, establishing approximation bounds and spectral distributions.
result Broad class of inner-product kernels exhibit behavior similar to a quadratic kernel, with precise asymptotic training and test errors characterized.

Producing overlapping schemes is a major issue in clustering. Recent proposed overlapping methods relies on the search of an optimal covering and are based on different metrics, such as Euclidean distance and I-Divergence, used to measure closeness between observations. In this paper, we propose the use of another meas…

2012-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

The kernel embedding algorithm is an important component for adapting kernel methods to large datasets. Since the algorithm consumes a major computation cost in the testing phase, we propose a novel teacher-learner framework of learning computation-efficient kernel embeddings from specific data. In the framework, the h…

2017-12-07abs ↗pdf ↗

This work incorporates the multi-modality of the data distribution into a Gaussian Process regression model. We approach the problem from a discriminative perspective by learning, jointly over the training data, the target space variance in the neighborhood of a certain sample through metric learning. We start by using…

2018-03-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Three RFF-based methods for nonlinear causal discovery in mixed data.

problem Nonlinear causal discovery in mixed data with computational constraints.
method FFML, TRFF, and FFCI methods for score-based, constraint-based, and hybrid causal discovery.
result FFML and TRFF methods provide complementary performance in causal discovery.

MSD removes dequantization bottleneck in LLM inference by approximating high-precision activations.

problem Dequantization bottleneck in LLM inference on modern AI accelerators.
method MSD decomposes high-precision activations into multiple low-precision components for direct multiplication with quantized weights.
result MSD avoids INT8-to-BF16 weight conversion, reducing dequantization cycles and HBM traffic.

A well-recognized limitation of kernel learning is the requirement to handle a kernel matrix, whose size is quadratic in the number of training examples. Many methods have been proposed to reduce this computational cost, mostly by using a subset of the kernel matrix entries, or some form of low-rank matrix approximatio…

2014-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A new R package for high-dimensional regression and precision matrix estimation.

problem High-dimensional linear regression and precision matrix estimation challenges.
method flare package implements various regression methods and extensions for sparse precision matrix estimation.
result The flare package is efficient and scalable for large problems.

The paper improves Bayesian precision matrix estimation for high-dimensional sparse data.

problem Estimating sparse precision matrices in high-dimensional settings.
method Tempered posterior with fully specified horseshoe prior.
result Concentration results and theoretical oracle inequality for posterior.

Spectral clustering performance depends on eigenvector fluctuations, shown to be Gaussian.

problem Predicting the performance of spectral clustering.
method General spike random matrix model and rotational invariance of noise.
result Fluctuations of eigenvector entries are Gaussian in large-dimensional regime.

Study of eigenvalues in nonlinear kernels for classification of separable data.

problem Understanding the applicability of linear equivalents in nonlinearly separable data classification.
method Analysis of conjugate kernels and their quadratic equivalents for a canonical nonlinearly separable dataset (XOR problem).
result Identification of regimes where nonlinear kernels deviate from linear equivalents, leading to label-aligned eigenspaces.

The inverse covariance matrix provides considerable insight for understanding statistical models in the multivariate setting. In particular, when the distribution over variables is assumed to be multivariate normal, the sparsity pattern in the inverse covariance matrix, commonly referred to as the precision matrix, cor…

2017-10-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Improves matrix multiplication throughput for asymmetric bit-width operands.

problem Matrix multiplications between asymmetric bit-width operands, especially 8- and 4-bit, are not efficiently handled by existing SIMD instructions.
method Proposes a new SIMD matrix multiplication instruction that uses mixed precision on inputs (8- and 4-bit) and accumulates into 16-bit output, improving throughput.
result Offers 2x improvement in throughput compared to existing symmetric-operand-size instructions, with negligible overflow.

A determinantal point process (DPP) is a probabilistic model of set diversity compactly parameterized by a positive semi-definite kernel matrix. To fit a DPP to a given task, we would like to learn the entries of its kernel matrix by maximizing the log-likelihood of the available data. However, log-likelihood is non-co…

2014-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study compares different covariance estimation methods for portfolio allocation.

problem Comparing methods for estimating covariance and precision matrices in portfolio allocation.
method Gaussian Graphical Model (GGM), Shrinkage, Thresholding, Random Matrix Theory (RMT) methods.
result GGM methods outperform other methods in predictive ability for portfolio allocation.

DEOT method compares distributions across agents with privacy and efficiency.

problem Comparing distributions across agents in a distributed system.
method Decentralized entropic optimal transport with mini-batch randomized block-coordinate descent and decentralized kernel approximation.
result The method provides a privacy-preserving and communication-efficient solution to distributed distribution comparison.

Efficient kernel methods for large datasets using GPU acceleration.

problem Handling large-scale nonparametric learning problems efficiently.
method Preconditioned gradient solver, GPU acceleration, parallelization, out-of-core linear algebra, numerical precision optimization.
result Dramatic speedups on datasets with billions of points, maintaining state-of-the-art performance.

We attempt to set a mathematical foundation of immunology and amino acid chains. To measure the similarities of these chains, a kernel on strings is defined using only the sequence of the chains and a good amino acid substitution matrix (e.g. BLOSUM62). The kernel is used in learning machines to predict binding affinit…

2012-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A new optimization algorithm for Gaussian Variational Inference on precision matrices.

problem Complex models with positive definite constraints on covariance matrices.
method Manifold Gaussian Variational Bayes (MGVBP) with natural gradient updates.
result Empirically validated as a feasible and efficient solution for VI in complex models.

Paper proposes a generalized precision matrix for t-Student distributions to improve portfolio optimization.

problem Limitations of inverse covariance matrix in non-Gaussian settings.
method Exploits local dependence function to define generalized precision matrix (GPM) for multivariate t-Student distribution.
result GPM leads to statistically significant lower out-of-sample variances in minimum-variance portfolios.

CARE method estimates precision matrix for compositional data, achieving optimality in high dimensions.

problem Challenges in inferring conditional dependence relationships in high-dimensional compositional data.
method Composition adaptive regularized estimation (CARE) method for sparse basis precision matrix.
result CARE estimator achieves minimax optimality in high dimensions, performing as well as if the basis were observed.

SCOPE estimator improves covariance and precision matrix estimation.

problem Estimating covariance and precision matrices accurately.
method Distributionally robust optimization with convex spectral divergence.
result SCOPE estimator reduces spectral bias and improves condition number.

Kernel regression is a popular non-parametric fitting technique. It aims at learning a function which estimates the targets for test inputs as precise as possible. Generally, the function value for a test input is estimated by a weighted average of the surrounding training examples. The weights are typically computed b…

2017-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Constructing the adjacency graph is fundamental to graph-based clustering. Graph learning in kernel space has shown impressive performance on a number of benchmark data sets. However, its performance is largely determined by the chosen kernel matrix. To address this issue, the previous multiple kernel learning algorith…

2019-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Kernel-based clustering algorithm can identify and capture the non-linear structure in datasets, and thereby it can achieve better performance than linear clustering. However, computing and storing the entire kernel matrix occupy so large memory that it is difficult for kernel-based clustering to deal with large-scale …

2020-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We extend kernelized matrix factorization with a fully Bayesian treatment and with an ability to work with multiple side information sources expressed as different kernels. Kernel functions have been introduced to matrix factorization to integrate side information about the rows and columns (e.g., objects and users in …

2012-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We present in this work a new family of kernels to compare positive measures on arbitrary spaces $\Xcal$ endowed with a positive kernel κκ, which translates naturally into kernels between histograms or clouds of points. We first cover the case where $\Xcal$ is Euclidian, and focus on kernels which take into account th…

2009-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗