Improved multilingual speech recognition with low latency for nine Indic languages.
problem Imbalance in training data across languages and low latency in interactive applications.
method Conditioning on a language vector and training language-specific adapter layers.
result Lower word error rate than monolingual E2E models and conventional systems.
Neural language modeling (LM) has led to significant improvements in several applications, including Automatic Speech Recognition. However, they typically require large amounts of training data, which is not available for many domains and languages. In this study, we propose a multilingual neural language model archite…
New handwritten digits dataset for Kannada script.
problem Lack of datasets for Kannada numeral digits.
method Developed Kannada-MNIST and Dig-MNIST datasets.
result Initial CNN accuracy is lower than MNIST, indicating a challenge in generalization.
PATOIS synthesizes code from natural language using learned code idioms.
problem Synthesizing general-purpose source code from natural language specifications is challenging.
method PATOIS uses a neural synthesizer that interleaves high-level and low-level reasoning, incorporating learned code idioms from a corpus.
result Using learned code idioms improves the synthesizer's accuracy on semantic parsing datasets.
Real-time spell checker adapts to new languages.
problem No real-time, language-adaptable spell checkers for non-English languages.
method Used Wikipedia and subtitles data to generate dictionaries, created noisy channel datasets, compared with industry tools.
result System performs well across 24 languages, outperforming existing tools.
Large language models predict human sensory judgments across multiple modalities.
problem Determining the extent of perceptual information in language.
method State-of-the-art large language models were used to predict sensory judgments across six psychophysical datasets.
result Large language models can predict human sensory judgments across multiple modalities with significant correlation to human data.
We propose a simple modification to existing neural machine translation (NMT) models that enables using a single universal model to translate between multiple languages while allowing for language specific parameterization, and that can also be used for domain adaptation. Our approach requires no changes to the model a…
Improved language identification accuracy through signal combination methods.
problem Enhancing speech recognition accuracy across multiple languages.
method Combining low-level acoustic signals with language-specific recognizer signals using lattice-based ensemble models and deep neural networks.
result Deep neural network model outperforms lattice-based ensemble model, reducing error rate from 5.5% to 4.3%.
Cross-lingual Text Classification (CLC) consists of automatically classifying, according to a common set C of classes, documents each written in one of a set of languages L, and doing so more accurately than when naively classifying each document via its corresponding language-specific classifier. In order to obtain an…
We propose a novel geometric approach for learning bilingual mappings given monolingual embeddings and a bilingual dictionary. Our approach decouples learning the transformation from the source language to the target language into (a) learning rotations for language-specific embeddings to align them to a common space, …
This work tackles the problem of learning a set of language specific acoustic units from unlabeled speech recordings given a set of labeled recordings from other languages. Our approach may be described by the following two steps procedure: first the model learns the notion of acoustic units from the labelled data and …
A new transformer model corrects diacritics and typos in multiple languages.
problem Restoring diacritics and correcting typos in online communications.
method Employing a universal ByT5 transformer model trained on 12 languages, including Lithuanian.
result Achieves > 98% accuracy in diacritics restoration and typos correction.
New ASR system handles multiple languages without needing language-specific encoding.
problem Joint training of data-rich and data-scarce languages in a single model.
method Transforms all languages to a single writing system through transliteration, separating modeling and rendering.
result Language-agnostic multilingual ASR system reduces WER up to 10% over language-dependent models.
Study introduces KorFinMTEB for Korean financial texts, revealing model limitations.
problem Limited evaluation benchmarks for low-resource domains, especially Korean.
method Developed KorFinMTEB, a tailored benchmark for Korean financial texts.
result Models perform better on translated benchmarks than on domain-specific ones.
Paper introduces a specialized text classification system for French Open Banking transactions.
problem Classifying specialized banking text data with high accuracy and efficiency.
method Data collection, labeling, preprocessing, modeling, and evaluation stages with language-specific techniques.
result Enhanced performance and efficiency compared to generic approaches.
The goal of homomorphic encryption is to encrypt data such that another party can operate on it without being explicitly exposed to the content of the original data. We introduce an idea for a privacy-preserving transformation on natural language data, inspired by homomorphic encryption. Our primary tool is {\em obfusc…
mGENRE improves multilingual entity linking with autoregressive sequence prediction.
problem Multilingual Entity Linking (MEL) task of resolving language-specific mentions to a multilingual Knowledge Base.
method Autoregressive sequence-to-sequence system that cross-encodes mention strings and entity names.
result Over 50% improvement in average accuracy in zero-shot settings.
Dependent MMD coresets help compare multiple related datasets.
problem Comparing multiple related datasets for insights into model generalization.
method Dependent MMD coresets for collections of datasets.
result Dependent MMD coresets facilitate comparison and understanding of multiple related datasets.
SCARY dataset generates complex causal scenarios for causality research.
problem Lack of complexity in existing causal datasets.
method Synthetic dataset with 40 scenarios, three seeds, and two data generation mechanisms.
result Provides a valuable resource for realistic causal discovery.
MusPy is a toolkit for symbolic music generation, providing tools for dataset management and analysis.
problem Facilitating the creation and analysis of symbolic music datasets.
method Development of an open-source Python library (MusPy) with features for dataset management, data I/O, preprocessing, and model evaluation. Demonstrated through statistical analysis and cross-dataset generalizability experiments.
result MusPy's dataset analysis reveals varying degrees of cross-genre representation across different music datasets.
In this paper, we propose a data collaboration analysis method for distributed datasets. The proposed method is a centralized machine learning while training datasets and models remain distributed over some institutions. Recently, data became large and distributed with decreasing costs of data collection. If we can cen…
StyleDiff compares unlabeled datasets using disentangled image spaces.
problem Mismatches between development and real-world datasets lead to inaccurate predictions.
method Uses disentangled image spaces and focuses on attributes to compare datasets.
result Accurately detects and presents differences between datasets.
In this paper, we propose a novel method for generating a synthetic dataset obeying Gaussian distribution. Compared to the commonly used benchmark datasets with unknown distribution, the synthetic dataset has an explicit distribution, i.e., Gaussian distribution. Meanwhile, it has the same characteristics as the benchm…
New framework assesses graph-learning datasets for better evaluation.
problem Insufficient evaluation of graph-learning datasets and methods.
method Introduces Rings framework for dataset ablations and proposes performance separability and mode complementarity measures.
result Demonstrates utility of Rings framework for graph-learning dataset evaluation.
Improved dataset distillation for images and texts boosts model accuracy.
problem Reducing dataset size for faster and more energy-efficient model training.
method Simultaneous distillation of images and soft labels, extending to text datasets.
result 2-4% increase in accuracy for image classification tasks, 20% reduction in distilled samples.
Paper introduces ToyADMOS dataset for detecting anomalous machine sounds.
problem Lack of large-scale datasets for ADMOS anomaly detection.
method Collected anomalous sounds of miniature machines by deliberate damage.
result Released dataset includes over 180 hours of normal and 4,000 anomalous sounds.
In this paper, we introduce the Fairness GAN, an approach for generating a dataset that is plausibly similar to a given multimedia dataset, but is more fair with respect to protected attributes in allocative decision making. We propose a novel auxiliary classifier GAN that strives for demographic parity or equality of …
MTL method uses unlabeled data with pseudo labels to improve classification with disjoint datasets.
problem Improving classification performance with disjoint labeled datasets using unlabeled data.
method Proposes MTL-SA method to select and augment unlabeled data with confident pseudo labels and close distribution to labeled data.
result Extensive experiments show the effectiveness of MTL-SA method in improving classification performance.
The study examines dataset usage patterns in machine learning research.
problem Lack of attention to dataset dynamics in machine learning research.
method Analysis of dataset usage patterns across machine learning subcommunities and time periods (2015-2020).
result Increasing concentration on fewer and fewer datasets, significant adoption from other tasks, and concentration across the field on datasets introduced by elite institutions.
Method embeds numeric tabular datasets into a shared vector space for similarity and retrieval.
problem Lack of meaningful representation for numeric tabular datasets in large language models.
method Structured exploratory data analysis descriptors, sentence transformer embedding, CCA for cross-dataset alignment.
result Total P@1 score of 0.9 across 15 datasets, robust nearest-neighbor retrieval and cluster structure.
Two large medical dialogue datasets for improving healthcare.
problem Improving healthcare through better dialogue systems.
method Building two large-scale medical dialogue datasets: MedDialog-EN and MedDialog-CN.
result The datasets are the largest medical dialogue datasets to date.
This paper presents the recently published Cerema AWP (Adverse Weather Pedestrian) dataset for various machine learning tasks and its exports in machine learning friendly format. We explain why this dataset can be interesting (mainly because it is a greatly controlled and fully annotated image dataset) and present base…
New framework transforms labeled datasets for various machine learning tasks.
problem Lack of principled methods to transform labeled datasets.
method Wasserstein gradient flows in probability space for optimization of data-generating distributions.
result Framework can impose constraints, adapt for transfer learning, or re-purpose models.
New dataset for industrial machine sounds to aid maintenance.
problem Lack of public datasets for industrial machine sounds.
method Recorded normal and anomalous sounds of industrial machines.
result Assists in automated facility maintenance development.
A dataset of 10 molecule types for machine learning studies.
problem Lack of suitable datasets for machine learning in molecular imaging.
method Generated 2D cross-sectional projections of 10 molecule types from Molecular Dynamics trajectories.
result Benchmark dataset for machine learning, deep learning, and image processing in scattering, imaging, and microscopy.
KIP meta-learning compresses datasets significantly.
problem Training data size and quality issues in machine learning.
method Kernel Inducing Points (KIP) for dataset compression.
result Significant reduction in dataset size with similar model performance.
Elastic co-clustering improves clustering of single-cell genomic data.
problem Improving clustering performance of single-cell genomic datasets.
method Elastic coupled co-clustering in an unsupervised transfer learning framework.
result Our algorithm significantly improves clustering performance over traditional methods.
Combines datasets to improve model fitting with small sample sizes.
problem Improving model performance with limited samples from at least one dataset.
method Proposes a novel framework called Combine datasets based on Imputation (ComImp) and PCA-ComImp for combining datasets with missing data.
result Significant improvement in model accuracy, especially with small datasets and when combined with transfer learning.
BIOMRC dataset improves MRC performance, especially for non-experts.
problem Improving machine reading comprehension in biomedical texts.
method Developed a new dataset and tested two neural models, along with a BERT-based model.
result BERT-based model outperforms all other methods and reaches expert-level accuracy.
An efficient learner is one who reuses what they already know to tackle a new problem. For a machine learner, this means understanding the similarities amongst datasets. In order to do this, one must take seriously the idea of working with datasets, rather than datapoints, as the key objects to model. Towards this goal…
The study improves theoretical understanding of using multiple synthetic datasets for better model accuracy.
problem Lack of theoretical understanding of using multiple synthetic datasets for supervised learning.
method Derive bias-variance decompositions for multiple synthetic datasets settings.
result A simple rule of thumb to select the appropriate number of synthetic datasets.
This paper introduces a new Urban Point Cloud Dataset for Automatic Segmentation and Classification acquired by Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS). We describe how the dataset is obtained from acquisition to post-processing and labeling. This dataset can be used to learn classification algorithm, however, given that a great a…
New benchmarks for offline RL from diverse datasets.
problem Measuring progress in offline RL due to lack of suitable benchmarks.
method Developed benchmarks tailored for offline RL, focusing on diverse dataset properties.
result Revealed deficiencies in existing offline RL algorithms.
Dataset pruning is the process of removing sub-optimal tuples from a dataset to improve the learning of a machine learning model. In this paper, we compared the performance of different algorithms, first on an unpruned dataset and then on an iteratively pruned dataset. The goal was to understand whether an algorithm (s…
New dataset for industrial machine malfunction detection with domain shifts.
problem Challenges in detecting anomalies due to domain shifts in industrial sounds.
method Created a dataset with domain shifts for five types of industrial machines.
result Significant performance differences between source and target domains.
KaoKore dataset extracts faces from pre-modern Japanese art for machine learning.
problem Lack of relevant datasets for historical Japanese artworks in machine learning.
method Extracted faces from pre-modern Japanese artwork to create a new dataset.
result Demonstrated the dataset's value for image classification and creative applications.
A new method distills datasets more efficiently and effectively.
problem Achieving competitive performance on test data with a small synthetic dataset.
method Tackles dataset distillation as a bilevel optimization problem, introduces RaT-BPTT to stabilize gradients and speed up optimization.
result Establishes new state-of-the-art performance across various benchmarks.
Develops efficient algorithm for distilling supervised and offline RL datasets.
problem Creating synthetic datasets for supervised and offline RL models to match training data performance.
method An efficient algorithm based on matching losses without model training, using randomly sampled regressors.
result Synthetic datasets derived with ildeO(d2) sampled regressors match MSE loss of bounded linear models on training data.