Improved self-supervised learning for document images.
problem Performance of self-supervised pre-training on document images is poor.
method Proposed context-aware alternatives and a novel multi-modal method.
result Novel method outperforms other self-supervised methods on document image classification.
Improved audio classification with limited labels using multitask and self-supervised learning.
problem Limited labeled data for audio classification.
method Multitask learning and self-supervised learning on unlabeled data.
result Significant improvement in performance (up to 6%) through multitask and self-supervised learning.
This work improves medical image segmentation with limited annotations using contrastive learning.
problem Lack of labeled data for medical image segmentation.
method Contrastive learning framework for semi-supervised segmentation with domain-specific and problem-specific cues.
result Significant improvements in segmentation performance compared to other methods.
Self-supervised method improves biosignal models with limited labeled data and subjects.
problem Limited labeled data and subjects in biosignals datasets.
method Contrastive learning with subject-aware loss and data augmentation.
result Self-supervised embeddings yield competitive results compared to supervised methods.
Proposes a new contrastive loss for semi-supervised medical image segmentation.
problem Lack of labeled data for medical image segmentation.
method Uses pseudo-labels and a local contrastive loss to learn good local representations.
result Achieved high segmentation performance on public cardiac and prostate datasets.
Detecting temporal extents of human actions in videos is a challenging computer vision problem that requires detailed manual supervision including frame-level labels. This expensive annotation process limits deploying action detectors to a limited number of categories. We propose a novel method, called WSGN, that learn…
Paper resolves the debate on process vs. outcome supervision in reinforcement learning.
problem Distinguishing between process and outcome supervision in reinforcement learning.
method Developed a technical tool (Change of Trajectory Measure Lemma) to show equivalence between outcome and process supervision under standard data coverage assumptions.
result Reinforcement learning through outcome supervision is statistically equivalent to process supervision, up to polynomial factors in horizon.
RKD improves clustering in semi-supervised learning with limited labels.
problem Improving clustering accuracy in semi-supervised learning with few labeled examples.
method RKD as spectral clustering on a teacher model's graph, with clustering error quantification.
result RKD provably leads to low clustering error in semi-supervised classification problems.
Scalings in which the graph Laplacian approaches a differential operator in the large graph limit are used to develop understanding of a number of algorithms for semi-supervised learning; in particular the extension, to this graph setting, of the probit algorithm, level set and kriging methods, are studied. Both optimi…
Semi-supervised learning is a setting in which one has labeled and unlabeled data available. In this survey we explore different types of theoretical results when one uses unlabeled data in classification and regression tasks. Most methods that use unlabeled data rely on certain assumptions about the data distribution.…
Improved self-supervised learning on ImageNet achieves top-1 accuracy of 77.1%.
problem Self-supervised ResNets underperform supervised learning on ImageNet.
method ReLICv2 combines explicit invariance loss with contrastive objective over varied data views.
result ReLICv2 achieves 77.1% top-1 accuracy on ImageNet, improving over previous state-of-the-art by 1.5%.
Despite significant progress in object categorization, in recent years, a number of important challenges remain, mainly, ability to learn from limited labeled data and ability to recognize object classes within large, potentially open, set of labels. Zero-shot learning is one way of addressing these challenges, but it …
Self-supervised method improves CBIR of CT liver images.
problem Limited labeled data and lack of transparency in deep CBIR systems.
method Proposes a self-supervised learning framework with domain-knowledge integration.
result Improved performance and generalization across datasets.
The study explores the strengths and weaknesses of models that generalize from weak to strong supervision.
problem Understanding the limitations and capabilities of models that generalize from weak to strong supervision.
method Theoretical analysis and experimental validation in both classification and regression settings.
result Theoretical bounds reveal the importance of strong generalization and calibration of the weak model and a careful balance in the training process.
This research improves representation learning for new domains with limited new supervision.
problem Learning representations that generalize well to new domains with minimal new data.
method Encourages linearity of factors of variation through learned linear transformations called latent canonicalizers.
result Reduces the number of observations needed to generalize to a similar target domain compared to supervised baselines.
Improved VAE learns disentangled representations with less supervision.
problem Learning disentangled representations is challenging.
method Semi-supervised disentanglement learning with label replacement.
result Significant improvement in disentanglement with minimal supervision.
Paper develops methods for semi-supervised Fréchet regression.
problem High costs of obtaining non-Euclidean labels.
method Proposes semi-supervised NW Fréchet regression and semi-supervised kNN Fréchet regression.
result Demonstrates superior performance over supervised methods.
The paper provides a framework for weakly supervised disentanglement guarantees.
problem Learning disentangled representations in real-world data.
method Theoretical framework for analyzing disentanglement guarantees with weak supervision.
result Empirical verification of weak supervision methods' predictive power and usefulness.
Self-supervised and supervised methods learn similar intermediate visual representations but diverge in final layers.
problem Comparing self-supervised and supervised methods for visual learning.
method Comparison of contrastive self-supervised and supervised methods on simple image data.
result Contrastive and supervised methods learn similar intermediate representations but diverge in final layers.
Semi-supervised clustering methods incorporate a limited amount of supervision into the clustering process. Typically, this supervision is provided by the user in the form of pairwise constraints. Existing methods use such constraints in one of the following ways: they adapt their clustering procedure, their similarity…
Labeled data used for training activity recognition classifiers are usually limited in terms of size and diversity. Thus, the learned model may not generalize well when used in real-world use cases. Semi-supervised learning augments labeled examples with unlabeled examples, often resulting in improved performance. Howe…
Unified framework for classification and image generation.
problem Limited supervision in classification and image generation.
method Triple Generative Adversarial Network (Triple-GAN) as a three-player minimax game.
result Unique equilibrium converges to data distribution, achieving excellent classification and generation results.
We study high-dimensional asymptotic performance limits of binary supervised classification problems where the class conditional densities are Gaussian with unknown means and covariances and the number of signal dimensions scales faster than the number of labeled training samples. We show that the Bayes error, namely t…
Self-supervision improves GCNs' generalizability and robustness.
problem Improving graph convolutional networks' performance.
method Three mechanisms of self-supervision, multi-task learning, and graph adversarial training.
result Self-supervision enhances GCNs' robustness and generalizability.
Self-supervised learning improves representation from EEG signals without labels.
problem Limited supervised data for EEG signal analysis.
method Predicting temporal context from unlabeled EEG time series.
result Self-supervised approach outperforms supervised methods in low data regimes.
Consider a classification problem where we have both labeled and unlabeled data available. We show that for linear classifiers defined by convex margin-based surrogate losses that are decreasing, it is impossible to construct any semi-supervised approach that is able to guarantee an improvement over the supervised clas…
Paper proposes Universum GANs to improve GANs with limited labeled data.
problem Limited labeled data makes supervised learning challenging.
method Proposes Universum GANs with evolving discriminator loss.
result Improved discriminator accuracy and high quality data generation.
Active WeaSuL uses active learning to improve weak supervision for better model performance.
problem Limited labelled data in machine learning.
method Combines active learning with weak supervision to improve probabilistic labels.
result Active WeaSuL outperforms weak supervision and active learning with limited labelled data.
The Fredholm integral equation of the first kind improves solutions for ill-posed supervised learning problems with limited data.
problem Ill-posed supervised learning problems with insufficient data.
method Using the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind (FIFK) with semi-supervised assumptions and MSDF methods.
result Improved accuracy and stability in solutions for ill-posed problems.
Disease phenotyping algorithms process observational clinical data to identify patients with specific diseases. Supervised phenotyping methods require significant quantities of expert-labeled data, while unsupervised methods may learn non-disease phenotypes. To address these limitations, we propose the Semi-Supervised …
In this work we introduce a semi-supervised approach to the voice conversion problem, in which speech from a source speaker is converted into speech of a target speaker. The proposed method makes use of both parallel and non-parallel utterances from the source and target simultaneously during training. This approach ca…
Paper presents a probabilistic diagnostic model for identifying and treating supervised learning degradation issues.
problem Degradation problems in supervised learning, including class imbalance, overlapping, small-disjuncts, noisy labels, and sparseness.
method Develops a novel probabilistic diagnostic model to identify and treat degradation issues in supervised learning.
result Early and correct diagnosis of degradation issues allows for selecting appropriate remediation treatments and unbiased performance metrics.
The paper explains how data augmentation improves semi-supervised learning efficiency.
problem Improving accuracy from a small fraction of labeled data.
method Data augmentation induces a similarity graph, which is graph-Laplacian-regularized for downstream learning.
result A fast transductive rate of O(1/nL) is achieved, reducing the number of labels needed. ProbKT uses probabilistic logical reasoning to train object detection models with weak supervision.
problem Training object detection models requires instance-level annotations, which are often unavailable.
method ProbKT, a framework based on probabilistic logical reasoning, uses arbitrary types of weak supervision.
result ProbKT leads to significant improvement and better generalization compared to existing baselines.
Study shows reverberant phase is not essential for weakly-supervised dereverberation.
problem Evaluating the role of reverberant phase in weakly-supervised dereverberation.
method Statistical Wave Field Theory and recent weak supervision framework.
result Wet phase carries limited useful information and is not essential for weakly supervised dereverberation.
Improves risk control in predictions using semi-supervised calibration.
problem Noisy hyper-parameter tuning from limited labeled data.
method Semi-supervised calibration using unlabeled data to tune hyper-parameters rigorously.
result Improves prediction accuracy without sacrificing statistical validity.
Unified framework for SSL methods linking contrastive and non-contrastive approaches.
problem Lack of theoretical foundations and design guidelines for SSL methods.
method Spectral manifold learning framework to unify SSL methods.
result Theoretical bridge between contrastive and non-contrastive methods.
SSNAS finds neural architectures without labeled data.
problem Limited labeled data for NAS.
method Self-supervised learning for NAS.
result Comparable results to supervised NAS with labeled data.
Self-supervised learning improves EEG signal analysis without labeled data.
problem Limited labeled data in clinical EEG signals.
method Temporal context prediction and contrastive predictive coding tasks.
result SSL-learned features outperform supervised deep neural networks in low-labeled data regimes.
This paper provides an overview of deep semi-supervised learning methods.
problem Reducing the need for large annotated datasets in deep learning.
method Summarizes dominant semi-supervised approaches in deep learning.
result Provides a comprehensive overview of deep semi-supervised learning.
Self-supervised learning improves RUL prediction with limited data in fatigue damage prognosis.
problem Limited labelled data for RUL prediction in fatigue damage prognosis.
method Pre-training deep learning models on unlabelled sensor data using self-supervised learning.
result Self-supervised pre-trained models significantly outperform non-pre-trained models in RUL prediction with scarce labelled data.
Generative models enhance weak supervision for better image classification.
problem Lack of labeled data in supervised learning.
method Fusion of generative adversarial networks and weak supervision.
result Model improves multiclass image classification performance.
A new method for semi-supervised learning of sparse features using elastic-net.
problem Semi-supervised learning of sparse features in generalized linear models.
method Generalized Semi-Supervised Elastic-Net (s2net) framework.
result The s2net framework improves upon supervised elastic-net methods for semi-supervised learning.
New deep learning method handles rare and imbalanced events in time series.
problem Challenges in event detection in time series data, especially rare and imbalanced events.
method Supervised regression-based deep learning approach that handles various types of events.
result Superior performance across diverse domains, particularly for rare events and imbalanced datasets.
RoPAWS improves semi-supervised learning on uncurated data.
problem Efficiency of semi-supervised learning with real-world unlabeled data.
method Reinterprets PAWS as a generative classifier and calibrates predictions using densities of labeled and unlabeled data.
result Significant improvement in performance for uncurated data.
SASSL improves self-supervised learning by preserving image structure.
problem Distorted augmented samples in self-supervised learning.
method Neural Style Transfer to decouple semantic and stylistic attributes.
result Boosts ImageNet top-1 accuracy by up to 2 percentage points.
Quantum machine learning can't achieve polylogarithmic runtimes, even with quantum data access.
problem Bounding the minimum number of samples required for supervised quantum learning.
method Statistical learning theory and quantum machine learning algorithms.
result Quantum machine learning algorithms for supervised learning have at most polynomial speedups over classical algorithms.
DM improves self-supervised transfer learning by matching target distributions.
problem Improving self-supervised transfer learning performance.
method Distribution Matching (DM) method that drives representation distribution towards a predefined reference distribution.
result DM outperforms existing methods on target classification tasks.