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48 results for Low-rank perturbations

The paper examines how gradient descent stabilizes low-rank matrix factorization in noisy conditions.

problem Stability of low-rank implicit regularization in perturbed deep matrix factorization.
method Derives spectral conditions for gradient descent to exhibit a low-rank phase in noiseless settings and analyzes perturbed dynamics.
result Gradient descent converges to a low-rank solution under perturbation, with explicit dependence on perturbation size.

This work improves robustness guarantees for neural networks using low rank representations.

problem Certified robustness to adversarial perturbations in neural networks.
method Low rank representations to provide improved robustness guarantees.
result Improved robustness guarantees for \ell_\infty perturbations using natural low rank representations.

LoRA fine-tuning explained with gradient dynamics for low-rank perturbations.

problem Understanding why gradient descent converges to useful low-rank perturbations in LoRA fine-tuning.
method Generalized student-teacher setting with i.i.d. samples and online gradient descent.
result Gradient descent converges to the teacher model in dkO(1)dk^{O(1)} iterations under certain conditions.

The higher order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) of tensors is a generalization of matrix SVD. The perturbation analysis of HOSVD under random noise is more delicate than its matrix counterpart. Recently, polynomial time algorithms have been proposed where statistically optimal estimates of the singular subspaces …

2017-07-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm improves deep learning models' robustness without sacrificing accuracy.

problem Low-rank methods compromise model robustness against adversarial perturbations.
method Robust low-rank training via approximate orthonormal constraints.
result Ensures well-conditioning and better adversarial robustness without sacrificing model accuracy.

New method estimates heterogeneous treatment effects with improved guarantees.

problem Estimating treatment effects in panel data with heterogeneous assignments.
method Matrix completion approach with row-wise error analysis.
result Achieves a row-wise O~(1n+nm2)\tilde{O}(\sqrt{\frac{1}{n} + \frac{n}{m^2}}) error bound.

Gradient descent solves asymmetric low-rank matrix factorization efficiently.

problem Optimizing asymmetric low-rank matrix factorization with non-convex and non-smoothness issues.
method Randomly initialized gradient descent with new symmetrization and perturbation techniques.
result Gradient descent converges to a global minimum of the asymmetric low-rank factorization problem.

We investigate the effect of the dimensionality of the representations learned in Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on their robustness to input perturbations, both adversarial and random. To achieve low dimensionality of learned representations, we propose an easy-to-use, end-to-end trainable, low-rank regularizer (LR) that…

2018-04-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm learns latent simplex from perturbed points in input-sparsity time.

problem Learning a latent kk-vertex simplex from noisy data.
method Input-sparsity time algorithm using low-rank approximation and adaptive selection.
result Algorithm achieves O(extrmnnz(A))O( extrm{nnz}(A)) time complexity, avoiding kextrmnnz(A)k\cdot extrm{nnz}(A).

Efficiently compress pretrained models using RSI for improved predictive accuracy.

problem Efficiently compressing large pretrained models for practical deployment.
method Randomized subspace iteration (RSI) for low-rank approximation of pretrained models.
result RSI achieves near-optimal approximation quality and outperforms RSVD in predictive accuracy.

Study analyzes perturbations in singular subspaces under random noise.

problem Understanding singular vector and subspace changes in signal-plus-noise models.
method Generalized Davis-Kahan-Wedin theorem for any unitarily invariant norm, considering \ell_\infty and 2,\ell_{2,\infty} bounds.
result Fine-grained insights into singular vector and subspace perturbations, including \ell_\infty and 2,\ell_{2,\infty} bounds.

New CSC model extracts EEG signals with low noise sensitivity.

problem Analyzing noisy EEG signals during anesthesia.
method Kruskal CSC model using Kruskal decomposition for low-rank tensor activations.
result TC-FISTA efficiently extracts robust, sparse, and interpretable EEG encodings.

New technique stabilizes singular values in concatenated matrices.

problem How singular values of concatenated matrices relate to individual components.
method Developed perturbation technique extending classical results to concatenated matrices.
result Dominant singular values remain stable under small perturbations in submatrices.

Estimation of low-rank matrices is of significant interest in a range of contemporary applications. In this paper, we introduce a rank-one projection model for low-rank matrix recovery and propose a constrained nuclear norm minimization method for stable recovery of low-rank matrices in the noisy case. The procedure is…

2013-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper shows robustness of gradient descent in matrix sensing despite perturbations.

problem Understanding robustness of gradient descent in matrix sensing.
method Developed perturbed gradient flow to capture noise and improve robustness.
result Gradient descent is robust to perturbations in matrix sensing.

Matrix completion is the problem of recovering a low rank matrix by observing a small fraction of its entries. A series of recent works [KOM12,JNS13,HW14] have proposed fast non-convex optimization based iterative algorithms to solve this problem. However, the sample complexity in all these results is sub-optimal in it…

2014-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Analyzes learning dynamics of RNNs under locality constraints.

problem Understanding learning dynamics in RNNs with locality constraints.
method Dynamical systems theory applied to data-aligned linear RNNs.
result RFLO solutions are restricted to low-rank perturbations of initial parameters.

New method decomposes corrupted data matrices into sparse and low-rank components.

problem Decomposing corrupted data matrices into sparse and low-rank components.
method Discrete optimization approach with alternating minimization, semidefinite relaxation, and branch-and-bound algorithm.
result High-quality solutions and meaningful bounds for SLR problems.

Novel tensor perturbation bounds for orthogonal iteration methods.

problem Developing robust bounds for tensor reconstruction and subspace estimation.
method Blockwise tensor perturbation bounds for high-order orthogonal iteration (HOOI).
result Upper bounds for singular subspace estimation converge linearly and tensor reconstruction error bound is characterized by a simple quantity.

LORENZA improves LLM fine-tuning efficiency and generalization.

problem Improving robustness and generalization of LLMs under hardware constraints.
method AdaZo-SAM and LORENZA, combining Adam and SAM with zeroth-order estimation and randomized SVD.
result LORENZA achieves better generalization and reduced memory consumption compared to existing methods.

The Gumbel trick is a method to sample from a discrete probability distribution, or to estimate its normalizing partition function. The method relies on repeatedly applying a random perturbation to the distribution in a particular way, each time solving for the most likely configuration. We derive an entire family of r…

2017-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

CSD learns a common component for domain generalization, outperforming existing methods.

problem Training models to generalize across unseen domains.
method CSD decomposes the model into a common and specific component, discarding the latter.
result CSD outperforms state-of-the-art domain generalization methods.

New bounds for transfer learning in linear models, improving generalization.

problem Understanding when auxiliary data helps in improving generalization in linear models.
method Derivation of exact error bounds and optimal task weights for linear regression and linear neural networks.
result First non-vacuous sufficient conditions for beneficial auxiliary learning in linear neural networks.

Consider the problem of estimating a low-rank matrix when its entries are perturbed by Gaussian noise. If the empirical distribution of the entries of the spikes is known, optimal estimators that exploit this knowledge can substantially outperform simple spectral approaches. Recent work characterizes the asymptotic acc…

2017-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Active learning method for neural population dynamics using optogenetics.

problem Efficiently selecting neurons to stimulate for identifying neural population dynamics.
method Developed active learning procedure for low-rank regression to determine informative photostimulation patterns.
result Demonstrated a two-fold reduction in data required for predictive power using low-rank linear dynamical systems model.

TensorShield defends images from adversarial attacks using tensor decomposition.

problem Adversarial attacks on images can fool deep neural networks.
method Tensor decomposition to find low-rank approximations of images, reducing high-frequency perturbations.
result TensorShield outperforms existing methods like SLQ by 14% against FGSM attacks.

We consider the matrix completion problem of recovering a structured matrix from noisy and partial measurements. Recent works have proposed tractable estimators with strong statistical guarantees for the case where the underlying matrix is low--rank, and the measurements consist of a subset, either of the exact individ…

2015-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on deep matrix factorization with Bures-Wasserstein loss, focusing on critical points and convergence.

problem Analyzing critical points and convergence of generative deep linear networks trained with Bures-Wasserstein loss.
method Characterization of critical points and minimizers of Bures-Wasserstein distance, analysis of Hessian at low-rank matrices, convergence results for gradient flow and descent.
result Established convergence results for gradient flow and finite step size gradient descent under certain assumptions.

The paper analyzes conditions for solving low-rank matrix recovery problems with noisy measurements.

problem Low-rank matrix recovery with corrupted measurements.
method Analysis of the restricted isometry property (RIP) and local search methods.
result Sharp bounds on the maximum distance between local minimizers and the ground truth.

Paper analyzes singular subspace estimation in noisy matrix models.

problem Estimating low-rank signals in noisy matrix data.
method Asymptotic distributional theory, extreme value theory, saddle point approximation, random matrix theory.
result Plug-in test statistic based on two-to-infinity norm has higher power for detecting structured alternatives.

This paper studies least-square regression penalized with partly smooth convex regularizers. This class of functions is very large and versatile allowing to promote solutions conforming to some notion of low-complexity. Indeed, they force solutions of variational problems to belong to a low-dimensional manifold (the so…

2014-05-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper relaxes factor analysis for noisy data, improving robustness.

problem Challenges in finding robust low dimensional approximations for data with heteroskedastic noise.
method Introduces a relaxed version of Minimum Trace Factor Analysis (MTFA) as a convex optimization method.
result Effective at not overfitting to heteroskedastic perturbations and addressing common issues in factor analysis.

Pro-GNN defends graph neural networks from adversarial attacks by learning graph structure.

problem Vulnerability of GNNs to adversarial attacks on real-world graphs.
method Pro-GNN learns a structural graph and a robust GNN model jointly from perturbed graphs guided by intrinsic graph properties.
result Pro-GNN achieves significantly better performance than state-of-the-art defense methods, even on heavily perturbed graphs.

New method closes certification gap for adversarially trained models.

problem Certifying robustness of adversarially trained neural networks.
method Nonconvex low-rank SDP relaxation with polynomial-time optimization.
result Strong certifications comparable to SDP methods, but with fewer variables.

We introduce a flexible framework for making inferences about general linear forms of a large matrix based on noisy observations of a subset of its entries. In particular, under mild regularity conditions, we develop a universal procedure to construct asymptotically normal estimators of its linear forms through double-…

2019-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Low-rank modeling generally refers to a class of methods that solve problems by representing variables of interest as low-rank matrices. It has achieved great success in various fields including computer vision, data mining, signal processing and bioinformatics. Recently, much progress has been made in theories, algori…

2014-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

SGD with mini-batches can solve convex low-rank matrix problems efficiently.

problem Solving large-scale convex low-rank matrix problems efficiently.
method Stochastic Gradient Descent with mini-batches and low-rank projections.
result SGD with mini-batches produces low-rank iterates with high probability.