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Investigates the impact of batch size on GPU and TPU performance.

problem Optimizing performance of GPUs and TPUs during training and inference phases.
method Investigated the impact of batch size on performance of GPUs and TPUs using standard MNIST and Fashion-MNIST datasets.
result Significant speedup was achieved even with low-scale usage of TPUv2 units, up to 10x for training and 2x for prediction.

We propose a data-driven framework for optimizing privacy-preserving data release mechanisms to attain the information-theoretically optimal tradeoff between minimizing distortion of useful data and concealing specific sensitive information. Our approach employs adversarially-trained neural networks to implement random…

2017-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Bidirectional VAE reduces parameters and improves image tasks.

problem Improving image reconstruction, classification, interpolation, and generation.
method Uses a single neural network for both encoding and decoding in both forward and backward directions.
result Bidirectional VAEs reduce parameters by almost 50% and slightly outperform unidirectional VAEs.

This study examines how hidden layers affect CNN performance on handwritten digit recognition.

problem Impact of hidden layers on CNN performance in handwritten digit recognition.
method Applied CNN with varying hidden layers on MNIST dataset, trained with stochastic gradient and backpropagation, tested with feedforward.
result Variations in accuracies for different hidden layers and epochs.

Neural networks have shown great potential in many applications like speech recognition, drug discovery, image classification, and object detection. Neural network models are inspired by biological neural networks, but they are optimized to perform machine learning tasks on digital computers. The proposed work explores…

2017-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

A model separates visual style from digit type on MNIST and facial features from shape on CelebA.

problem Learning compact, independent factors of data.
method Explicitly encoded in a generative model with two latent spaces: spatial transformations and intrinsic appearance.
result The model separates visual style from digit type on MNIST and facial features from shape on CelebA.

The paper shows how integrating categorical semantics can enhance unsupervised domain translation.

problem Improving unsupervised domain translation between perceptually different domains.
method Learning invariant categorical semantic features in an unsupervised manner and conditioning them on the style encoder.
result Conditioning the style encoder on learned categorical semantics improves translation and stylization.

Mobile agents classify images via reinforcement learning and consensus.

problem Image classification using multiple mobile agents.
method Proposed network architecture for local belief formation and feature extraction. Decentralized consensus protocol using reinforcement learning.
result Effectiveness of the proposed framework demonstrated on MNIST dataset.

In this paper, we propose a Tensor Train Neighborhood Preserving Embedding (TTNPE) to embed multi-dimensional tensor data into low dimensional tensor subspace. Novel approaches to solve the optimization problem in TTNPE are proposed. For this embedding, we evaluate novel trade-off gain among classification, computation…

2017-12-03abs ↗pdf ↗

DRNets combine deep learning and reasoning for complex tasks.

problem Solving complex tasks, especially in scientific discovery, with limited supervision.
method DRNets integrate logic and neural network optimization to encode structured latent spaces constrained by prior knowledge.
result DRNets outperform state-of-the-art models in scientific discovery tasks, recovering more precise crystal structures.

Paper tackles deep learning confounding factors, learns unseen factors.

problem Learning from data with unknown and potentially infinite confounding factors.
method Combines deep generative models with Bayesian non-parametric factor models (Indian Buffet Process).
result Model can learn from data with unknown and potentially infinite confounding factors.

Shallow networks with local learning rules can match deep learning performance.

problem Training deep neural networks is biologically implausible; the goal is to achieve similar performance with shallow networks.
method Investigated shallow networks with one hidden layer and a single readout layer, using various local learning rules for the hidden layer and supervised learning for the readout layer.
result Shallow networks can achieve test accuracy comparable to deep learning models, suggesting the use of different datasets for testing.

Generative Adversarial Nets [8] were recently introduced as a novel way to train generative models. In this work we introduce the conditional version of generative adversarial nets, which can be constructed by simply feeding the data, y, we wish to condition on to both the generator and discriminator. We show that this…

2014-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Motivated by a geometric problem, we introduce a new non-convex graph partitioning objective where the optimality criterion is given by the sum of the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the partition components. A relaxed formulation is identified and a novel rearrangement algorithm is proposed, which we show is strictly decreas…

2013-08-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a simple permutation equivariant layer for deep learning with set structure.This type of layer, obtained by parameter-sharing, has a simple implementation and linear-time complexity in the size of each set. We use deep permutation-invariant networks to perform point-could classification and MNIST-digit sum…

2016-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a method to interpret deep learning models by identifying key features.

problem Revealing the decision-making process of blackbox models from raw data to predictions.
method Adversarial attacks to localize discriminative features with statistical guarantees.
result Locally identified features are both biologically plausible and statistically significant.

This paper improves domain adaptation methods using graph embedding.

problem Alleviating distribution gaps between different data domains.
method Formulate domain adaptation as graph embedding, analyze loss functions, propose rectified evaluation protocol.
result Improved benchmarks on standard datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

Neural machine learning methods, such as deep neural networks (DNN), have achieved remarkable success in a number of complex data processing tasks. These methods have arguably had their strongest impact on tasks such as image and audio processing - data processing domains in which humans have long held clear advantages…

2016-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

New model enhances SPIM for solving low-rank combinatorial optimization and statistical learning problems.

problem Solving large-scale combinatorial optimization problems efficiently.
method Proposed a new computing model for SPIM that can handle low-rank interaction matrices.
result Demonstrated efficient learning, classification, and sampling of MNIST images using the model.

This paper defines a new learning architecture, Layered Self-Organizing Maps (LSOMs), that uses the SOM and supervised-SOM learning algorithms. The architecture is validated with the MNIST database of hand-written digit images. LSOMs are similar to convolutional neural nets (covnets) in the way they sample data, but di…

2018-03-23abs ↗pdf ↗

KL-LIME explains Bayesian models by projecting them locally to simpler models.

problem Explaining predictions of complex Bayesian models.
method Combines LIME with Bayesian projection methods.
result Demonstrates improved explanation of MNIST classifications.

The ability to learn tasks in a sequential fashion is crucial to the development of artificial intelligence. Neural networks are not, in general, capable of this and it has been widely thought that catastrophic forgetting is an inevitable feature of connectionist models. We show that it is possible to overcome this lim…

2016-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Approximate Message Passing (AMP) has been shown to be an excellent statistical approach to signal inference and compressed sensing problem. The AMP framework provides modularity in the choice of signal prior; here we propose a hierarchical form of the Gauss-Bernouilli prior which utilizes a Restricted Boltzmann Machin…

2015-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗