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48 results for Optimal embeddings

This paper tackles efficient optimization for nonlinear embeddings in similarity learning.

problem Learning similarity with nonlinear embeddings is challenging due to the large number of pairs.
method Detailed derivations and efficient optimization methods for nonlinear embeddings are developed.
result Efficient optimization methods for nonlinear embeddings are shown to be highly effective.

EGORSE optimizes high-dimensional problems using random and supervised embeddings.

problem Efficiently solving computationally expensive high-dimensional optimization problems.
method EGORSE combines random and supervised linear embeddings for adaptive optimization.
result EGORSE outperforms state-of-the-art methods in high-dimensional optimization.

SA-REMBO adapts to nonstationary high-dimensional optimization.

problem Bayesian Optimization in high-dimensional spaces is limited by the curse of dimensionality and rigidity of global assumptions.
method SA-REMBO uses multiple random Gaussian embeddings and an index variable to adaptively select the best embedding for the optimization problem.
result SA-REMBO outperforms traditional REMBO and other low-rank BO methods across synthetic and real-world benchmarks.

Sparse OSEs achieve optimal embedding dimension of O(d).

problem Achieving optimal embedding dimension for sparse OSEs.
method Random sparsified matrix with m(1+θ)dm \geq (1+θ)d non-zeros per column.
result Sparse OSEs can achieve embedding dimension m=O(d)m=O(d), improving on previous m=O(dlog(d))m=O(d\log(d)).

Optimal subspace embedding with near-optimal sparsity for high-dimensional data.

problem Efficiently preserving norms of vectors in high-dimensional subspaces.
method Near-optimal sparsity oblivious subspace embedding with decoupling argument and cumulant method.
result Achieved near-optimal sparsity of O~(1/ε)\tilde O(1/ε) non-zeros per column.

Motivated by the model- independent pricing of derivatives calibrated to the real market, we consider an optimization problem similar to the optimal Skorokhod embedding problem, where the embedded Brownian motion needs only to reproduce a finite number of prices of Vanilla options. We derive in this paper the correspon…

2017-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This note optimizes distributions using kernel mean embeddings with a new parameterization.

problem Optimizing distributions using kernel mean embeddings is challenging due to the difficulty of characterizing probability distribution vectors.
method Proposes a new parameterization of positive functions using kernel sums-of-squares to fit distributions in the MMD geometry.
result Distributions with kernel sum-of-squares densities are dense in the MMD geometry, allowing optimization in the finite-sample setting.

PyKEEN 1.0 simplifies KGE model creation and optimization.

problem Training and evaluating knowledge graph embeddings (KGEs).
method Composes KGEMs with various interaction models, training approaches, and loss functions. Implements automatic memory optimization and extensive HPO functionalities.
result PyKEEN 1.0 streamlines KGE model creation and optimization.

This work improves understanding of dimension reduction algorithms and their probabilistic embeddings.

problem Improving theoretical understanding of non-linear dimension reduction algorithms.
method Analytical investigation of a generalized multidimensional scaling optimization problem.
result Probabilistic formulation of the problem leads to deterministic embeddings, contrary to standard implementations.

Just as semantic hashing can accelerate information retrieval, binary valued embeddings can significantly reduce latency in the retrieval of graphical data. We introduce a simple but effective model for learning such binary vectors for nodes in a graph. By imagining the embeddings as independent coin flips of varying b…

2018-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New insights show embedding lengths correlate with semantic properties.

problem Contrastive embedding norms ignore embedding magnitudes but correlate with semantic properties.
method Formal theoretical framework and analysis of optimization dynamics.
result Embedding lengths encode semantic information as a byproduct of training.

This work optimizes induced correlation in joint graph embeddings.

problem Optimizing correlation across embedded networks in joint graph embeddings.
method Developed corr2Omni algorithm to estimate optimal Omnibus weights.
result corr2Omni algorithm improves inference fidelity compared to classical Omnibus construction.

Paper proposes a matrix optimization model for reliable Euclidean embedding from noisy data.

problem Challenges in Euclidean embedding from noisy observations containing outliers.
method Matrix optimization based embedding model to detect and remove outliers.
result The model provides high accuracy estimators and successfully identifies outliers.

We study the problem of stopping a Brownian motion at a given distribution νν while optimizing a reward function that depends on the (possibly randomized) stopping time and the Brownian motion. Our first result establishes that the set T(ν)\mathcal{T}(ν) of stopping times embedding νν is weakly dense in the set $\mathc…

2019-03-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimal Transport Graph Neural Networks (OT-GNN) improves graph embeddings by using optimal transport.

problem Graph Neural Networks (GNN) often lose structural or semantic information when aggregating node embeddings.
method Combines optimal transport (OT) with parametric graph models to compute graph embeddings from Wasserstein distances between node embeddings and prototype point clouds.
result OT-GNN outperforms popular methods on molecular property prediction tasks and produces smoother graph representations.

Unsupervised text embedding has shown great power in a wide range of NLP tasks. While text embeddings are typically learned in the Euclidean space, directional similarity is often more effective in tasks such as word similarity and document clustering, which creates a gap between the training stage and usage stage of t…

2019-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Randomized Geometric Algebra for Convex Neural Networks Optimizes Transfer Learning.

problem Training neural networks to global optimality via convex optimization.
method Randomized algorithms in Clifford's Geometric Algebra for hypercomplex vector spaces.
result Convex optimization and geometric algebra improve LLMs' robustness and reliability in transfer learning.

In this paper, we provide a theoretical understanding of word embedding and its dimensionality. Motivated by the unitary-invariance of word embedding, we propose the Pairwise Inner Product (PIP) loss, a novel metric on the dissimilarity between word embeddings. Using techniques from matrix perturbation theory, we revea…

2018-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves topic modeling by embedding words and topics together.

problem Topic models struggle with short documents and approximate inference.
method Model each document as a mixture of word embeddings and each topic as a mixture of topic embeddings.
result The method optimizes topic embeddings to minimize semantic differences between words and topics.

Recommendation problems with large numbers of discrete items, such as products, webpages, or videos, are ubiquitous in the technology industry. Deep neural networks are being increasingly used for these recommendation problems. These models use embeddings to represent discrete items as continuous vectors, and the vocab…

2019-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The Skorokhod embedding problem aims to represent a given probability measure on the real line as the distribution of Brownian motion stopped at a chosen stopping time. In this paper, we consider an extension of the optimal Skorokhod embedding problem to the case of finitely-many marginal constraints. Using the classic…

2015-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes Gromov-Wasserstein methods for multi-view embedding.

problem Integrating multiple representations of the same samples in heterogeneous geometries.
method Gromov-Wasserstein optimal transport for multi-view embedding.
result Preserves intrinsic relational structure across views effectively.

Bayesian optimization for high-dimensional combinatorial spaces using embeddings.

problem Optimizing expensive functions over large, complex input spaces.
method Dictionary-based ordinal embeddings for high-dimensional combinatorial structures, using Gaussian process models.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art BO methods on diverse real-world benchmarks.

For a polarized Kähler manifold (X,L)(X, L), we show the equivalence between relative balanced embeddings introduced by Mabuchi and σσ-balanced embeddings introduced by Sano, answering a question of Hashimoto. We give a GIT characterization of the existence of a σσ-balanced embedding, and relate the optimal weight σσ t…

2017-10-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove optimal bounds for the convergence rate of ordinal embedding (also known as non-metric multidimensional scaling) in the 1-dimensional case. The examples witnessing optimality of our bounds arise from a result in additive number theory on sets of integers with no three-term arithmetic progressions. We also carr…

2019-04-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Study optimizes learning rates for conditional mean embedding estimates.

problem Consistency of kernel ridge regression for conditional mean embedding.
method Adaptive statistical learning rate derived for misspecified setting.
result Upper bound matches optimal O(logn/n)O(\log n / n) rates without assuming finite dimensionality.

We develop a family of techniques to align word embeddings which are derived from different source datasets or created using different mechanisms (e.g., GloVe or word2vec). Our methods are simple and have a closed form to optimally rotate, translate, and scale to minimize root mean squared errors or maximize the averag…

2018-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

LPL optimizes embeddings to align local neighborhoods, improving cross-lingual word alignment.

problem Aligning embeddings across different datasets and languages.
method Locality Preserving Loss (LPL) optimizes model to project embeddings while maintaining local neighborhoods and aligning them.
result LPL-based alignment leads to better and consistent accuracy, especially in small training set settings.

AMES framework selects optimal embedding space for latent graph inference.

problem No principled method for choosing the best embedding space for latent graph inference.
method Differentiable AMES framework using backpropagation to select optimal embedding space.
result Consistently achieves comparable or superior results across multiple datasets.

SILBO optimizes high-dimensional Bayesian optimization using semi-supervised embedding learning.

problem Bayesian optimization struggles with high-dimensional search spaces.
method SILBO uses semi-supervised dimension reduction to find a low-dimensional space for iterative optimization.
result SILBO outperforms existing methods on high-dimensional Bayesian optimization tasks.

Embedding principle explains loss landscape of deep neural networks.

problem Understanding the structure of loss landscapes in deep neural networks.
method Proposed an embedding principle that critical points of narrower DNNs can be embedded to critical points of wider DNNs.
result Wide DNNs are often attracted by highly-degenerate critical points embedded from narrower DNNs.

A new method speeds up SoftMax normalization for embedding learning.

problem Efficiently learning distributed representations with SoftMax normalization.
method Proposes a linear-time heuristic approximation for mSoftMax(XYT){ m SoftMax}(XY^T), optimizing cross entropy.
result Achieves higher or comparable accuracy to existing methods with lower computational time.

The objective in statistical Optimal Transport (OT) is to consistently estimate the optimal transport plan/map solely using samples from the given source and target marginal distributions. This work takes the novel approach of posing statistical OT as that of learning the transport plan's kernel mean embedding from sam…

2020-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New method learns state embeddings from demonstrations for improved reinforcement learning.

problem Difficult relationship between observed state and useful policy actions in dynamic problems.
method Variational framework for learning state embeddings that optimize trajectory linearity.
result Learning embedding spaces improves policy gradient reinforcement learning performance.

A new method for hierarchical clustering using continuous embeddings and optimization.

problem Hierarchical clustering with provable quality guarantees.
method Continuous relaxation of discrete optimization problem using hyperbolic embeddings and decoding.
result Continuous relaxation yields a discrete tree with (1 + epsilon)-factor approximation for optimal tree.

Optimizes optimal transport distances using low-dimensional embeddings.

problem High computational cost of optimal transport distances in high dimensions.
method Approximate OT distances using 1-Lipschitz maps in a lower-dimensional space.
result Efficiently approximates optimal transport distances with lower computational cost.