New tools in nonlinear random matrices improve understanding of the Sum of Squares hierarchy.
problem Improving the Sum of Squares (SoS) hierarchy's performance on average-case problems.
method Developed new tools in nonlinear random matrices and applied them to analyze the SoS hierarchy.
result Subexponential-time SoS lower bounds for various problems, offering evidence for the low-degree likelihood ratio hypothesis.
Spectral algorithms solve optimal community detection and related problems.
problem Optimal detection of community structures and related substructures.
method Spectral algorithms applied to various planted substructures.
result Spectral algorithms achieve optimal performance for a wide range of planted substructures.
Polynomial-time test for detecting dense subgraphs in heterogeneous networks.
problem Detecting a planted community in heterogeneous networks.
method Proposes a polynomial-time test with a standard normal distribution null limiting distribution.
result The test is efficient and performs well in both simulations and real data.
This paper develops several average-case reduction techniques to show new hardness results for three central high-dimensional statistics problems, implying a statistical-computational gap induced by robustness, a detection-recovery gap and a universality principle for these gaps. A main feature of our approach is to ma…
New bootstraps improve speed and accuracy for graph count functionals.
problem Efficiently counting subgraphs in large graphs.
method Developed two types of multiplier bootstraps: a fast, approximate linear one and a quadratic one for denser graphs.
result Both bootstraps provide valid inference and higher-order accuracy under different graph sparsity conditions.
New insights link diverse statistical problems via secret leakage planted clique.
problem Statistical-computational gaps in inference problems.
method Secret leakage planted clique as a new hardness assumption for reductions.
result Establishes tight statistical-computational tradeoffs for various problems.
We formalize the problem of detecting a community in a network into testing whether in a given (random) graph there is a subgraph that is unusually dense. We observe an undirected and unweighted graph on N nodes. Under the null hypothesis, the graph is a realization of an Erdös-Rényi graph with probability p0. Under th…
We consider two closely related problems: planted clustering and submatrix localization. The planted clustering problem assumes that a random graph is generated based on some underlying clusters of the nodes; the task is to recover these clusters given the graph. The submatrix localization problem concerns locating hid…
Paper explores limits of high-order clustering with planted structures.
problem Statistical and computational limits of high-order clustering with planted structures.
method Developed methods for detection and recovery of clusters, identified signal-to-noise ratio boundaries.
result Sharp boundaries of signal-to-noise ratio for statistical and computational feasibility.
Detects dense subhypergraphs in random hypergraphs using low-degree polynomials.
problem Detecting a planted dense subhypergraph in a random hypergraph model.
method Degree-n^o(1) polynomials of adjacency tensor entries.
result Thresholds for detection in different density regimes.
This paper studies the problem of detecting the presence of a small dense community planted in a large Erdős-Rényi random graph G(N,q), where the edge probability within the community exceeds q by a constant factor. Assuming the hardness of the planted clique detection problem, we show that the computatio…
Spectral sparsification improves Gaussian graphical models under MTP2 constraints.
problem Learning accurate, sparse graphs from data under MTP2 constraints.
method Spectral graph sparsification applied to Gaussian graphical models.
result Spectral-MTP2 preserves MTP2 and approximates the original model well.
New findings on computational limits for estimating hidden structures.
problem Estimating hidden structures in noisy data.
method Use of low-degree polynomials as a restricted model of computation.
result Established low-degree hardness of recovery problems for easy detection problems.
Spheres in curve graphs are connected, proving Gromov boundary linearity.
problem Understanding connectivity in curve graphs and their boundaries.
method Defining spheres and analyzing their connectivity for different complexities.
result Spheres in high complexity curve graphs are always connected, with weaker results for low complexity.
The binary symmetric stochastic block model deals with a random graph of n vertices partitioned into two equal-sized clusters, such that each pair of vertices is connected independently with probability p within clusters and q across clusters. In the asymptotic regime of p=alogn/n and q=blogn/n for fixe…
We inject undetectable backdoors into obfuscated neural networks and language models.
problem Safeguarding models from sophisticated adversarial attacks.
method Developed a strategy to plant undetectable backdoors in obfuscated neural networks and language models.
result Undetectable backdoors can be planted in obfuscated models, even if weights and architecture are accessible.
SubGNN tackles subgraph prediction challenges in graphs.
problem Subgraphs in graphs are challenging to predict due to their internal topology and external connectivity.
method SubGNN introduces a novel subgraph routing mechanism to learn disentangled subgraph representations.
result SubGNN achieves considerable performance gains on subgraph classification tasks, outperforming strong baseline methods.
Given a graph embedded in an orientable surface, a process consisting of random excitations and random node and face balancing is constructed and analyzed. It is shown that given a priori bounds g' on the genus and n' on the number of nodes, one can determine the genus of the surface from local observations of the proc…
The paper introduces subgraph nomination for finding similar subgraphs in networks.
problem Finding similar subgraphs in networks using example subgraphs.
method Formalizes subgraph nomination framework with user-supervised retrieval.
result User-supervised retrieval improves performance in subgraph nomination.
NeuroMatch efficiently matches subgraphs in large graphs using neural networks.
problem Determining the presence and location of a query graph in a large target graph.
method NeuroMatch decomposes graphs into subgraphs, embeds them using graph neural networks, and matches them directly in the embedding space.
result NeuroMatch is 100x faster and 18% more accurate than existing methods.
Exact partitioning of high-order planted models achieved through convex optimization.
problem Efficiently partitioning hypergraphs generated by high-order planted models.
method Solving a computationally efficient convex optimization problem with a tensor nuclear norm constraint.
result Exact recovery of true underlying cluster structures with high probability.
The paper uses VGG-19 for plant species classification from leaf images.
problem Manual inspection of plant species by botanists is time-consuming.
method Transfer learning with VGG-19 for feature extraction and classification.
result The model achieves 99.70% accuracy in predicting plant species.
Unified framework for subgraph-enhanced GNNs, improving prediction accuracy and reducing computation time.
problem Limited understanding of subgraph-enhanced GNNs and their relation to the Weisfeiler-Leman hierarchy.
method Theoretical framework, theoretical expressivity results, and data-driven subgraph sampling methods.
result Data-driven subgraph-enhanced GNNs outperform non-data-driven methods in predictive performance.
Study area-minimizing subgraphs in integer lattices.
problem Finding the most efficient subgraphs in integer lattices.
method Formulated functions of bounded variations, classified subgraphs in 2D, proved properties in higher dimensions.
result Classified area-minimizing subgraphs in 2D integer lattice up to isomorphisms.
We propose graph kernels based on subgraph matchings, i.e. structure-preserving bijections between subgraphs. While recently proposed kernels based on common subgraphs (Wale et al., 2008; Shervashidze et al., 2009) in general can not be applied to attributed graphs, our approach allows to rate mappings of subgraphs by …
GNNS uses graph neural networks to efficiently estimate subgraph frequency distributions.
problem Efficiently calculating subgraph frequency distributions in large networks.
method Graph Neural Networks (GNNS) for sampling and estimating subgraph frequencies.
result GNNS achieves comparable accuracy with a significant speedup of three orders of magnitude.
Tackles the computational hardness of HPC detection, conjecturing equivalence to PC detection.
problem Computational hardness of hypergraphic planted clique detection.
method No specific method mentioned; focuses on conjecturing equivalence.
result Equivalence of computational hardness between HPC and PC detection.
Proposes GIB for recognizing informative subgraphs in graphs.
problem Recognizing a subgraph that is maximally informative yet compressive.
method Graph Information Bottleneck (GIB) framework, mutual information estimator, bi-level optimization, connectivity loss.
result IB-subgraph improves graph classification, interpretation, and denoising.
Plants monitor their surrounding environment and control their physiological functions by producing an electrical response. We recorded electrical signals from different plants by exposing them to Sodium Chloride (NaCl), Ozone (O3) and Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) under laboratory conditions. After applying pre-processing tec…
We consider the densest k-subgraph problem, which seeks to identify the k-node subgraph of a given input graph with maximum number of edges. This problem is well-known to be NP-hard, by reduction to the maximum clique problem. We propose a new convex relaxation for the densest k-subgraph problem, based on a nucle…
RevTrack identifies suspicious subgraphs on blockchain for AML.
problem Detecting money laundering in cryptocurrency transactions.
method Graph-based machine learning, tracking initial senders and final receivers.
result RevClassify outperforms state-of-the-art subgraph classification techniques in cost and accuracy.
Faster algorithm for generalized mean densest subgraph problem.
problem Finding subgraphs with highest average p-th-power degree. method GENPEEL++ algorithm, which yields (2(p+1))1/p-approximation for p∈[1,+∞) with time complexity O(m(logn)). result GENPEEL++ algorithm provides faster and more efficient solution for generalized mean densest subgraph problem.
Let Γ be a finite graph and let Γe be its extension graph. We inductively define a sequence {Γi} of finite induced subgraphs of Γe through successive applications of an operation called "doubling along a star". Then we show that every finite induced subgraph of Γe is iso…
New method explains computational barriers in high-dimensional statistical models.
problem Understanding detection-recovery gaps in high-dimensional inference.
method Combining algorithmic contiguity and cross-validation reduction to obtain conditional computational lower bounds.
result Mild control of low-degree advantage is sufficient to explain computational barriers for recovery.
Classification and regression in which the inputs are graphs of arbitrary size and shape have been paid attention in various fields such as computational chemistry and bioinformatics. Subgraph indicators are often used as the most fundamental features, but the number of possible subgraph patterns are intractably large …
Mining discriminative subgraph patterns from graph data has attracted great interest in recent years. It has a wide variety of applications in disease diagnosis, neuroimaging, etc. Most research on subgraph mining focuses on the graph representation alone. However, in many real-world applications, the side information …
Estimates eigenvalues of poly-Laplace operator on lattice subgraphs.
problem Estimating eigenvalues of poly-Laplace operator on subgraphs of lattice graphs.
method Introduced discrete poly-Laplace operator, derived upper and lower bounds for eigenvalues.
result Poly-Laplace eigenvalues are at least squares of lower-order poly-Laplace eigenvalues.
Efficiently matches subgraphs in noisy data without node labels.
problem Subgraph isomorphism in noisy, real-valued graphs.
method Two-step approach: extract topology, then expand matches.
result Realistically sub-linear computational efficiency, robustness to noise.
ESAN improves graph neural networks by processing subgraphs.
problem Limitations of MPNNs in graph isomorphism.
method ESAN represents graphs as sets of subgraphs and processes them with equivariant architectures.
result ESAN increases the expressive power of GNNs and more expressive architectures.
Mining discriminative features for graph data has attracted much attention in recent years due to its important role in constructing graph classifiers, generating graph indices, etc. Most measurement of interestingness of discriminative subgraph features are defined on certain graphs, where the structure of graph objec…
Study connects database alignment and planted matching using Gaussian features.
problem Identify matching between correlated user features in anonymized databases.
method Derived results for database alignment and planted matching, showing connections and thresholds.
result Performance thresholds for database alignment converge to planted matching when feature dimensionality is sufficiently high.
In this paper, we study a new graph learning problem: learning to count subgraph isomorphisms. Different from other traditional graph learning problems such as node classification and link prediction, subgraph isomorphism counting is NP-complete and requires more global inference to oversee the whole graph. To make it …
We present a supervised-learning algorithm from graph data (a set of graphs) for arbitrary twice-differentiable loss functions and sparse linear models over all possible subgraph features. To date, it has been shown that under all possible subgraph features, several types of sparse learning, such as Adaboost, LPBoost, …
Chemical plants are complex and dynamical systems consisting of many components for manipulation and sensing, whose state transitions depend on various factors such as time, disturbance, and operation procedures. For the purpose of supporting human operators of chemical plants, we are developing an AI system that can s…
Hydropower plants are one of the most convenient option for power generation, as they generate energy exploiting a renewable source, they have relatively low operating and maintenance costs, and they may be used to provide ancillary services, exploiting the large reservoirs of available water. The recent advances in In…
Upper bounds for Steklov eigenvalues in subgraphs of polynomial growth Cayley graphs.
problem Finding upper bounds for Steklov eigenvalues in subgraphs of polynomial growth Cayley graphs.
method Discretizing a bounded domain and using comparison theorems.
result The $k^{\mbox{th}}$ eigenvalue tends to 0 proportionally to 1/∣B∣d−11. GMT improves interpretability of XGNNs by approximating SubMT.
problem Limited understanding of existing interpretable subgraph learning methods.
method Formulated subgraph multilinear extension (SubMT) and designed GMT architecture.
result GMT outperforms state-of-the-art in both interpretability and generalizability.
Introduces a new manifold from a graph subgraph.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Defined geometrically from a combinatorial subgraph of the Hoffman-Singleton graph.
result Geometric properties of the new manifold presented.