We solve a key problem in cross-lingual learning using a novel approach.
problem Aligning word embeddings across different languages.
method We devise a direct solution to the Wasserstein-Procrustes problem.
result Our method improves existing UCL approaches significantly.
A new method for computing shape barycenters from point clouds using Procrustes-Wasserstein distance.
problem Computing representative shapes from point clouds with precise alignment and shape preservation.
method Developed a new distance metric (Procrustes-Wasserstein) and algorithms for computing barycenters.
result Superior performance in precise alignment and shape preservation compared to existing OT approaches.
New method visualizes brain activity changes over time.
problem Understanding representational dynamics in neural responses.
method Procrustes-aligned Multidimensional Scaling (pMDS) on RDM movies.
result Multidimensional scaling alignment captures representational dynamics.
A new method for aligning datasets without known correspondences.
problem Aligning datasets from different domains without labeled correspondences.
method Integrates MDS and Wasserstein Procrustes for joint optimization of embeddings and correspondences.
result Maps datasets to a common low-dimensional space without labeled correspondences.
Study matches two noisy point clouds with geometric transformations and relabeling.
problem Matching two noisy point clouds with orthogonal transformations and relabeling.
method Information-theoretic results and Ping-Pong algorithm for computational alignment.
result The Ping-Pong algorithm retrieves the planted signal after one step.
Mapping and translating professional but arcane clinical jargons to consumer language is essential to improve the patient-clinician communication. Researchers have used the existing biomedical ontologies and consumer health vocabulary dictionary to translate between the languages. However, such approaches are limited b…
New measures link neural representation geometry to decoding ability.
problem Understanding how neural representations relate to decoding ability.
method Showed that popular similarity measures can be interpreted from a decoding perspective.
result Proved that measures like CKA and CCA quantify alignment between optimal linear readouts.
Proposes a method to align language and image data.
problem Aligning language and image data for better understanding.
method Uses triplet loss to learn consistent embeddings of language and images.
result Outperforms four baselines across multiple metrics.
Deep model predicts shapes of curves with multiple covariates.
problem Predicting shapes of planar curves with various covariates.
method Deep learning model using complex-valued functions, conditional covariance smoother with modality-specific encoders.
result Model accurately predicts shapes of curves with multimodal covariates.
The Procrustes distance is used to quantify the similarity or dissimilarity of (3-dimensional) shapes, and extensively used in biological morphometrics. Typically each (normalized) shape is represented by N landmark points, chosen to be homologous (i.e. corresponding to each other), as far as possible, and the Procrust…
Algorithm recovers permutations of high-dimensional Gaussian vectors with constant correlation.
problem Recovering permutations of high-dimensional Gaussian vectors with constant correlation.
method Computing and comparing weighted counts of specially chosen wide trees.
result Polynomial-time algorithm for exact recovery at constant correlation.
We consider the task of aligning two sets of points in high dimension, which has many applications in natural language processing and computer vision. As an example, it was recently shown that it is possible to infer a bilingual lexicon, without supervised data, by aligning word embeddings trained on monolingual data. …
Proposes BONMI for integrating noisy matrices from multi-source data.
problem Integrating noisy matrices from multi-source data with block-wise missingness.
method Exploits orthogonal Procrustes problem to align eigenspaces and completes missing blocks.
result Statistical rate for eigenspace of underlying matrix comparable to independently missing assumption.
Method preserves correlations in synthetic data.
problem Preserving dependence structure of original data.
method Orthogonal Procrustes problem for restoring Pearson correlation.
result Restores Pearson correlation structure while preserving feature distributions and downstream tasks performance.
We present the Procrustes measure, a novel measure based on Procrustes rotation that enables quantitative comparison of the output of manifold-based embedding algorithms (such as LLE (Roweis and Saul, 2000) and Isomap (Tenenbaum et al, 2000)). The measure also serves as a natural tool when choosing dimension-reduction …
Study finds whitepaper narratives do not predict market factor structure.
problem Predicting market behavior from cryptocurrency whitepaper claims.
method Zero-shot NLP classification combined with CP tensor decomposition of market data.
result Weak alignment between whitepaper claims and market statistics and latent factors.
Study finds no significant alignment between whitepaper claims and market structure.
problem Correlation between cryptocurrency whitepaper narratives and market behavior.
method Developed a contamination-aware pipeline for measuring structural correspondence, combining NLP classification and market statistics.
result No significant claims-market alignment detected in the sample.
Geometric stability predicts steerability and detects drift in language models.
problem Predicting steerability and detecting drift in language models.
method Supervised and unsupervised geometric stability measures.
result Supervised geometric stability predicts steerability with high accuracy and detects drift earlier.
Multivariate Analysis (MVA) comprises a family of well-known methods for feature extraction that exploit correlations among input variables of the data representation. One important property that is enjoyed by most such methods is uncorrelation among the extracted features. Recently, regularized versions of MVA methods…
Extends metrics for SPD matrices to infinite dimensions.
problem Lack of generalized forms for Riemannian metrics.
method Unitized Hilbert-Schmidt operators and extended Mahalanobis norm.
result Improved performance in high-dimensional comparisons.
Paper proposes a KGE framework that reduces training time and carbon footprint.
problem Efficient KGE learning with reduced computational cost and environmental impact.
method Full batch learning, Orthogonal Procrustes Analysis, non-negative-sampling training.
result Significant reduction in training time and carbon footprint compared to state-of-the-art approaches.
New algorithm for robust circular coordinates in recurrent time series data.
problem Inefficient and sensitive methods for finding circular coordinates on recurrent data.
method Subsampling, aligning, and averaging to correct uneven sampling density.
result More robust and efficient circular coordinates for neuronal recordings.
One of the common tasks in unsupervised learning is dimensionality reduction, where the goal is to find meaningful low-dimensional structures hidden in high-dimensional data. Sometimes referred to as manifold learning, this problem is closely related to the problem of localization, which aims at embedding a weighted gr…
Solves a fundamental problem in statistics and imaging with new methods.
problem Generalized Orthogonal Procrustes Problem (GOPP)
method Semidefinite relaxation (SDR) and generalized power method (GPM)
result GPM converges linearly to the global minimizer under large signal-to-noise ratio.
FedPower improves eigenspace estimation privacy in federated learning.
problem Privacy breaches and communication challenges in federated eigenspace estimation.
method FedPower uses a power method with local power iterations and global aggregation, weighted by OPT, and adds Gaussian noise for privacy.
result FedPower provides convergence bounds and demonstrates effectiveness in experiments.
A new algorithm reduces communication in distributed SVD by p factors.
problem Efficiently compute SVD in distributed systems.
method LocalPower algorithm with weighted aggregation and periodic decay of iterations.
result Reduces communication cost by a factor of p. Geometric stability measures neural network robustness, distinguishing from similarity metrics.
problem Lack of robustness in neural network representations.
method Introduces geometric stability, quantified by Shesha metric measuring self-consistency.
result Stability and similarity are uncorrelated, revealing distinct properties of neural network robustness.
LDLE embeds manifolds in lower dimensions with low distortion.
problem Embedding manifolds in lower dimensions with low distortion.
method Constructs local views using global eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian, registers them using Procrustes analysis, and tears manifolds apart for intrinsic dimension embedding.
result LDLE preserves distances up to a constant scale with low distortion.
Novel method detects changes in noisy dynamic networks.
problem Change detection in noisy dynamic networks with sparsity and degree heterogeneity.
method Adapted Procrustes analysis to embedded points for vertices in spectral embedding.
result CDP successfully detects various types of vertex-based changes.
The problem of estimating sparse eigenvectors of a symmetric matrix attracts a lot of attention in many applications, especially those with high dimensional data set. While classical eigenvectors can be obtained as the solution of a maximization problem, existing approaches formulate this problem by adding a penalty te…
We have observed an interesting, yet unexplained, phenomenon: Semidefinite programming (SDP) based relaxations of maximum likelihood estimators (MLE) tend to be tight in recovery problems with noisy data, even when MLE cannot exactly recover the ground truth. Several results establish tightness of SDP based relaxations…
Novel tRSA combines geometry and topology for brain and model analysis.
problem Traditional RSA overlooks topological information in neural representations.
method Topological RSA (tRSA) using nonlinear monotonic transforms.
result Robust model comparisons and novel insights into neural computation.
The paper introduces metrics for robust unsupervised learning of vehicle interactions.
problem Robust representation learning of temporal dynamic interactions in robotics.
method Geometric approach using Procrustes distance and optimal transport for comparing interaction distributions.
result Metrics for assessing stability and comparing interaction learning algorithms.
Modified Wasserstein metric for Gaussian distributions, invariant to isometries.
problem Distance measurement for latent Gaussian distributions invariant to isometries.
method Modified Benamou-Brenier approach leading to a Procrustes Wasserstein metric.
result For Gaussian distributions, the metric reduces to Euclidean distance between eigenvalues.
Robustly computes intrinsic coordinates on point clouds using resampling and averaging.
problem Computing intrinsic coordinates on noisy or outlier-prone point clouds.
method Subsample data, vary hyperparameters, cluster candidate embeddings, identify representative embeddings, and average them using Procrustes analysis.
result Robust to noise and outliers, validated on synthetic and real data.
We revisit the inductive matrix completion problem that aims to recover a rank-r matrix with ambient dimension d given n features as the side prior information. The goal is to make use of the known n features to reduce sample and computational complexities. We present and analyze a new gradient-based non-convex…
In this letter, we consider two sets of observations defined as subspace signals embedded in noise and we wish to analyze the distance between these two subspaces. The latter entails evaluating the angles between the subspaces, an issue reminiscent of the well-known Procrustes problem. A Bayesian approach is investigat…
This paper surveys scalable automated alignment methods for LLMs.
problem Scalability issues in traditional human-annotated alignment methods for LLMs.
method Categorizes and discusses various automated alignment methods.
result Emerging automated alignment methods are effective and scalable.
Inference-aware meta-alignment of LLMs reduces computational cost.
problem Aligning LLMs to diverse human preferences is challenging due to conflicting criteria.
method IAMA trains a base model to be aligned to multiple tasks via different inference-time alignment algorithms, using non-linear GRPO for optimization.
result IAMA enables effective alignment of LLMs to multiple criteria with limited computational budget.
Conformal Alignment ensures trustworthy outputs from foundation models.
problem Ensuring outputs from foundation models align with human values in high-stakes tasks.
method A framework that trains an alignment predictor using reference data to select trustworthy outputs.
result Conformal Alignment accurately identifies trustworthy outputs via lightweight training over moderate reference data.
Python package for SPD matrix distances, reproducible and extensible.
problem Computing distances between SPD matrices for various applications.
method Unified, extensible framework supporting multiple SPD metrics.
result Reproducible and accessible SPD matrix comparison tool.
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.
Extends reinforcement learning alignment to scalar rewards, improving math reasoning.
problem Designing reinforcement learning algorithms for general LLM alignment.
method Introduces f-GRPO and f-HAL, estimating f-divergences between reward-aligned and unaligned distributions.
result Improves math reasoning RLVR tasks and mitigates reward hacking.
The paper proposes a learning-theoretic perspective on representation alignment.
problem Understanding how AI models' representations become aligned as they scale.
method Reviewing and connecting different notions of alignment, focusing on stitching.
result Relating properties of stitching to kernel alignment of representations.
Paper proposes unsupervised knowledge graph alignment with adversarial learning.
problem Aligning knowledge graphs from different sources or languages without large amounts of aligned triplets.
method Adversarial learning framework to align entity and relation embeddings, with mutual information regularization.
result Framework effectively aligns knowledge graphs in unsupervised and weakly-supervised settings.
Survey of alignment techniques for large language models.
problem Ensuring large language models align with human values.
method Analysis of diverse alignment methods and training paradigms.
result Preference-based methods offer more flexibility for nuanced alignment.
The paper addresses rigid alignment of noisy patches, providing a polynomial time algorithm and convergence conditions.
problem Finding a rigid alignment of overlapping local views (patches) that minimizes alignment error in a noisy setting.
method Characterizes non-degeneracy based on kernel and positivity of a matrix, provides polynomial time algorithm for testing non-degeneracy, and uses Riemannian gradient descent for alignment.
result The algorithm converges locally linearly to a non-degenerate perfect alignment under certain conditions.
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.