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48 results for Random Access Model

In this paper, we explore a general Aggregated Gradient Langevin Dynamics framework (AGLD) for the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling. We investigate the nonasymptotic convergence of AGLD with a unified analysis for different data accessing (e.g. random access, cyclic access and random reshuffle) and snapshot upd…

2019-10-21abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods protect privacy while providing accurate prediction sets.

problem Privacy-preserving conformal prediction for untrusted aggregators.
method Two LDP approaches: k-ary randomized response and binary search response.
result Finite-sample coverage guarantees and robust coverage under randomization.

Paper speeds up IoT device detection and data decoding.

problem Efficiently detect and decode massive IoT devices in grant-free random access.
method Develops multi-armed bandit approaches for more efficient detection via coordinate descent.
result Proposed bandit based algorithms achieve faster convergence rates with lower time complexity.

We investigate the computational complexity of several basic linear algebra primitives, including largest eigenvector computation and linear regression, in the computational model that allows access to the data via a matrix-vector product oracle. We show that for polynomial accuracy, Θ(d)Θ(d) calls to the oracle are nece…

2019-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We provide tight upper and lower bounds on the complexity of minimizing the average of mm convex functions using gradient and prox oracles of the component functions. We show a significant gap between the complexity of deterministic vs randomized optimization. For smooth functions, we show that accelerated gradient de…

2016-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Federated Learning tackles limited user participation with a new risk-aware approach.

problem Limited availability of users in federated learning environments.
method Random Access Model (RAM) and Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) to design a risk-aware federated learning algorithm.
result The proposed approach achieves significantly improved performance under various setups compared to standard federated learning.

Query access significantly speeds up learning Multi-Index Models under Gaussian distribution.

problem Agnostically learning Multi-Index Models (MIMs) under Gaussian distribution.
method Query access for MIMs with complexity O(k)poly(1/ε)  poly(d)O(k)^{\mathrm{poly}(1/ε)} \; \mathrm{poly}(d) under standard regularity assumptions.
result Query access gives significant runtime improvements over random examples for agnostically learning MIMs.

New approach uses random matrix theory to understand tensor estimation performance.

problem Understanding the performance of estimators for low-rank signals in noisy tensors.
method Developed a new approach using random matrix theory to study random tensors.
result Discovered a fixed-point equation that matches the performance of the maximum likelihood estimator.

Assume we are given a set of items from a general metric space, but we neither have access to the representation of the data nor to the distances between data points. Instead, suppose that we can actively choose a triplet of items (A,B,C) and ask an oracle whether item A is closer to item B or to item C. In this paper,…

2018-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum algorithms for multi-armed bandits are explored with limited reward access.

problem Exploring quantum speed-ups in multi-armed bandit problems with limited reward information.
method Introduced new bandit models and showed query complexity equivalence with classical algorithms.
result No quadratic speed-up is possible for multi-armed bandits with limited reward access.

Random forests is a common non-parametric regression technique which performs well for mixed-type data and irrelevant covariates, while being robust to monotonic variable transformations. Existing random forest implementations target regression or classification. We introduce the RFCDE package for fitting random forest…

2018-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we study a family of variance reduction methods with randomized batch size---at each step, the algorithm first randomly chooses the batch size and then selects a batch of samples to conduct a variance-reduced stochastic update. We give the linear convergence rate for this framework for composite functions…

2018-08-07abs ↗pdf ↗

A study on portfolio delegation with random default times, addressing complex uncertainties.

problem Optimal portfolio delegation with uncertain investment horizon due to random default.
method Developed a theoretical framework using BSDEs and control theory, and deep learning for high-dimensional problems.
result Solutions to integro-partial Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations for both scenarios of default time.

New insights and algorithms improve prediction models with time-series privileged information.

problem Efficient learning of nonlinear prediction models with limited data.
method Generalization of LuPI to nonlinear tasks, using random features and representation learning.
result Theoretical and empirical evidence supports the use of privileged time-series information for nonlinear prediction.

We present a new random sampling strategy for k-bandlimited signals defined on graphs, based on determinantal point processes (DPP). For small graphs, ie, in cases where the spectrum of the graph is accessible, we exhibit a DPP sampling scheme that enables perfect recovery of bandlimited signals. For large graphs, ie, …

2017-03-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods for private statistical inference under local differential privacy.

problem Private statistical inference for population means with bounded observations.
method Nonparametric, nonasymptotic statistical inference using a generalized randomized response mechanism.
result Private confidence intervals and sequences for population means under LDP constraints.

In this paper, we investigate cost-aware joint learning and optimization for multi-channel opportunistic spectrum access in a cognitive radio system. We investigate a discrete time model where the time axis is partitioned into frames. Each frame consists of a sensing phase, followed by a transmission phase. During the …

2018-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper evaluates LLMs on large graph property estimation tasks.

problem Limited context length of LLMs limits their evaluation on large graphs.
method Developed EstGraph dataset and introduced four tasks for LLMs to estimate large graph properties.
result LLMs perform better on graph property estimation tasks when provided with context-rich prompts based on random walks.

Random forests have become an important tool for improving accuracy in regression and classification problems since their inception by Leo Breiman in 2001. In this paper, we revisit a historically important random forest model originally proposed by Breiman in 2004 and later studied by Gérard Biau in 2012, where a feat…

2018-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

FibQuant improves KV-cache compression for long-context inference.

problem Memory traffic bottleneck in long-context inference due to KV cache growth.
method Introduces FibQuant, a universal vector quantizer that combines Beta-quantile radii, Fibonacci/Roberts-Kronecker directions, and Lloyd-Max refinement.
result FibQuant achieves high compression rates with minimal loss in attention cosine similarity.

New method shows supervised learning can mimic unsupervised learning effectively.

problem The fundamental difference between supervised and unsupervised learning.
method A two-stage procedure where unsupervised model selection is followed by adding outputs without changing parameters.
result Asymptotic out-of-sample risk bounds for various models trained without access to labels.

Coded Federated Learning speeds up training in edge computing networks.

problem Slow convergence in Federated Learning due to heterogeneity and stochastic fluctuations.
method Exploiting statistical properties of compute and communication delays, distributed kernel embedding, and random Fourier features.
result Significant performance gains for CodedFedL in distributed non-linear regression and classification problems.

Paper studies federated nonparametric testing with privacy constraints, achieving optimal rates and adaptive testing.

problem Federated nonparametric goodness-of-fit testing under distributed differential privacy constraints.
method Establishes matching lower and upper bounds on minimax separation rate, constructs adaptive testing procedure.
result Achieves optimal rates and demonstrates phase transition phenomena in federated testing.

New method attacks GNNs with limited node access, increasing misclassification rate.

problem Attacking GNNs with limited node access and limited attack nodes.
method Generalized gradient-based attacks using importance scores derived from random walks.
result Proposed greedy procedure significantly increases misclassification rate.

Generative model uses random weighted support points for interpretable data sampling.

problem Creating diverse and interpretable sample sets from large datasets efficiently.
method Random weighted support points from Dirichlet process and Bayesian bootstrap.
result High-quality and diverse outputs at lower computational cost.

Performing signal processing tasks on compressive measurements of data has received great attention in recent years. In this paper, we extend previous work on compressive dictionary learning by showing that more general random projections may be used, including sparse ones. More precisely, we examine compressive K-mean…

2015-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a method to generate adversarial perturbations for black-box attacks without accessing inner states.

problem Generating adversarial perturbations for black-box attacks without accessing inner states of a DNN.
method Matrix-free generation method that requires fewer query trials.
result The proposed method successfully deceives a DNN for semantic segmentation more effectively than random noise.

Develops a new deep learning framework for privacy-preserving text representations.

problem Privacy concerns in deep learning frameworks requiring data pooling to a trusted server.
method Three modules: embedding, randomization, and classifier. Novel LDP protocol reduces privacy impact on accuracy.
result Framework delivers comparable or better performance than non-private and existing LDP protocols.

A new method samples from a target density without initial samples using Monte Carlo estimation of the score.

problem Sampling from a target density without initial samples.
method Monte Carlo estimation of the score using oracle access to the log likelihood.
result Samples can be produced from the target density without needing initial samples.

Subspace clustering refers to the problem of clustering unlabeled high-dimensional data points into a union of low-dimensional linear subspaces, assumed unknown. In practice one may have access to dimensionality-reduced observations of the data only, resulting, e.g., from "undersampling" due to complexity and speed con…

2014-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New classifier robust to adversarial perturbations from high-accuracy models.

problem Adversarial attacks on high-accuracy machine learning models.
method Randomized smoothing framework with random partitions and doubling dimension.
result Constructs a robust classifier with high accuracy and bounded adversarial error.

The paper develops efficient algorithms for sampling from random spanning trees and determinantal point processes.

problem Sampling from strongly Rayleigh distributions efficiently.
method Optimal sublinear sampling algorithms for random spanning trees and determinantal point processes.
result Achieves optimal sublinear sampling for strongly Rayleigh distributions.

Proposes MCLLO for assessing and recalibrating multiclass probability predictions.

problem Limited multicategory recalibration methods for assessing and comparing model calibration.
method MCLLO recalibration method that assesses calibration without model access and is easy to interpret.
result MCLLO outperforms other methods in simulations and real-world case studies.

The random forest algorithm, proposed by L. Breiman in 2001, has been extremely successful as a general-purpose classification and regression method. The approach, which combines several randomized decision trees and aggregates their predictions by averaging, has shown excellent performance in settings where the number…

2015-11-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We give algorithms for estimating the expectation of a given real-valued function φ:XRφ:X\to {\bf R} on a sample drawn randomly from some unknown distribution DD over domain XX, namely ExD[φ(x)]{\bf E}_{{\bf x}\sim D}[φ({\bf x})]. Our algorithms work in two well-studied models of restricted access to data samples. The first o…

2016-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent progress has shown that few-shot learning can be improved with access to unlabelled data, known as semi-supervised few-shot learning(SS-FSL). We introduce an SS-FSL approach, dubbed as Prototypical Random Walk Networks(PRWN), built on top of Prototypical Networks (PN). We develop a random walk semi-supervised lo…

2019-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper compresses large datasets for efficient machine learning.

problem Efficiently processing large datasets for machine learning.
method Constructing a sketch of the dataset using random features and averaging, then learning from the sketch.
result The approach can perform machine learning tasks without full dataset access, preserving both information and privacy.