SECRET combines ML and NLP for better real-world task classification.
problem Limited integration of semantic relationships in supervised ML.
method SECRET fuses semantic information from NLP with feature space of supervised ML.
result Up to 14.0% accuracy and 13.1% F1 score improvements over traditional supervised learning.
HexaGAN tackles real-world classification issues with missing data, class imbalance, and missing labels.
problem Missing data, class imbalance, and missing labels in real-world data.
method Generative adversarial network framework with six components and novel loss functions.
result Up to 5% improvement in classification performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
To the best of our knowledge, this paper presents the first large-scale study that tests whether network categories (e.g., social networks vs. web graphs) are distinguishable from one another (using both categories of real-world networks and synthetic graphs). A classification accuracy of 94.2 % 94.2\% 94.2% was achieved using a …
This work tackles costly feature acquisition for classification, using RL.
problem Classification with costly feature acquisition.
method Formulated as a sequential decision-making problem (MDP) and solved with deep reinforcement learning.
result Robust performance across various datasets and settings, outperforming prior-art.
A new method learns from synthetic data without needing real-world examples.
problem Learning robust classifiers from limited real-world data.
method A novel setting and algorithm exploiting synthetic data independence.
result Robust classifiers trained on synthetic data generalize well to real-world domains.
LoCEC classifies user relationships in large social networks, addressing sparsity issues.
problem Sparse relationship feature and label data in real social platforms.
method Local Community-based Edge Classification (LoCEC) framework with three-phase processing.
result Effective and efficient classification of user relationships in large-scale networks.
New algorithms improve federated learning accuracy and stability with real-world data.
problem Real-world data diversity and imbalance challenge federated learning.
method Developed new algorithms (FedVC, FedIR) to resample and reweight data.
result Significant improvements in accuracy and stability of federated learning.
Framework explains deep learning generalization by comparing real and ideal worlds.
problem Understanding why deep models generalize well in practice.
method Integrates real-world empirical loss with ideal population loss to decompose test error.
result The gap between real and ideal worlds is small in deep learning, suggesting robust optimization leads to good generalization.
HNHN learns from hypergraphs with hyperedge neurons for better classification.
problem Learning from hypergraphs with complex relationships.
method Hypergraph convolution network with hyperedge neurons and adaptive normalization.
result Improved classification accuracy and speed compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Robots navigate wilderness trails using virtual-to-real-world transfer learning.
problem Autonomous navigation of outdoor trails is challenging due to lack of annotated training data.
method Virtual-to-real-world transfer learning with deep learning models trained on synthetic data.
result Classification accuracies of up to 95% on synthetic data and feasibility in real-world trails.
A new network-based high-level data classification method using betweenness centrality.
problem Traditional data classification techniques focus on physical features, while high-level classification considers semantic meaning.
method Proposes a network-based high-level classification technique using betweenness centrality.
result Competent classification performance in nine real datasets compared to traditional models.
Networks are ubiquitous structure that describes complex relationships between different entities in the real world. As a critical component of prediction task over nodes in networks, learning the feature representation of nodes has become one of the most active areas recently. Network Embedding, aiming to learn non-li…
Deep neural networks are gaining increasing popularity for the classic text classification task, due to their strong expressive power and less requirement for feature engineering. Despite such attractiveness, neural text classification models suffer from the lack of training data in many real-world applications. Althou…
Graph representation ensemble learning improves node classification accuracy.
problem Combining multiple graph embedding methods to capture diverse graph properties.
method Proposed an efficient framework to aggregate multiple graph embedding methods.
result Ensemble approaches outperform state-of-the-art methods by up to 8% on macro-F1.
Proposes a new loss function for better handling mislabeling costs.
problem Handling mislabeling costs in machine learning models.
method Introduces Real-World-Weight Crossentropy loss function.
result Demonstrates improved performance in scenarios of mislabeling.
DACE estimates covariance from compressed data, improving accuracy.
problem Estimating covariance from large, distributed data.
method Data-aware weighted sampling for unbiased estimation.
result DACE provides more accurate covariance estimation under compression.
Survey on AL strategies for cost-effective annotation in classification.
problem Real-world AL challenges due to human annotators' limitations.
method Categorizes 60 real-world AL strategies considering multiple annotators, query types, and cost schemes.
result General real-world AL strategy introduced for categorization of 60 strategies.
Distributed SVM algorithm improves performance in real-world applications.
problem Improving SVM performance in distributed computing environments.
method Proposes HPSVM, a distributed SVM algorithm that minimizes inter-machine communications.
result HPSVM achieves similar or better results than state-of-the-art SVM techniques.
Cost-Sensitive Online Classification has drawn extensive attention in recent years, where the main approach is to directly online optimize two well-known cost-sensitive metrics: (i) weighted sum of sensitivity and specificity; (ii) weighted misclassification cost. However, previous existing methods only considered firs…
New metric for off-policy evaluation without models or importance sampling.
problem Evaluating deep RL models in real-world environments is costly and impractical.
method Framed as a PU classification problem, using Q-function as decision function.
result Metric reliably predicts policy performance in various scenarios.
Study evaluates scalability and real-world impact of disentangled representations.
problem Scalability and real-world impact of disentangled representations.
method New high-resolution dataset and architectures for disentangled representation learning.
result Disentanglement predicts out-of-distribution task performance.
Local probabilistic models simplify Bayesian classification for complex data.
problem Complex real-world data requires simpler models than global ones.
method Establish local probabilistic models for local regions, relaxing global assumptions.
result Local probabilistic models improve classification accuracy on real-world datasets.
In this paper, we investigate the multi-variate sequence classification problem from a multi-instance learning perspective. Real-world sequential data commonly show discriminative patterns only at specific time periods. For instance, we can identify a cropland during its growing season, but it looks similar to a barren…
Obtaining compact and discriminative features is one of the major challenges in many of the real-world image classification tasks such as face verification and object recognition. One possible approach is to represent input image on the basis of high-level features that carry semantic meaning which humans can understan…
Meta-learning method improves PU classification performance.
problem Improving binary classifiers from PU data in unseen tasks.
method Adapts model to PU data using related tasks and neural networks.
result Proposed method outperforms existing methods on synthetic and real-world datasets.
The study evaluates GRL approaches and finds limitations in their applicability.
problem Challenges in applying GRL approaches to real-world graphs with varying structural differences.
method Empirical data-driven framework and theoretical analysis of GRL approaches.
result Existing GRL approaches are insufficient for real-world graphs with diverse structural patterns.
This paper discovers classification models from sequential data without prior knowledge.
problem Lack of prior knowledge in defining kernels for online classification.
method Adapts GP-based time-series structure discovery with SMC to learn new features from sequential data.
result Improves classification accuracy by 10% on real-world data.
Open-world evasion attacks using OOD adversarial examples outperform in-distribution attacks.
problem Evasion attacks on deep learning systems in open-world environments.
method Using 11 neural network models trained on 3 datasets, the study demonstrates the effectiveness of OOD adversarial examples against state-of-the-art detectors and defenses.
result OOD adversarial examples can achieve up to 4x higher success rates than in-distribution adversarial examples against known defenses.
GraphFL tackles semi-supervised node classification on graphs using federated learning.
problem Real-world graph-based problems often require collecting the entire graph and labeling a reasonable number of labels, which is impractical and costly.
method GraphFL is a federated learning framework that addresses non-IID data, new label domains, and unlabeled data issues in graph-based semi-supervised node classification.
result GraphFL significantly outperforms compared FL baselines and self-training methods.
Improved Naive Bayes for text classification with small datasets.
problem Poor performance of Naive Bayes in small training datasets.
method Introducing a correlation factor to Naive Bayes estimator.
result Our method achieves better accuracy than traditional Naive Bayes.
Survey of open set recognition techniques and their limitations.
problem Recognition tasks with unknown classes during testing.
method Comprehensive review of techniques, datasets, and evaluation criteria.
result Highlighting the limitations and future directions in open set recognition.
PNNs improve treatment outcomes in TAVR and liver trauma.
problem Improving treatment outcomes in medical procedures.
method Multimodal Prescriptive Neural Networks (PNNs) combining optimization and machine learning.
result PNNs significantly improve estimated outcomes in medical procedures.
Develops a new minimax probability machine for imbalanced classification tasks.
problem Imbalanced classification tasks with non-decomposable performance measures.
method Derives an equivalent form of the MPMF model for solving linear and nonlinear classifiers.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the new model on real-world datasets.
Signed networks contain both positive and negative kinds of interactions like friendship and enmity. The task of node classification in non-signed graphs has proven to be beneficial in many real world applications, yet extensions to signed networks remain largely unexplored. In this paper we introduce the first analysi…
Hotel booking chatbot handles daily tens of thousands of searches.
problem Improving hotel booking through conversational AI.
method Frame-based dialogue management system with ML models for intent, entity recognition, and info retrieval.
result Chatbot deployed on a commercial scale, handling hotel searches daily.
Paper uses integer programming for non-convex boosting in classification.
problem Improving classification performance using non-convex optimization.
method Non-convex boosting via integer programming.
result Results comparable to or better than state-of-the-art.
Proposes a meta-loss function for regression and classification using privileged information.
problem Improving prediction performance in machine learning problems using privileged information.
method A simple yet effective custom loss function for regression and classification.
result The proposed model outperforms state-of-the-art predictors in protein binding affinity prediction.
Novel framework for reliable long-tailed classification.
problem Challenges of long-tailed imbalance and specific error risks.
method Bayesian Decision Theory and variational optimization.
result Demonstrates reliability and flexibility in diverse tasks.
New framework reduces strategic manipulation cost for minority groups in fair classification.
problem Strategic manipulation disparities in fair classification.
method Constrained optimization framework that constructs classifiers to reduce strategic manipulation cost for minority groups.
result Empirically, the approach reduces strategic manipulation cost for minority groups over multiple real-world datasets.
Novel algorithm SAODE improves high-dimensional stream classification in seasonal data.
problem Handling seasonal concept drift in high-dimensional stream classification.
method SAODE classifier that includes time as a super parent to handle seasonal drift.
result SAODE consistently outperforms other methods in stream and concept drift classification.
WLDA enhances LDA for missing data, improving classification accuracy and interpretability.
problem Missing data in real-world datasets hinders classification accuracy and interpretability of LDA.
method WLDA incorporates a weight matrix to handle missing data directly, preserving interpretability.
result WLDA significantly outperforms traditional methods in datasets with missing values.
We show how to reduce the process of predicting general order statistics (and the median in particular) to solving classification. The accompanying theoretical statement shows that the regret of the classifier bounds the regret of the quantile regression under a quantile loss. We also test this reduction empirically ag…
Researchers create a flickering attack to fool video recognition networks.
problem Adversarial manipulation of video classification networks.
method Introducing a flickering temporal perturbation to fool video classifiers.
result Achieved high fooling ratio and temporal-invariant perturbation.
Random forest can be adapted for open-set recognition with improved performance.
problem Handling unknown classes in real-world classification tasks.
method Incorporating distance metric learning and distance-based open-set recognition into random forest.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art open-set recognition methods.
Online L2D algorithm for multiclass classification with varying experts.
problem Handling streaming data, changing expert availability, and shifting expert distribution.
method First online L2D algorithm with O ( ( n + n e ) T 2 / 3 ) O((n+n_e)T^{2/3}) O (( n + n e ) T 2/3 ) and O ( ( n + n e ) T ) O((n+n_e)\sqrt{T}) O (( n + n e ) T ) regret guarantees. result Effective extension of standard L2D to settings with varying expert availability and reliability.
CbMLC improves multi-label classification with noisy labels.
problem Evaluating multi-label classifiers with noisy labels.
method Context-Based Multi-Label Classifier (CbMLC) that handles noisy labels without additional supervision.
result CbMLC yields substantial improvements over previous methods in noisy label settings.
Introduces RPL for improved class prediction and uncertainty assessment.
problem Softmax's limitations in calculating class probabilities and handling uncertainty.
method Develops a new prediction layer (RPL) based on the open-world assumption.
result RPL provides more meaningful class prediction probabilities and handles uncertainty better.
Novel ECG classification method using deep time-frequency representation and progressive decision fusion.
problem Challenges in classifying abnormal ECG rhythms due to broad taxonomy, noises, and lack of annotated data.
method Transform ECG signal into time-frequency domain, train scale-specific deep CNNs, and fuse decisions progressively.
result Effective and efficient ECG classification method validated on synthetic and real-world datasets.