Efficient streaming algorithms for robust statistics with near-optimal memory.
problem High-dimensional robust statistics tasks in streaming model.
method First efficient streaming algorithms with near-optimal memory requirements.
result Near-optimal error guarantees and space complexity nearly-linear in the dimension for robust mean estimation.
New algorithm improves robustness by more regularization on less robust samples.
problem Improving robustness against adversarial attacks.
method Proposes a new adversarial training algorithm that applies more regularization to data vulnerable to adversarial attacks.
result Empirically superior to other existing algorithms, achieving state-of-the-art performance in generalization and robustness.
Paper proposes a robust metric learning algorithm.
problem Robustness of metric learning against adversarial perturbations is insufficient.
method Proposes a novel Mahalanobis distance metric learning algorithm.
result Certifiable robustness improvement over Euclidean distance.
The paper investigates AI robustness through experiments and statistical analysis.
problem Inaccurate AI predictions can lead to safety and adoption issues.
method Design of experiments framework to study AI classification robustness.
result AI algorithms' robustness is influenced by various factors.
Efficient SVD algorithm robust to outliers.
problem Outliers in data matrix affect SVD accuracy and speed.
method Spherically Normalized SVD (SpherSVD) algorithm.
result Significantly faster and more robust than existing methods.
New algorithm improves RL performance across different environments.
problem Improving reinforcement learning performance across various environments.
method Designing a fully model-free DRRL algorithm that learns from a single trajectory.
result Demonstrates superior robustness and sample efficiency compared to existing methods.
We develop efficient algorithms for robust PCA that handle outliers.
problem Finding principal components in datasets with outliers.
method Nearly-linear time and streaming algorithms for robust PCA.
result Near-optimal error guarantees for robust PCA with nearly-linear time and memory usage.
Boosts barely robust learners to be more adversarially robust.
problem Learning predictors robust to small perturbations on a small fraction of data.
method Oracle-efficient algorithm for robustness with larger perturbation set.
result Qualitative and quantitative equivalence between strongly robust and barely robust learning.
Transforms robust algorithms into private ones with optimal error rates.
problem Balancing privacy and robustness in machine learning.
method Black-box transformation method to convert robust algorithms to private ones with optimal error rates.
result Optimal private estimators for various tasks, including Gaussian and PCA.
Polynomial-time algorithm estimates edge density of random graphs with privacy and robustness.
problem Estimating edge density of random graphs while maintaining privacy and robustness.
method Sum-of-squares algorithm for robust edge density estimation and reduction from privacy to robustness.
result Optimal error rate up to logarithmic factors, matching theoretical lower bounds.
Recent focus on robustness to adversarial attacks for deep neural networks produced a large variety of algorithms for training robust models. Most of the effective algorithms involve solving the min-max optimization problem for training robust models (min step) under worst-case attacks (max step). However, they often s…
Learning in the presence of outliers is a fundamental problem in statistics. Until recently, all known efficient unsupervised learning algorithms were very sensitive to outliers in high dimensions. In particular, even for the task of robust mean estimation under natural distributional assumptions, no efficient algorith…
The paper tackles robust reinforcement learning with performance guarantees.
problem Finding a robust policy for RMDP with state space uncertainties.
method Proposes RLSPI algorithm for learning optimal robust policy with performance bounds.
result Demonstrates the performance of RLSPI on standard benchmark problems.
We study the robustness of active learning (AL) algorithms against prior misspecification: whether an algorithm achieves similar performance using a perturbed prior as compared to using the true prior. In both the average and worst cases of the maximum coverage setting, we prove that all α-approximate algorithms are …
WRAAC uses Wasserstein distance for robust reinforcement learning.
problem Lack of quantified robustness to system dynamics in existing reinforcement learning algorithms.
method Leverages Wasserstein distance to connect state disturbance to transition kernel disturbance, reducing infinite-dimensional optimization to a finite-dimensional problem.
result Designs a novel algorithm, WRAAC, that achieves robust reinforcement learning.
Survey of robust statistical methods for efficient computation.
problem Efficient robust statistical methods for various forms of data contamination and heavy-tailed distributions.
method Survey and technical connections between robustness forms, showing efficient algorithms.
result Same algorithmic ideas lead to efficient estimators for robustness in different settings.
First robust bandit algorithm for contextual bandits with sub-linear regret.
problem Vulnerability of linear contextual bandit algorithms to adversarial attacks.
method Proposes a robust bandit algorithm for stochastic linear contextual bandits under fully adaptive and omniscient attacks.
result Sub-linear regret under various attacks without requiring attack information.
New algorithms improve robust reinforcement learning under uncertainty.
problem Robust reinforcement learning in MDPs with contamination.
method Non-asymptotic convergence analysis of Q-learning and actor-critic methods. result Efficient algorithms learn robust policies with minimal samples.
Proposes a sample selection algorithm for fair and robust AI training.
problem Balancing fairness and robustness in AI models, especially with corrupted data.
method Formulates and solves a combinatorial optimization problem for unbiased sample selection, proposing a greedy algorithm.
result Improves fairness and robustness compared to state-of-the-art techniques, both synthetically and on real datasets.
Efficient algorithm for robust recovery in stochastic block models.
problem Robust recovery in stochastic block models.
method Convex optimization framework, addressing optimization landscape challenges.
result Achieves robust recovery without a price of robustness.
Study robust best-arm identification in linear bandits with lower bounds and algorithms.
problem Identify a near-optimal robust arm in linear bandits with adversarial actions.
method Propose instance-dependent lower bounds and both static and adaptive bandit algorithms.
result Sample complexity matches the lower bound and algorithms effectively identify robust arms.
We study high-dimensional sparse estimation tasks in a robust setting where a constant fraction of the dataset is adversarially corrupted. Specifically, we focus on the fundamental problems of robust sparse mean estimation and robust sparse PCA. We give the first practically viable robust estimators for these problems.…
Unified framework for Byzantine robust gossip algorithms with guaranteed performance.
problem Vulnerability of decentralized machine learning to misbehaving devices.
method Introduces F-RG framework and CS+ robust aggregation rule for Byzantine resilience.
result CS+-RG has near-optimal breakdown tolerance and outperforms existing methods.
Robust multivariate linear regression methods for online and offline use.
problem Estimating parameters of multivariate Gaussian linear regression models robustly.
method Robust versions of least-square criterion with online and offline algorithms.
result Asymptotic normality of robust estimates proved under weak assumptions.
A Robust Markov Decision Process (RMDP) is a sequential decision making model that accounts for uncertainty in the parameters of dynamic systems. This uncertainty introduces difficulties in learning an optimal policy, especially for environments with large state spaces. We propose two algorithms, RTD-DQN and Deep-RoK, …
Robust learning mixtures of linear regressions improve robustness.
problem Improving robustness in learning mixtures of linear regressions.
method Connecting mixtures of linear regressions and mixtures of Gaussians with thresholding for a quasi-polynomial time algorithm.
result The algorithm has significantly better robustness than previous results.
Paper explores robustness of CCS model for matrix completion.
problem Robustness of cross-concentrated sampling model against sparse outliers.
method Proposes Robust CUR Completion (RCURC) algorithm for efficient non-convex iterative matrix completion.
result Empirical validation of RCURC's efficiency and robustness in synthetic and real datasets.
Many machine learning systems are vulnerable to small perturbations made to inputs either at test time or at training time. This has received much recent interest on the empirical front due to applications where reliability and security are critical. However, theoretical understanding of algorithms that are robust to a…
This thesis explores robust machine learning against adversarial examples.
problem How to create machine learning systems robust to adversarial examples.
method Theoretical exploration and development of new learning algorithms with robustness guarantees.
result Developed new learning algorithms with provable robustness guarantees.
Boosting is known to be sensitive to label noise. We studied two approaches to improve AdaBoost's robustness against labelling errors. One is to employ a label-noise robust classifier as a base learner, while the other is to modify the AdaBoost algorithm to be more robust. Empirical evaluation shows that a committee of…
New algorithm ATENT improves adversarial robustness in neural networks.
problem Improving neural network robustness against adversarial attacks.
method Proposes a new loss function with entropic regularization for training robust neural networks.
result ATENT achieves competitive robust classification accuracy on benchmark datasets.
New algorithm identifies near-optimal policies in adversarial distributed RL settings.
problem Adversarial agents in distributed RL settings that can collude and report arbitrary data.
method Weighted-Clique algorithm for robust mean estimation from batches, combined with novel distributed algorithms.
result Achieves superior robustness guarantees and near-optimal sample complexities in both offline and online settings.
We present a new boosting algorithm, motivated by the large margins theory for boosting. We give experimental evidence that the new algorithm is significantly more robust against label noise than existing boosting algorithm.
Paper tackles robust optimal transport with improved computational complexity and barycenter approximation.
problem Computing robust optimal transport and its barycenter efficiently.
method Sinkhorn-based algorithms for robust optimal transport and iterative Bregman projections for barycenter approximation.
result Improved computational complexity for robust optimal transport and barycenter approximation.
RieCUR improves Robust PCA by combining Riemannian optimization and CUR decompositions.
problem Robust Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to recover low-rank and sparse matrices from their sum.
method Riemannian CUR (RieCUR) algorithm that combines Riemannian optimization and robust CUR decompositions.
result RieCUR achieves state-of-the-art performance in Robust PCA with improved robustness to outliers and comparable computational complexity.
New algorithms optimize a soft-robust criterion in reinforcement learning, reducing conservatism.
problem Computing robust policies for high-stakes decisions with limited data.
method Soft-robust criterion using risk measures, two algorithms for optimization.
result Our algorithms produce less conservative solutions than existing methods.
RH-UCRL combines pessimism and optimism for robust RL.
problem Ensuring reliable performance in real-world RL tasks with worst-case scenarios.
method RH-UCRL is a model-based RL algorithm that optimizes between an agent and an adversary, distinguishing between epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty.
result RH-UCRL achieves near-optimal sample complexity guarantees and outperforms other robust RL algorithms in adversarial environments.
Bandit algorithms struggle with consistent performance and robustness.
problem Achieving consistent and robust performance in stochastic multi-armed bandit settings.
method Analyzing regret minimization trade-offs and proposing distribution-oblivious algorithms.
result Logarithmic regret is inconsistent and super-logarithmic regret is necessary for consistent learning.
New algorithm reduces runtime for robust sparse mean estimation.
problem Efficiently estimating mean from corrupted data with sparse constraints.
method Subquadratic time algorithm using poly(k, log d, 1/ε) samples.
result First subquadratic time algorithm for robust sparse mean estimation.
We provide a framework for incorporating robustness -- to perturbations in the transition dynamics which we refer to as model misspecification -- into continuous control Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms. We specifically focus on incorporating robustness into a state-of-the-art continuous control RL algorithm call…
New algorithm learns Bayesian networks robustly in nearly-linear time.
problem Learning Bayesian networks with adversarially corrupted samples.
method Developed a nearly-linear time algorithm connecting robust learning to robust mean estimation.
result First nearly-linear time algorithm with comparable error guarantees.
This paper improves conformal prediction to be robust to perturbations.
problem Ensuring robustness of conformal prediction to natural and adversarial perturbations.
method Probabilistically robust conformal prediction (PRCP) and its adaptive version (aPRCP).
result aPRCP achieves better trade-offs between nominal performance and robustness.
We propose an algorithm to enhance certified robustness of a deep model ensemble by optimally weighting each base model. Unlike previous works on using ensembles to empirically improve robustness, our algorithm is based on optimizing a guaranteed robustness certificate of neural networks. Our proposed ensemble framewor…
Algorithms that fuse multiple input sources benefit from both complementary and shared information. Shared information may provide robustness against faulty or noisy inputs, which is indispensable for safety-critical applications like self-driving cars. We investigate learning fusion algorithms that are robust against …
The paper introduces Robust Correlated Equilibrium for games with time-varying costs and proposes an algorithm to achieve it.
problem Games with time-varying costs and disturbances.
method Proposes Robust Correlated Equilibrium and a decentralized algorithm to learn optimal strategies.
result The algorithm converges to the Robust Correlated Equilibrium, showing no regret for each controller.
The question why deep learning algorithms generalize so well has attracted increasing research interest. However, most of the well-established approaches, such as hypothesis capacity, stability or sparseness, have not provided complete explanations (Zhang et al., 2016; Kawaguchi et al., 2017). In this work, we focus on…
Paper analyzes robustness of data-selective Volterra NLMS algorithm.
problem Robustness analysis of data-selective Volterra NLMS algorithm.
method The paper analyzes the local robustness and proposes a global bound for the error in the coefficient vector.
result The DS-VNLMS algorithm is robust against noise and improves parameter estimation for most iterations.
Paper extends KPCA using dualization for faster, more robust algorithms.
problem Efficiently perform KPCA with robustness and sparsity.
method Dualization of convex functions for multiple objective functions, promoting sparsity and robustness.
result Significant speedup in KPCA training time and improved robustness and sparsity.