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Symmetries of Poisson manifolds are in general quantized just to symmetries up to homotopy of the quantized algebra of functions. It is therefore interesting to study symmetries up to homotopy of Poisson manifolds. We notice that they are equivalent to Poisson principal bundles and describe their quantization to symmet…

2006-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes learning to jump for generative modeling of sparse, skewed, heavy-tailed data.

problem Limited ability of diffusion models in modeling sparse, skewed, heavy-tailed data.
method Forward count thinning process and reverse count thickening process to train a deep neural network.
result Learning to jump performs better than learning to denoise for non-negative, sparse data.

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) are powerful models for sequential data that have the potential to learn long-term dependencies. However, they are computationally expensive to train and difficult to parallelize. Recent work has shown that normalizing intermediate representations of neural networks can significantly im…

2015-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep RL methods improve resource allocation in uncertain environments.

problem Optimizing resource allocation in dynamic, uncertain environments.
method Developed three DDPG-based approaches to handle constraints and combinatorial action spaces.
result Demonstrated improved performance over existing methods on real and semi-real data.

This paper uses deep reinforcement learning to generate profitable trading signals in financial markets.

problem Generating consistent profitable trading signals in any financial market.
method Developed a novel Markov decision process (MDP) model to capture financial market dynamics and used deep reinforcement learning to learn profitable trading strategies.
result The model generates positively robust performance in two different financial markets.

Proposes isotonic recalibration for insurance pricing to ensure auto-calibration under low signal-to-noise ratio.

problem Ensuring auto-calibration in insurance pricing models to prevent cross-financing.
method Applies isotonic recalibration to regression models to achieve auto-calibration.
result Isotonically recalibrated regression functions have low complexity under low signal-to-noise ratio.

Recent research showed that deep neural networks are highly sensitive to so-called adversarial perturbations, which are tiny perturbations of the input data purposely designed to fool a machine learning classifier. Most classification models, including deep learning models, are highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks.…

2018-01-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Meta-learn causal structures based on adaptation speed to sparse distributional changes.

problem Learning cause-effect relationships from sparse distributional changes.
method Meta-learn causal structures based on adaptation speed to modified distributions.
result Sparse expected gradients and lower effective degrees of freedom lead to faster adaptation.

Proposes vMF distribution for skewed elliptical distributions.

problem Skewed distributions not adequately modeled by symmetric distributions.
method Introduces von-Mises-Fisher (vMF) distribution to represent skewed elliptical distributions.
result vMF distribution provides an explicit and simple probability representation of skewed elliptical distributions.

Proposes a machine learning framework for more efficient economic dispatch.

problem Temporal and spatial correlations between system cost and load prediction errors.
method End-to-end machine learning approach with task-specific learning criteria and an efficient optimization kernel.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed learning framework.

Proposes minimal interventions over counterfactual explanations for algorithmic recourse.

problem Lack of actionable recommendations for algorithmic recourse.
method Causal reasoning to shift focus from explanations to recommendations.
result Minimal interventions provide more actionable recommendations for recourse.

Model shows how banks' hidden-to-maturity accounting can mask run risk and lead to financial instability.

problem Run risk and hidden-to-maturity accounting in banking systems.
method Balance sheet model and optimization problem to assess run risk and resilience.
result Held-to-maturity accounting can mask revaluation losses and increase run risk.

Using neural networks in practical settings would benefit from the ability of the networks to learn new tasks throughout their lifetimes without forgetting the previous tasks. This ability is limited in the current deep neural networks by a problem called catastrophic forgetting, where training on new tasks tends to se…

2018-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Ebay uses forecasting and simulation to decide when to disable a vendor.

problem Determining the optimal time to disable a vendor to avoid customer loss.
method Data-driven approach involving multiplicative seasonality model, Monte Carlo simulation, and linear model.
result Identifies the best time to disable a vendor to minimize customer loss.

The paper introduces invariants to describe period-doubling routes to chaos in dynamical systems.

problem Understanding the dynamics of period-doubling routes to chaos in complex systems.
method Introducing three topological invariants to describe the topology of period-doubling routes to chaos.
result Ascribed symbolic dynamics to perturbations of the Shilnikov homoclinic scenario and dynamics of the Henon map.

End-to-end autonomous driving models get better uncertainty estimates.

problem Uncertainty quantification for end-to-end autonomous driving models.
method Approximate inference for implicit copula neural linear model.
result Densities for steering angle are marginally calibrated.

Deep networks are able to learn highly predictive models of video data. Due to video length, a common strategy is to train them on small video snippets. We apply the deep Taylor / LRP technique to understand the deep network's classification decisions, and identify a "border effect": a tendency of the classifier to loo…

2018-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Noise injection improves inference privacy in DNN models.

problem Malicious servers can infer sensitive attributes from input data.
method Adaptive Noise Injection (ANI) using a lightweight DNN on the client.
result Significant improvement in privacy (up to 48.5% degradation in sensitive-task accuracy with <1% degradation in primary accuracy).

Deep neural networks are susceptible to \emph{adversarial} attacks. In computer vision, well-crafted perturbations to images can cause neural networks to make mistakes such as confusing a cat with a computer. Previous adversarial attacks have been designed to degrade performance of models or cause machine learning mode…

2018-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Entropy regularization improves policy optimization in reinforcement learning.

problem Improving policy optimization in reinforcement learning.
method Entropy regularization is introduced to soften the greedy policy towards a more diverse softmax policy, leading to a continuously parameterized algorithm that interpolates between policy gradient and Q-learning.
result An intermediate algorithm can improve performance in reinforcement learning.

Users can anticipate follower preferences by balancing feedback exploitation and exploration.

problem How users can anticipate their followers' preferences based on feedback.
method Theoretical analysis and practical algorithms for sequential decision making and utility maximization.
result Users need to balance exploitation and exploration to succeed in anticipating follower preferences.

In order to reduce signalling, traders may resort to limiting access to dark venues and imposing limits on minimum fill sizes they are willing to trade. However, doing this also restricts the liquidity available to the trader since an ever increasing quantity of orders are traded by algos in clips. An alternative is to…

2017-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines perceptions and attitudes about breast cancer on Twitter.

problem Understanding public perceptions and attitudes towards breast cancer on social media.
method Identified and collected tweets, used topic modeling and sentiment analysis.
result Identified themes and quantified users' perceptions and emotions about breast cancer.

Homotopy theory applied to singular foliations leads to new results.

problem Existence and uniqueness of universal LL_\infty-algebroids for singular foliations.
method Applied homotopy theory to left semi-model categories and LL_\infty-algebroids.
result Recovery of results similar to Laurent-Gengoux and al. about universal LL_\infty-algebroids.

We consider the problem of fitting a linear model to data held by individuals who are concerned about their privacy. Incentivizing most players to truthfully report their data to the analyst constrains our design to mechanisms that provide a privacy guarantee to the participants; we use differential privacy to model in…

2015-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses NLP to analyze emotions and challenges of young people with IDD.

problem Challenges faced by young people with IDD during transition to adulthood.
method Natural language processing, unsupervised machine learning, topic modeling.
result NLP methods can assist psychologists in analyzing emotions and summarizing key topics.

End-to-end training of DBMs with improved gradient estimation.

problem Biased gradient estimation in DBMs, especially with high-dimensional states.
method Unbiased contrastive divergence using MH coupling and local mode initialization.
result End-to-end training of DBMs without greedy pretraining, achieving FID score of 10.33 for MNIST.

Modern health data science applications leverage abundant molecular and electronic health data, providing opportunities for machine learning to build statistical models to support clinical practice. Time-to-event analysis, also called survival analysis, stands as one of the most representative examples of such statisti…

2018-04-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We observe that any regular Lie groupoid G over an manifold M fits into an extension KGEK \to G \to E of a foliation groupoid E by a bundle of connected Lie groups K. If $\FF$ is the foliation on M given by the orbits of E and T is a complete transversal to $\FF$, this extension restricts to T, as an extension $K_{T}\to…

2002-03-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to quantify and explain deep learning model uncertainties.

problem Deep learning model predictions are sensitive to perturbations and adversarial attacks.
method Gradient-based uncertainty attribution method to identify problematic regions and propose mitigation strategies.
result Proposed UA-Backprop method achieves competitive accuracy and efficiency compared to existing methods.

Study shows adversarial robustness and common perturbation robustness are independent.

problem Understanding the relationship between adversarial robustness and common perturbation robustness in neural networks.
method Conducted experiments to benchmark neural network robustness to common perturbations and adversarial examples.
result Adversarial robustness and common perturbation robustness are independent attributes.