SIGL learns scalable graphons from graphs.
problem Estimating graphons from graphs of varying sizes.
method Combines INRs and GNNs for scalable graphon estimation.
result SIGL learns consistent graphons at arbitrary resolutions.
Paper proposes scalable algorithm to estimate intervention targets in linear models.
problem Estimating intervention targets in linear models from observational and interventional data.
method The paper proposes a scalable algorithm that estimates intervention sites from the difference between precision matrices of observational and interventional datasets.
result The algorithm consistently identifies all intervention targets and updates observational Markov equivalence classes to interventional ones.
Improved DNN estimator with scalable subsampling for efficient inference.
problem Efficient inference for deep neural networks (DNNs).
method Non-random subsampling technique (scalable subsampling) applied to DNNs.
result Subagged DNN estimator offers computational efficiency and accurate point estimation/prediction intervals.
New scalable Lipschitz bounds improve neural network robustness analysis.
problem Computing tight Lipschitz bounds for deep neural networks is challenging and computationally expensive.
method Derived new closed-form Lipschitz bounds using more general feasible points of LipSDP, avoiding SDP solvers.
result Improved scalability and precision of Lipschitz estimation for large neural networks.
Large-scale precision matrix estimation is of fundamental importance yet challenging in many contemporary applications for recovering Gaussian graphical models. In this paper, we suggest a new approach of innovated scalable efficient estimation (ISEE) for estimating large precision matrix. Motivated by the innovated tr…
Estimates complex dependency structures in multi-omics data.
problem Graphical model estimation from multi-omics data with scalability and consistency.
method Pseudolikelihood-based graphical model framework with ℓ1-penalized empirical risk. result Estimates partial correlation network from dual-omic liver cancer data.
Across a variety of scientific disciplines, sparse inverse covariance estimation is a popular tool for capturing the underlying dependency relationships in multivariate data. Unfortunately, most estimators are not scalable enough to handle the sizes of modern high-dimensional data sets (often on the order of terabytes)…
Develops scalable methods to assess sensitivity and uncertainty in continuous treatment effects.
problem Estimating effects of continuous-valued interventions from observational data, especially when ignorability and positivity assumptions are violated.
method Continuous treatment-effect marginal sensitivity model (CMSM), scalable algorithm, uncertainty-aware deep models.
result Derives bounds that agree with observed data and a defined level of hidden confounding.
Scalable approach for high-dimensional dynamical systems with noise filtering and parameter estimation.
problem Noise filtering and parameter estimation for high-dimensional dynamical systems.
method Flexible latent factor model with orthogonal factor loading matrix and closed-form parameter estimation.
result Substantial acceleration and higher accuracy compared to alternatives.
This study quantifies the scalability of k-Sliced Mutual Information (k-SMI) with dimension.
problem Understanding how SMI and its estimation rates depend on the ambient dimension.
method Developed k-SMI framework and derived bounds on MC estimates, established optimal convergence rates, and provided asymptotic results.
result Sharp bounds and optimal convergence rates for k-SMI estimation, revealing interplay with dimension and sample size.
Bayesian inference engines improve density estimation accuracy and scalability.
problem Constructing accurate and scalable probability density functions.
method Bayesian inference engines (no-U-turn sampling and expectation propagation) with binning strategy.
result Density estimates have excellent comparative performance and scale well to large sample sizes.
While deep neural networks have become the go-to approach in computer vision, the vast majority of these models fail to properly capture the uncertainty inherent in their predictions. Estimating this predictive uncertainty can be crucial, for example in automotive applications. In Bayesian deep learning, predictive unc…
BO method improved by density-ratio estimation for better efficiency and scalability.
problem Limitations in Bayesian optimization due to analytical tractability of predictive models.
method Reformulated Bayesian optimization by casting expected improvement as a binary classification problem.
result Improved efficiency and scalability of Bayesian optimization.
NPE improves scalability and efficiency for ERGMs.
problem Scalability and efficiency issues in Bayesian ERGM estimation.
method Neural posterior estimation (NPE) for ERGMs using neural network density estimation.
result NPE provides more efficient and scalable inference for ERGMs.
A new method for fast, non-iterative graphical model estimation.
problem Scalability issues in iterative proportional fitting for high-dimensional data.
method Non-iterative approach for positive definite graphical model estimation.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in high-dimensional settings.
NanoFlow reduces parameter complexity in normalizing flows.
problem Efficient parameter complexity in flow-based models.
method Single neural density estimator with flow indication embedding.
result Sublinear parameter complexity achieved.
New scalable algorithm estimates barycenters of measures in high dimensions.
problem Estimating barycenters of measures in high-dimensional settings.
method Optimizes generative models to estimate barycenters, scaling by introducing inductive biases.
result First scalable method to estimate barycenters in thousands of dimensions.
This work improves scalability of Wasserstein distances in high dimensions.
problem Scalability issues in computing Wasserstein distances in high dimensions.
method Empirical convergence rates, robustness to data contamination, and computational methods.
result Established fast rates and robust estimation risks for sliced Wasserstein distances.
Kernel methods on discrete domains have shown great promise for many challenging data types, for instance, biological sequence data and molecular structure data. Scalable kernel methods like Support Vector Machines may offer good predictive performances but do not intrinsically provide uncertainty estimates. In contras…
BOE reformulates BO as a classifier for scalable batch optimisation.
problem Scalable batch optimisation of expensive functions.
method Reformulates BO as density-ratio estimation, removing need for explicit function prior.
result Theoretical guarantees and improved uncertainty estimates for batch optimisation.
Scalable Gaussian process models trained with unbiased stochastic ELBO.
problem Training large capacity Gaussian process models on huge datasets.
method Unbiased stochastic variational inference for scalable GPs.
result Accurate inference on large datasets with up to 10 million basis functions.
New algorithm improves Gaussian process hyperparameter tuning for large datasets.
problem Scalable hyperparameter tuning for Gaussian processes on large datasets.
method Estimates smoothness and length-scale parameters in Matern kernel using novel loss functions.
result Improved uncertainty quantification over traditional methods.
In many applications involving large dataset or online updating, stochastic gradient descent (SGD) provides a scalable way to compute parameter estimates and has gained increasing popularity due to its numerical convenience and memory efficiency. While the asymptotic properties of SGD-based estimators have been establi…
BoXHED2.0 boosts survival analysis for complex data.
problem Survival analysis with time-dependent covariates.
method Tree-boosted hazard estimator, fully nonparametric, scalable.
result Scalable to parametric boosted survival models in speed.
A scalable method for estimating spatial data using VREML.
problem Costly computation of REML for large, sparse precision matrices in spatial data.
method Proposes VREML framework approximating marginal likelihood with Gaussian variational distribution and deriving a coordinate-ascent algorithm.
result Empirically shows VREML outperforms MLE and INLA.
EnFF uses flows to speed up DA in high dimensions.
problem Efficiently assimilating noisy data in high-dimensional systems.
method Flow Matching (FM) for training-free, scalable data assimilation.
result EnFF accelerates DA with improved cost-accuracy tradeoffs and scalability.
We develop a scalable method for Bayesian neural networks with stochastic differential equations.
problem Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks.
method Gradient-based stochastic variational inference in continuous-depth Bayesian neural networks.
result Gradient estimator with zero variance as the approximation improves.
STACI uses neural nets to estimate spatio-temporal fields with valid uncertainty quantification.
problem Scalable spatio-temporal deep learning models fail to capture underlying correlation structure.
method Variational Bayesian neural network approximation of non-stationary spatio-temporal Gaussian Process (GP) with conformal inference.
result STACI provides accurate prediction intervals for spatio-temporal processes, outperforming competing methods.
Novel method for scalable neural network-based blackbox optimization.
problem Scalability challenges in high-dimensional Bayesian Optimization.
method SNBO: Adds new samples using separate criteria for exploration and exploitation, adaptively controlling the sampling region.
result SNBO achieves better function values with 40-60% fewer function evaluations and reduced runtime.
GPNs use unlabeled data to estimate uncertainty in Bayesian problems.
problem Limited training data in high-dimensional problems.
method Generative Posterior Networks (GPNs) that approximate the posterior distribution using unlabeled data.
result GPNs improve epistemic uncertainty estimation and scalability.
Generalized Precision Matrix for scalable estimation of nonparametric Markov networks.
problem Estimating conditional independence structure in general distributions for all data types.
method Generalized Precision Matrix (GPM) for mixed-type variables, regularized score matching framework for scalability.
result Validated theoretical results and demonstrated scalability in various settings.
Scalable model for slate recommendation learns reward probabilities.
problem Scalable personalized slate recommendation in large action spaces.
method Probabilistic Rank and Reward (PRR) model combining reward, interaction, and rank.
result PRR outperforms existing methods and is scalable to large action spaces.
One of the key technologies for future large-scale location-aware services covering a complex of multi-story buildings --- e.g., a big shopping mall and a university campus --- is a scalable indoor localization technique. In this paper, we report the current status of our investigation on the use of deep neural network…
Bayesian approach improves performance in Gaussian process models.
problem Scalable posterior estimation in Gaussian process models.
method Revisiting variational inference techniques with Bayesian treatment of inducing variables and hyper-parameters.
result State-of-the-art performance demonstrated across various regression and classification problems.
SCALLOP improves likelihood flow maps for efficient Boltzmann generation.
problem Efficient estimation of model likelihood in flow-based generative models.
method SCALLOP introduces a Hutchinson-free likelihood distillation objective for scalable flow-based models.
result SCALLOP achieves up to 10x inference speedup while improving performance.
A scalable PyTorch framework for non-crossing quantile regression.
problem Non-crossing quantile regression to avoid impossible negative probability densities.
method CJQR-ALM combining Augmented Lagrangian Method, differentiable pinball loss, and L-BFGS optimization.
result Achieves near-zero crossing rates on large datasets within minutes.
New method for estimating diffusion model densities without solving flows.
problem Estimating log densities from diffusion models efficiently.
method Monte Carlo path integral estimation, avoiding flow solving.
result Significantly more scalable and efficient density estimation.
A promising class of generative models maps points from a simple distribution to a complex distribution through an invertible neural network. Likelihood-based training of these models requires restricting their architectures to allow cheap computation of Jacobian determinants. Alternatively, the Jacobian trace can be u…
A scalable algorithm for GP regression selects relevant covariates efficiently.
problem Scalable variable selection in large GP regression models.
method VGPR algorithm using Vecchia approximation for sparse precision matrix, mini-batch subsampling.
result Improved scalability and accuracy in selecting relevant covariates.
Kernel quadrature improves CRPS estimation for probabilistic time-series forecasting.
problem Intractable integrations in CRPS evaluation metrics lead to improper rankings of forecasting models.
method Introduced kernel quadrature approach for unbiased CRPS estimation and scalable computation.
result Our approach consistently outperforms existing CRPS estimators.
Developing stable and scalable probabilistic ODE solvers for stiff and high-dimensional problems.
problem Stiff and high-dimensional ODEs
method Matrix-free update step and iterative re-linearization
result Improved stability and scalability
A new method improves Bayesian deep learning by balancing scalability and accuracy.
problem Scalability issues in Bayesian neural networks.
method Collapsed inference scheme that performs Bayesian model averaging using collapsed samples.
result Significant improvements over existing methods in predictive performance and uncertainty estimation.
Scalable method bounds Lipschitz constant of generative models.
problem Bounding the Lipschitz constant of generative models.
method Layerwise convex approximations using zonotopes.
result Efficient and tight bounds on generative models.
Develops coresets for scalable multivariate distribution estimation.
problem Handling large-scale data in non-parametric or semi-parametric regression and density estimation.
method Novel coreset construction for multivariate conditional transformation models (MCTMs).
result Substantial data reduction with high log-likelihood accuracy.
The softmax representation of probabilities for categorical variables plays a prominent role in modern machine learning with numerous applications in areas such as large scale classification, neural language modeling and recommendation systems. However, softmax estimation is very expensive for large scale inference bec…
A new framework evaluates large language models efficiently and accurately.
problem Evaluation of large language models is challenging due to stochasticity and heterogeneity of benchmarks.
method Interpretable and scalable framework based on Item Response Theory (IRT) and majorization-minimization principle.
result Our method achieves superior scalability and interpretability compared to existing approaches.
New method estimates marginal likelihood for deep learning models using training data alone.
problem Estimation difficulties in marginal likelihood for model selection in deep learning.
method Scalable marginal likelihood estimation based on Laplace's method and Gauss-Newton approximations.
result Estimate outperforms cross-validation and manual tuning on various datasets.
We consider the estimation of Dirichlet Process Mixture Models (DPMMs) in distributed environments, where data are distributed across multiple computing nodes. A key advantage of Bayesian nonparametric models such as DPMMs is that they allow new components to be introduced on the fly as needed. This, however, posts an …