Perceptual Kalman filters maintain human-perceptual quality while processing data.
problem Maintaining human-perceptual quality in signal processing under temporal constraints.
method An optimal causal filtering approach under a perfect perceptual-quality constraint.
result Adding perceptual quality constraints introduces a dilemma that requires sacrificing MSE for temporal consistency.
Generative adversarial network improves signal reconstruction from magnitude spectrograms.
problem Reconstructing a time-domain signal from a magnitude spectrogram.
method Deep neural network and generative adversarial network approach.
result Our method reconstructs signals faster with higher quality than the Griffin-Lim method.
Proposes DNN for enhancing sound quality scores.
problem Improving sound quality assessment scores.
method Develops a DNN optimization scheme based on black-box optimization and policy gradient method.
result Significant increase in OSQA scores without minimizing MSE.
Neural network VQ-VAE with WaveNet decodes speech at 1.6 kbps with high quality.
problem Efficiently transmitting and storing speech signals at low bit-rates.
method VQ-VAE and WaveNet architecture for speech coding.
result Speech coding at 1.6 kbps with perceptual quality between MELP and AMR-WB.
Paper proposes a dataset quality process for ML systems.
problem Inadequate standards for ML datasets in safety-critical systems.
method Proposes a dataset specification and verification process.
result Demonstrates the process on a railway signal recognition system.
This paper improves monaural source enhancement using SDR as an objective function.
problem Maximizing signal-to-distortion ratio (SDR) for better monaural source enhancement.
method Uses signal-to-distortion ratio (SDR) as an objective function to improve monaural source enhancement.
result The proposed method achieved better performance than conventional methods.
Deep CNN monitors AM quality with high accuracy.
problem Quality control in AM processes.
method Deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model trained and tested online.
result 94% accuracy and 96% specificity in classifying AM quality.
DeepBeat uses deep learning to assess signal quality and detect arrhythmia in wearable devices.
problem Detecting atrial fibrillation from wearable devices with noise.
method Multi-task deep learning approach using convolutional denoising autoencoders.
result Significantly improved AF detection accuracy compared to traditional methods.
Study develops algorithm to classify ECG rhythms from short recordings.
problem Detecting atrial fibrillation from short single-lead ECG recordings.
method Signal quality index (SQI) and dense convolutional neural networks (CNN) for classification.
result Best F1 score of 0.80 on blind test set for NSR, AF, and O.
This paper addresses converting speech to EGG signals without hardware, improving accuracy.
problem Estimating EGG signals from speech without hardware.
method Optimization of evidence lower bound with KL-divergence minimization.
result The method generates EGG signals that agree with gold standard and outperforms state-of-the-art.
This work uses diffusion models for accurate signal recovery from semi-parametric models.
problem Recovering signals from semi-parametric single index models with discontinuous link functions.
method Proposes an efficient reconstruction method using diffusion models that requires one round of sampling and inversion.
result Demonstrates more accurate reconstructions with fewer evaluations compared to competing methods.
Enhances speech quality in noisy environments using symbolic sequential modeling.
problem Improving speech quality in noisy conditions.
method Incorporates symbolic sequential modeling into speech enhancement framework.
result Significant improvement in speech quality metrics (PESQ, STOI) on TIMIT dataset.
Neural model with parameterized algorithms improves graph CO problem solving.
problem Solving NP-hard graph combinatorial optimization problems efficiently and accurately.
method Combining neural models and parameterized algorithms to identify and handle hard and easy parts of CO instances.
result Framework produces superior solution quality and out-of-distribution generalization.
BLOB combines organic and bandit signals for better user interest estimation.
problem Combining organic and bandit signals for improved user interest estimation.
method Bayesian Latent Organic Bandit (BLOB) model using variational auto-encoders and local re-parametrization.
result BLOB outperforms organic and bandit-based methods in both organic and bandit-rich environments.
A new distance metric derived from information theory and estimation theory.
problem Developing a robust distance metric for complex signal distributions.
method Information-Estimation Metric (IEM) derived from continuous probability density and denoising errors.
result The IEM is a valid global distance metric that adapts to the geometry of complex distributions.
Predictive topic models retain only relevant terms for better prediction and topic coherence.
problem Misspecification of topic models leads to poor prediction and topic coherence.
method Uses supervisory signal to select vocabulary terms improving prediction performance.
result Prediction-focused topic models learn more coherent topics while maintaining competitive predictions.
A new diffusion model improves time-series forecasting by preserving seasonal patterns.
problem Improving time-series forecasting accuracy, especially for seasonal data.
method A forward diffusion process that decomposes signals into spectral components, altering only the diffusion process.
result The method maintains high signal-to-noise ratios for dominant frequencies, improving long-term pattern recovery.
New method reconstructs signals and images from periodic nonlinearities.
problem Reconstructing signals and images from periodic nonlinearities.
method Design of measurement scheme for efficient reconstruction, adaptable to compressive sensing.
result Effective reduction in measurement complexity for HDR imaging with minimal quality loss.
Efficient biclustering of tensor data for identifying similar signal patterns over time.
problem Identifying similar signal patterns over time in multi-dimensional data.
method Spectral decomposition to build biclusters.
result Quality of biclusters evaluated using synthetic and real data.
Improved signal classification using multiple wavelets and their smooth coefficients.
problem Signal classification accuracy declines with reduced attributes.
method Transform data with multiple wavelets, combine outputs, apply ensemble classifiers.
result Proposed technique outperforms raw data and single wavelet approaches.
We address the problem of Compressed Sensing (CS) with side information. Namely, when reconstructing a target CS signal, we assume access to a similar signal. This additional knowledge, the side information, is integrated into CS via L1-L1 and L1-L2 minimization. We then provide lower bounds on the number of measuremen…
Model explains how stablecoin runs are influenced by large sales and reserve quality.
problem Understanding and predicting stablecoin runs due to large sales and poor reserve quality.
method Global game model addressing both large sales and poor reserve quality, analyzing risk components.
result The probability of a run increases with large sales and decreases with precise public knowledge, but increases with precise private signals when fundamentals are weak.
Enhances spoken speech quality using EEG signals.
problem Improves speech clarity in noisy environments.
method Generative adversarial network (GAN), gated recurrent unit (GRU), temporal convolutional network (TCN) regression models.
result Significant improvement in speech enhancement quality compared to traditional methods.
DG improves policy gradient efficiency by selectively backpropagating only valuable samples.
problem Expensive backward passes in policy gradient methods reduce efficiency.
method Introduces 'delight' as a forward-pass signal of learning value and a Kondo gate to selectively backpropagate.
result Selective backpropagation reduces backward pass costs without sacrificing learning quality.
DDMI generates high-quality INRs by adapting positional embeddings.
problem Existing INR generative models fail to produce high-quality representations.
method DDMI uses adaptive positional embeddings and a D2C-VAE to enhance expressive power.
result DDMI outperforms existing models across multiple modalities and datasets.
Compact E-Nose detects wine spoilage by acetic acid quickly.
problem Early detection of wine spoilage by acetic acid.
method Portable E-Nose with SnO2 sensors and deep MLP neural network trained approach.
result Classifies wine spoilage levels in 2.7 seconds.
Generative AI improves stock selection by synthesizing features from diverse data sources.
problem Automating feature discovery in stock market data.
method Used large language models with retrieval-augmented generation and structured prompting to synthesize features from various data sources.
result AI-generated features consistently outperform baselines, with Sharpe improvements ranging from 14% to 91%.
Paper tackles GAN instability in audio and speech signals using a new similarity metric.
problem Improving stability of LS-GANs for audio and speech signals.
method Proposes a new similarity metric in unitary space of Schur decomposition for 2D audio and speech representations.
result Enhanced stability in training with less mode collapse compared to baseline GANs.
Paper proposes a faster, higher-quality RL method for text-to-image models.
problem Improving image quality and prompt alignment in RL post-training of text-to-image models.
method Online RL variant that reduces variance by sampling paired trajectories and optimizing flow velocity.
result Method converges faster and yields higher output quality and prompt alignment.
New deep learning method improves clutter removal in ultrasound imaging.
problem Improving separation of microbubble signal from tissue clutter in ultrasound.
method Robust PCA combined with deep learning for iterative and deep network approaches.
result Deep network architecture outperforms traditional methods in image quality and contrast.
Source separation problems are ubiquitous in the physical sciences; any situation where signals are superimposed calls for source separation to estimate the original signals. In this tutorial I will discuss the Bayesian approach to the source separation problem. This approach has a specific advantage in that it require…
Model predicts uncertainty for ECG signals to detect atypical recordings.
problem Detecting atypical ECG recordings with improved algorithm quality.
method Predicts parameters of the beta distribution over class probabilities.
result Significantly improves algorithm quality on confident predictions.
We introduce an interactive market setup with sequential auctions where agents receive variegated signals with a known deadline. The effects of differential information and mutual learning on the allocation of overall profit \& loss (P\&L) and the pace of price discovery are analysed. We characterise the signal-based e…
To recover a sparse signal from an underdetermined system, we often solve a constrained L1-norm minimization problem. In many cases, the signal sparsity and the recovery performance can be further improved by replacing the L1 norm with a "weighted" L1 norm. Without any prior information about nonzero elements of the si…
Energy consumption is an important issue in continuous wireless telemonitoring of physiological signals. Compressed sensing (CS) is a promising framework to address it, due to its energy-efficient data compression procedure. However, most CS algorithms have difficulty in data recovery due to non-sparsity characteristic…
WaveGrad generates high-fidelity audio using gradient estimation.
problem Generating high-fidelity audio efficiently.
method Conditional model using score matching and diffusion models, iteratively refining a Gaussian white noise signal.
result WaveGrad can generate high-fidelity audio samples using as few as six iterations.
Study proposes a time-aware model to predict user conversion intent.
problem Weak predictive signals from users not suitable for conversion prediction.
method Time-aware approach to model user activities and capture conversion intent signals.
result Approach outperforms other models on real-world datasets.
Power quality (PQ) analysis describes the non-pure electric signals that are usually present in electric power systems. The automatic recognition of PQ disturbances can be seen as a pattern recognition problem, in which different types of waveform distortion are differentiated based on their features. Similar to other …
One-dimensional CNNs improve signal recovery from sparse measurements.
problem Recovering signals from limited data.
method One-dimensional Deep Image Prior (DIP) using CNNs with regularization.
result One-dimensional CNNs outperform traditional methods in signal recovery.
Unsupervised deep learning detects image quality issues without annotations.
problem Anomaly detection in images with quality issues.
method Use of deep generative models, specifically normalizing flows, for anomaly detection.
result Accurate semantic labeling and quality trends observed in images.
This paper relaxes the common prior assumption in the public and private information game of Morris and Shin (2000, 2004). For the generalized game, where the agent's prior expectations are heterogenous, it derives a sharp condition for the emergence of unique/multiple equilibria. This condition indicates that unique e…
Many problems in image processing and computer vision (e.g. colorization, style transfer) can be posed as 'manipulating' an input image into a corresponding output image given a user-specified guiding signal. A holy-grail solution towards generic image manipulation should be able to efficiently alter an input image wit…
Study on markets with insiders receiving private signals affecting asset prices and information flow.
problem Understanding markets with heterogeneous information flows and private signals.
method Proves existence of a partial communication equilibrium with jumps in information and prices.
result The public information flow and asset prices jump at each private signal time, creating incomplete markets between jumps.
Informed traders strategically reveal noisier signals, making prices less responsive to public information.
problem How informed traders strategically reveal signals impacts market prices and utility.
method Modeling a market with an informed trader, an uninformed trader, and liquidity providers, proving equilibrium existence.
result In equilibrium, the insider strategically reveals a noisier signal, making prices less responsive to public information.
Automated MRI image quality assessment framework using machine learning.
problem Manual quality assessment of MRI images is time-consuming and costly.
method Machine learning model trained on human observer labels without reference images.
result Framework achieves 93.7% accuracy in estimating image quality.
In many signal processing problems, it may be fruitful to represent the signal under study in a frame. If a probabilistic approach is adopted, it becomes then necessary to estimate the hyper-parameters characterizing the probability distribution of the frame coefficients. This problem is difficult since in general the …
Improved image reconstruction from sparse measurements using generative models.
problem Signal recovery from limited compressed measurements.
method Generative model with constrained latent variables for stable signal reconstruction.
result Improved reconstruction accuracy and preservation of realistic features.
Theoretical analysis of data quality and synergies in LLMs.
problem Understanding why different training methods require different amounts of data.
method Theoretical analysis of transformers trained on a weight prediction task for linear regression.
result SFT excels on smaller datasets challenging for the pretrained model, while RL benefits from large, not overly difficult data.