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48 results for Sparse kernel matrix

New GPU kernels boost deep learning speed and memory efficiency.

problem Sparse deep learning matrices are not well-suited for existing sparse kernels.
method Identified favorable properties of sparse matrices from deep learning, developed high-performance GPU kernels for sparse matrix operations.
result 27% of single-precision peak performance on Nvidia V100 GPUs achieved with new kernels.

Signal processing tasks as fundamental as sampling, reconstruction, minimum mean-square error interpolation and prediction can be viewed under the prism of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. Endowing this vantage point with contemporary advances in sparsity-aware modeling and processing, promotes the nonparametric basi…

2013-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles matrix estimation under arbitrary noise, achieving minimax optimality.

problem Noisy low-rank-plus-sparse matrix recovery under arbitrary dependence.
method Incoherent-constrained least-square estimator, novel energy spreading result.
result Achieves minimax optimality in estimating structured Markov transition kernels.

Robust principal component analysis (RPCA) can recover low-rank matrices when they are corrupted by sparse noises. In practice, many matrices are, however, of high-rank and hence cannot be recovered by RPCA. We propose a novel method called robust kernel principal component analysis (RKPCA) to decompose a partially cor…

2018-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Kernel regression is a popular non-parametric fitting technique. It aims at learning a function which estimates the targets for test inputs as precise as possible. Generally, the function value for a test input is estimated by a weighted average of the surrounding training examples. The weights are typically computed b…

2017-12-25abs ↗pdf ↗

As enjoying the closed form solution, least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) has been widely used for classification and regression problems having the comparable performance with other types of SVMs. However, LSSVM has two drawbacks: sensitive to outliers and lacking sparseness. Robust LSSVM (R-LSSVM) overcomes …

2017-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new method for kernel density estimation using stagewise minimization and a simple dictionary.

problem Kernel density estimation with data-adaptive weighting parameters and sparse representation.
method Stagewise minimization algorithm based on UU-divergence and a simple dictionary.
result Develops non-asymptotic error bound for the proposed estimator.

The paper examines how kernel approximations affect Gaussian process regression in large data applications.

problem Effect of kernel approximations on Gaussian process regression in large data applications.
method Unified framework to analyze Gaussian process regression under computational and epistemic misspecification.
result Theoretical analysis of Gaussian process regression under various misspecifications.

Simplifies NL models by approximating them as LPV systems and identifying NL subterms.

problem Complex NL models are hard to interpret and impractical.
method Linear approximation around operating points, sparse estimation in RKHS, LPV model reduction.
result Identifies NL subterms and their input spaces in sparse additive NL models.

We provide a methodology for learning sparse statistical models that use as features all possible multiplicative interactions among an underlying atomic set of features. While the resulting optimization problems are exponentially sized, our methodology leads to algorithms that can often solve these problems exactly or …

2020-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Exact Gaussian Processes for massive datasets using non-stationary sparsity-discovering kernels.

problem High computational and storage costs for exact GPs in large datasets.
method Develop non-stationary kernels that allow the GP to discover sparse structure naturally.
result Exact Gaussian Processes scalable to over 5 million data points.

SigGPDE scales sparse Gaussian processes for sequential data.

problem Predicting and quantifying uncertainty in sequential data.
method Sparse variational inference framework for Gaussian Processes, leveraging GP signature kernel gradients as PDE solutions.
result Significant computational gains and state-of-the-art performance on large sequential datasets.

Exact and scalable algorithm for Gaussian process regression with Matérn correlations.

problem Efficient Gaussian process regression with Matérn correlations.
method Novel kernel packet theory and sparse representation of covariance matrix.
result Significantly superior to existing alternatives in computational time and predictive accuracy.

Manifold learning and dimensionality reduction techniques are ubiquitous in science and engineering, but can be computationally expensive procedures when applied to large data sets or when similarities are expensive to compute. To date, little work has been done to investigate the tradeoff between computational resourc…

2016-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose an algebraic combinatorial method for solving large sparse linear systems of equations locally - that is, a method which can compute single evaluations of the signal without computing the whole signal. The method scales only in the sparsity of the system and not in its size, and allows to provide error estim…

2014-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Method interpolates option prices and volatilities without arbitrage.

problem Interpolating option prices and volatilities without arbitrage.
method Sparse modeling approach based on integral equations and SVD.
result Flexible and efficient framework for arbitrage-free interpolation.

Random non-linear Fourier features have recently shown remarkable performance in a wide-range of regression and classification applications. Motivated by this success, this article focuses on a sparse non-linear Fourier feature (NFF) model. We provide a characterization of the sufficient number of data points that guar…

2020-02-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Scalable Gaussian processes with latent Kronecker structure for large datasets.

problem Limited scalability of Gaussian processes for large datasets.
method Leveraging latent Kronecker structure, projecting kernel matrix onto latent Kronecker product, using iterative linear system solvers and pathwise conditioning.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art sparse and variational GPs on real-world datasets with up to five million examples.

A new method for manifold learning using sparse regularised optimal transport.

problem Detecting latent manifolds in high-dimensional data with noisy observations.
method Proposes a symmetric version of optimal transport with quadratic regularisation to construct a sparse and adaptive affinity matrix.
result The method outperforms competing methods in numerical experiments and demonstrates robustness to heteroskedastic noise.

A new method for self-attention models that improves uncertainty estimation.

problem Overconfident predictions and lack of calibrated uncertainty in Transformers.
method Kernel-Eigen Pair Sparse Variational Gaussian Processes (KEP-SVGP) with Kernel SVD (KSVD) to handle asymmetry of attention kernels.
result Reduction in time complexity and improved performance on various benchmarks.

New method for hyperparameter tuning in sparse matrix factorization.

problem Hyperparameter tuning in sparse matrix factorization.
method Numerical method based on evaluating the zero point of normalization factor in sparse matrix prior.
result Our method outperforms existing algorithms in ground-truth sparse matrix reconstruction.

Random sinusoidal features are a popular approach for speeding up kernel-based inference in large datasets. Prior to the inference stage, the approach suggests performing dimensionality reduction by first multiplying each data vector by a random Gaussian matrix, and then computing an element-wise sinusoid. Theoretical …

2017-01-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum-assisted Gaussian process speeds up data regression.

problem High computational complexity of Gaussian process regression for large datasets.
method Quantum-assisted sparse Gaussian process regression using random Fourier features.
result Achieves polynomial-order computational speedup compared to classical methods.

Gaussian processes (GPs) are flexible models that can capture complex structure in large-scale dataset due to their non-parametric nature. However, the usage of GPs in real-world application is limited due to their high computational cost at inference time. In this paper, we introduce a new framework, \textit{kernel di…

2018-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse Gaussian processes with compact kernels for faster inference.

problem Efficient Gaussian process inference with high computational complexity.
method Parametric families of compactly-supported kernels for sparse matrix representations.
result Sub-quadratic inference complexity and improved performance on real-world tasks.

Paper introduces kernel deformed exponential families for sparse continuous attention.

problem Creating efficient attention mechanisms for sparse data.
method Developed kernel deformed exponential families, theoretically and experimentally.
result Kernel deformed exponential families can attend to multiple compact regions of data.

Paper develops a decoder for sparse codes without encoder matrix, achieving optimal recovery.

problem Designing a decoder for sparse codes from linear measurements alone.
method Matrix factorization to recover encoder and sparse coding matrices from measurements.
result Decoder-Expander Based Factorisation recovers encoder and sparse coding matrix at optimal measurement rate with high probability.

Sparse coding is a core building block in many data analysis and machine learning pipelines. Typically it is solved by relying on generic optimization techniques, that are optimal in the class of first-order methods for non-smooth, convex functions, such as the Iterative Soft Thresholding Algorithm and its accelerated …

2016-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse Kernel Flows learns dynamical systems from data.

problem Learning dynamical systems from limited data.
method Sparse Kernel Flows: trains optimal kernel from a dictionary of kernels.
result Sparse Kernel Flows can learn from 132 chaotic systems.