Optimizes data transmission timing to minimize user information age.
problem Minimizing long-term average age of information in multi-user networks.
method Reinforcement learning applied to scheduling decisions without channel state information.
result RL approach effectively reduces AoI compared to traditional ARQ and HARQ.
DSGD with OAC-MAC scheme achieves better convergence in noisy wireless networks.
problem Performance of decentralized SGD in noisy wireless environments.
method Proposed OAC-MAC scheme for over-the-air computation in DSGD.
result OAC-MAC scheme converges faster with fewer communication rounds.
Paper tackles ML for non-scheduled URLLC traffic in 5G networks.
problem Coexistence of scheduled and non-scheduled URLLC traffic with stringent reliability and latency requirements.
method Distributed risk-aware ML solution for resource management (RRM).
result 75% increase in data rate for scheduled traffic with 99.99% reliability for both types.
New pricing framework allocates costs of operating reserves and transmission.
problem Allocating costs of operating reserves and transmission efficiently.
method Causation-based framework using contingency-constrained scheduling models.
result More comprehensive and efficient cost-reflective market operations.
Deep learning approach for efficient IoT task scheduling in MEC networks.
problem Minimizing task latency in IoT users with large-scale MEC systems.
method Stacked auto-encoder for data compression, adaptive simulated annealing, experience replay.
result Near-optimal performance with significantly reduced computational time.
The grid integration of intermittent Renewable Energy Sources (RES) causes costs for grid operators due to forecast uncertainty and the resulting production schedule mismatches. These so-called profile service costs are marginal cost components and can be understood as an insurance fee against RES production schedule u…
This paper considers a cross-layer adaptive modulation system that is modeled as a Markov decision process (MDP). We study how to utilize the monotonicity of the optimal transmission policy to relieve the computational complexity of dynamic programming (DP). In this system, a scheduler controls the bit rate of the m-qu…
A distributed RL framework optimizes radio resource management for wireless networks.
problem Interference in wireless networks limits performance; maximizing average and worst-case throughput is challenging.
method Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (RL) for distributed link scheduling.
result The framework achieves superior average and 5th percentile user throughput compared to decentralized methods.
New method learns transmission matrices from input-output data.
problem Recovering transmission matrices from input-output data in random media.
method Statistical mechanical formulation and pseudolikelihood maximization.
result Inference protocols can learn transmission couplings.
This article improves communication efficiency in distributed ML over wireless networks.
problem Achieving high ML inference accuracy at scale with zero communication latency.
method Optimizing communication payload types, techniques, scheduling, and ML architectures.
result Communication-efficient and distributed learning frameworks are presented.
Paper proposes a federated learning framework for UAV swarms, optimizing convergence rate and energy consumption.
problem Challenges of centralized ML in UAV swarms due to limited connections and large data volumes.
method Distributed federated learning within UAV swarm, joint power allocation and scheduling design.
result Joint design strategy reduces communication rounds by up to 35%.
This paper uses deep reinforcement learning to automate electric transmission voltage control.
problem Automating voltage control in electric transmission systems.
method Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) applied to voltage control, with a novel DQN modification.
result DRL can automate voltage control at scale, but more research is needed.
New method shows cultural transmission improves language compositionality.
problem How cultural transmission affects language emergence and compositionality.
method Introduced cultural evolutionary dynamics into language emergence by periodically replacing agents in a population.
result Languages emerge with better compositional generalization due to implicit cultural transmission.
New method schedules learning rate without stopping time, outperforming existing methods.
problem Learning rate schedules that require stopping time are outperformed.
method Schedule-Free approach that avoids stopping time and introduces no additional hyper-parameters.
result Exhibits state-of-the-art performance across various problems.
This paper proposes a method to select project schedules with the lowest risk.
problem Selecting schedules that meet project deadlines while minimizing risk.
method Integrating aleatory uncertainty into project scheduling to quantify and compare risks.
result Proposes a method to select schedules with the lowest risk.
Researchers use statistical methods to infer transmission matrices in complex media.
problem Comprehending and exploiting photon scattering through disordered media.
method Pseudolikelihood decimation to learn the coupling matrix via random sampling.
result Transmission matrices can be inferred and used like normal optical elements.
New framework analyzes belief evolution in social networks.
problem Analyzing belief evolution in social networks.
method Proposes a new theoretical framework using Markov chain theory for horizontal and vertical transmission.
result Homophily-based networks do not converge to a single set of beliefs.
Optimizes financial auditor schedules to reduce time and costs.
problem Efficiently scheduling financial auditors with multiple constraints.
method Used Integer Linear Programming and compared two exact formulations.
result Multi-commodity network flow formulation is 24 times faster.
ScheduleFree+ improves large language model training without schedules or learning rates.
problem Scaling up Schedule-Free Learning to large language models.
method Learning-rate-free and schedule-free method for training large language models.
result ScheduleFree+ outperforms SOTA schedules by 31% at 1000 tokens per parameter.
Cosine schedule is optimal for discrete diffusion models.
problem Choosing the best discretization schedule for diffusion models.
method Optimized using Fisher-Rao geometry.
result Cosine schedule is Fisher-Rao optimal.
Optimal learning rate schedules derived for various tasks.
problem Inadequate learning rate schedules in practice compared to theory.
method Refined analysis of learning rate schedules for optimization algorithms.
result Derives new problem-adaptive learning rate schedules.
The paper optimizes interpolation schedules in generative models to improve sampling accuracy.
problem Improving sampling accuracy in generative models with fewer resources.
method Minimizing the averaged squared Lipschitzness of the drift field, using transfer formulas.
result Designed schedules yield more accurate fine-scale statistics at fixed integrator budget.
This paper considers a transmission control problem in network-coded two-way relay channels (NC-TWRC), where the relay buffers random symbol arrivals from two users, and the channels are assumed to be fading. The problem is modeled by a discounted infinite horizon Markov decision process (MDP). The objective is to find…
New method converts and optimizes sampling schedules for generative models.
problem Optimizing sampling schedules for generative models like flows and diffusions.
method Unified framework for stochastic interpolants, including point mass schedules.
result Demonstrated efficient generation of images with fewer steps.
This work interprets GELU and related activations via a first-order loss function.
problem Understanding and optimizing activation functions in neural networks.
method Complementary interpretation using the Gaussian first-order loss function.
result Calibrated or learned uniform-threshold gates are competitive and often outperform GELU, ReLU, and SiLU/Swish.
A deep learning approach for efficient power control in wireless video transmissions.
problem Optimizing power control for real-time wireless video transmissions with quality constraints.
method Proposes a learning-based approach using a deep neural network to solve the non-convex power control problem.
result The deep neural network can quickly provide optimal power levels for given channel conditions.
Deep RL optimizes lab test scheduling for better patient outcomes and cost savings.
problem Redundant lab tests lead to cost and patient discomfort.
method Deep reinforcement learning for optimal scheduling.
result Deep RL policy outperforms heuristic scheduling in both accuracy and cost.
Anomaly detection identifies unusual malaria transmission patterns in Ghana.
problem Identifying atypical malaria transmission patterns in Ghana's spatiotemporal surveillance data.
method Consensus-based anomaly detection framework applied to monthly malaria surveillance data.
result High-burden areas are not necessarily those with the most frequent anomalous transmission.
In this note, we present some interesting observations on the Schiffer's conjecture, interior transmission eigenvalue problem and their connections to singular and nonsingular invisibility cloaking problems of acoustic waves.
The paper presents a multi-power law for predicting loss curves across different learning rate schedules.
problem Understanding and optimizing the relationship between model performance and hyperparameters, especially learning rates.
method Proposes a multi-power law that combines power laws based on the sum of learning rates and additional laws for loss reduction due to decay.
result The multi-power law accurately predicts loss curves for unseen learning rate schedules and finds a schedule that outperforms cosine learning rate.
This paper proposes a system-agnostic policy for dynamic scheduling.
problem Dynamic scheduling in changing systems is challenging due to system-specific optimal policies.
method Descriptive policy that learns a system-agnostic scheduling principle.
result System-agnostic meta-learning enables adaptation to unseen system characteristics.
Transmission imaging, as an important imaging technique widely used in astronomy, medical diagnosis, and biology science, has been shown in [49] quite different from reflection imaging used in our everyday life. Understanding the structures of images (the prior information) is important for designing, testing, and choo…
Adaptive scheduling improves multilingual neural machine translation models.
problem Training models on multiple tasks with uniform or proportional sampling leads to poor performance trade-offs.
method Exploring non-adaptive and adaptive task scheduling, including implicit schedules.
result Adaptive schedules improve model performance for low-resource tasks without negatively affecting high-resource tasks.
Traders and investors involved in an option contract having the underlying stock in range bound are likely to lose their initial investment. Timing in buying an option contract is of capital importance. In a recent article [1] the hypothesis of range bound market is used in conjunction to Black-Scholes equation to find…
NESA learns user preferences and calendar contexts for efficient event scheduling.
problem Challenges in understanding user preferences and complex calendar contexts for automated event scheduling.
method Leverages deep neural networks to learn user preferences and calendar context from raw online calendars.
result Significantly outperforms previous models in personal and multi-attendee event scheduling tasks.
DL2 uses deep learning to optimize resource allocation in DL clusters.
problem Efficient resource scheduling for deep learning clusters is challenging.
method DL2 combines supervised learning and reinforcement learning to dynamically allocate resources.
result DL2 reduces average training completion time by 44.1% compared to fairness scheduler.
DeepJSCC-f uses feedback to improve image transmission quality.
problem Improve image transmission quality in feedback channels.
method Autoencoder-based joint source-channel coding (DeepJSCC-f) exploiting feedback.
result Improves reconstruction quality for fixed-length or variable-length transmission.
Solves the film scheduling and staggered showtimes problem for movie theaters.
problem Maximize attendance and revenue by scheduling films with staggered showtimes.
method Binary integer linear optimization to find optimal schedules for each cluster of neighboring locations.
result Optimal scheduling cannot be done for all locations at once, but must be done for each cluster.
Optimal learning rate schedules for SGD in changing data distributions.
problem Minimizing regret in online learning with changing data distributions.
method Characterized optimal schedules for linear regression, proposed schedules for general convex and non-convex losses, and defined a notion of regret for non-convex losses.
result Upper and lower bounds for regret with constants for convex losses, and an upper bound on total expected regret for non-convex losses.
Mathematical framework for cooperative communication explains belief transmission.
problem Lack of understanding why cooperation enables effective belief transmission.
method Connection to optimal transport theory, deriving prior models, statistical interpretations, proofs of robustness and instability.
result Cooperative communication provably enables effective, robust belief transmission.
Enhances multi-project scheduling with multiple priority rules.
problem Resource allocation in multi-project scheduling with limited time and resources.
method Simulation-based approach using composite priority rules.
result Increased probability of finding schedules with shortest duration.
Learning-rate schedules for large models match optimization theory closely, leading to better training.
problem Improving training of large models with optimal learning rates.
method Used a bound from non-smooth convex optimization theory to match learning-rate schedules with practical benefits.
result Extending the learning-rate schedule with optimal learning-rate and transferring it across schedules improves model training.
The study introduces anytime learning schedules for large language models without fixed horizons.
problem Training large language models without knowing the total training horizon.
method Theoretical analysis and weight averaging to create anytime learning schedules.
result Theoretical and empirical evidence shows that weight averaging with simple step sizes can achieve comparable final loss to well-tuned cosine schedules.
In agreement with the recent research findings in the econophysics, we propose that the nonlinear dynamic chaos can be generated by the turbulent capital flows in both the quantitative easing transmission channels and the transaction networks channels, when there are the laminar turbulent capital flows transitions in t…
Deep JSCC maps images directly to channel symbols for wireless transmission.
problem Efficient image transmission in noisy wireless channels.
method Joint source and channel coding using CNNs trained jointly.
result Deep JSCC outperforms traditional JPEG/2000 + channel codes at low SNR.
This work uses reinforcement learning to optimize task scheduling and execution in a dynamic multi-agent warehouse environment.
problem Optimizing task scheduling and execution in a dynamic multi-agent warehouse environment with limited observability.
method Deep reinforcement learning to solve both high-level scheduling and low-level multi-agent execution problems.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of reinforcement learning in optimizing task scheduling and execution in a dynamic multi-agent environment.
Annealed importance sampling (AIS) is a common algorithm to estimate partition functions of useful stochastic models. One important problem for obtaining accurate AIS estimates is the selection of an annealing schedule. Conventionally, an annealing schedule is often determined heuristically or is simply set as a linear…
Decima uses machine learning to automatically generate efficient scheduling policies.
problem Scheduling data processing jobs on distributed clusters is complex and requires tuning for each workload.
method Decima employs reinforcement learning and neural networks to learn workload-specific scheduling policies without human intervention.
result Decima improves average job completion time by at least 21% compared to hand-tuned heuristics.