Transfer entropy shows abnormal brain connectivity in depression.
problem Abnormal brain connectivity in depression.
method Transfer entropy analysis on EEG recordings.
result Aberrated dynamics and direction of information between brain centers in depression.
A new CNN-based algorithm improves Fourier ptychography for faster, more robust image reconstruction.
problem Slow and inefficient Fourier ptychography reconstruction under system aberrations.
method A CNN-based iterative phase retrieval algorithm trained on GPUs.
result Significantly faster and more robust image reconstruction under system aberrations.
The genomic profile underlying an individual tumor can be highly informative in the creation of a personalized cancer treatment strategy for a given patient; a practice known as precision oncology. This involves next generation sequencing of a tumor sample and the subsequent identification of genomic aberrations, such …
A major tenet in theoretical neuroscience is that cognitive and behavioral processes are ultimately implemented in terms of the neural system dynamics. Accordingly, a major aim for the analysis of neurophysiological measurements should lie in the identification of the computational dynamics underlying task processing. …
A contextual care protocol is used by a medical practitioner for patient healthcare, given the context or situation that the specified patient is in. This paper proposes a method to build an automated self-adapting protocol which can help make relevant, early decisions for effective healthcare delivery. The hybrid mode…
Study predicts lens performance using neural networks.
problem Predicting visual acuity from lens designs.
method Used a CNN to classify Landolt Cs and validate its ability to predict VA from induced defocus.
result Validation showed consistent offset of +0.20 logMAR from simulated VA, comparable to clinical repeatability.
Enhanced anomaly detection using PRC-RF with autoencoders.
problem Extreme class imbalance and curse of dimensionality in anomaly detection.
method Hybrid framework combining PRC-RF and autoencoders.
result Autoencoder-PRC-RF model outperforms previous methods in accuracy, scalability, and interpretability.
Reward hacking exploits misspecified rewards, affecting agent capabilities and true performance.
problem Reward hacking in RL models exploiting reward misspecifications.
method Constructed four RL environments with misspecified rewards; analyzed agent capabilities and behavior.
result More capable agents exploit reward misspecifications, achieving higher proxy reward but lower true reward.
Neural NCD reveals LLMs don't compress well for classification.
problem The disconnect between compression and classification in neural networks.
method Developed Neural NCD to compare LLMs to classic algorithms, finding classification accuracy not correlated with compression rate.
result Classification accuracy is not predictable by compression rate alone, challenging current understanding.
New research extends optimal transport map breakdown properties to general costs.
problem Understanding robustness of optimal transport maps under contamination.
method Analyzing breakdown point of optimal transport maps for general convex costs.
result Breakdown point of optimal transport maps is independent of the cost function.
New robust estimator improves variable selection and coefficient estimation in linear regression with heavy-tailed errors and outliers.
problem Heavy-tailed errors and anomalous predictors in high-dimensional regression.
method Adaptive PENSE estimator for robust variable selection and estimation.
result Adaptive PENSE estimator provides reliable results even under very heavy-tailed errors and aberrant predictors.
Most successful machine intelligence systems rely on gradient-based learning, which is made possible by backpropagation. Some systems are designed to aid us in interpreting data when explicit goals cannot be provided. These unsupervised systems are commonly trained by backpropagating through a likelihood function. We i…
The research reported in this paper identifies the epigenetic biomarker (methylation beta pattern) of breast cancer. Many cancers are triggered by abnormal gene expression levels caused by aberrant methylation of CpG sites in the DNA. In order to develop early diagnostics of cancer-causing methylations and to develop a…
CN-SBM clusters cancer samples and regions based on copy number variants.
problem Clonal evolution in cancer monitored by noisy copy number variants.
method Probabilistic framework using bipartite categorical block model.
result Improved model fit and clinically relevant subtypes identified.
Chain-ladder reserving is sensitive to outliers, leading to unreliable estimates.
problem Sensitivity of loss reserving techniques to outliers.
method Derivation of impact functions for reserves and mean squared errors of prediction under Mack's Model.
result Impact of outliers varies widely in a loss triangle and depends on other cells.
New test detects differences in heterogeneous datasets.
problem Detecting differences between two samples with unknown heterogeneity.
method Developed a nonparametric testing procedure that handles latent heterogeneity through a composite null.
result The test accurately detects differences in the presence of unknown heterogeneity.
Multivariate binary data is becoming abundant in current biological research. Logistic principal component analysis (PCA) is one of the commonly used tools to explore the relationships inside a multivariate binary data set by exploiting the underlying low rank structure. We re-expressed the logistic PCA model based on …
Principal component analysis (PCA) is widely used for dimensionality reduction, with well-documented merits in various applications involving high-dimensional data, including computer vision, preference measurement, and bioinformatics. In this context, the fresh look advocated here permeates benefits from variable sele…
Neural network Kalman filtering improves 3D ultrasound object tracking.
problem Accurate and robust 3D positional estimation from 2D ultrasound data.
method Neural network training for out-of-plane offset estimation, combined with Kalman filtering.
result Mean error of 0.1mm for simulated data, 0.2mm for experimental data.
Unified framework improves neural network robustness against label noise and adversarial attacks.
problem High sensitivity of neural networks to data contamination, including label noises and adversarial perturbations.
method Unified minimum-divergence estimation problem, rSDNet framework.
result Improves robustness to label corruption and adversarial attacks while maintaining competitive accuracy on clean data.
Study on 2-valued dynamics on complex plane, showing some dynamics can't be group actions.
problem Whether 2-valued dynamics can be defined by the action of a 2-valued group.
method Construction of examples of dynamics that are or are not group actions.
result Some 2-valued dynamics on complex plane cannot be defined by the action of a 2-valued group.
The paper studies dynamic star-shaped risk measures and their representation.
problem Representing dynamic star-shaped risk measures and their properties.
method Representation theorems for dynamic monetary and star-shaped risk measures.
result Dynamic star-shaped risk measures can be represented as the lower envelope of a family of dynamic convex risk measures.
Study circles to understand dynamics and rigidity in homogeneous spaces.
problem Understanding dynamics and rigidity in infinite-volume homogeneous spaces.
method Addressing four questions about circle packings.
result Highlighting the interplay between dynamics, geometry, and rigidity.
A Riemmanian foliated dynamical system of 3-dimension (RFDS3) is a closed Riemannian 3-manifold with additional structures: foliation, dynamical system. In the context of arithmetic topology, it is a geometric/analytic analogue of an arithmetic scheme with a conjectural dynamical system suggested by C. De…
Paper connects dynamics of mechanical systems to Reeb dynamics.
problem Understanding dynamics in mechanical systems with Poisson structures.
method Using Jacobi bundle metrics and linear Poisson structures.
result Extends classical results on Reeb dynamics to mechanical systems.
Two heuristics solve dynamic multiple travelling salesmen problems.
problem Dynamic routing with unknown customers.
method Balanced dynamic closest vehicle heuristic and balanced dynamic assignment vehicle heuristic.
result Continuous approximation models for strategic dynamic routing.
In this paper we present a theoretical framework for studying coherent acceptability indices in a dynamic setup. We study dynamic coherent acceptability indices and dynamic coherent risk measures, and we establish a duality between them. We derive a representation theorem for dynamic coherent risk measures in terms of …
DOODL learns shared spectral dynamics across related dynamical systems.
problem Learning independent dynamical operators for each system limits discovery of shared structure.
method DOODL learns a dictionary of characteristic spectral dynamics on a manifold of related systems.
result DOODL achieves errors one to two orders of magnitude lower than independent operator estimation methods.
We propose a new class of mappings, called Dynamic Limit Growth Indices, that are designed to measure the long-run performance of a financial portfolio in discrete time setup. We study various important properties for this new class of measures, and in particular, we provide necessary and sufficient condition for a Dyn…
In this paper we present a theoretical framework for determining dynamic ask and bid prices of derivatives using the theory of dynamic coherent acceptability indices in discrete time. We prove a version of the First Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing using the dynamic coherent risk measures. We introduce the dynamic …
Dynamical-VAE learns causal dynamics from POMDPs using future information.
problem Learning accurate state representations from partial observations in POMDPs.
method Dynamical Variational Auto-Encoder (DVAE) with hindsight framework.
result DVAE uncovers causal graph more effectively than history-based methods.
Most real world phenomena such as sunlight distribution under a forest canopy, minerals concentration, stock valuation, exhibit nonstationary dynamics i.e. phenomenon variation changes depending on the locality. Nonstationary dynamics pose both theoretical and practical challenges to statistical machine learning algori…
Unified analysis of DLNs using DMFT reveals dynamics of loss convergence and generalization trade-offs.
problem Understanding the overall dynamics of diagonal linear networks (DLNs) in neural network training.
method Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT) applied to DLNs.
result Derives low-dimensional effective process capturing high-dimensional gradient flow dynamics.
dLDS models neural dynamics as sparse combinations of simpler components.
problem Understanding complex neural dynamics at a population level.
method Proposes a decomposed dynamical system model trained through dictionary learning.
result Model efficiently captures and demix diverse neural dynamics.
Reinforcement learning would enjoy better success on real-world problems if domain knowledge could be imparted to the algorithm by the modelers. Most problems have both hidden state and unknown dynamics. Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) allow for the modeling of both. Unfortunately, they do not p…
We consider trivializations of second iterated bundles of a Lie group that preserve lifted group structures. With such a trivialization, we elaborate Hamiltonian dynamics on cotangent, Lagrangian dynamics on tangent bundles and, both Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamics on Tulczyjew's symplectic space which is tangent o…
Framework for quantifying uncertainty in dynamic processes.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in dynamic stochastic processes.
method Define dynamic uncertainty sets and dynamic robust risk measures.
result Dynamic robust risk measures are time-consistent under specific uncertainty sets.
This survey clarifies dynamic network terminology and reviews GNN models for dynamic networks.
problem Ambiguity in dynamic network terminology and lack of GNN models for dynamic networks.
method Established consistent terminology and notation for dynamic networks, reviewed GNN models.
result Comprehensive survey of dynamic graph neural network models.
Framework infers Langevin dynamics from stochastic observations of latent systems.
problem Inferring non-stationary Langevin dynamics from indirect stochastic observations.
method Non-parametric framework explicitly modeling stochastic observation process and non-stationary latent dynamics.
result Correct inference of non-stationary dynamics requires accounting for non-equilibrium states and observation duration.
The paper introduces a dynamic MVP model using high-frequency financial data.
problem Capturing the dynamics of minimum variance portfolio weights in financial markets.
method Imposes autoregressive structure on MVP processes and uses CLIME and LASSO for estimation.
result Proposes DR-MVP model with established asymptotic properties.
The paper extends Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics using cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.
problem Extending Vlasov kinetic theory to time-dependent dynamics.
method Introducing geometric kinetic theories within cosymplectic and cocontact manifolds.
result Alternative realizations of cosymplectic and cocontact kinetic theories linked via Poisson/momentum maps.
NDS learns dynamical models with prior knowledge, improving accuracy and efficiency.
problem Learning accurate dynamical models with limited data and varying dynamics.
method Neural Dynamical Systems (NDS) integrates prior knowledge in ODEs with neural networks to estimate parameters and predict states.
result NDS achieves higher accuracy and uses fewer samples compared to other methods.
New method learns population dynamics from snapshots, outperforming existing models.
problem Capturing periodic and other dynamical properties of population dynamics.
method Wasserstein Lagrangian Mechanics (WLM) for learning second-order dynamics from observed marginals.
result WLM outperforms existing methods across various dynamics, including vortex dynamics, embryonic development, and flocking.
Paper uses Chebyshev Tensors for accurate dynamic sensitivities and ISDA SIMM computation.
problem Computing dynamic sensitivities and initial margin for financial instruments.
method Uses Chebyshev Tensors in Monte Carlo simulations to compute dynamic sensitivities and ISDA SIMM.
result High accuracy and computational gains for FX swaps and Spread Options.
Model dynamic customer sensitivities across categories.
problem Dynamic heterogeneity in customer sensitivities to marketing elements.
method Hierarchical dynamic factor model with Bayesian nonparametric Gaussian processes.
result Dynamic heterogeneity can be explained by a few global trends.
Survey on computational models in dynamical systems, including new universality concepts.
problem Understanding the relationship between computational models and dynamical systems.
method Review of recent works on Turing universality, Topological Kleene Field Theories, and dynamical bordisms.
result Introduction of new perspectives on computability through dynamical systems.
FNSDA adapts to new dynamics via Fourier space adaptation.
problem Generalizing to unseen dynamical systems with limited data.
method Automatic partitioning of known environments in Fourier modes and adaptation of specific modes for new environments.
result FNSDA achieves superior or competitive generalization performance with reduced parameter cost.
Study on geometry and dynamics of transverse subgroups.
problem Understanding the geometry and dynamics of transverse subgroups.
method Survey of recent research on semi-simple Lie groups.
result Recent findings on transverse subgroups of semi-simple Lie groups.