Detecting temporal extents of human actions in videos is a challenging computer vision problem that requires detailed manual supervision including frame-level labels. This expensive annotation process limits deploying action detectors to a limited number of categories. We propose a novel method, called WSGN, that learn…
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Anomaly detection method tackles hidden adversary actions in real-world scenarios.
problem Detecting hidden adversary actions in real-world scenarios where the defender cannot perfectly observe the attacker's actions.
method Extends existing anomaly detection models to handle continuous action spaces and game-theoretic framework. Proposes two algorithms: direct extension and learning-based approach.
result Learning-based approach produces less exploitable strategies and is scalable to higher dimensions.
We utilize the Ozsvath-Szabo contact invariant to detect the action of involutions on certain homology spheres that are surgeries on symmetric links, generalizing a previous result of Akbulut and Durusoy. Potentially this may be useful to detect different smooth structures on 4-manifolds by cork twisting operation.
We propose a tool-use model that can detect the features of tools, target objects, and actions from the provided effects of object manipulation. We construct a model that enables robots to manipulate objects with tools, using infant learning as a concept. To realize this, we train sensory-motor data recorded during a t…
Optimizes sensor usage for detecting abrupt changes in sensor data.
problem Efficiently detect abrupt changes in sensor data with limited resources.
method Proposes a computationally efficient online sensing scheme that balances exploration and exploitation.
result Expected delay bounds match information-theoretic lower bounds, establishing optimality of the method.
Improved action detection for multi-person videos using attention filtering.
problem Difficulty in distinguishing relevant parts of multi-person videos for action detection.
method Fovea attention filtering and generalized binary loss function.
result 20% relative improvement in mAP over baseline in AVA dataset.
We investigate nearest neighbor and generative models for transferring pose between persons. We take in a video of one person performing a sequence of actions and attempt to generate a video of another person performing the same actions. Our generative model (pix2pix) outperforms k-NN at both generating corresponding f…
Detects anomalies in product health metrics at eBay for better alerts.
problem Detecting anomalies in unsupervised product health metrics at eBay.
method Developed a Moving Metric Detector (MMD) for anomaly detection and a point-wise ranking model for alert retrieval.
result Improves alert precision and avoids alert spamming in eBay production.
Epistasis (gene-gene interaction) is crucial to predicting genetic disease. Our work tackles the computational challenges faced by previous works in epistasis detection by modeling it as a one-step Markov Decision Process where the state is genome data, the actions are the interacted genes, and the reward is an interac…
New homological action on sutured instanton homology defined.
problem Detecting link splitting in knot homology.
method Defining a homological action on sutured instanton Floer homology.
result Instanton knot homology detects link splitting for two-component links.
New framework discovers non-affine continuous symmetries in neural networks.
problem Lack of efficient methods for detecting non-affine continuous symmetries in neural networks.
method Computational framework for discovering infinitesimal generators of multi-parameter group actions.
result Framework can discover non-affine continuous symmetries in neural networks.
Patient pain can be detected highly reliably from facial expressions using a set of facial muscle-based action units (AUs) defined by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). A key characteristic of facial expression of pain is the simultaneous occurrence of pain-related AU combinations, whose automated detection would …
Detects free group automorphisms using homology of covers.
problem Identifying free group automorphisms via homology.
method Analyzes the Endomorphism monoid action on homology of covers.
result Homological characterization of homotopy equivalences.
Study slopes on knot manifolds to understand their fundamental groups.
problem Characterize slopes on knot manifolds to determine fundamental group properties.
method Develops new order-detection notions, parallels existing slope detection methods, and uses dynamics of 3-manifold group actions.
result Conjectured structure theorems connecting Heegaard-Floer homology and foliation dynamics to left-orderability.
Realtime price impact detectionq-fin.TR
Detecting real-time price impact in algo trading
problem Identifying the impact of traders' actions on market prices
method Measuring timing synchronicity between trader actions and adverse market events
result Detecting price impact on a per-action basis
A new method detects fraud transactions by analyzing user behavior over time.
problem Detecting fraud transactions in online payment platforms.
method A time attention based recurrent layer framework combining static and dynamic user behaviors.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods, especially in recall at top percent.
Robots detect and recognize objects in real-time for better manipulation.
problem Real-time object detection and recognition for humanoid robots.
method Modified YOLOv3 algorithm, quantization, and re-arrangement of layers for low-compute NAO robots.
result Robots can perform real-time detection, recognition, and localization of objects.
We present a reinforcement learning approach for detecting objects within an image. Our approach performs a step-wise deformation of a bounding box with the goal of tightly framing the object. It uses a hierarchical tree-like representation of predefined region candidates, which the agent can zoom in on. This reduces t…
This paper studies two important signal processing aspects of equilibrium behavior in non-cooperative games arising in social networks, namely, reinforcement learning and detection of equilibrium play. The first part of the paper presents a reinforcement learning (adaptive filtering) algorithm that facilitates learning…
Facial pain expression is an important modality for assessing pain, especially when the patient's verbal ability to communicate is impaired. The facial muscle-based action units (AUs), which are defined by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), have been widely studied and are highly reliable as a method for detecting…
We introduce an approach based on moving frames for polygon recognition and symmetry detection. We present detailed algorithms for recognition of polygons modulo the special Euclidean, Euclidean, equi-affine, skewed-affine and similarity Lie groups, and explain the procedure for a generic Lie group. The time complexity…
The paper analyzes sports commentary to automatically recognize events and extract insights.
problem Automatically recognizing and categorizing major actions in sports events from commentary.
method Used multiple Natural Language Processing techniques for classification and sentiment analysis.
result Identified insights from analyzing live sport commentaries and classifying major actions.
Anomalies (unusual patterns) in time-series data give essential, and often actionable information in critical situations. Examples can be found in such fields as healthcare, intrusion detection, finance, security and flight safety. In this paper we propose new conformalized density- and distance-based anomaly detection…
Paper calculates indices for group actions using cocycles.
problem Calculating equivariant indices for group actions.
method Construct cyclic cocycles on Harish-Chandra's Schwartz algebra, compute pairings with equivariant indices.
result Index formula completely determines equivariant indices via topological expressions.
Anomalies in time-series data give essential and often actionable information in many applications. In this paper we consider a model-free anomaly detection method for univariate time-series which adapts to non-stationarity in the data stream and provides probabilistic abnormality scores based on the conformal predicti…
Graph-based methods for anomaly detection and semi-supervised learning.
problem Detecting unusual clinical actions and anomalies in hospital data.
method Label propagation, harmonic solution, regularization, graph connectivity analysis.
result Effective anomaly detection and semi-supervised learning methods for healthcare data.
Body movement to sound interface with vector autoregressive hierarchical hidden Markov modelsstat.AP
Interfacing a kinetic action of a person to an action of a machine system is an important research topic in many application areas. One of the key factors for intimate human-machine interaction is the ability of the control algorithm to detect and classify different user commands with shortest possible latency, thus ma…
New approach detects cyber-attacks in real-time.
problem Real-time detection of cyber-attacks for effective mitigation.
method Aggregates unsupervised anomaly detection algorithms and incorporates delayed feedback.
result Improves anomaly detection performance through theoretical guarantees.
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) can be significantly improved with effective driver action prediction (DAP). Predicting driver actions early and accurately can help mitigate the effects of potentially unsafe driving behaviors and avoid possible accidents. In this paper, we formulate driver action prediction a…
Let be an integrable Pfaffian system. If it is invariant under a transversally free infinitesimal action of a finite dimensional real Lie algebra and consequently invariant under the local action of a Lie group , we show that the vertical variational cohomology of is equal to the Lie …
Score-Based Change-Point Detection and Region Localization for Spatio-Temporal Point Processesstat.ME
New method detects and locates changes in spatio-temporal point processes.
problem Detecting and localizing changes in spatio-temporal data.
method Score-based, likelihood-free approach estimating change time and region.
result The method provides theoretical guarantees on detection and localization accuracy.
Dynamical Morse entropymath.DS
Entropy of critical points generalizes Morse theory.
problem Extending Morse theory to group actions.
method Entropy of homologically detectable critical points.
result Entropy lower bound on critical points.
StakeBench evaluates language understanding by linking comments to market commitments, improving model alignment with real-world outcomes.
problem Existing financial NLP benchmarks measure perceived language rather than market commitments.
method StakeBench uses observable market behavior to supervise models, testing their ability to detect commitments, identify sides, and project odds.
result Models partially recover position-side signals but struggle with later tasks, highlighting structural failures.
Defines action on knot spaces using cacti and cubes.
problem Understanding the space of framed long knots.
method Defines an action of cacti operad on the Taylor tower of framed long knots.
result Improves previous work on Vassiliev invariants.
The paper finds infinite families of exotic spheres with free actions.
problem Detecting smooth free and actions on exotic spheres.
method Topological modular forms.
result Infinite families of very exotic spheres with free actions.
Paper proposes an efficient method for bounding box annotation in object detection.
problem Manual annotation of bounding boxes is tedious and resource-intensive.
method Iterative training of object detector on small batches of labeled images, with human annotator correcting errors.
result Significant reduction in human annotation effort, up to 75%.
The paper proposes an on-line monitoring framework for continuous real-time safety/security in learning-based control systems (specifically application to a unmanned ground vehicle). We monitor validity of mappings from sensor inputs to actuator commands, controller-focused anomaly detection (CFAM), and from actuator c…
Machine learning detects subtle glucose changes for early diabetes diagnosis.
problem Challenging early-stage diabetes diagnosis due to subtle glucose changes.
method Applied machine learning to synthetic glucose profiles generated by a biophysical model.
result High accuracy (above 85%) in detecting insulin resistance using various neural networks.
Amazon SageMaker Model Monitor detects drift in deployed ML models.
problem Ensuring high performance of ML models in production environments.
method Automatically detects data, concept, bias, and feature attribution drift in real-time.
result Maintains high quality models by providing alerts and corrective actions.
ADSAGE detects anomalies in graph edge sequences for insider threat detection.
problem Detecting insider threats in fine-grained audit logs using graph and text features.
method Anomaly detection at edge level, supporting numeric, categorical, and text attributes.
result ADSAGE detects anomalies in authentications and email communications effectively.
AutoOD automates outlier detection using curiosity-guided search and self-imitation learning.
problem Automated outlier detection for complex tasks with big data.
method Curiosity-guided search strategy and self-imitation learning.
result AutoOD identifies optimal neural network models with superior performance.
Proposes a real-time anomaly detection system using IRL.
problem Real-time anomaly detection in sequential data.
method Uses inverse reinforcement learning to infer reward function and evaluate anomalies.
result Effective in identifying anomalies in real-world data.
Efficient algorithms identify true hypothesis from many options with minimal actions.
problem Identifying true hypothesis from a large set of options with minimal actions.
method Greedy approximation algorithms for active sequential hypothesis testing.
result First approximation guarantees for ASHT, independent of the number of hypotheses.
Illegal insider trading of stocks is based on releasing non-public information (e.g., new product launch, quarterly financial report, acquisition or merger plan) before the information is made public. Detecting illegal insider trading is difficult due to the complex, nonlinear, and non-stationary nature of the stock ma…
Paper detects pump and dump schemes in cryptocurrencies.
problem Cryptocurrency market manipulation by communities.
method Analyzed communities, reported case studies, introduced real-time detection approach.
result Real-time detection approach outperforms current methods.
Floer theory constructs filtrations on quantum cohomology for symplectic manifolds.
problem Quantum cohomology of symplectic manifolds with -actions.
method Floer theory applied to -actions on symplectic manifolds.
result Constructs a family of filtrations on quantum cohomology for Conical Symplectic Resolutions.
Online retailers execute a very large number of price updates when compared to brick-and-mortar stores. Even a few mis-priced items can have a significant business impact and result in a loss of customer trust. Early detection of anomalies in an automated real-time fashion is an important part of such a pricing system.…
New algorithm tracks changes in infinite action space rewards.
problem Non-stationary Lipschitz bandits with infinite actions.
method Adaptive tracking of significant shifts using hierarchical discretization.
result Achieves minimax-optimal dynamic regret bound of .