ADT uses adaptive sequences to improve automata learning.
problem Improving efficiency and accuracy of automata learning.
method Developed ADT algorithm with adaptive distinguishing sequences.
result ADT successfully integrated into LearnLib and used in research.
Generative model predicts daily activity sequences with duration-aware dynamics.
problem Accurately forecasting granular daily activity sequences for energy demand.
method Hierarchical semi-Markov models with duration-aware dynamics.
result Explicitly modeling activity durations improves predictive performance.
YASENN interprets neural networks by partitioning activation sequences.
problem Interpreting complex neural network decisions.
method YASENN uses layer-wise gradient boosting decision trees to distill and partition neuron activation sequences.
result YASENN provides interpretable partitions of the input space, revealing neural network decision artifacts.
DynGraph2Seq predicts health stages from user activity graphs in online forums.
problem Predicting health stages from changing user activities in online forums.
method Formulated user activities as dynamic graphs, used DynGraph2Seq model with hierarchical attention.
result Demonstrated effectiveness and interpretability of DynGraph2Seq.
The paper studies how neural networks evolve representations, finding a unique fixed point for nonlinear activations.
problem Understanding how neural networks transform input data across layers.
method Theoretical framework for the evolution of the kernel sequence, using mean-field regime and Hermite polynomials.
result For nonlinear activations, the kernel sequence converges globally to a unique fixed point.
A faster method for optimizing DNA and protein sequences using machine learning.
problem Designing DNA and protein sequences with improved function.
method Activation maximization with a straight-through approximation and adaptive entropy variable.
result Fast SeqProp achieves up to 100-fold faster convergence and improved fitness optima.
Self-regulation improves sequence-to-sequence learning by choosing feedback types.
problem Different types of feedback have varying costs and effects on learning.
method Self-regulation strategies decide when to ask for different types of feedback.
result Self-regulator discovers optimal cost-quality trade-off by mixing feedback types.
New algorithms speed up learning from large screens of proteins.
problem Lack of scaled data hampers biological machine learning.
method Optimized high throughput screens and generative models.
result Maximized information gain with consistent estimates of p(y∣x). We consider active maximum a posteriori (MAP) inference problem for Hidden Markov Models (HMM), where, given an initial MAP estimate of the hidden sequence, we select to label certain states in the sequence to improve the estimation accuracy of the remaining states. We develop an analytical approach to this problem for…
We present our solution to the job recommendation task for RecSys Challenge 2016. The main contribution of our work is to combine temporal learning with sequence modeling to capture complex user-item activity patterns to improve job recommendations. First, we propose a time-based ranking model applied to historical obs…
New method learns routines from inertial data without privacy concerns.
problem Recognizing human activities with limited sets of specific activities.
method Metric learning problem defined for time series, SS2S architecture.
result Clustering recovers daily routines from learned distance.
Meta-learning improves event prediction from short sequences.
problem Predicting events from short sequences is challenging.
method Meta-learning approach using recurrent neural networks and monotonic neural networks.
result Meta-learning enhances long-term prediction performance.
A new framework scales active search for large datasets.
problem Scaling active search for large, high-dimensional data sets.
method Hierarchical Batch Bandit Search (HBBS) framework.
result HBBS improves performance and scalability for batch search.
Deep learning techniques have been hugely successful for traditional supervised and unsupervised machine learning problems. In large part, these techniques solve continuous optimization problems. Recently however, discrete generative deep learning models have been successfully used to efficiently search high-dimensiona…
New algorithm improves interpretability in sequence classification.
problem Lack of human-independent interpretability metrics in sequence classification.
method Combines linear classifiers with background knowledge embeddings to create a new feature space.
result Preserves predictive power while delivering more interpretable models.
Study improves peptide design efficiency using active and meta-learning.
problem Designing novel functional peptides is inefficient due to low throughput and lack of data.
method Investigated active learning and meta-learning for optimizing peptide design experiments.
result Meta-learning improved average accuracy, but neither method outperformed random choice.
We propose the point process model as the Poissonian-like stochastic sequence with slowly diffusing mean rate and adjust the parameters of the model to the empirical data of trading activity for 26 stocks traded on NYSE. The proposed scaled stochastic differential equation provides the universal description of the trad…
CLVSA predicts financial market trends using LSTM and attention mechanisms.
problem Predicting trends in financial markets due to complex interactions.
method Hybrid model combining LSTM, sequence-to-sequence, attention, and convolutional LSTM.
result CLVSA outperforms basic models in predicting financial market trends.
Paper presents a neural network for recognizing human activities from unlabeled sensor data.
problem Time-consuming annotation of sensor data for activity recognition.
method Attention-based convolutional neural network for weakly labeled data.
result Attention model improves accuracy in recognizing human activities.
Until recently, research on artificial neural networks was largely restricted to systems with only two types of variable: Neural activities that represent the current or recent input and weights that learn to capture regularities among inputs, outputs and payoffs. There is no good reason for this restriction. Synapses …
A2 Learning reduces redundant examples in AL for NLP tasks.
problem Redundant examples in AL strategies waste annotation effort.
method A2 Learning actively adapts to deep learning models to eliminate redundant examples.
result A2 Learning reduces data requirements by 3-25% on NLP tasks.
Introduces alternators for modeling sequences, outperforming baselines.
problem Modeling complex sequential data with stability and efficiency.
method Two neural networks (OTN and FTN) alternate between outputting samples in observation and feature spaces, learned via cross-entropy criterion.
result Alternators outperform strong baselines in various domains (Lorenz equations, Neuroscience, Climate Science).
New methods improve neural network extrapolation to long sequences.
problem Neural networks struggle with extrapolation to very long or adversarial sequences.
method Activation binning and localized differentiable memory architecture.
result No extrapolation errors detected within memory constraints.
GGP models multivariate time series with latent sub-sequences for diverse behaviors.
problem Modeling multivariate time series with diverse behaviors and patterns.
method Graph Gamma Process (GGP) linear dynamical systems with latent sub-sequences.
result GGP models exhibit good predictive performance and reveal interpretable latent patterns.
A novel RNN uses stigmergy for temporal input encoding.
problem Temporal input encoding in RNNs.
method Stigmergy-based computational memory in RNN design.
result Stigmergy enables coherent temporal input encoding.
The paper introduces walks with jumps for modeling neuron activity in hyperbolic space.
problem Encoding neuron activity sequences in hyperbolic space.
method Introducing walks with jumps in hyperbolic geometry to model neuron activity.
result Endpoints of walks with jumps do not fully encode the sequence of jump times.
Bayesian network models are finding success in characterizing enzyme-catalyzed reactions, slow conformational changes, predicting enzyme inhibition, and genomics. In this work, we apply them to statistical modeling of peptides by simultaneously identifying amino acid sequence motifs and using a motif-based model to cla…
Paper proposes semi-supervised learning using change points for sequence classification.
problem Limited labeled data for sequential sensor data classification.
method Change point detection for identifying class changes, semi-supervised learning with labeled and unlabeled data.
result Improved classification performance on human activity recognition datasets.
LEAQI learns to query an expert less often for noisy guidance.
problem Active imitation learning with noisy guidance to reduce expert query complexity.
method Developed LEAQI, a difference classifier that predicts expert disagreement with noisy heuristic.
result Significantly fewer queries to the expert with comparable or better accuracy.
We introduce the stochastic multiplicative point process modelling trading activity of financial markets. Such a model system exhibits power-law spectral density S(f) ~ 1/f**beta, scaled as power of frequency for various values of beta between 0.5 and 2. Furthermore, we analyze the relation between the power-law autoco…
Active-memory mechanisms can replace self-attention in Transformers, but optimal results often require both.
problem Replacing self-attention with active-memory mechanisms in Transformers.
method Evaluation of various active-memory mechanisms in a Transformer model.
result Active-memory mechanisms can achieve comparable results to self-attention for language modeling, but optimal results are often achieved by combining both mechanisms.
Many online platforms have deployed anti-fraud systems to detect and prevent fraudulent activities. However, there is usually a gap between the time that a user commits a fraudulent action and the time that the user is suspended by the platform. How to detect fraudsters in time is a challenging problem. Most of the exi…
The problem of human activity recognition is central for understanding and predicting the human behavior, in particular in a prospective of assistive services to humans, such as health monitoring, well being, security, etc. There is therefore a growing need to build accurate models which can take into account the varia…
ESE-FN improves elderly activity recognition accuracy.
problem Recognizing individual actions and human-object interactions in elderly activities.
method Exploits multi-modal features from RGB videos and skeleton sequences using ESE attentions and a new Multi-modal Loss.
result ESE-FN achieves best accuracy on ETRI-Activity3D dataset.
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) provide state-of-the-art performance in processing sequential data but are memory intensive to train, limiting the flexibility of RNN models which can be trained. Reversible RNNs---RNNs for which the hidden-to-hidden transition can be reversed---offer a path to reduce the memory require…
COHORTNEY groups web users based on activity patterns.
problem Lack of academic discussion on cohort analysis for user behavior.
method Unsupervised non-parametric machine learning approach.
result COHORTNEY outperforms traditional methods in cohort analysis.
Neural networks cannot approximate certain functions in Sobolev spaces, leading to unbounded parameter growth.
problem Non-closedness of sets of neural networks in Sobolev spaces.
method Construction of sequences of neural networks whose realizations converge to functions not realizable by neural networks.
result Sets of realized neural networks are not closed in order-(m−1) Sobolev spaces Wm−1,p for p∈[1,∞]. A framework is introduced for actively and adaptively solving a sequence of machine learning problems, which are changing in bounded manner from one time step to the next. An algorithm is developed that actively queries the labels of the most informative samples from an unlabeled data pool, and that adapts to the chang…
Modeling and estimating dynamic graphs from binary pattern sequences.
problem Extracting dominant correlation structures from time-dependent binary patterns.
method State-space model of an Ising-type network composed of multiple undirected graphs, sequential Bayes algorithm.
result The method outperforms traditional methods in uncovering overlapping graphs and estimating dynamics of weights.
FIGARO generates symbolic music with fine-grained control.
problem Minimal control over generated music sequences.
method Description-to-sequence task, learning conditional distribution of sequences given high-level descriptions.
result State-of-the-art controllable symbolic music generation.
Teaches an active learner with contrastive examples to speed up learning.
problem Active learning with a helpful teacher and contrastive examples.
method Designs an adaptive teaching algorithm to provide informative contrastive examples.
result Strong performance guarantees and approximation guarantees for specific learners.
Improved autoencoder boosts sequence learning with less memory.
problem Training recurrent networks with high memory costs.
method Sparse Predictive Autoencoder (bRSM) with recurrent connections and boosting rule.
result Near optimal performance on stochastic sequence learning task.
New algorithm for active learning from feedback coding.
problem Efficiently selecting examples for labeling in active machine learning.
method Formalized structural similarities between active learning and feedback channel coding, developed an optimal transport-based algorithm called Approximate Posterior Matching (APM).
result Learning performance comparable to existing methods at reduced computational cost.
New approach models computer network activity as mixtures of sources.
problem Malicious activity detection in computer networks using standard algorithms is ineffective.
method Source separation approach to model short-term dynamics of computer network activity.
result Qualitative and quantitative experiments validate the approach.
Reformer improves Transformer efficiency for long sequences.
problem Prohibitively costly training of large Transformer models.
method Locality-sensitive hashing for attention and reversible residual layers.
result Memory-efficient and faster performance on long sequences.
New method for learning indirectly through control variables.
problem Learning relationships when direct manipulation of variables is impossible.
method Study of indirect active learning under nonparametric models with fixed budget.
result Minimax rates for estimating relationships between variables.
End-to-end training of recurrent neural networks for biological sequences.
problem Training recurrent neural networks for biological sequence classification.
method Generalized convolutional kernel networks with recurrent structures.
result Outperforms existing methods for protein classification tasks.
In this paper we present a new method for motion tracking of tumors in liver ultrasound image sequences. Our algorithm has two main steps. In the first step, we apply mean shift algorithm with multiple features to estimate the center of the target in each frame. Target in the first frame is defined using an ellipse. Ed…