Study aggregation of statistical evidence under unknown dependence using group-invariance.
problem Aggregating statistical evidence under unknown and complex dependence structures.
method Develops a framework using group-invariance and permutation-based constructions to aggregate evidence across transformed datasets.
result Shows uniform improvement in critical values for single-batch aggregation over deterministic calibrations, adapting to unknown dependence structures.
Adaptive Bayesian learning aggregates experts to improve performance.
problem Bayesian online learning's performance depends on inferential choices.
method Treat Bayesian update rules as experts and aggregate them based on sequential predictive losses.
result The aggregate competes with the best expert in hindsight at a low aggregation cost.
Early-stopped aggregation improves computational efficiency in adaptive statistical inference.
problem Computational inefficiency in model selection and aggregation for adaptive inference.
method Early-stopped aggregation (ESA) framework: compute only a few simpler models using early-stopping criteria.
result ESA achieves optimal adaptive contraction rates in variational Bayes and frequentist settings.
AEA dynamically aggregates ensemble targets for actor-critic learning.
problem Static ensemble aggregation methods struggle with overestimation bias and variance.
method Adaptive Ensemble Aggregation (AEA) dynamically constructs ensemble-based targets.
result AEA converges to optimal variance reduction and maximal Fisher information.
MELO predicts electricity loads by adapting to shifts without external indicators.
problem Adapting to non-stationary prediction challenges in online settings.
method MELO combines multiple forgetting factors and aggregation rules to adaptively predict.
result MELO reduces RMSE by 34.7% compared to base predictors and external covariates.
Paper proposes a new method to aggregate multiple sources with different label distributions.
problem Aggregating from multiple target-shifted sources with different label distributions.
method Unified framework to select relevant sources for domain adaptation with limited label, unsupervised, and label partial unsupervised scenarios.
result Empirical results significantly outperform baselines.
In this work, we study the problem of aggregating a finite number of predictors for nonstationary sub-linear processes. We provide oracle inequalities relying essentially on three ingredients: (1) a uniform bound of the ℓ1 norm of the time varying sub-linear coefficients, (2) a Lipschitz assumption on the predict…
We consider the problem of adaptation to the margin and to complexity in binary classification. We suggest an exponential weighting aggregation scheme. We use this aggregation procedure to construct classifiers which adapt automatically to margin and complexity. Two main examples are worked out in which adaptivity is a…
Improves predictive algorithm performance with domain adaptation.
problem Improves performance of predictive algorithms in distributional shift scenarios.
method Domain adaptive bootstrap aggregating with iterative nearest neighbor sampling.
result Proposes a method to improve predictive algorithm performance in distributional shift scenarios.
Method aggregates models with different hyper-parameters to adapt to target domain.
problem Choosing hyper-parameters for unsupervised domain adaptation.
method Linear aggregation of models with different hyper-parameters using weighted least squares for vector-valued functions.
result The target error is asymptotically not worse than twice the error of the optimal aggregation.
AANets balance stability and plasticity in CIL.
problem Stability-plasticity dilemma in class-incremental learning.
method Adaptive Aggregation Networks (AANets) with stable and plastic residual blocks.
result AANets improve performance on CIL benchmarks.
Adaptive Conformal Inference improves time series forecasting uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty quantification in time series models with dependency.
method AgACI, an adaptive method based on online expert aggregation.
result AgACI provides efficient prediction intervals for day-ahead electricity price forecasting.
CAOS aggregates multiple one-shot predictors for efficient uncertainty quantification.
problem Lack of principled uncertainty quantification in one-shot prediction.
method CAOS, a conformal framework that aggregates multiple one-shot predictors and uses a leave-one-out calibration scheme.
result CAOS produces smaller prediction sets with reliable coverage compared to split conformal baselines.
The paper quantifies uncertainty in aggregated machine learning metrics.
problem Uncertainty in summarizing model performance across multiple tasks.
method Statistical methodologies including bootstrapping and Bayesian modeling.
result Insights into model performance dominance for specific tasks.
We develop a secure aggregation protocol for federated learning that reduces communication and computation costs.
problem Expensive communication and privacy concerns in federated learning.
method Adapting compression-based federated techniques to additive secret sharing.
result Our protocol achieves high accuracy with low communication costs and is more efficient than prior work.
Paper tackles sparse, unstructured data tensors by optimizing adaptive aggregation granularity.
problem Sparse, unstructured data tensors are hard to analyze.
method Introduces IceBreaker, a greedy algorithm that optimizes adaptive tensor aggregation.
result IceBreaker constructs tensors with high structure quality from various datasets.
Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) have shown very powerful for graph data representation and learning tasks. Existing GCNs usually conduct feature aggregation on a fixed neighborhood graph in which each node computes its representation by aggregating the feature representations of all its neighbors which is biased by…
This paper tackles hidden state inference for HMMs using particle filtering.
problem Inference for hidden states under HMMs is challenging due to unavailable true labels.
method Adaptive conformal inference framework using particle filtering.
result The framework produces prediction sets with specific aggregated coverage levels.
New method forecasts time series with changing variances.
problem Real-world processes with changing variances cannot be captured by classical models.
method State-space model with Markov switching variances, using online learning and expert aggregation.
result Proposed method outperforms traditional expert aggregation and is robust to misspecification.
New spectral clustering method for multi-layer networks improves accuracy.
problem Detecting community structure in multi-layer networks.
method Integrative spectral clustering based on adaptive layer aggregation.
result Our methods minimize mis-clustering error and outperform existing methods.
We propose a dynamic neighborhood aggregation (DNA) procedure guided by (multi-head) attention for representation learning on graphs. In contrast to current graph neural networks which follow a simple neighborhood aggregation scheme, our DNA procedure allows for a selective and node-adaptive aggregation of neighboring …
AdarGCN tackles noisy web images in few-shot learning.
problem Few-shot learning with limited training samples from both source and target classes.
method AdarGCN combines LDN for web image denoising and GCN for FSL, using adaptive aggregation.
result AdarGCN outperforms conventional methods in FSFSL and conventional FSL settings.
Unified approach for sample aggregation in transfer learning across various divergence measures.
problem Optimizing sample aggregation from source to target distributions for improved target performance.
method Unified algorithmic approach that adapts to multiple divergence measures via a weak modulus of transfer.
result Unified approach achieves near optimal rates in terms of the unknown strong modulus, applicable in more general settings.
New method aggregates nodes in sparse graphical models.
problem Estimating edge-sparse graphical models.
method Tree-aggregated graphical lasso (tag-lasso) method.
result Aggregates nodes in a data-driven fashion using a tree.
STAG injects noise into graph neural networks to improve performance.
problem Graph neural networks suffer from over-smoothing and limited discrimination.
method Introduces a stochastic aggregation framework (STAG) with adaptive noise injection.
result STAG models correct both over-smoothing and discrimination issues.
GEM detects malicious accounts using adaptive embeddings from heterogeneous graphs.
problem Detecting malicious accounts on a leading mobile payment platform.
method Adaptive learning of discriminative embeddings from heterogeneous account-device graphs with attention mechanism for node importance.
result GEM consistently outperforms competitive methods in detecting malicious accounts.
New method for decentralized learning from diverse clients.
problem Achieving high-performance global model from diverse client models.
method Decentralized Learning via Adaptive Distillation (DLAD).
result Demonstrates effectiveness of DLAD on multiple public datasets.
Non-affine aggregation rules cannot preserve monotonicity in convex learning.
problem Designing non-affine aggregation rules that maintain monotonicity in convex learning.
method Proving that monotonicity of aggregated gradients is preserved only if the aggregation rule is positively affine.
result Non-affine aggregation prevents steady convergence and substantially degrades algorithmic stability.
We introduce a new recursive aggregation procedure called Bernstein Online Aggregation (BOA). The exponential weights include an accuracy term and a second order term that is a proxy of the quadratic variation as in Hazan and Kale (2010). This second term stabilizes the procedure that is optimal in different senses. We…
Local adaptive methods in FL can accelerate convergence but introduce bias, which is corrected.
problem The effect of using adaptive optimization methods for local updates in federated learning.
method Proposed correction techniques to overcome the bias introduced by local adaptive methods.
result Correction techniques can achieve faster convergence and higher test accuracy than baseline methods.
SADA safely combines predictions from various models for semi-supervised learning.
problem Combining uncertain quality predictions from multiple models in semi-supervised learning.
method Safe and adaptive aggregation of black-box predictions.
result The method guarantees better performance than using labeled data alone and adapts to perfect predictions.
New algorithm for recommending best arms with aggregated feedback.
problem Finding the best arm under aggregated feedback when precise rewards are unavailable.
method Gaussian Process Optimistic Optimisation (GPOO) algorithm with adaptive tree construction.
result The proposed algorithm achieves new simple regret bounds with aggregated feedback.
A key aspect of Federated Learning (FL) is the requirement of a centralized aggregator to maintain and update the global model. However, in many cases orchestrating a centralized aggregator might be infeasible due to numerous operational constraints. In this paper, we introduce BAFFLE, an aggregator free, blockchain dr…
IDA adapts to non-iid data in federated learning for medical imaging.
problem Statistical heterogeneity in federated learning data, especially in medical imaging.
method IDA (Inverse Distance Aggregation) is a novel adaptive weighting approach for clients based on meta-information.
result IDA outperforms Federated Averaging in handling unbalanced and non-iid data in federated learning.
Algorithm aggregates rewards from multiple players to learn related tasks in online bandit learning.
problem Learning related but slightly different tasks in an online setting with heterogeneous feedback.
method RobustAgg(ε) algorithm that aggregates rewards from different players. result Achieves instance-dependent regret guarantees and nearly matching lower bounds.
Synthesizes robust estimators for domain adaptation.
problem Improving prediction accuracy in target domain with limited data.
method Synthesizes a family of robust least squares estimators using convex optimization.
result Robust strategies can outperform non-robust interpolations.
A new adaptive binarization technique using fuzzy integrals improves image quality.
problem Improving image thresholding quality.
method FLAT (Fuzzy Local Adaptive Thresholding) based on fuzzy integrals.
result The proposed FLAT method produces better image quality than traditional algorithms and neural networks.
COMA combines prediction sets from multiple models for online, adaptive prediction.
problem Combining multiple prediction models with uncertainty guarantees.
method Online model aggregation using weighted voting of conformal prediction sets.
result COMA retains coverage guarantees under negative correlation assumptions.
In this paper, we consider the problem of "hyper-sparse aggregation". Namely, given a dictionary F={f1,...,fM} of functions, we look for an optimal aggregation algorithm that writes f~=∑j=1Mθjfj with as many zero coefficients θj as possible. This problem is of particular interest when…
FastSecAgg improves federated learning security and efficiency.
problem Privacy leakage in federated learning due to model parameter sharing.
method Introduces FastSecAgg, a secure aggregation protocol with FFT-based multi-secret sharing (FastShare).
result Efficient in computation and communication, robust to client dropouts.
FedNNNN improves FL by adjusting model update vector norms.
problem Slow convergence and low prediction accuracy in FL.
method Norm-Normalized Neural Network Aggregation (FedNNNN) with momentum control.
result Up to 5.4% accuracy improvement on multiple datasets.
New method improves forecast accuracy using CRPS for probabilistic predictions.
problem Improving forecast accuracy for probabilistic predictions, especially in the tails of distributions.
method Introduces a new weighting method for pointwise CRPS learning, optimizing across quantiles.
result Proposed fully adaptive Bernstein online aggregation (BOA) method for pointwise CRPS online learning has optimal convergence properties.
The article improves prediction by aggregating Kalman recursions online.
problem Improving expert aggregation in prediction models.
method Using exponential weights and state-space models to aggregate Kalman recursions.
result New algorithms outperform existing methods in Kalman recursion expert aggregation.
The paper extends mixability theory to function-valued forecasts, proving various loss functions are mixable.
problem Efficient aggregation of functional and probabilistic forecasts in online prediction games.
method Adapting mixable and exponentially concave loss functions to function-valued forecasts.
result Various loss functions used for probabilistic forecasting are mixable (exp-concave).
New risk factors improve stress testing accuracy.
problem Improving stress testing accuracy with new risk factors.
method Adapted PCA and autoencoders for dimension reduction and interpretation.
result Aggregated risk factors enhance stress testing outcomes.
AdaCAD improves semi-supervised classification by focusing on intra-class nodes.
problem Improving semi-supervised classification by addressing inter-class connections in graphs.
method AdaCAD uses a class-attentive diffusion process to adaptively aggregate nodes based on their class similarity.
result AdaCAD significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in semi-supervised classification.
LASG improves communication efficiency in distributed learning.
problem Efficiently communicating gradients in distributed machine learning.
method Develops a new stochastic gradient descent approach, LASG, that predicts and selects significant communication rounds.
result Achieves communication savings by an order of magnitude in federated learning.
This paper adapts PATE for semantic segmentation while maintaining privacy.
problem Preserving privacy in medical machine learning, especially for sensitive information.
method Adapting PATE for semantic segmentation using low-dimensional representations and low-sensitivity queries.
result An Autoencoder-based PATE variant achieves a higher Dice coefficient for the same privacy guarantee.