New method alters Seifert surfaces without compression.
problem Understanding alterations of Seifert surfaces.
method Introducing alteration as a new surface operation.
result Seifert surfaces can be altered without compression.
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Machine learning identifies types of alterations in historical manuscripts.
problem Understanding and categorizing alterations in historical manuscripts.
method Alteration Latent Dirichlet Allocation (alterLDA) model.
result High performance in recognizing alterations on labelled data, and interesting insights on unlabelled data.
Study examines how digital image alterations affect AI classification models.
problem Impact of digital alterations on image classification models.
method Evaluation of state-of-the-art machine learning models under various digital image alterations.
result Discoveries in training techniques to enhance model robustness.
New framework for robust uncertainty quantification in strategic settings.
problem Machine learning model predictions can be strategically altered by informed agents.
method Strategic Conformal Prediction framework
result Theoretical guarantees and experimental validation show remarkable effectiveness.
Framework identifies brain connectivity alterations for MDD patients using limited rs-fMRI data.
problem Difficult to analyze brain connectivity alterations from limited rs-fMRI data.
method Proposed a multitask Gaussian Bayesian network (MTGBN) framework to learn individual disease-induced alterations.
result Framework efficiently learns Bayesian network structures from limited data, showing improved performance.
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In the present work, we study the decompositions of codimension-one transitions that alter the singular set the of stable maps of into the topological behaviour of the singular set and the singularities in the branch set that involves cuspidal curves and swallowtails that alter the singular set. W…
Alteration Detection of Tensor Dependence Structure via Sparsity-Exploited Reranking Algorithmstat.ME
New algorithm detects tensor dependence structure alterations efficiently.
problem Detecting alterations in tensor dependence structures.
method Tensor-normal distributions, decorrelation, centralization, SERA (Sparsity-Exploited Reranking Algorithm).
result The proposed SERA algorithm controls false discovery rates effectively.
It is usual to consider data protection and learnability as conflicting objectives. This is not always the case: we show how to jointly control inference --- seen as the attack --- and learnability by a noise-free process that mixes training examples, the Crossover Process (cp). One key point is that the cp~is typicall…
Radiomics identifies subtle cardiac changes in hypertension.
problem Subtle cardiac alterations in hypertension not captured by conventional imaging.
method Combines feature selection and machine learning for identifying structural and tissue changes.
result Radiomics model detects changes beyond conventional imaging.
A simple method to create new 4-manifolds by altering fundamental groups.
problem Creating new 4-manifolds with specific fundamental groups.
method Cut-and-paste mechanism to alter fundamental groups.
result Constructs new 4-manifolds with fixed-point free involutions.
Bayesian model detects altered neural circuits in MCI patients.
problem Detecting altered neural circuits in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients.
method Hierarchical Bayesian recurrent state space model.
result Model discovers latent states predominantly observed in MCI patients.
A new mathematical approach detects frequency-based alterations in brain networks.
problem Understanding disease-relevant brain alterations through network analysis.
method Proposes a novel connectome harmonic analysis framework using common harmonic waves learned from Stiefel manifolds.
result Identifies more significant and reproducible network dysfunction patterns in Alzheimer's disease.
In an ego-network, an individual (ego) organizes its friends (alters) in different groups (social circles). This social network can be efficiently analyzed after learning representations of the ego and its alters in a low-dimensional, real vector space. These representations are then easily exploited via statistical mo…
Artificial intelligence, or AI, enhancements are increasingly shaping our daily lives. Financial decision-making is no exception to this. We introduce the notion of AI Alter Egos, which are shadow robo-investors, and use a unique data set covering brokerage accounts for a large cross-section of investors over a sample …
Collectives can manipulate learning platforms by coordinated data submission, requiring strategic assessments and algorithms.
problem Collectives can influence learning platforms by altering data, posing risks and requiring strategic planning.
method Developed a theoretical and algorithmic framework to understand and mitigate collective manipulation of learning platforms.
result Demonstrated the need for strategic assessments and implementable coordination algorithms to prevent collective manipulation.
Humans increasingly interact with Artificial intelligence(AI) systems. AI systems are optimized for objectives such as minimum computation or minimum error rate in recognizing and interpreting inputs from humans. In contrast, inputs created by humans are often treated as a given. We investigate how inputs of humans can…
Unified framework SVAM learns GLMs robustly to adversarial label corruption.
problem Learning GLMs under adversarial label corruption.
method SVAM framework based on variance reduction technique.
result Provable model recovery guarantees superior to state-of-the-art.
The objective of this work is to study the applicability of various Machine Learning algorithms for prediction of some rock properties which geoscientists usually define due to special lab analysis. We demonstrate that these special properties can be predicted only basing on routine core analysis (RCA) data. To validat…
Study examines how business units can benefit from group cohesion under regulatory constraints.
problem Regulatory constraints limit business units' ability to form a single cohesive group.
method Defined and analyzed cohesive risk measures to minimize capital costs.
result Cohesive risk measures allow groups to achieve minimal capital costs without altering individual liabilities.
The influence of human judgement is ubiquitous in datasets used across the analytics industry, yet humans are known to be sub-optimal decision makers prone to various biases. Analysing biased datasets then leads to biased outcomes of the analysis. Bias by protected characteristics (e.g. race) is of particular interest …
Transformations of macroeconomic data affect machine learning forecasts, especially with regularization and nonlinearity.
problem The impact of data transformations on machine learning forecasts in macroeconomic contexts.
method Review and propose new data transformations, empirically evaluate their effects, and compare traditional and moving average rotations.
result Traditional factors should almost always be included as predictors, and moving average rotations can provide important gains.
New method predicts AD progression using MEG brain networks.
problem Early diagnosis and prediction of Alzheimer's disease progression.
method MG2G, a deep learning method that maps brain networks into a latent space.
result MG2G detects subtle brain connectivity patterns and predicts AD progression.
Bayesian models can be tricked into believing false data.
problem Vulnerability of Bayesian inference to data poisoning attacks.
method Developed attacks to manipulate Bayesian posterior through deletion and replication of data.
result Demonstrated that Bayesian inference can be steered to target distributions.
TradeMech nets trades without changing counterparty relationships.
problem Netting trades without altering counterparty exposure in complex financial networks.
method Transforms contracts into chains and cycles, nets designated object multilaterally, and replaces contracts with new multiparty agreements.
result Maximal multilateral netting of a designated object while preserving each agent's profit and counterparty risk.
Machine learning models are increasingly used to automate decisions that affect humans - deciding who should receive a loan, a job interview, or a social service. In such applications, a person should have the ability to change the decision of a model. When a person is denied a loan by a credit score, for example, they…
How Algorithmic Confounding in Recommendation Systems Increases Homogeneity and Decreases Utilitycs.CY
Recommendation systems are ubiquitous and impact many domains; they have the potential to influence product consumption, individuals' perceptions of the world, and life-altering decisions. These systems are often evaluated or trained with data from users already exposed to algorithmic recommendations; this creates a pe…
We propose a novel approach to address one aspect of the non-stationarity problem in multi-agent reinforcement learning (RL), where the other agents may alter their policies due to environment changes during execution. This violates the Markov assumption that governs most single-agent RL methods and is one of the key c…
DeepSIBA predicts biological effects of chemical structures using graph neural networks.
problem Predicting biological effects of chemical structures for drug discovery.
method Siamese Graph Convolutional Neural Networks for structure-biological effect mapping.
result Highly accurate predictions of biological effects for structurally dissimilar compounds.
New method creates universal perturbations to fool neural network interpretations.
problem Vulnerability of gradient-based saliency maps to adversarial perturbations.
method Gradient-based optimization and PCA-based approach to create UPI.
result Existence and successful application of Universal Perturbation for Interpretation (UPI).
LLMs compress financial texts, but distort decision-making.
problem LLMs compress financial texts, altering decision-making.
method Analyzed two diagnostic patterns: decontextualization and model dependency. Proposed Agentic Context Compression.
result LLM-compressed financial texts alter decision-making.
Graph neural networks help assess how global changes affect plant-pollinator networks.
problem Interpreting GNN results to understand how global changes impact plant-pollinator networks.
method Simulation study and application on Spipoll dataset to assess effects of global changes on pollination networks.
result GNNs can detect interactive effects between covariates and plant genera on pollination network connectivity.
The QLBS model is enhanced with a large trader's impact, leading to optimal hedging strategies.
problem Finding an optimal hedging strategy with low transaction costs and fair price convergence.
method Extending the QLBS model, defining a hypothetical limit order book, and using batch-mode reinforcement learning.
result Optimal hedging strategy with lower transaction costs and fair price convergence.
New approach to counterfactual reasoning in AI and psychology.
problem Challenges to conventional counterfactual reasoning in AI and psychology.
method Formalizes a backtracking approach to counterfactuals within the SCM framework.
result First general account and algorithmisation of backtracking counterfactuals.
Frequentist method estimates uncertainty in RNNs without altering architecture.
problem Uncertainty quantification in RNNs for decision-making.
method Jackknife resampling and influence functions to estimate variability.
result The method provides theoretical coverage guarantees on uncertainty intervals.
Valuation and parity formulas for both European-style and American-style exchange options are presented in a general financial model allowing for jumps, possibility of default and "bubbles" in asset prices. The formulas are given via expectations of auxiliary probabilities using the change-of-numeraire technique. Exten…
To characterize circumstellar systems in high contrast imaging, the fundamental step is to construct a best point spread function (PSF) template for the non-circumstellar signals (i.e., star light and speckles) and separate it from the observation. With existing PSF construction methods, the circumstellar signals (e.g.…
Foundation models alter medical data science workflow, challenging veridical data science principles.
problem Foundation models disrupt traditional data science practices in medicine.
method Critically examined the medical foundation model lifecycle and its deviation from veridical data science principles.
result Foundation models challenge veridical data science principles of predictability, computability, and stability.
Empirical investor networks (EIN) proposed by \cite{Ozsoylev-Walden-Yavuz-Bildik-2014-RFS} are assumed to capture the information spreading path among investors. Here, we perform a comparative analysis between the EIN and the cellphone communication networks (CN) to test whether EIN is an information exchanging network…
Bayesian Semi-nonnegative Tri-matrix Factorization to Identify Pathways Associated with Cancer Typesstat.ML
Identifying altered pathways that are associated with specific cancer types can potentially bring a significant impact on cancer patient treatment. Accurate identification of such key altered pathways information can be used to develop novel therapeutic agents as well as to understand the molecular mechanisms of variou…
Tumors often contain multiple subpopulations of cancerous cells defined by distinct somatic mutations. We describe a new method, PhyloWGS, that can be applied to WGS data from one or more tumor samples to reconstruct complete genotypes of these subpopulations based on variant allele frequencies (VAFs) of point mutation…
In this work, we propose an introspection technique for deep neural networks that relies on a generative model to instigate salient editing of the input image for model interpretation. Such modification provides the fundamental interventional operation that allows us to obtain answers to counterfactual inquiries, i.e.,…
The authors study the Hodge theory of the exterior differential operator acting on -forms on a smoothly bounded domain in $\RR^{N+1}$, and on the half space $\rnp$. The novelty is that the topology used is not an topology but a Sobolev topology. This strikingly alters the problem as compared to the classic…
We introduce a new model of stochastic bandits with adversarial corruptions which aims to capture settings where most of the input follows a stochastic pattern but some fraction of it can be adversarially changed to trick the algorithm, e.g., click fraud, fake reviews and email spam. The goal of this model is to encour…
We estimate generic statistical properties of a structural credit risk model by considering an ensemble of correlation matrices. This ensemble is set up by Random Matrix Theory. We demonstrate analytically that the presence of correlations severely limits the effect of diversification in a credit portfolio if the corre…
This study shows how trade policy uncertainty affects stock-T bill correlations.
problem The impact of trade policy uncertainty on stock-T bill relationships.
method Extended Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) framework incorporating exogenous variables.
result Trade policy uncertainty significantly alters stock-T bill correlations, especially under specific political conditions.
A Bayesian Boolean Matrix Factorization for cancer genomics
problem Identifying coordinated feature changes in cancer
method Bayesian Boolean Matrix Factorization
result Captures widespread, near-simultaneous chromosome-number changes
Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) are popular machine learning algorithms with implementations such as LightGBM and in popular machine learning toolkits like Scikit-Learn. Many implementations can only produce trees in an offline manner and in a greedy manner. We explore ways to convert existing GBDT implementatio…