Persistence landscapes map persistence diagrams into a function space, which may often be taken to be a Banach space or even a Hilbert space. In the latter case, it is a feature map and there is an associated kernel. The main advantage of this summary is that it allows one to apply tools from statistics and machine lea…
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Persistent homology detects curvature from sampled points.
problem Understanding the geometric information encoded in short intervals of persistent homology.
method Persistent homology computations and average persistence landscapes.
result Persistent homology detects curvature of disks from sampled points.
We explore the evolution of daily returns of four major US stock market indices during the technology crash of 2000, and the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Our methodology is based on topological data analysis (TDA). We use persistence homology to detect and quantify topological patterns that appear in multidimensional…
Considering the creation of persistence landscape on a parametrized curve and structure of sampling, there exists a random process for which a finite mixture model of persistence landscape (FMMPL) can provide a better description for a given dataset. In this paper, a nonparametric approach for computing integrated mean…
Study the landscape of Lipschitz functions between manifolds using persistent homology.
problem Understanding the structure of homotopy paths between maps with high Lipschitz constants.
method Using persistent homology to analyze the landscape of Lipschitz functions between manifolds.
result First results on the persistence of higher-dimensional cycles in function spaces.
Persistent Neuronscs.LG
Persistent neurons improve neural network optimization by leveraging previous solutions.
problem Improving neural network optimization under different initialization and data distributions.
method Persistent neurons use information from previous converged solutions to explore new landscapes and avoid local minima.
result Persistent neurons converge to more optimal solutions and improve model performance under various initializations.
Study uses topological signatures to quantify financial market complexity.
problem Capturing temporal organization beyond volatility measures.
method Null validated topological approach using norm of persistence landscapes.
result Persistence landscape norms reveal dynamical structure during market stress.
PLLay adds topological layers to deep learning models efficiently.
problem Efficiently incorporating topological features into deep learning models.
method Persistence landscapes for differentiable topological features.
result PLLay improves model learnability and robustness.
This paper presents approximate confidence intervals for each function of parameters in a Banach space based on a bootstrap algorithm. We apply kernel density approach to estimate the persistence landscape. In addition, we evaluate the quality distribution function estimator of random variables using integrated mean sq…
TDA-based portfolios show better risk-adjusted returns than classical methods.
problem Traditional portfolio selection methods fail to capture complex asset dynamics.
method Topological Data Analysis (TDA) using persistence landscapes to quantify portfolio risk.
result TDA-based portfolios outperform classical models in excess mean return and financial ratios.
A new method compares persistent cycles in topological data.
problem Comparing persistent homology representations of two spaces.
method Direct comparison of individual persistent cycles based on persistence intervals and spatial placement.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of the method in topological inference.
Unified pipeline classifies time series using complex networks and persistent homology.
problem Classifying univariate time series using various graph constructions and metrics.
method Time series to graph, graph to dissimilarity matrix, filtration to persistence diagrams, vectorization to features.
result Persistence-based features are robust to noise and optimal graph type depends on signal structure.
Monotonic Linear Interpolation property in neural networks persists despite non-convexity.
problem Understanding the geometric properties of neural network loss landscapes.
method Tools from differential geometry to analyze the monotonicity of neural network weights.
result Sufficient conditions for the Monotonic Linear Interpolation property under mean squared error.
In recent years there has been noticeable interest in the study of the "shape of data". Among the many ways a "shape" could be defined, topology is the most general one, as it describes an object in terms of its connectivity structure: connected components (topological features of dimension 0), cycles (features of dime…
Averaged Gradient Descent improves performance in rough landscapes.
problem Minimizing strongly non-convex functions in high-dimensional estimation problems.
method Empirical average of gradients over random positions in parameter space.
result Averaged Gradient Descent outperforms existing methods in tensor PCA.
Neural networks' optimization dynamics are confined to a single basin despite connected basins in the loss landscape.
problem Neural networks' optimization dynamics are confined to a single basin despite connected basins in the loss landscape.
method Identifying entropic barriers arising from the interplay between curvature variations along low-loss paths and noise in optimization dynamics.
result Curvature-induced entropic forces bias noisy dynamics back toward the endpoints, explaining the confinement and connectivity of solutions.
Scaling Analysis on Indian Foreign Exchange Marketphysics.soc-ph
In this paper we investigate the scaling behavior of the average daily exchange rate returns of the Indian Rupee against four foreign currencies namely US Dollar, Euro, Great Britain Pound and Japanese Yen. Average daily exchange rate return of the Indian Rupee against US Dollar is found to exhibit a persistent scaling…
Persistence diagrams are two-dimensional plots that summarize the topological features of functions and are an important part of topological data analysis. A problem that has received much attention is how deal with sets of persistence diagrams. How do we summarize them, average them or cluster them? One approach -- th…
Persistence Spheres: a Bi-continuous Linear Representation of Measures for Partial Optimal Transportstat.ML
Improved persistence spheres map measures to functions, stable under partial transport.
problem Representing and comparing measures in topological machine learning.
method Persistence spheres map measures to continuous functions on the sphere, stable under 1-Wasserstein partial transport.
result Persistence spheres provide a stable, parameter-free representation of measures, improving upon existing methods.
PHINN: A generative model for rare-event time series using persistent homology
problem Generating rare events in time series
method Flow-matching framework with dynamic Betti curves and persistence landscape loss
result Outperforms statistical and diffusion baselines in topological fidelity and tail coverage
Stochasticity helps to navigate rough landscapes: comparing gradient-descent-based algorithms in the phase retrieval problemcond-mat.dis-nn
Gradient descent variants improve phase retrieval accuracy.
problem Phase retrieval problem in high-dimensional spaces.
method Gradient descent, stochastic gradient descent, Langevin algorithm, dynamical mean-field theory.
result Stochastic variants of gradient descent achieve better generalization in phase retrieval.
Topological data analysis offers a rich source of valuable information to study vision problems. Yet, so far we lack a theoretically sound connection to popular kernel-based learning techniques, such as kernel SVMs or kernel PCA. In this work, we establish such a connection by designing a multi-scale kernel for persist…
Proposes deep graph persistence to address neural persistence issues in deep learning.
problem Variance of weights and lack of spatial structure in deep neural networks impact neural persistence.
method Extends neural persistence to the whole network, considering interactions between layers.
result Deep graph persistence alleviates variance-related issues and captures persistent paths through the network.
Study shows different types of volatility and skewness changes affect stock prices.
problem Different types of volatility and skewness changes affect stock prices.
method Used intraday data for individual stocks to analyze cross-section of asset returns.
result Idiosyncratic transitory and persistent shocks to volatility and skewness are priced differently in stock returns.
Mathematical pipeline identifies structural homology of knotted proteins.
problem Quantification and classification of protein structures, especially knotted proteins, require noise-free and complete data.
method Developed a geometric framework using persistent homology to analyze protein structures.
result Persistent homology accurately represents structural homology of knotted proteins and identifies geometric features of protein entanglement.
New method decomposes Markov chain rewards into persistent and transient components.
problem Ambiguity in classical evaluation methods for Markov chains with reducible and periodic states.
method Minimal exact quotient by the real peripheral invariant subspace, decomposing rewards into persistent and transient components.
result Exact comparison with classical methods shows that the new decomposition reallocates the same information, making persistent modes explicit.
Method analyzes complexity of empirical risk landscapes for generalized linear models.
problem Understanding the complexity of empirical risk landscapes in generalized linear models.
method Kac-Rice method and replicated method from theoretical physics.
result Explicit variational formulas for the number of critical points of empirical risk landscapes.
Paper estimates neural network size needed for topology learning.
problem Estimating the smallest neural network size for topology learning.
method Using algebraic topology and Lie theory, the paper introduces a procedure based on persistent homology to determine the required dimension.
result The derived dimension is the smallest capable of capturing the topology of the data manifold.
Unreduced PDs can perform similarly to reduced PDs in machine learning tasks.
problem Ignoring much of the information in persistence diagrams in machine learning pipelines.
method Developed methods to generate topological feature vectors from unreduced boundary matrices.
result Unreduced PDs can perform on par with, and sometimes outperform, fully-reduced PDs in machine learning tasks.
Model explains surprising properties of neural network training landscapes.
problem Understanding the geometry of neural network loss landscapes.
method Developed a simple theoretical model of gradients and Hessians.
result Unified model accounts for 4 surprising properties of neural loss landscapes.
Study analyzes landscape complexity of empirical loss functions with correlated data.
problem Understanding the complexity of loss landscapes in machine learning with structured data.
method Kac-Rice formula and random matrix theory applied to high-dimensional empirical loss functions.
result Characterizes the average number of critical points in loss functions with structured data.
The paper tackles long-term treatment effects with persistent confounders using sequential short-term outcomes.
problem Estimating long-term treatment effects with persistent unmeasured confounders.
method Exploiting the sequential structure of short-term outcomes, the paper develops three novel identification strategies and corresponding estimators.
result The proposed methods outperform existing approaches in handling persistent confounders.
An average instantaneous cross-correlation function is introduced to quantify the interaction of the financial market of a specific time. Based on the daily data of the American and Chinese stock markets, memory effect of the average instantaneous cross-correlations is investigated over different price return time inte…
Adaptor 'E' extends gradient-based optimizers to explore loss landscapes, improving generalization.
problem Finding lower and better-generalizing minima in deep learning.
method Proposes an adaptor 'E' to extend gradient-based optimizers, encouraging exploration along landscape valleys.
result Adapted optimizers increase test accuracy by an average of 2.5% in large-batch training tasks.
New method uses topological data analysis to study stock market crashes.
problem Characterizing and predicting stock market crashes.
method Topological data analysis, persistence landscape, dynamic time series analysis.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of new method for Flash Crash characterization and prediction.
Quantified limits of nuclear stability beyond drip lines.
problem Predicting nuclear stability beyond known isotopes.
method Microscopic nuclear mass models, Bayesian methodology, Gaussian processes.
result Quantified predictions of one- and two-nucleon separation energies.
New research shows flat minima in robust loss landscapes correlate with good adversarial robustness.
problem Adversarial training leads to robust overfitting, poor robust generalization.
method Average- and worst-case metrics to measure flatness in robust loss landscapes.
result Flatness in robust loss landscapes correlates with good adversarial robustness.
New bound shows variational algorithms may struggle with barren plateaus.
problem Barren plateaus in quantum loss landscapes.
method General bound on loss variance and gradient decay.
result Exponential decay of gradients in subregions of barren plateaus.
News sentiment in U.S. economic newspapers has become more persistent over 45 years.
problem Understanding the temporal dynamics of U.S. economic news sentiment over time.
method Daily economic news sentiment index from 1980-2025, analyzed using sentiment indexes.
result News sentiment states have become more persistent, with longer residence times in optimistic or pessimistic regimes.
FP-BMA improves generalization by encouraging flat posteriors in Bayesian Model Averaging.
problem Lack of flat posterior in approximate Bayesian inference methods hinders effective Bayesian Model Averaging.
method Proposes Flat Posterior-aware Bayesian Model Averaging (FP-BMA) and Flat Posterior-aware Bayesian Transfer Learning schemes.
result FP-BMA successfully captures flat posteriors, improving generalization performance.
Continuous-time PCD for MLE with explicit error bounds.
problem Maximum likelihood estimation of unnormalised densities.
method Continuous-time formulation as coupled SDEs, deriving UiT bounds.
result Explicit error bounds between PCD iterates and MLE solution.
This work explains how CNNs benefit from prior knowledge and proposes a training protocol to leverage this advantage.
problem Understanding the benefits of architectural bias in CNNs and translating this advantage to FCNs.
method Introducing a method to map CNNs to FCNs, testing a new training protocol, and observing improved performance.
result The proposed training protocol can improve FCN performance by combining prior information from CNNs and the expressivity of FCNs.
Empirical evidence is given for a significant difference in the collective trend of the share prices during the stock index rising and falling periods. Data on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and its stock components are studied between 1991 and 2008. Pearson-type correlations are computed between the stocks and avera…
Algebraic topology methods have recently played an important role for statistical analysis with complicated geometric structured data such as shapes, linked twist maps, and material data. Among them, \textit{persistent homology} is a well-known tool to extract robust topological features, and outputs as \textit{persist…
We formulate and study a general family of (continuous-time) stochastic dynamics for accelerated first-order minimization of smooth convex functions. Building on an averaging formulation of accelerated mirror descent, we propose a stochastic variant in which the gradient is contaminated by noise, and study the resultin…
In this paper, we build upon previous work on designing informative and efficient Exploratory Landscape Analysis features for characterizing problems' landscapes and show their effectiveness in automatically constructing algorithm selection models in continuous black-box optimization problems. Focussing on algorithm pe…
EpiMer merges models by solving Fréchet mean on a Riemannian manifold.
problem Integrating knowledge from multiple models without retraining.
method EpiMer casts model merging as solving the Fréchet mean on a Riemannian manifold, restricting computation to a low-rank subspace.
result EpiMer outperforms flat-geometry methods on image classification tasks.
This paper evaluates debiasing methods on word embeddings to reduce religious bias.
problem Social biases persist in word embeddings, potentially amplifying them in AI applications.
method Investigates and evaluates three multiclass debiasing techniques on three word embeddings.
result ConceptorDebiasing is the most effective method, reducing religious bias by 82-96%.