Unified deep network learns shared representation and cross-media similarity metric for multimedia data.
problem Improving cross-media retrieval by capturing complex correlations among multiple media types.
method Unified Network for Cross-media Similarity Metric (UNCSM) that combines shared representation learning and distance metric calculation.
result UNCSM outperforms state-of-the-art methods on 4 cross-media datasets.
A new ranking algorithm learns data affinity and ranking scores simultaneously.
problem Retrieving similar objects in large databases is challenging.
method Proposes a ranking algorithm that learns data affinity and ranking scores simultaneously, using adaptive neighbors and smoothness constraints.
result The proposed algorithm outperforms existing methods in synthetic and real datasets.
Improves retrieval accuracy for hierarchical documents, especially for distant matches.
problem Limited expressive power of dual encoder models in hierarchical retrieval.
method Proves feasibility of DEs for HR, introduces pretrain-finetune recipe to improve long-distance retrieval.
result Pretrain-finetune boosts recall on long-distance pairs from 19% to 76%.
UPR hybrid model improves phase retrieval performance.
problem Recovering signals from phase-less measurements.
method Model-based data-driven deep architecture (UPR).
result UPR shows potential in improving phase retrieval.
This paper improves image retrieval accuracy through novel relevance feedback methods.
problem Improving image retrieval accuracy in Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR).
method Novel addition to feature re-weighting and classification techniques, focusing on 0-th iteration improvement.
result Significantly improved retrieval accuracy from relevance feedback.
A new framework for personalized ad retrieval in e-commerce search.
problem Difficulty in measuring ads retrieved using multiple signals (e.g. user profiles, clicks).
method Employing historical click data to initialize a hierarchical network representing signals, keys, and ads. Training a model to learn weights of edges and selecting the best edges.
result Framework achieves good performance, improving RPM/CTR.
New model resolves signal ambiguities in ill-posed systems.
problem Signal retrieval from indirect measurements with known models.
method Variational generative model that captures signal distribution.
result Retrieves consistent signals with high fidelity.
A new deep learning model improves phase retrieval performance.
problem Recovering signals from phaseless measurements.
method Hybrid model-based data-driven deep architecture (Unfolded Phase Retrieval, UPR).
result Significant improvement in phase retrieval performance.
A framework that edits existing examples to generate structured outputs.
problem Generating complex outputs like code is hard.
method Retrieve a training example, edit it, and use a computationally efficient retrieval model.
result Retrieve-and-edit framework significantly boosts performance on code and card tasks.
Study improves image-caption retrieval by quantifying feature and posterior uncertainty.
problem Improving reliability in image-caption retrieval tasks with deep learning models.
method Quantified feature and posterior uncertainty for model averaging and reliability measure in image-caption retrieval.
result Consistent improvement in retrieval performance with different datasets and architectures.
Transformer models improve query-document retrieval efficiency and accuracy.
problem Efficiently retrieve relevant documents from large corpora for query matching.
method Designed paragraph-level pre-training tasks to optimize embedding-based Transformer models.
result Transformer models significantly outperform BM-25 and non-Transformer embedding models.
New linear spectral estimators improve phase retrieval accuracy.
problem Recovering vectors from magnitude measurements.
method Linear Spectral Estimators (LSPEs) for phase retrieval.
result LSPEs provide accurate initialization vectors and sharp error bounds.
Introduces MPR to measure and optimize representation across intersectional groups in retrieval.
problem Harmful stereotypes, cultural erasure, and social disparities in image search and retrieval.
method Develops MPR metric, practical estimation methods, theoretical guarantees, and optimization algorithms.
result Optimizing MPR yields more proportional representation across multiple intersectional groups, often with minimal retrieval accuracy compromise.
GMC benchmark isolates retrieval in Transformers, revealing max-margin alignment.
problem Understanding how Transformers develop match-and-copy behavior on natural data.
method Introducing Gaussian Match-and-Copy (GMC) as a minimalist benchmark.
result Gradient descent drives parameters to diverge while aligning with max-margin separator.
The study examines the retrieval capabilities of RBMs and generalized Hopfield networks under various prior distributions.
problem Characterizing the state of RBMs and Hopfield networks under different prior distributions.
method Equivalence between RBMs and generalized Hopfield networks, analysis of phase transitions, and study of retrieval capabilities.
result The retrieval phase is robust and exists at low load for every pattern distribution.
Combines deep learning and iterative methods for robust phase retrieval.
problem Recovering signals from noisy Fourier intensities.
method Regularization-by-denoising combining iterative phase retrieval and deep learning.
result Outperforms other noise-robust phase retrieval algorithms.
Motivation: Public and private repositories of experimental data are growing to sizes that require dedicated methods for finding relevant data. To improve on the state of the art of keyword searches from annotations, methods for content-based retrieval have been proposed. In the context of gene expression experiments, …
New benchmark for non-rigid 3D human shape retrieval.
problem Distinguishing between body shapes of 3D human models.
method Extended benchmark with 145 new models and FAUST dataset.
result Improved comparison of 25 shape retrieval methods.
BERT model improves cross-lingual document retrieval.
problem Improving cross-lingual information retrieval between English queries and foreign documents.
method Introduced a deep relevance matching model based on BERT, trained with weak supervision using CLIR data.
result Model outperforms competitive baseline approaches in retrieving Lithuanian documents against short English queries.
Sharp asymptotics derived for phase retrieval and compressed sensing with random generative priors.
problem Phase retrieval and compressed sensing with random measurement matrices.
method Sharp asymptotics derived for optimal performance and polynomial algorithm for random generative priors.
result Compressed phase retrieval becomes tractable with random generative priors, unlike sparse priors.
A new method, InfoGuide, improves automatic clustering analysis.
problem Lack of automatic clustering analysis frameworks.
method Capturing traces of information gain between clustering retrievals.
result InfoGuide can enable more automatic clustering analysis.
Most content-based image retrieval systems consider either one single query, or multiple queries that include the same object or represent the same semantic information. In this paper we consider the content-based image retrieval problem for multiple query images corresponding to different image semantics. We propose a…
The paper introduces subgraph nomination for finding similar subgraphs in networks.
problem Finding similar subgraphs in networks using example subgraphs.
method Formalizes subgraph nomination framework with user-supervised retrieval.
result User-supervised retrieval improves performance in subgraph nomination.
HybridRAG combines KGs and vector retrieval for financial document Q&A.
problem Challenges in extracting and interpreting financial text data.
method Integrates Knowledge Graphs and Vector Retrieval Augmented Generation.
result HybridRAG outperforms traditional methods in Q&A systems for financial documents.
Improved text embeddings enhance retrieval from a knowledge base.
problem Efficiently retrieving relevant paragraphs from a large knowledge base.
method Used Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD) for open-domain question answering. Compared various text-embedding methods and trained deep residual neural models for retrieval.
result Training deep residual neural models for retrieval purposes significantly improves paragraph recall.
This paper improves retrieval for LLMs in financial document Q&A.
problem Suboptimal text chunk retrieval by RAG causes inaccuracies in LLM responses.
method Sophisticated chunking techniques, query expansion, metadata annotations, re-ranking algorithms, and embedding fine-tuning.
result Enhanced retrieval quality improves LLM performance and reliability.
Extends phase retrieval methods to handle sensing vector errors.
problem Phase retrieval with errors in sensing vectors.
method Total Least Squares (TLS) framework applied to gradient descent.
result Gradient descent can efficiently solve TLS phase retrieval.
We study the task of retrieving relevant experiments given a query experiment. By experiment, we mean a collection of measurements from a set of `covariates' and the associated `outcomes'. While similar experiments can be retrieved by comparing available `annotations', this approach ignores the valuable information ava…
DINOSAUR improves retrieval by accounting for embedding uncertainty in recommender systems.
problem Retrieval bias towards popular items due to noisy embeddings.
method Samples multiple embeddings per item and queries with sampled embeddings to account for uncertainty.
result Improves coverage of long-tail niche content without sacrificing recall.
Bayesian models evaluate sentence comprehension, showing direct access model fits data better.
problem Evaluating models of retrieval in sentence comprehension.
method Implemented Bayesian hierarchical models to compare activation-based and direct access models.
result Direct access model fits data better than activation-based model.
Study compares methods for improving document retrieval accuracy.
problem Improving document retrieval accuracy from large corpora.
method Comparison of query expansion, topic models, and active learning.
result Active learning outperforms keyword lists in most settings.
Capsule Networks improve clothing retrieval without landmark info.
problem In-shop clothing retrieval performance improvement.
method Triplet-based Capsule Network architecture with SC and RC blocks.
result Triplet Capsule Networks outperform FashionNet and SOTA architectures.
New tensor encodings improve retrieval accuracy in deep learning.
problem Deep learning classifiers flatten feature tensors, losing multi-linear structure.
method Proposes structured tensor factorization schemes for improved retrieval.
result Structured tensor encodings achieve retrieval performance similar to Fisher vectors.
RNNs struggle with in-context retrieval, while Transformers excel.
problem In-context retrieval capability of RNNs.
method Theoretical analysis and experimental techniques (CoT, RAG, Transformer layer).
result Enhancing RNNs with techniques improves their in-context retrieval capability, closing the representation gap with Transformers.
prDeep uses a deep neural network to robustly retrieve phases from noisy data.
problem Noise limits traditional phase retrieval algorithms' performance.
method Regularization-by-denoising framework and convolutional neural network.
result prDeep is robust to noise and can handle various system models.
Deep Retrieval learns a retrievable structure for efficient large-scale recommendations.
problem Efficiently retrieving top relevant candidates in large-scale recommendation systems.
method Deep Retrieval learns a retrievable structure directly from user-item interaction data, encoding candidates into a discrete latent space and optimizing a model to maximize accuracy.
result Deep Retrieval achieves almost the same accuracy as brute-force baseline and significantly outperforms ANN baselines in a live production system.
Enhanced Hopfield model boosts memory retrieval capacity.
problem Memory retrieval in modern Hopfield models with limited capacity.
method Introduces a learnable feature map transforming energy function into kernel space, minimizing separation loss for uniform memory distribution.
result Significant reduction in metastable states, enhancing memory capacity and retrieval accuracy.
Generative model improves zero-shot sketch-based image retrieval.
problem Existing SBIR methods struggle with novel classes.
method Generative model learns to generate images conditioned on novel sketches.
result Significantly outperforms baselines on two challenging datasets.
Improved cross-lingual document retrieval using regularized Wasserstein distance.
problem Cross-lingual document retrieval (CLDR) challenges.
method Extending Word Mover's Distance with term-weighting schemes and entropic regularization.
result Remarkable improvements in Mean Reciprocal Rank (MRR) compared to baselines.
New algorithm recovers signals from noisy measurements with optimal precision.
problem Recovering signals from magnitude-only measurements with arbitrary corruption.
method Robust Wirtinger Flow algorithm for joint signal and corruption estimation.
result Guaranteed linear convergence to optimal precision with optimal sample complexity.
System optimizes retrieval for personal assistants using reinforcement learning.
problem Needing a neural retrieval-based Q&A system for user memory.
method Direct optimization of F1-score using reinforcement learning.
result Improved retrieval performance on test sets.
EENMF improves e-commerce sponsored search efficiency and effectiveness.
problem Improving efficiency and effectiveness of e-commerce sponsored search.
method End-to-end neural matching framework (EENMF) for vector-based ad retrieval and neural pre-ranking.
result Significantly outperforms baseline in real e-commerce traffic.
Paper proposes SAN and SN for zero-shot sketch-based image retrieval.
problem Handling unseen classes in sketch-based image retrieval.
method Generative approach using Stacked Adversarial Network (SAN) and Siamese Network (SN).
result Significant improvement in standard and generalized ZSL settings.
Proposes using GANs to solve phase retrieval problems.
problem Solving phase retrieval problems in various contexts.
method Applying conditional GANs with knowledge of measurement process.
result Method provides more robust and detailed solutions.
New method solves phase retrieval problems efficiently without lifting.
problem Phase retrieval from phaseless measurements.
method Flexible convex relaxation in signal domain, solving inequalities representing slabs.
result Convex program finds best aligned extreme point of slab intersection.
This paper introduces SRPR for robust phase retrieval with smoothed loss functions.
problem Robust phase retrieval from noisy quadratic measurements with corruptions.
method Smoothed robust phase retrieval (SRPR) using convolution-type smoothed loss functions.
result SRPR has no spurious local solutions and benign landscape under corruptions.
Binary embeddings speed up graph data retrieval.
problem Efficiently retrieving graphical data.
method Binary valued embeddings modeled as coin flips with varying bias, optimized using continuous optimization techniques.
result Binary embeddings outperform other methods on various datasets.
Paper introduces RiskEmbed, a finetuned model for financial risk management.
problem Improving retrieval accuracy in financial question-answering systems.
method Curated dataset and finetuned BERT model for financial domain.
result RiskEmbed significantly outperforms general-purpose and financial embedding models.