Augmentation improves machine learning model performance on small datasets.
problem Suboptimal generalization performance of machine learning models on small datasets.
method Data augmentation to increase sample size and diversity.
result Augmentation improves AUC by 15.55% on average for small datasets.
Data augmentation improves financial prediction models, especially for small datasets.
problem Improving financial prediction models on small, noisy, non-stationary datasets.
method Evaluation of data augmentation methods combined with deep learning models on financial datasets.
result Data augmentation significantly improves financial performance, up to 400% improvement in risk-adjusted return.
Adaptive weighting schemes enhance time-series data augmentation for financial and UCR datasets.
problem Limited size of time-series datasets hinders model performance.
method Two adaptive weighting schemes for automatic data augmentation.
result Improves annualized returns by over 50% on financial dataset and outperforms state-of-the-art on half of UCR datasets.
Study challenges the necessity of data augmentation for improving predictions on imbalanced text datasets.
problem Improving predictions on imbalanced text datasets.
method Comparing classifier cutoff adjustments to data augmentation techniques.
result Classifier cutoff adjustments can produce similar results to data augmentation without the need for additional data.
Online data augmentation improves forecasting performance in deep learning.
problem Insufficient training data for forecasting tasks.
method An online data augmentation framework that generates synthetic samples during training.
result Online data augmentation leads to better forecasting performance.
Survey of data augmentation techniques for time series classification with neural networks.
problem Small datasets in time series recognition.
method Four families of data augmentation: transformation-based, pattern mixing, generative models, and decomposition methods.
result Empirical evaluation of 12 data augmentation methods on 128 datasets.
Enhances graph classification models on small datasets.
problem Over-fitting and undergeneralization on small-scale benchmark datasets.
method Data augmentation via graph structure transformation and model evolution framework.
result Average improvement of 3 - 13% accuracy on graph classification tasks.
ARDA automatically augments datasets for machine learning models.
problem Improving machine learning model performance through data augmentation.
method ARDA combines data searching, joining, and feature selection to augment datasets.
result Training models on ARDA's augmented datasets leads to better performance.
Recently, data augmentation in the semi-supervised regime, where unlabeled data vastly outnumbers labeled data, has received a considerable attention. In this paper, we describe an efficient technique for this task, exploiting a recent framework we proposed for missing data imputation called graph imputation neural net…
Aug-Gen improves music generation by augmenting training data with model-produced examples.
problem Lack of high-quality training data for specific musical styles.
method Dataset augmentation using generated examples during training.
result Aug-Gen improves both training duration and quality of generated music.
This paper evaluates methods to improve classification on imbalanced datasets.
problem Class imbalance in classification problems.
method Combination of data augmentation and ensemble learning methods.
result Combinations of data augmentation methods with ensemble learning can significantly improve classification performance.
Study evaluates synthetic data augmentation for small datasets, highlighting inconsistencies in traditional metrics.
problem Inconsistent validation of synthetic data generated for small sample sizes.
method Proposes a normalized Bottleneck distance metric to evaluate synthetic tabular data.
result Common metrics like propensity scoring and MMD fail for small datasets, showing instability and high variability.
In this paper we present ensembles of classifiers for automated animal audio classification, exploiting different data augmentation techniques for training Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). The specific animal audio classification problems are i) birds and ii) cat sounds, whose datasets are freely available. We tra…
Metric evaluates symmetry-breaking in datasets, revealing severe biases.
problem Symmetry-breaking in datasets can hinder the performance of symmetry-aware methods.
method Developed a metric to quantify symmetry-breaking using a two-sample classifier test.
result Symmetry-breaking can prevent optimal performance of invariant methods, even when labels are invariant.
Data augmentation is commonly used to encode invariances in learning methods. However, this process is often performed in an inefficient manner, as artificial examples are created by applying a number of transformations to all points in the training set. The resulting explosion of the dataset size can be an issue in te…
In this paper, a new deep reinforcement learning based augmented general sequence tagging system is proposed. The new system contains two parts: a deep neural network (DNN) based sequence tagging model and a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based augmented tagger. The augmented tagger helps improve system performance …
ODVICE augments EHR cohorts using ontology to improve analysis robustness.
problem Limited records in cohorts for rare diseases hamper robust analysis.
method Ontology-driven Monte-Carlo graph spanning algorithm for data augmentation.
result ODVICE augmented cohorts show ~30% improvement in AUC over non-augmented datasets.
This paper proposes synthetic augmentation for nuclei image segmentation in medical pathology.
problem Rare and time-consuming labeling of tumor nuclei images for semantic segmentation.
method Label-to-image translation to generate synthetic images.
result Synthetic augmentation improves segmentation accuracy.
MASC balances dataset representation using affinity clustering and distribution discrepancies.
problem Representation bias in datasets due to group imbalance.
method MASC uses affinity clustering and pairwise distribution discrepancies to balance non-protected and protected groups.
result MASC effectively debiases target datasets, comparable to existing methods.
Study improves GFM accuracy with time series augmentation.
problem Limited time series data hinders GFM performance.
method Data augmentation techniques (GRATIS, MBB, DBA) and transfer learning.
result Significant improvement in GFM accuracy over baseline.
DRO-Augment framework enhances deep neural network robustness.
problem Robustness of deep neural networks against various perturbations and adversarial attacks.
method Integrates Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization with data augmentation.
result Significantly improves robustness across various corruptions and adversarial attacks.
MET learns tabular data representations without data augmentations.
problem Lack of effective self-supervised learning methods for tabular data.
method Reconstruction-based approach using masked encoding, with separate representations for each coordinate and adversarial reconstruction loss.
result MET achieves state-of-the-art performance on five diverse tabular datasets, improving up to 9% over current methods.
Deep learning methods, and in particular convolutional neural networks (CNNs), have led to an enormous breakthrough in a wide range of computer vision tasks, primarily by using large-scale annotated datasets. However, obtaining such datasets in the medical domain remains a challenge. In this paper, we present methods f…
Data augmentation is an essential technique for improving generalization ability of deep learning models. Recently, AutoAugment has been proposed as an algorithm to automatically search for augmentation policies from a dataset and has significantly enhanced performances on many image recognition tasks. However, its sea…
Guided warping augments time series data by aligning features with a teacher.
problem Small time series datasets limit neural network performance.
method Guided warping with a discriminative teacher to augment data deterministically.
result Significant improvement in performance on various time series datasets.
Augment small datasets with synthetic backgrounds to train lightweight CNNs for human pose estimation.
problem Training CNNs from limited real-world data for human pose estimation.
method Synthetic background substitution for data augmentation.
result Improves generalization to unseen environments.
A method to prevent image representation collapse through data-dependent augmentation.
problem Representation collapse due to image augmentations that damage information.
method Formalizing a stochastic encoding process with a tug-of-war between corruption and preserved information, using infoMax objective.
result Learning a data-dependent distribution of augmentations to avoid representation collapse.
Expert augmentation improves hybrid model generalization.
problem Limited generalization of hybrid models outside training distribution.
method Introducing expert augmentation to improve hybrid model performance.
result Expert augmentation improves generalization of hybrid models.
Data augmentation is a widely used technique in many machine learning tasks, such as image classification, to virtually enlarge the training dataset size and avoid overfitting. Traditional data augmentation techniques for image classification tasks create new samples from the original training data by, for example, fli…
Automatic recognition of the historical letters (XI-XVIII centuries) carved on the stoned walls of St.Sophia cathedral in Kyiv (Ukraine) was demonstrated by means of capsule deep learning neural network. It was applied to the image dataset of the carved Glagolitic and Cyrillic letters (CGCL), which was assembled and pr…
SAGDA generates synthetic agricultural datasets to improve ML in African farming.
problem Data scarcity in African agriculture limits machine learning innovations.
method SAGDA is an open-source Python toolkit that generates, augments, and validates synthetic agricultural datasets.
result SAGDA enhances ML applications in agriculture, such as yield prediction and fertilizer recommendation.
Graph data augmentation improves GNN performance in node classification.
problem Improving generalizability of graph neural networks (GNNs) in semi-supervised node classification.
method Introduces GAug framework for graph data augmentation using neural edge predictors.
result GAug framework improves GNN-based node classification performance across various architectures and datasets.
A recurring problem faced when training neural networks is that there is typically not enough data to maximize the generalization capability of deep neural networks(DNN). There are many techniques to address this, including data augmentation, dropout, and transfer learning. In this paper, we introduce an additional met…
Bayesian network learns data invariances without augmentation.
problem Learning invariances in neural networks without manual design.
method Bayesian approach infers weight-sharing schemes from data.
result Model outperforms non-invariant networks on specific tasks.
Proposes a new model for better speech segmentation.
problem Improving speech segmentation accuracy.
method Integrates recurrent explicit duration variables into rSLDS and uses Pólya-gamma augmentation for inference.
result Demonstrates improved segmentation on various datasets.
Study linear transformations' effects on data augmentation for improved estimation.
problem Improving performance in image and text classification tasks.
method Examined a family of linear transformations in over-parametrized linear regression settings.
result Transformations that preserve labels or mix data can improve estimation.
Large-batch SGD is important for scaling training of deep neural networks. However, without fine-tuning hyperparameter schedules, the generalization of the model may be hampered. We propose to use batch augmentation: replicating instances of samples within the same batch with different data augmentations. Batch augment…
Enhanced EEG classification using augmented covariance matrix.
problem Improving motor imagery classification from EEG signals.
method Proposes a new framework based on the augmented covariance matrix derived from an autoregressive model.
result The augmented covariance matrix outperformed state-of-the-art methods.
DARE uses GPT-2 to generate relation examples, improving RE performance.
problem Challenges in Relation Extraction, especially limited data and class imbalance.
method Data augmentation with GPT-2 fine-tuning to generate relation examples.
result Improves RE performance by up to 11 F1 score points.
A new method uses Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for imputation and augmentation of healthcare data.
problem Missing values in clinical studies lead to biased results and loss of statistical power.
method Folded Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (F-HMC) with Bayesian inference to handle high-dimensional, small sample size datasets.
result The method enriches the quality of data in precision, accuracy, recall, F1 score, and propensity metric.
Data augmentation is an effective technique for improving the accuracy of modern image classifiers. However, current data augmentation implementations are manually designed. In this paper, we describe a simple procedure called AutoAugment to automatically search for improved data augmentation policies. In our implement…
Enhances graph neural networks by creating virtual data examples.
problem Lack of examples to identify optimal graph rationales in graph applications.
method Introduces environment replacement to create virtual data examples and proposes a framework for rationale-environment separation and representation learning.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and efficiency of the augmentation-based graph rationalization framework on molecular and polymer datasets.
Robust Transformer-Based One-Step Stock Index Forecasting via Shifted Data Augmentation
problem Robust stock index forecasting
method Modified Transformer architecture with Shifted Data Augmentation
result Best performance on benchmark datasets
Study shows different trajectory prediction models generalize better under OoD conditions.
problem Comparing trajectory prediction models' robustness across different datasets.
method Training models on Argoverse 2 and testing on Waymo Open Motion, and vice versa, with various augmentation strategies.
result Smallest model with highest inductive bias performs best in OoD generalization.
In this paper we investigate the feasibility of using synthetic data to augment face datasets. In particular, we propose a novel generative adversarial network (GAN) that can disentangle identity-related attributes from non-identity-related attributes. This is done by training an embedding network that maps discrete id…
In this paper, we propose a novel implicit semantic data augmentation (ISDA) approach to complement traditional augmentation techniques like flipping, translation or rotation. Our work is motivated by the intriguing property that deep networks are surprisingly good at linearizing features, such that certain directions …
Method learns invariances in deep nets without human validation.
problem Manual selection of data augmentation parameters is cumbersome.
method Differentiable Laplace approximation for Bayesian model selection.
result Method successfully recovers invariances and improves generalization.
Data augmentation methods improve worst-case model performance.
problem Ensuring fair predictions across subpopulations in large models.
method Linear last layer retraining with data augmentation techniques.
result Optimal worst-group accuracy achieved for Gaussian latent representation distribution.