Paper provides label complexity guarantees for deep active learning.
problem Lack of rigorous label complexity guarantees for deep active learning.
method Studied deep active learning from nonparametric classification perspective.
result Proved near-optimal label complexity guarantees for deep active learning.
Deep active inference learns policies from sensory inputs.
problem Learning policies in partially observable domains.
method Optimizes expected free energy with a variational autoencoder.
result Comparable or better performance than deep Q-learning.
Even though active learning forms an important pillar of machine learning, deep learning tools are not prevalent within it. Deep learning poses several difficulties when used in an active learning setting. First, active learning (AL) methods generally rely on being able to learn and update models from small amounts of …
Proposes an end-to-end deep learning framework for active investing.
problem Constructing an active investment portfolio via deep learning.
method End-to-end deep learning framework covering factor selection, combination, stock selection, and portfolio construction.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of E2E deep learning framework in active investing.
Deep learning models outperform classical methods in forecasting neural activity.
problem Improving forecasting of neural activity using deep learning models.
method Systematic evaluation of eight probabilistic deep learning models against classical statistical models and baseline methods.
result Several deep learning models consistently outperform classical approaches in forecasting neural activity.
Unified study of active learning for deep neural networks.
problem Improving performance of deep neural networks through active learning.
method Investigation of incremental and cumulative training modes, model configurations, query strategies, and pseudo-labels.
result Proposed more efficient querying procedures and insights into active learning behavior.
Active deep learning classification of hyperspectral images is considered in this paper. Deep learning has achieved success in many applications, but good-quality labeled samples are needed to construct a deep learning network. It is expensive getting good labeled samples in hyperspectral images for remote sensing appl…
INP accelerates stochastic simulations using deep Bayesian active learning.
problem Computational expense of stochastic simulations at fine-grained resolution.
method Interactive Neural Process (INP) framework combining spatiotemporal surrogate model and active learning acquisition function.
result STNP outperforms baselines in accelerating stochastic simulations and LIG achieves state-of-the-art for Bayesian active learning.
ICAL improves deep learning model accuracy and NLL with optimized batch labeling.
problem Deep Bayesian Active Learning for efficient model training.
method ICAL uses HSIC to measure dependency and optimizes batch size scaling.
result Significant improvements in model accuracy and NLL on image datasets.
SDF adapts Deep Forest for evolving data streams with active learning.
problem Adapting Deep Forest for evolving data streams.
method Streaming Deep Forest (SDF) with Augmented Variable Uncertainty (AVU) active learning.
result SDF with AVU outperforms other methods trained with all instances by 70% labeling budget.
In theoretical analysis of deep learning, discovering which features of deep learning lead to good performance is an important task. In this paper, using the framework for analyzing the generalization error developed in Suzuki (2018), we derive a fast learning rate for deep neural networks with more general activation …
This paper provides an overview of activation functions in neural networks.
problem Confusion in activation function selection and properties in deep learning.
method Analytic review of popular activation functions.
result Clarification of activation function properties and selection.
We consider active learning of deep neural networks. Most active learning works in this context have focused on studying effective querying mechanisms and assumed that an appropriate network architecture is a priori known for the problem at hand. We challenge this assumption and propose a novel active strategy whereby …
Automatically discovers effective activation functions for deep learning.
problem Inconsistent performance of novel activation functions in deep learning networks.
method Evolutionary search for general form, gradient descent for parameters.
result Significant performance improvements over ReLU and other functions.
Deep learning models accurately recognize and estimate physical activity types and energy expenditure from wrist accelerometer data.
problem Rigorous evaluation of wrist-worn accelerometers for assessing physical activity across the lifespan.
method Built deep learning networks to extract spatial and temporal representations from time-series data, recognizing physical activity types and estimating energy expenditure.
result Deep learning models achieved high performance: F1 scores of 0.82, 0.81, and 95 for sedentary, locomotor, and lifestyle activities, respectively; root mean square error of 1.1 for EE estimation.
A new criterion for deep active learning selects minimal labeled data points.
problem Efficiently select minimal labeled data points for deep neural networks.
method Diffuses label information over a graph of data representations to switch between exploration and refinement.
result The diffusion-based criterion outperforms existing methods in deep active learning.
This paper proposes LDM for efficient deep active learning.
problem Improving model performance by selecting informative unlabeled data.
method Least Disagree Metric (LDM) and its estimator for deep learning models.
result LDM-based active learning achieves state-of-the-art performance.
Deep neural networks with piecewise-polynomial activations can approximate smooth functions and their derivatives.
problem Approximating smooth functions and their derivatives with neural networks.
method Derives the depth, width, and sparsity required for approximation in Hölder norms.
result Deep neural networks with bounded weights can approximate Hölder smooth functions and their derivatives.
Deep learning predicts stress levels from mouse hippocampus activity.
problem Stress level in mice under different environments.
method Deep learning combined with neuron decoding.
result Deep learning model accurately predicts stress levels.
Active Learning methods create an optimized labeled training set from unlabeled data. We introduce a novel Online Active Deep Learning method for Medical Image Analysis. We extend our MedAL active learning framework to present new results in this paper. Our novel sampling method queries the unlabeled examples that maxi…
Deep gated networks help understand training and generalization in deep learning.
problem Understanding the role of SGD in training and generalization of deep neural networks with ReLU activation.
method Developed deep gated networks (DGNs) as a framework to analyze training and generalization in DNNs with ReLU activation.
result Gate adaptation is key for generalization in deep neural networks.
Research uses deep learning and copulas to predict multivariate survival data.
problem Handling right-censored and correlated multivariate survival data.
method Integrates deep learning, copula functions, and survival analysis. Uses copula-based activation functions to model nonlinear dependencies.
result Enhanced prediction accuracy for multivariate survival responses.
Deep active learning improves solvability prediction in power systems.
problem Inconclusive conservatism in traditional solvability region analysis methods.
method Proposes a deep active learning framework to reduce labeled dataset size.
result Significantly reduces the size of labeled dataset for training.
Active inference is a process theory of the brain that states that all living organisms infer actions in order to minimize their (expected) free energy. However, current experiments are limited to predefined, often discrete, state spaces. In this paper we use recent advances in deep learning to learn the state space an…
The paper analyzes the role of ReLU gates in deep learning networks.
problem Understanding the role of gates in deep learning networks.
method Developed neural path features (NPF) and neural path values (NPV) to characterize the active sub-networks during training.
result The neural path kernel associated with NPFs is a fundamental quantity that characterizes the information stored in the gates of a DNN.
Active learning reduces smart meter data needs for better electric load predictions.
problem Inaccurate and costly electric load predictions due to insufficient data.
method Active learning to collect more informative data subsets.
result Electric load predictions can be made with about half the data using active learning.
Annotating the right data for training deep neural networks is an important challenge. Active learning using uncertainty estimates from Bayesian Neural Networks (BNNs) could provide an effective solution to this. Despite being theoretically principled, BNNs require approximations to be applied to large-scale problems, …
Deep learning models can overfit noisy data without losing generalization.
problem Understanding the generalization of deep learning models in noisy data.
method Empirical investigation of epoch-wise double descent in fully connected neural networks trained on CIFAR-10 with 30% label noise.
result The model achieves strong re-generalization on test data after overfitting noisy training data, corresponding to a 'benign overfitting' state.
DAMI uses interpretable regions to select informative samples for deep learning models.
problem Efficiently identifying informative samples for deep learning models with minimal annotation cost.
method Inspired by piece-wise linear interpretability in DNN, DAMI selects samples on different linearly separable regions.
result DAMI outperforms state-of-the-art approaches in tabular data.
Anomalies are intuitively easy for human experts to understand, but they are hard to define mathematically. Therefore, in order to have performance guarantees in unsupervised anomaly detection, priors need to be assumed on what the anomalies are. By contrast, active learning provides the necessary priors through approp…
EmbraceNet fusion model for multi-sensor activity recognition.
problem Human activity recognition using multiple sensors is challenging.
method Independent processing of each sensor, feature fusion with EmbraceNet, post-processing, and additional processes.
result Improved performance in SHL recognition challenge.
In this paper, we develop an alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for deep neural networks training with sigmoid-type activation functions (called \textit{sigmoid-ADMM pair}), mainly motivated by the gradient-free nature of ADMM in avoiding the saturation of sigmoid-type activations and the advantages of …
Activation functions are essential for deep learning methods to learn and perform complex tasks such as image classification. Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) has been widely used and become the default activation function across the deep learning community since 2012. Although ReLU has been popular, however, the hard zero…
New activations improve deep network reproducibility without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Deep networks' reproducibility issues, especially on distributed systems.
method Developed SmeLU activations, smoother than ReLU, to enhance reproducibility.
result SmeLU activations provide better accuracy-reproducibility tradeoffs.
In this paper, we propose an active learning algorithm and models which can gradually learn individual's preference through pairwise comparisons. The active learning scheme aims at finding individual's most preferred choice with minimized number of pairwise comparisons. The pairwise comparisons are encoded into probabi…
Artificial neural networks typically have a fixed, non-linear activation function at each neuron. We have designed a novel form of piecewise linear activation function that is learned independently for each neuron using gradient descent. With this adaptive activation function, we are able to improve upon deep neural ne…
Deep learning models have demonstrated outstanding performance in several problems, but their training process tends to require immense amounts of computational and human resources for training and labeling, constraining the types of problems that can be tackled. Therefore, the design of effective training methods that…
Several recent papers investigate Active Learning (AL) for mitigating the data dependence of deep learning for natural language processing. However, the applicability of AL to real-world problems remains an open question. While in supervised learning, practitioners can try many different methods, evaluating each agains…
ASEs use surrogate estimation to efficiently evaluate model performance with minimal labels.
problem Efficient model evaluation with limited labels.
method Surrogate-based estimation and active learning.
result ASEs offer greater label-efficiency than current methods for deep neural networks.
New approach improves human activity recognition with wearables.
problem Improving human activity recognition with wearables.
method Exploiting latent relationships between multi-channel sensor modalities, data-agnostic augmentation, and a classification loss criterion.
result Achieves new state-of-the-art performance on four diverse activity recognition benchmarks.
Deep active inference agents learn complex environments using Monte-Carlo methods.
problem Understanding and modeling biological intelligence in complex, continuous state-spaces.
method Neural architecture for deep active inference agents using multiple forms of Monte-Carlo sampling.
result Deep active inference agents can learn environmental dynamics and plan future actions.
Automatic recognition of human activities from time-series sensor data (referred to as HAR) is a growing area of research in ubiquitous computing. Most recent research in the field adopts supervised deep learning paradigms to automate extraction of intrinsic features from raw signal inputs and addresses HAR as a multi-…
ActiLabel learns activity patterns across diverse sensor devices.
problem Limited adoption of activity recognition models across different domains due to diverse sensor devices.
method Combination of graph model and optimal tiered mapping for learning activity labels.
result Superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods on public datasets.
This work bridges continual learning, active learning, and open set recognition in deep neural networks.
problem Protecting previously acquired representations from catastrophic forgetting in deep neural networks.
method Surveying the literature and proposing a consolidated view to integrate open set recognition and active learning principles.
result Joint improvement in alleviating catastrophic forgetting, querying data, selecting task orders, and robust open world application.
We design a new algorithm for batch active learning with deep neural network models. Our algorithm, Batch Active learning by Diverse Gradient Embeddings (BADGE), samples groups of points that are disparate and high-magnitude when represented in a hallucinated gradient space, a strategy designed to incorporate both pred…
We propose a new active learning strategy designed for deep neural networks. The goal is to minimize the number of data annotation queried from an oracle during training. Previous active learning strategies scalable for deep networks were mostly based on uncertain sample selection. In this work, we focus on examples ly…
Tempered sigmoids improve deep learning privacy.
problem Privacy-preserving deep learning with strict differential privacy guarantees.
method Developed tempered sigmoid activation functions for deep learning models.
result Tempered sigmoids outperform ReLU in achieving state-of-the-art accuracy.
New algorithm trains deep neural networks without global optimization.
problem Training deep neural networks efficiently and without global optimization.
method Uses random complex exponential activation functions and Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling.
result Consistently attains theoretical approximation rate for residual networks.