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New neural network improves audio classification accuracy.
problem Challenging audio classification problem in pattern recognition.
method Introduces a Classifier-Attention-Based Convolutional Neural Network (CAB-CNN) with an attention mechanism to reduce classifier complexity.
result Significantly improves audio classification performance, achieving more than 10% improvements.
DeepDIG generates samples near decision boundaries of deep neural networks for better understanding.
problem Limited knowledge of how deep neural networks make decisions.
method Adversarial example generation to create samples near decision boundaries.
result Characterized decision boundaries of various deep neural network models.
New theorem for deep neural networks improves classification margins.
problem Improving classification margins in deep neural networks.
method Local class-purity theorem and margin p-values for training and testing samples.
result Enhanced understanding and computation of classification margins.
Optimal classifiers derived from GMMs are approximated by deep neural networks.
problem Binary classification of high-dimensional overlapping Gaussian mixtures.
method Closed-form expressions for Bayes optimal decision boundaries derived from GMMs' eigenstructure. Empirical validation through synthetic and real-world data.
result Deep neural networks approximate optimal classifiers for GMMs, with decision thresholds related to covariance eigenvectors.
New approach detects out-of-distribution inputs without needing OOD samples.
problem Detecting incorrect classification of out-of-distribution inputs in deep neural networks.
method A one-class classifier trained on an early layer's output of the original classifier.
result Substantially better results compared to state-of-the-art approaches.
Study on deep neural networks using concentration inequalities and optimal stopping.
problem Understanding the performance and structure of stochastic deep neural networks.
method Introduced concentration inequalities for SDNN outputs and an EC classifier. Determined the optimal number of layers via an optimal stopping procedure.
result Optimal number of layers for SDNNs determined via an optimal stopping procedure.
Sharp Rate of Convergence for Deep Neural Network Classifiers under the Teacher-Student Settingstat.ML
Deep neural networks outperform traditional methods in high-dimensional classification.
problem Understanding the empirical success of deep neural networks in high-dimensional classification.
method Proposed a teacher-student framework with Bayes classifier as ReLU neural networks, derived convergence rates for 0-1 and hinge losses.
result Sharp rate of convergence for classifiers trained using 0-1 or hinge loss, with or under separable data distribution.
There is a rising interest in studying the robustness of deep neural network classifiers against adversaries, with both advanced attack and defence techniques being actively developed. However, most recent work focuses on discriminative classifiers, which only model the conditional distribution of the labels given the …
Contextual PDA improves explanation of image classifications for saturated models.
problem Difficulty in explaining decisions of saturated classifiers.
method Proposes Contextual PDA, a faster method for explaining image classifications.
result Contextual PDA outperforms PDA in explaining image classifications of state-of-the-art deep networks.
Health professionals can use natural language processing (NLP) technologies when reviewing electronic health records (EHR). Machine learning free-text classifiers can help them identify problems and make critical decisions. We aim to develop deep learning neural network algorithms that identify EHR progress notes perta…
Proposes a deep neural network for multi-dimensional functional data classification.
problem Classifying multi-dimensional functional data with non-Gaussian distributions.
method Trains a deep neural network on the principle components of the training data.
result FDNN achieves minimax optimality when log density ratio has a locally connected modular structure.
Detects and mitigates rare subclasses in deep neural networks.
problem Underrepresented classes in training datasets reduce classifier performance.
method Commonality metric for detection, methods for reducing impact during training and exploitation.
result Models compensate for rare subclasses, improving performance and runtime identification.
NCP improves deep classifier uncertainty quantification efficiency.
problem Uncertainty quantification for deep classifiers in high-stake applications.
method Neighborhood Conformal Prediction (NCP) algorithm.
result NCP produces smaller prediction sets than traditional CP methods.
Deep neural networks have revolutionized many fields such as computer vision and natural language processing. Inspired by this recent success, deep learning started to show promising results for Time Series Classification (TSC). However, neural networks are still behind the state-of-the-art TSC algorithms, that are cur…
This work debiases deep chest X-ray classifiers using intra- and post-processing methods.
problem Bias in deep neural networks for chest X-ray classification.
method Intra-processing techniques (fine-tuning and pruning) and post-processing methods.
result Successfully mitigates biases in fully connected and convolutional neural networks, offering stable performance.
A new method quantifies deep neural network uncertainty by mixing OVA and AVA classifiers.
problem Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks, especially for out-of-distribution data.
method Mixing predictions from OVA and AVA classifiers to improve uncertainty quantification.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in quantifying out-of-distribution data.
CCAC calibrates DNN classifiers on OOD datasets by separating mis-classified samples.
problem Calibrating DNN classifiers on out-of-distribution datasets is challenging.
method CCAC introduces an auxiliary class to map DNN output to calibrated confidence, separating mis-classified from correctly classified samples.
result CCAC consistently outperforms prior methods on various DNN models, datasets, and applications.
End-to-End Deep Neural Networks and Transfer Learning for Automatic Analysis of Nation-State Malwarecs.CR
Deep neural networks classify nation-state malware with high accuracy.
problem Classifying and attributing advanced persistent threats (APT) from nation-states.
method Used deep neural networks to analyze malware behavior in a sandbox, learning high-level feature abstractions.
result Achieved 98.6% accuracy in classifying 1000 Chinese and Russian APTs.
Random deep neural networks are robust to adversarial examples, scaling with input size and dimension.
problem Adversarial examples challenge the reliability of deep learning algorithms.
method Analysis of random deep neural networks with Gaussian process equivalence and experiments on MNIST and CIFAR10.
result The distance of adversarial examples scales as norm of the input.
Deep nets trained with MSE loss exhibit Neural Collapse, collapsing features and classifiers to class means.
problem Understanding Neural Collapse in MSE-trained deep nets.
method Developed a new MSE loss decomposition and introduced the central path concept.
result Exact dynamics of Neural Collapse along the central path can be predicted.
The paper proves neural networks' consistency and optimal convergence rates for various function classes.
problem Proving neural networks' consistency and optimal convergence rates for diverse function classes.
method Analyzes wide and deep ReLU neural networks trained on logistic loss and Kolmogorov-Donoho optimal function classes.
result Proves universal consistency and minimax optimal convergence rates for neural networks.
Study assesses deep neural networks' robustness in mammogram images.
problem Understanding deep neural networks' robustness in mammogram images for breast cancer screening.
method Measuring sensitivity to four perturbations and analyzing low-pass filtering effects.
result Mammogram image classifiers are sensitive to perturbations similar to natural images, but low-pass filtering degrades clinically meaningful features.
Two methods reduce BN and DNN complexity, balancing size and accuracy.
problem Balancing model size and prediction accuracy in Bayesian networks and deep neural networks.
method Quantization-aware training and tree-augmented naive Bayes structure learning extension.
result Pareto optimal models found for small-scale scenarios.
Novel neural network models quantify uncertainty for deep classifiers.
problem Deep networks' overconfidence and ignorance about uncertainty.
method Variational autoencoders and GANs generate out-of-distribution samples.
result Better uncertainty estimates for in- and out-of-distribution samples.
Constructs classifiers for neural networks with specific data configurations.
problem Finding global minima of deep ReLU neural networks on sequentially separable data.
method Explicitly constructs zero loss neural network classifiers using cumulative parameters and truncation maps.
result Global minimizers can be described with a limited number of parameters based on the data structure.
Deep networks can classify data on smooth curves with high probability.
problem Classifying data from two disjoint smooth curves on the unit sphere.
method Gradient descent on a deep neural network, proving convergence and generalization via NTK dynamics.
result Randomly-initialized gradient descent learns to classify all points on the two curves with high probability when the network is sufficiently deep.
The problem of detecting whether a test sample is from in-distribution (i.e., training distribution by a classifier) or out-of-distribution sufficiently different from it arises in many real-world machine learning applications. However, the state-of-art deep neural networks are known to be highly overconfident in their…
In image classification, visual separability between different object categories is highly uneven, and some categories are more difficult to distinguish than others. Such difficult categories demand more dedicated classifiers. However, existing deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) are trained as flat N-way classifi…
Given a state-of-the-art deep neural network classifier, we show the existence of a universal (image-agnostic) and very small perturbation vector that causes natural images to be misclassified with high probability. We propose a systematic algorithm for computing universal perturbations, and show that state-of-the-art …
Neural networks exhibit simplex symmetry in their final and penultimate layers.
problem Understanding the symmetry in neural network layers.
method Analytical and numerical studies of toy models and deep neural networks.
result Neural networks map data points from the same class to a single point in a high-dimensional space, forming a simplex.
The paper extends calibration to sets of probabilistic classifiers, finding many ensembles are poorly calibrated.
problem Evaluating the validity of epistemic uncertainty in sets of probabilistic classifiers.
method Proposed a novel nonparametric calibration test for sets of probabilistic classifiers.
result Ensembles of deep neural networks are often not well calibrated.
Adversarial robustness has become an important research topic given empirical demonstrations on the lack of robustness of deep neural networks. Unfortunately, recent theoretical results suggest that adversarial training induces a strict tradeoff between classification accuracy and adversarial robustness. In this paper,…
We use standard deep neural networks to classify univariate time series generated by discrete and continuous dynamical systems based on their chaotic or non-chaotic behaviour. Our approach to circumvent the lack of precise models for some of the most challenging real-life applications is to train different neural netwo…
Recent research showed that deep neural networks are highly sensitive to so-called adversarial perturbations, which are tiny perturbations of the input data purposely designed to fool a machine learning classifier. Most classification models, including deep learning models, are highly vulnerable to adversarial attacks.…
We show that a collection of Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) in can be optimally classified using neurons in a neural network with two hidden layers (deep neural network), whereas in contrast, a neural network with a single hidden layer (shallow neural network) would require at least neurons …
On Interpretability of Deep Learning based Skin Lesion Classifiers using Concept Activation Vectorscs.LG
Deep learning skin lesion classifier explained using CAVs.
problem Limited acceptance of deep learning CAD systems due to opaque decision-making.
method Mapped human understandable concepts to RECOD model using CAVs.
result Classifier learns and encodes disease-related concepts in its latent representation.
Adversarial machine learning in the context of image processing and related applications has received a large amount of attention. However, adversarial machine learning, especially adversarial deep learning, in the context of malware detection has received much less attention despite its apparent importance. In this pa…
A new method aggregates generative classifiers to resist adversarial attacks.
problem Adversarial attacks on deep neural networks.
method Rank-aggregating ensemble of generative classifiers trained on intermediate layer responses.
result The ensemble of generative classifiers shows robustness to adversarial attacks.
Deep Learning algorithms have recently become the de-facto paradigm for various prediction problems, which include many privacy-preserving applications like online medical image analysis. Presumably, the privacy of data in a deep learning system is a serious concern. There have been several efforts to analyze and explo…
Paper develops a deep neural network for open set incremental learning of new authors.
problem Classifying unseen examples from previously unseen classes.
method Deep neural network clustering and retraining for new classes.
result Incremental learning model that continuously learns new classes.
Enhances robustness of deep neural networks with randomized smoothing.
problem Improving robustness of deep neural networks against noisy inputs and adversarial attacks.
method Introduces a variance-margin trade-off approach to increase certified robust radius using pre-trained models.
result Significant improvement in certified accuracy compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Study uses autoencoders to classify cryptocurrencies over 12 periods.
problem Classify cryptocurrencies based on market behavior.
method Deep convolutional autoencoder neural network.
result Cryptocurrencies transition between classes over time.
Deep neural nets classify tool wear in blanking processes.
problem Predicting tool wear in blanking processes to improve quality and reduce downtime.
method Deep Convolutional Neural Networks trained on workpiece images of 16 wear states.
result High accuracy in predicting tool wear states.
We recapitulate the Bayesian formulation of neural network based classifiers and show that, while sampling from the posterior does indeed lead to better generalisation than is obtained by standard optimisation of the cost function, even better performance can in general be achieved by sampling finite temperature () …
The paper identifies potential adversarial samples near decision boundaries of neural networks.
problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to small perturbations of inputs.
method Developed a method to explore near decision boundaries of trained classifiers to identify potential adversarial samples.
result Potential adversarial samples represent only 61% of the test data but cover more than 82% of adversarial samples produced by iFGSM and 92% of those by DeepFool on CIFAR10.
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.
Improved neural topic model for semi-supervised learning.
problem Representing textual data in an interpretable manner with limited labeled data.
method Label-Indexed Neural Topic Model (LI-NTM) that combines deep generative models with semi-supervised learning.
result LI-NTM outperforms existing models in document reconstruction and classifier performance.