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New approach to analyze matrix denoising using gradient flow and fixed point equations.

problem Positive semi-definite matrix denoising in extensive-rank and high-dimensional settings.
method Gradient flow and fixed point equations derived from linear pencil techniques of random matrix theory.
result Continuous phase transitions in the extensive-rank and high-dimensional regime.

We solve matrix denoising with both row and column correlations, setting limits and designing optimal methods.

problem Matrix denoising with doubly heteroscedastic noise (both row and column correlations).
method Established information-theoretic and algorithmic limits, designed a novel spectral estimator with optimality guarantees.
result The novel spectral estimator achieves positive correlation with the signal and Bayes-optimal error under one-sided heteroscedasticity.

We consider the problem of estimating a low-rank matrix from a noisy observed matrix. Previous work has shown that the optimal method depends crucially on the choice of loss function. In this paper, we use a family of weighted loss functions, which arise naturally for problems such as submatrix denoising, denoising wit…

2019-02-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper analyzes singular subspace estimation in noisy matrix models.

problem Estimating low-rank signals in noisy matrix data.
method Asymptotic distributional theory, extreme value theory, saddle point approximation, random matrix theory.
result Plug-in test statistic based on two-to-infinity norm has higher power for detecting structured alternatives.

We study an extention of total variation denoising over images to over Cartesian power graphs and its applications to estimating non-parametric network models. The power graph fused lasso (PGFL) segments a matrix by exploiting a known graphical structure, GG, over the rows and columns. Our main results shows that for …

2018-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we study how the mean shift algorithm can be used to denoise a dataset. We introduce a new framework to analyze the mean shift algorithm as a denoising approach by viewing the algorithm as an operator on a distribution function. We investigate how the mean shift algorithm changes the distribution and sho…

2016-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The estimation of probabilities of network edges from the observed adjacency matrix has important applications to predicting missing links and network denoising. It has usually been addressed by estimating the graphon, a function that determines the matrix of edge probabilities, but this is ill-defined without strong a…

2015-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper considers the problem of estimating a low-rank matrix from the observation of all or a subset of its entries in the presence of Poisson noise. When we observe all entries, this is a problem of matrix denoising; when we observe only a subset of the entries, this is a problem of matrix completion. In both case…

2019-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms improve rank one signal estimation from noisy data.

problem Estimating a rank one signal matrix from corrupted data with rotationally invariant noise.
method Developed approximate message-passing algorithms exploiting eigenvalues and iterates denoisers.
result Achieves optimal asymptotic estimation error among iterative algorithms.

Principal components analysis (PCA) is a well-known technique for approximating a tabular data set by a low rank matrix. Here, we extend the idea of PCA to handle arbitrary data sets consisting of numerical, Boolean, categorical, ordinal, and other data types. This framework encompasses many well known techniques in da…

2014-10-01abs ↗pdf ↗

New method for faster graph parameter inference from large random Kronecker graphs.

problem Efficiently infer graph parameters from large random Kronecker graphs.
method Decompose adjacency matrix into signal and noise components, then use denoising and solving approach.
result Proposed method achieves comparable or better performance than existing methods at lower computational cost.

Level-set optimization formulations with data-driven constraints minimize a regularization functional subject to matching observations to a given error level. These formulations are widely used, particularly for matrix completion and sparsity promotion in data interpolation and denoising. The misfit level is typically …

2018-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

New method quantifies uncertainty in denoising models.

problem Uncertainty quantification in denoising models.
method Derives a relation between posterior moments and derivatives, uses it for efficient uncertainty quantification.
result Efficient computation of principal components and full marginal distributions of the posterior.

DeepTensor uses deep networks to efficiently decompose tensors with improved performance and robustness.

problem Efficiently decomposing tensors with deep learning to capture nonlinear structures.
method Low-rank tensor decomposition using deep generative networks trained to minimize approximation error.
result DeepTensor outperforms classical methods like SVD and PCA in various applications, including image denoising and 3D MRI.

GT is a new method for denoising and enhancing datasets using Gaussian density estimates.

problem Improving latent structures in datasets.
method GT is an iterative method that generates a new distance function by computing the 2\ell^2-Wasserstein distance between Gaussian density estimates.
result GT is stable under perturbations and asymptotically ellipsoidal neighborhoods in the continuous case.

We analyze the Laplacian pyramids algorithm of Rabin and Coifman for extending and denoising a function sampled on a discrete set of points. We provide mild conditions under which the algorithm converges, and prove stability bounds on the extended function. We also consider the iterative application of truncated Laplac…

2019-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

BIND removes background noise from binary matrices, improving detection accuracy and fairness.

problem Real data often violates the i.i.d assumption for binary matrix entries, leading to inaccurate detection.
method BIND optimizes detection by estimating row- and column-wise mixture distributions and eliminating background noise.
result BIND effectively removes background noise and increases detection accuracy and fairness.

Optimized sampling scheme for compressed sensing combining randomness and determinism.

problem Improving compressed sensing performance with deterministic sampling.
method Optimized sampling scheme combining random and deterministic selection of rows.
result Measurable improvements in image compressed sensing for generative and sparse priors.

GDiff tackles blind denoising with Gibbs sampling and Monte Carlo inference.

problem Blind denoising of signals with unknown noise parameters.
method Gibbs Diffusion (GDiff) method that alternates sampling steps from a conditional diffusion model and a Monte Carlo sampler.
result GDiff achieves blind denoising of natural images and cosmic microwave background data.

TOLD++ improves convergence of diffusion models by critically damping the forward transition matrix.

problem Improving the convergence of Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models.
method Critically damping the Third-Order Langevin Dynamics (TOLD) forward transition matrix using eigen-analysis.
result TOLD++ converges faster than TOLD, verified on toy and real datasets.

New approach learns latent motifs in networks for mesoscale structure analysis.

problem Understanding large-scale behavior in complex systems through mesoscale structures.
method Network dictionary learning (NDL) combining network sampling and nonnegative matrix factorization.
result Networks can be approximated using a small set of latent motifs.

A natural way to characterize the cluster structure of a dataset is by finding regions containing a high density of data. This can be done in a nonparametric way with a kernel density estimate, whose modes and hence clusters can be found using mean-shift algorithms. We describe the theory and practice behind clustering…

2015-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper establishes limits for accurately estimating low-rank matrices from noisy, non-linear data.

problem Estimating low-rank matrices from noisy, non-linear observations.
method Proves strong universality result with equivalent Gaussian model and effective prior parameters.
result Signal-to-noise ratio requirement grows as $N^{ rac 12 (1-1/k_F)}$ for accurate reconstruction.

We propose a general framework for denoising high-dimensional measurements which requires no prior on the signal, no estimate of the noise, and no clean training data. The only assumption is that the noise exhibits statistical independence across different dimensions of the measurement, while the true signal exhibits s…

2019-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

DDCD uses diffusion models to learn causal structures from noisy data.

problem Scalability and stability issues in high-dimensional causal structure learning.
method Adaptive k-hop acyclicity constraint and denoising score matching objective of diffusion models.
result DDCD achieves competitive performance on synthetic and real-world data.

Study exact limits of matrix reconstruction from noisy projections.

problem Reconstructing matrices from linear projections with high-dimensional data.
method Asymptotic analysis, universality properties, and generalized linear models.
result Exact asymptotic equations for optimal learning performance.

Spectral denoising recovers meaningful network structure from noisy financial correlations.

problem Noise in empirical correlation matrices from financial returns obscures genuine interactions.
method Spectral decomposition to separate structured and random components.
result Structured networks derived from 10-16 eigenmodes exhibit stronger core-periphery organization and scale-free degree distributions.

New convergence rates found for PnP methods using MMSE denoisers.

problem Asymptotic convergence of PnP methods with MMSE denoisers.
method Explicitly represented MMSE denoiser as an upper Moreau envelope, derived sublinear convergence rates.
result First sublinear convergence guarantee for PnP proximal gradient descent with MMSE denoiser.

The paper develops a cross-validation method for improving signal denoising techniques.

problem Improving signal denoising methods for nonparametric regression.
method Develops a general cross-validation framework for signal denoising and applies it to Trend Filtering and Dyadic CART.
result Cross validated versions of Trend Filtering and Dyadic CART achieve nearly optimal convergence rates.

This work analyzes how bottleneck layers and skip connections affect linear denoising autoencoders' generalization.

problem Understanding the generalization of linear denoising autoencoders in overparameterized regimes.
method Analyzes two-layer linear denoising autoencoders with a bottleneck layer and skip connection, deriving test risk formulas.
result Bottleneck layers introduce an additional complexity measure, while skip connections can mitigate variance.

New method improves image denoising with fewer parameters and less data.

problem Image denoising requires large datasets and supervised settings, limiting practical applications.
method Self-supervised framework using Tucker low-rank tensor approximation.
result Improves model generalizability and reduces data acquisition costs.

This paper tackles denoising of complex measures using optimal transport and curvature analysis.

problem Denoising of complex, possibly non-log-concave measures.
method Score function and optimal transport theory to revert Langevin diffusion chains.
result The difficulty of denoising depends on the curvature complexity of the initial measure at specific SNR scales.

Paper proposes SPD-DDPM for SPD matrices, improving on previous discriminative models.

problem Challenges in handling large-scale SPD matrix data for discriminative models.
method Introduces a generative model using Gaussian distribution in SPD space, allowing unconditional and conditional predictions.
result Effective fitting of data distribution and accurate predictions on both conditional and unconditional data.