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48 results for depth estimation

Proposes a new method to estimate Bayesian neural network depth.

problem Estimating the depth of Bayesian neural networks.
method Uses a discrete truncated normal distribution to learn depth mean and variance, inferring posterior distributions by minimizing variational free energy.
result Improves test accuracy and reduces posterior depth variance on the spiral dataset.

Learning based methods have shown very promising results for the task of depth estimation in single images. However, most existing approaches treat depth prediction as a supervised regression problem and as a result, require vast quantities of corresponding ground truth depth data for training. Just recording quality d…

2016-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniform consistency proven for spatial distribution and depth estimators in any dimension.

problem Uniform consistency of spatial distribution and depth estimators in arbitrary dimensions.
method Proof of uniform L1L^1-consistency using sample size nn as the only dependency.
result Consistency rate is independent of dimension dd and sample size nn.

Develops privacy-preserving multivariate median estimation methods.

problem Lack of rigorous privacy guarantees for robust multivariate location estimation.
method Novel finite-sample performance guarantees for differentially private multivariate depth-based medians.
result Sharp performance guarantees for multivariate depth-based medians under differential privacy.

This paper studies robust regression in the settings of Huber's εε-contamination models. We consider estimators that are maximizers of multivariate regression depth functions. These estimators are shown to achieve minimax rates in the settings of εε-contamination models for various regression problems including nonpa…

2017-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves reliability of depth estimation models.

problem Uncertainty quantification in large-scale vision models.
method Parameter-efficient Bayesian neural networks with PEFT methods.
result Combining PEFT methods with Bayesian inference enhances predictive performance.

One-shot neural architecture search allows joint learning of weights and network architecture, reducing computational cost. We limit our search space to the depth of residual networks and formulate an analytically tractable variational objective that allows for obtaining an unbiased approximate posterior over depths in…

2020-02-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Robust estimation under Huber's εε-contamination model has become an important topic in statistics and theoretical computer science. Statistically optimal procedures such as Tukey's median and other estimators based on depth functions are impractical because of their computational intractability. In this paper, we est…

2018-10-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Introduces Polar Depth for analyzing multivariate heavy-tailed data extremes.

problem Analyzing the behavior of extremes from multivariate heavy-tailed distributions.
method Introduces Polar Depth, a novel statistical depth function expressed in polar coordinates.
result The polar depth of the largest observations converges to the polar depth of the limiting distribution as the threshold increases.

We describe a method to infer dense depth from camera motion and sparse depth as estimated using a visual-inertial odometry system. Unlike other scenarios using point clouds from lidar or structured light sensors, we have few hundreds to few thousand points, insufficient to inform the topology of the scene. Our method …

2019-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces MCSD, a method for uncertainty estimation in deep learning.

problem Need for reliable uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks.
method Theoretical connection to variational inference and empirical benchmarking of MCSD.
result MCSD achieves competitive predictive accuracy and improves uncertainty ranking.

We develop a scalable method for Bayesian neural networks with stochastic differential equations.

problem Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks.
method Gradient-based stochastic variational inference in continuous-depth Bayesian neural networks.
result Gradient estimator with zero variance as the approximation improves.

Per-pixel ground-truth depth data is challenging to acquire at scale. To overcome this limitation, self-supervised learning has emerged as a promising alternative for training models to perform monocular depth estimation. In this paper, we propose a set of improvements, which together result in both quantitatively and …

2018-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We present an unsupervised approach for learning to estimate three dimensional (3D) facial structure from a single image while also predicting 3D viewpoint transformations that match a desired pose and facial geometry. We achieve this by inferring the depth of facial keypoints of an input image in an unsupervised manne…

2018-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformers can learn noisy linear systems with depth and IID data.

problem Learning noisy linear dynamical systems with transformers.
method Theoretical analysis of multi-layer and single-layer transformers with respect to L2L^2-testing loss.
result Single-layer transformers have a non-diminishing lower bound on approximation error, suggesting depth separation.

Study Transformer layers under cross-entropy training using mean field control.

problem Understanding the behavior of Transformer layers in cross-entropy training.
method Continuous-depth mean field control analysis, treating depth as time and layer parameters as controls.
result Derivation of a Pontryagin condition for the limiting population problem, involving the softmax residual.

This paper studies the expressive power of graph neural networks falling within the message-passing framework (GNNmp). Two results are presented. First, GNNmp are shown to be Turing universal under sufficient conditions on their depth, width, node attributes, and layer expressiveness. Second, it is discovered that GNNm…

2019-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the problem of estimating the conditional probability of a label in time O(log n), where n is the number of possible labels. We analyze a natural reduction of this problem to a set of binary regression problems organized in a tree structure, proving a regret bound that scales with the depth of the tree. Mot…

2014-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper establishes the (nearly) optimal approximation error characterization of deep rectified linear unit (ReLU) networks for smooth functions in terms of both width and depth simultaneously. To that end, we first prove that multivariate polynomials can be approximated by deep ReLU networks of width $\mathcal{O}(N…

2020-01-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Smooth activations enable optimal error rates in neural networks for Sobolev function classes.

problem Achieving optimal approximation and estimation error rates for neural networks in Sobolev function classes.
method Study of neural networks with smooth activations, proving optimal rates via approximation and statistical properties.
result Constant-depth networks with smooth activations achieve optimal rates of approximation and estimation, demonstrating smoothness adaptivity.

Attention-only transformers learn from context via two stages of inference.

problem Learning from corrupted token sequences in minimal transformers.
method Two-stage empirical Bayes interpretation: kernel-weighted posterior mean and particle dynamics.
result Effective denoising without explicit noise schedules, showing posterior-mean recovery under asymptotic conditions.

The theory of tunnel number 1 knots detailed in our previous paper, The tree of knot tunnels, provides a non-negative integer invariant called the depth of the tunnel. We give various results related to the depth invariant. Noting that it equals the minimum number of Goda-Scharlemann-Thompson tunnel moves needed to con…

2007-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a model for the joint estimation of disparity and motion. The model is based on learning about the interrelations between images from multiple cameras, multiple frames in a video, or the combination of both. We show that learning depth and motion cues, as well as their combinations, from data is possible wit…

2013-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep networks improve by progressively refining approximations at each layer.

problem Standard approximation theory doesn't explain the role of intermediate layers in deep neural networks.
method Developed a mixed-activation architecture with a geometric scale interpretation of depth.
result Each intermediate layer approximates the target function with a geometric rate.

New algorithm quantifies uncertainty in regression models for complex data types.

problem Uncertainty quantification in regression models for complex data types.
method Model-free uncertainty quantification algorithm based on conditional depth measures and kernel mean embeddings.
result Provides faster convergence rates and non-asymptotic guarantees for prediction regions.

Regression Prior Networks improve ensemble performance on regression tasks.

problem Improving ensemble performance on regression tasks.
method Extending Prior Networks and Ensemble Distribution Distillation (EnD2^2) to regression tasks using the Normal-Wishart distribution.
result Regression Prior Networks yield performance competitive with ensemble approaches on regression tasks.

The study analyzes games and social hierarchies, incorporating luck and depth of competition.

problem Analyzing patterns of wins and losses in games and social hierarchies.
method Generalized probabilistic models incorporating luck and depth of competition.
result Social competition tends to be deeper with many distinct levels, but there is often a chance of upset victories.

Study reveals how depth of reasoning affects generalization in models.

problem Understanding scaling behavior of generalization with CoT depth.
method Theoretical model of CoT in linear regression using random matrix theory.
result Sharp phase transition between exponential and polynomial improvement, saturation, and overthinking.

The paper studies randomized approximations of Tukey's depth for log-concave isotropic data.

problem The challenge of approximating Tukey's depth in high dimensions.
method The study examines randomized algorithms for approximating Tukey's depth for log-concave isotropic data.
result Randomized algorithms correctly approximate maximal depth and close to zero depths but not intermediate depths.

This work generalizes bounds on the number of linear regions in CPWL NNs.

problem Determining the number of linear regions in CPWL neural networks is challenging.
method Generalized bounds on the maximal number of linear regions for arbitrary CPWL activation functions.
result Depth significantly increases the number of linear regions, but not exponentially.

Self-attention models benefit equally from width and depth, but beyond a certain point, depth becomes less efficient.

problem Understanding the optimal balance between depth and width in self-attention models.
method Theoretical predictions and empirical ablations on networks of varying depths and widths.
result An optimal width of 30K is recommended for a 1-Trillion parameter network, marking a significant width for self-attention models.

This article concerns the expressive power of depth in deep feed-forward neural nets with ReLU activations. Specifically, we answer the following question: for a fixed din1,d_{in}\geq 1, what is the minimal width ww so that neural nets with ReLU activations, input dimension dind_{in}, hidden layer widths at most w,w, and …

2017-10-31abs ↗pdf ↗