We introduce a new model for building conditional generative models in a semi-supervised setting to conditionally generate data given attributes by adapting the GAN framework. The proposed semi-supervised GAN (SS-GAN) model uses a pair of stacked discriminators to learn the marginal distribution of the data, and the co…
Study semi-supervised learning with noisy proxy covariates, deriving bounds and showing gains.
problem Learning from noisy proxy covariates with scarce labels.
method Two-stage estimator learning kernel eigenfeatures from all proxy covariates and fitting a ridge predictor on labeled data.
result Finite sample bounds show fast labeled sample rates and consistent gains over supervised and semi-supervised baselines.
Proposes a framework for semi-supervised continual learning from sequentially arriving data.
problem Learning from data with changing task distribution over time, especially in domains with a mix of labeled and unlabeled data.
method Meta-Consolidation for Continual Semi-Supervised Learning (MCSSL) framework with a hypernetwork and semi-supervised auxiliary classifier.
result Significant improvements in continual semi-supervised learning setting.
New approach for semi-supervised learning under covariate shifts.
problem Semi-supervised learning under covariate shifts where labeled and unlabeled data distributions differ.
method Information-theoretical approach, addressing covariate shifts.
result Improved performance compared to previous methods.
New research shows unlabeled data is equally valuable as labeled data in certain semi-supervised learning scenarios.
problem Improving learning performance with limited labeled data.
method Statistical models with continuous parameters, showing equal utility of unlabeled data under specific conditions.
result The learning rate of semi-supervised learning scales similarly to supervised learning when unlabeled data is abundant.
Solves biased pseudo-labels in imbalanced SSL by refining them.
problem Imbalanced class distributions in semi-supervised learning lead to biased pseudo-labels.
method Formulates a convex optimization problem to refine pseudo-labels and develops an efficient algorithm, DARP.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of DARP in various imbalanced semi-supervised scenarios.
In several domains obtaining class annotations is expensive while at the same time unlabelled data are abundant. While most semi-supervised approaches enforce restrictive assumptions on the data distribution, recent work has managed to learn semi-supervised models in a non-restrictive regime. However, so far such appro…
A semi-supervised learning method using predefined class centroids for image classification.
problem Reducing the need for labeled data in deep learning.
method Use a small number of labeled samples and data augmentation on unlabeled samples. Constrain all samples to predefined evenly-distributed class centroids (PEDCC) using loss functions.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results with minimal labeled data.
Improved graph-based semi-supervised learning with model change active learning.
problem Identifying which unlabelled data points to label to best improve classifier performance.
method Pairing model change active learning with graph-based semi-supervised learning methods.
result Improved multiclass classification performance over prior methods.
FlowGMM uses normalizing flows for semi-supervised learning, showing promising results across various data types.
problem Semi-supervised learning with limited labeled data.
method Normalizing flows combined with latent Gaussian mixture models for generative modeling.
result FlowGMM achieves promising results on multiple data types, including text and tabular data.
Maximizing the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) is a standard approach to imbalanced classification. So far, various supervised AUC optimization methods have been developed and they are also extended to semi-supervised scenarios to cope with small sample problems. However, existing semi-supe…
Semi-supervised learning is sought for leveraging the unlabelled data when labelled data is difficult or expensive to acquire. Deep generative models (e.g., Variational Autoencoder (VAE)) and semisupervised Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have recently shown promising performance in semi-supervised classificatio…
ReMixMatch improves semi-supervised learning with new techniques for data efficiency.
problem Improving semi-supervised learning with limited labeled data.
method Distribution alignment and augmentation anchoring with AutoAugment.
result Significantly more data-efficient, requiring less labeled data for similar accuracy.
Proposes a multimodal deep generative model for semi-supervised learning with class imbalance.
problem Class imbalance in semi-supervised learning with partial supervision.
method Separate encoders for each modality, sharing latent variables, and using Student's t-distributions for prior, encoder, and decoder.
result Outperforms baseline methods in generalization and classification performance for partially labeled multimodal data.
Proposes a probabilistic approach to semi-supervised learning using normalizing flows.
problem Leveraging unlabelled data for semi-supervised learning with limited labelled data.
method Uses a normalizing flow to learn the posterior distribution over predictions for labelled data, serving as a prior for unlabelled data.
result Demonstrates improved performance on various tasks with varying output complexity.
Unified framework suppresses model bias in semi-supervised learning with decoupled sampling control.
problem Class imbalance in semi-supervised learning, especially with distributional mismatches.
method Unified framework SC-SSL with decoupled sampling control, explicit expansion capability, and adaptive sampling probabilities.
result Consistent and state-of-the-art performance across various benchmark datasets and distribution settings.
Contrastive regularization improves semi-supervised learning by better propagating confident pseudo-labels.
problem Consistency regularization's limitation in high performance and efficiency.
method Proposes contrastive regularization to update model features, pushing confident labels into unlabeled samples.
result Improves semi-supervised learning tasks with fewer training iterations and robust performance.
Study shows semi-supervised learning can be more robust with fewer labeled examples.
problem Learning robust predictors in semi-supervised PAC model with minimal labeled data.
method Characterizes the minimal labeled and unlabeled data required for robust learning.
result Proves nearly matching upper and lower bounds on labeled sample complexity.
Detects anomalies without training data using deep learning.
problem Detect anomalies in data without labeled training data.
method Inverse Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for semi-supervised learning.
result Successfully detects anomalies in data without labeled training data.
Combining self-training and contrastive learning improves performance under distribution shift.
problem Improving performance under distribution shift using unlabeled data.
method Combining self-training and contrastive learning techniques.
result Combined method achieves 3-8% higher accuracy than either approach independently.
We consider a family of problems that are concerned about making predictions for the majority of unlabeled, graph-structured data samples based on a small proportion of labeled samples. Relational information among the data samples, often encoded in the graph/network structure, is shown to be helpful for these semi-sup…
FROST speeds up and stabilizes one-shot semi-supervised learning.
problem Slow training and sensitivity to labeled data choices in semi-supervised learning.
method Combines semi-supervised learning with a one-stage, single network self-training approach.
result FROST trains up to 10x faster and is more robust to labeled data choices.
Paper tackles class-imbalanced semi-supervised learning, improving performance.
problem Class imbalance in semi-supervised learning datasets.
method Proposes Suppressed Consistency Loss (SCL) to handle class imbalance.
result Method shows better performance in class-imbalanced semi-supervised learning environments.
A new probabilistic model for semi-supervised learning unifies various methods.
problem Combining different aspects of data distribution for semi-supervised learning.
method A probabilistic model that interprets and improves upon existing SSL methods.
result The model unifies various SSL methods and extends to neuro-symbolic learning.
A new approach for instance-optimal learning that bypasses impossibility results.
problem Impossibility of achieving marginal-by-marginal guarantees for all marginals.
method Introduces relatively smart learning, which requires competition only with certifiable semi-supervised guarantees.
result One-Inclusion Graph learner is relatively smart up to squaring the sample complexity.
In this work, we propose a simple yet effective semi-supervised learning approach called Augmented Distribution Alignment. We reveal that an essential sampling bias exists in semi-supervised learning due to the limited number of labeled samples, which often leads to a considerable empirical distribution mismatch betwee…
Improves SSL with doubly robust estimation of unlabeled class distribution.
problem Limited labeled data and long-tailed class distributions in unlabeled data.
method Explicitly estimate unlabeled class distribution using doubly robust estimator.
result Improves performance of SSL methods on unlabeled data.
We describe a computationally efficient, stochastic graph-regularization technique that can be utilized for the semi-supervised training of deep neural networks in a parallel or distributed setting. We utilize a technique, first described in [13] for the construction of mini-batches for stochastic gradient descent (SGD…
ProSub uses angles in feature space to classify data as in- or out-of-distribution.
problem Open-set semi-supervised learning with unknown classes.
method Probabilistic approach based on angles in feature space, estimating conditional distributions of scores.
result ProSub achieves state-of-the-art performance on benchmark problems.
This paper compares unstructured and structured EM-based semi-supervised learning methods.
problem Semi-supervised learning with EM algorithm for structured prediction.
method Comparative study between unstructured and structured EM-based semi-supervised learning methods.
result Structured EM is more robust to class confusion in flood mapping datasets.
The Yarowsky algorithm is a rule-based semi-supervised learning algorithm that has been successfully applied to some problems in computational linguistics. The algorithm was not mathematically well understood until (Abney 2004) which analyzed some specific variants of the algorithm, and also proposed some new algorithm…
We propose a new regularization method based on virtual adversarial loss: a new measure of local smoothness of the conditional label distribution given input. Virtual adversarial loss is defined as the robustness of the conditional label distribution around each input data point against local perturbation. Unlike adver…
MixMOOD improves SSDL by selecting unlabelled data based on deep feature similarity.
problem Class distribution mismatch in semi-supervised learning.
method MixMOOD uses deep dataset dissimilarity measures to select unlabelled data.
result MixMOOD selects unlabelled data based on strong correlation with MixMatch accuracy.
Paper proposes semi-supervised learning with triplet Markov chains.
problem Lack of labels in training data.
method Variational Bayesian inference for semi-supervised learning.
result Derives semi-supervised algorithms for various sequential models.
Unified framework for classification and image generation.
problem Limited supervision in classification and image generation.
method Triple Generative Adversarial Network (Triple-GAN) as a three-player minimax game.
result Unique equilibrium converges to data distribution, achieving excellent classification and generation results.
This paper proposes a semi-conditional normalizing flow model for semi-supervised learning. The model uses both labelled and unlabeled data to learn an explicit model of joint distribution over objects and labels. Semi-conditional architecture of the model allows us to efficiently compute a value and gradients of the m…
Semi-supervised learning can't outperform supervised learning for 2-Gaussian mixture models.
problem Can semi-supervised learning algorithms improve over supervised learning?
method Deriving a tight lower bound for 2-Gaussian mixture models.
result No SSL algorithm can improve upon the minimax-optimal statistical error rates of supervised or unsupervised learning for these distributions.
Bayesian semi-supervised learning for multi-class classification.
problem Classification with missing labels using unlabeled data.
method Bayesian approach with B-splines and conjugate priors.
result Proposed method outperforms other methods in prediction accuracy.
Semi-supervised learning is a setting in which one has labeled and unlabeled data available. In this survey we explore different types of theoretical results when one uses unlabeled data in classification and regression tasks. Most methods that use unlabeled data rely on certain assumptions about the data distribution.…
ASGN uses active semi-supervised learning to predict molecular properties efficiently.
problem Predicting molecular properties with scarce labeled data and high computational cost.
method ASGN combines a teacher-student framework with active learning to handle joint representation and property learning.
result ASGN achieves remarkable performance in property prediction on public datasets.
S2cGAN uses fewer labels to train cGANs effectively.
problem Training conditional GANs requires expensive labelled data.
method Semi-supervised training with sparse labels and unsupervised data.
result S2cGAN learns conditional mapping with sparse labels and unconditional distribution with unsupervised data.
Paper trains two models to improve synthesis quality and unsupervised learning.
problem Improving synthesis quality and unsupervised learning.
method Joint training of an energy-based model and a flow-based model using adversarial value function.
result Significant improvement in synthesis quality of the flow model.
We quantify the separation between the numbers of labeled examples required to learn in two settings: Settings with and without the knowledge of the distribution of the unlabeled data. More specifically, we prove a separation by Θ(logn) multiplicative factor for the class of projections over the Boolean hypercube o…
A new method for domain generalization using unlabeled data.
problem Learning from multiple domains with limited labeled data.
method Combines meta learning and semi-supervised learning with entropy-based pseudo-labeling and discrepancy loss.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets.
Manifold regularization is a commonly used technique in semi-supervised learning. It enforces the classification rule to be smooth with respect to the data-manifold. Here, we derive sample complexity bounds based on pseudo-dimension for models that add a convex data dependent regularization term to a supervised learnin…
Infinitely wide GCNs perform as GPs for graph semi-supervised learning.
problem Graph-based semi-supervised classification with limited labeled data.
method Proposes GPGC model combining GCNs and GPs for semi-supervised learning.
result GPGC outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various datasets.
LSDM uses unpaired data to match latent space distributions for generative modeling.
problem Generating high-quality images with limited paired data.
method Two-stage approach: latent space learning from paired and unpaired data, followed by joint distribution matching.
result LSDM enhances geometric fidelity in generated outputs and provides theoretical insights into LDMs.
GAN-based semi-supervised learning improves classifier generalization.
problem Improving classifier performance with limited labeled data.
method Theoretical analysis of GAN-SSL, proving equivalence of discriminator optimization and supervised learning, and exploring conditions for perfect discriminator.
result GAN-SSL theoretically outputs a perfect discriminator on both labeled and unlabeled data.