Deep learning models complex multivariate extremes using geometric shapes.
problem Modeling complex extremal dependencies in high-dimensional data.
method Geometric representation and deep learning for flexible semi-parametric models.
result First approach to modeling limit sets using deep learning for high-dimensional data.
Spectral clustering identifies clusters of multivariate extremes.
problem Analyzing the dependence structure of multivariate extremes.
method Spectral clustering based on a random k-nearest neighbor graph. result Spectral clustering can consistently identify clusters of multivariate extremes under certain conditions.
Extreme value theory enhances statistical learning extrapolation for rare events.
problem Challenges in traditional machine learning methods for extreme data.
method Asymptotic theory and statistical tools for tail behavior.
result Effective extrapolation methods for extreme quantiles and anomalies.
A new method reduces uncertainty in predicting rare extreme events without assuming their presence in training data.
problem Predicting rare and extreme events in complex systems with high uncertainty.
method Extreme Event Aware (e2a or η) learning, which enforces extreme event statistics during training.
result Models generate unprecedented extreme events even when training data lacks extremes.
Study compares and accelerates deep learning for extreme events modeling.
problem Modeling extreme events for better prediction and understanding.
method Asynchronous distributed learning with local SGD.
result Significant training duration reduction up to 8x.
This paper uses VAE to generate extreme events from multivariate data.
problem Generating accurate extremes from observational data for risk assessment.
method Variational Autoencoder (VAE) approach for multivariate heavy-tailed distributions.
result Improves learning of dependency structure between extremes.
Paper develops a novel approach to identify clusters of features in multivariate extremes.
problem Understanding the complex structure of multivariate extremes in various fields.
method Optimization-based approach to assess the dependence structure of extremes.
result Estimating clusters of features that best capture the support of extremes.
Extremely accurate prediction of dynamical system bifurcations using control inputs.
problem Predicting complex bifurcation structures in dynamical systems.
method Extending extreme learning machines with control inputs to model system dynamics.
result The model can nearly reproduce the entire structure of bifurcations using only a few parameter values.
The paper proposes a new variant of a decision tree, called an Extreme Learning Tree. It consists of an extremely random tree with non-linear data transformation, and a linear observer that provides predictions based on the leaf index where the data samples fall. The proposed method outperforms linear models on a bench…
EX-DRL improves extreme quantile prediction for financial risk management.
problem Inaccurate estimation of extreme quantiles in loss distributions.
method EX-DRL uses Generalized Pareto Distribution (GPD) to model the tail of the loss distribution and Quantile Regression (QR) to improve extreme quantile prediction.
result EX-DRL provides more precise estimates of extreme quantiles, improving risk metrics reliability.
Novel SVM approach for extreme quantile regression with heavy tailed inputs.
problem Learning from extreme values in quantile regression.
method Support Vector Machine framework for handling high-dimensional and nonlinear settings.
result Established finite-sample learning guarantees under mild regularity assumptions.
Model predicts unseen climate extremes to inform risk planning.
problem Missing unseen climate extremes in historical records.
method DeepX-GAN model capturing spatial dependence.
result Unseen heat extremes disproportionately threaten vulnerable regions.
A novel model combines deep learning and extreme value theory for multivariate cyber risk prediction.
problem High dimensionality and heavy tails in multivariate cyber risk patterns.
method Combines deep learning for point predictions and extreme value theory for quantile predictions.
result The model provides satisfactory high quantile predictions and accurate point predictions.
The paper analyzes extreme temperature forecasting using machine learning models.
problem Forecasting extreme temperatures in U.S. cities.
method Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average, Exponential Smoothing, Multilayer Perceptrons, Gaussian Processes.
result Multilayer Perceptrons were found to be the most effective approach for forecasting extreme temperatures.
In this article, we improve extreme learning machines for regression tasks using a graph signal processing based regularization. We assume that the target signal for prediction or regression is a graph signal. With this assumption, we use the regularization to enforce that the output of an extreme learning machine is s…
AI-assisted framework detects and predicts rare extreme events.
problem Detecting rare extreme events in complex systems.
method Combining BED with DNOs for active learning and forecasting.
result Framework outperforms GPs and uncovers extremes without initial data.
This paper tackles efficient optimization for nonlinear embeddings in similarity learning.
problem Learning similarity with nonlinear embeddings is challenging due to the large number of pairs.
method Detailed derivations and efficient optimization methods for nonlinear embeddings are developed.
result Efficient optimization methods for nonlinear embeddings are shown to be highly effective.
New method learns graphical models with latent variables for extreme events.
problem Learning graphical models with latent variables for multivariate extremes.
method Tractable convex program exttt{eglatent} for Hüsler-Reiss models.
result Consistently recovers conditional graph and latent variables.
New framework assesses extreme errors in machine learning models.
problem Current validation methods fail to quantify extreme errors in high-stakes domains.
method Uses Extreme Value Theory (EVT) to estimate worst-case failures.
result Establishes EVT as a fundamental tool for assessing model reliability.
Quantum algorithm finds extremal values without direct function access.
problem Finding extremal values of hidden functions without direct access.
method Parametric quantum circuit trained with a trainable quantum feature map.
result Algorithm successfully finds extremal values even with sparse training data.
Combines GANs and EVT for better modeling of spatial climate extremes.
problem Modeling dependencies between climate extremes, especially in high-dimensional spaces.
method Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) combined with Extreme Value Theory (EVT).
result evtGAN outperforms classical GANs and statistical approaches in modeling spatial extremes.
The novel unseen classes can be formulated as the extreme values of known classes. This inspired the recent works on open-set recognition \cite{Scheirer_2013_TPAMI,Scheirer_2014_TPAMIb,EVM}, which however can have no way of naming the novel unseen classes. To solve this problem, we propose the Extreme Value Learning (E…
Paper develops deep learning for metocean variable extremes.
problem Estimating multivariate joint extremes of metocean variables.
method SPAR model with GP distribution for radial tail, kernel density for angular variable, deep neural networks for GP parameters.
result The method provides good description of metocean variables joint extremes.
Anomaly-aware forecast improves accuracy for extreme events.
problem Challenges in automatically detecting and learning from extreme events and anomalies in large-scale datasets.
method Proposes an anomaly-aware forecast framework that automatically detects and incorporates anomalies using an attention mechanism and dynamic uncertainty optimization.
result Demonstrated superior accuracy and reduced uncertainty on three datasets with different types of anomalies.
xVAE models extreme turbulence events in turbulent flows.
problem Capturing extreme events in turbulent flows.
method Max-infinitely divisible process with heavy-tailed distributions embedded into a standard VAE framework.
result xVAE more robust in capturing extreme values compared to POD modes.
Paper proves global convergence of NCELM model.
problem Ensuring global convergence of NCELM model.
method Two-stage process: random base learners and NCL penalty term updates.
result Global convergence of NCELM proved using Banach theorem.
The paper tackles catastrophic risk in reinforcement learning using extreme value theory.
problem Mitigating catastrophic risk in sequential decision making with limited observations.
method Developed POTPG, a policy gradient algorithm based on extreme value theory.
result POTPG outperforms common benchmarks in numerical experiments.
AI boosts study of rare weather extremes with lower costs.
problem Difficulty in studying rare weather events due to limited data and models.
method Coupling AI forecasts with physics models using rare-event algorithms.
result Efficiently characterizes very rare events like once-per-millennium heatwaves.
The goal in extreme multi-label classification is to learn a classifier which can assign a small subset of relevant labels to an instance from an extremely large set of target labels. Datasets in extreme classification exhibit a long tail of labels which have small number of positive training instances. In this work, w…
Extremes play a special role in Anomaly Detection. Beyond inference and simulation purposes, probabilistic tools borrowed from Extreme Value Theory (EVT), such as the angular measure, can also be used to design novel statistical learning methods for Anomaly Detection/ranking. This paper proposes a new algorithm based o…
Deep learning models learn chaotic system dynamics from real and simulated data.
problem Training deep learning models for chaotic systems requires big data.
method Jointly train deep neural networks on real and simulated data, enforcing physical laws.
result Proposes knowledge-based deep learning (KDL) for accurate forecasting of chaotic systems.
Extreme learning machine (ELM) is a new single hidden layer feedback neural network. The weights of the input layer and the biases of neurons in hidden layer are randomly generated, the weights of the output layer can be analytically determined. ELM has been achieved good results for a large number of classification ta…
APLC-XLNet improves XMTC by clustering labels and reducing computational time.
problem Efficiently tagging texts with many labels from a large set.
method Fine-tunes XLNet with APLC to approximate cross entropy loss.
result Achieved state-of-the-art results on XMTC benchmarks.
COMET Flows model multivariate extremes with heavy tails and asymmetric dependence.
problem Normalizing flows struggle with multivariate extremes and asymmetric tail dependence.
method COMET Flows decomposes modeling into marginal and copula parts; uses tail belief and kernel density for marginals, and low-dimensional manifold for tail dependence.
result COMET Flows outperform other models in capturing heavy-tailed marginals and asymmetric tail dependence.
Framework reconstructs missing spatio-temporal data for extreme value prediction.
problem Predicting extreme values from incomplete spatio-temporal data.
method Convolutional deep neural networks and autoencoder-like models for conditional sampling.
result Framework produces accurate reconstructions of missing data for extremal values.
New method identifies extreme risk propagation in financial networks.
problem Understanding extreme risk in financial networks.
method Max-linear structural equation model, hard-thresholding, Hamming distance.
result Sparse DAG for extreme risk propagation estimated.
Improves forecast calibration for extreme events using modified loss functions.
problem Improperly specified models do not issue calibrated forecasts for extreme events.
method Adapting loss functions based on weighted scoring rules and tail miscalibration regularization.
result Calibrated forecasts for extreme wind speeds can be improved by suitable adaptations to the loss function during model training.
New method reduces bias in learning from large action spaces using selective importance sampling.
problem Learning from large-scale recommendation systems with bandit feedback and supervised labels.
method Selective Importance Sampling (sIS) and Policy Optimization for eXtreme Models (POXM) algorithm.
result POXM method significantly outperforms existing methods in learning from bandit feedback on XMC tasks.
Extreme multi-label text classification (XMTC) addresses the problem of tagging each text with the most relevant labels from an extreme-scale label set. Traditional methods use bag-of-words (BOW) representations without context information as their features. The state-ot-the-art deep learning-based method, AttentionXML…
The paper identifies five extreme learning regimes for large linear autoencoders.
problem Understanding the learning dynamics of large weight-tied linear autoencoders.
method Formal loss-expansion hierarchy and analysis of gradient flow.
result Five extreme regimes associated with faces of a triangular prism.
Improved analysis for extreme multi-class CRL with better sample complexity.
problem Theoretical sample complexity of CRL in extreme multi-class settings is poorly understood.
method Improved U-Statistics estimator to capture class concentration, proving O(k) sample complexity. result Sample complexity is O(k) for extreme multi-class learning, independent of class distribution. New method uses neural networks to predict extreme wildfires, improving accuracy over traditional models.
problem Predicting extreme wildfires using complex, non-linear relationships.
method Partially-interpretable neural networks for extreme quantile regression.
result Significant improvement in predictive performance over traditional methods.
The paper tackles extrapolation in extreme regions of regression problems.
problem Extrapolation on the tails of covariates in continuous regression problems.
method Statistical regression on a subsample of furthest observations, focusing on their angular components, using multivariate regular variation theory.
result Quantifies predictive performance on tail regions in terms of excess risk, presenting it as a finite sample risk bound with a bias-variance decomposition.
We present a novel distribution-free approach, the data-driven threshold machine (DTM), for a fundamental problem at the core of many learning tasks: choose a threshold for a given pre-specified level that bounds the tail probability of the maximum of a (possibly dependent but stationary) random sequence. We do not ass…
Prediction intervals in supervised Machine Learning bound the region where the true outputs of new samples may fall. They are necessary in the task of separating reliable predictions of a trained model from near random guesses, minimizing the rate of False Positives, and other problem-specific tasks in applied Machine …
WEINCE improves contrastive learning by correcting softmax biases.
problem Softmax in InfoNCE can lead to misaligned statistical assumptions in contrastive learning.
method WEINCE uses anchor-wise online batch statistics to blend softmax logits with an endpoint shortfall correction.
result WEINCE yields consistent improvements in frozen-feature evaluation across five vision benchmarks.
This paper introduces a new learning paradigm called eXtreme Regression (XR) whose objective is to accurately predict the numerical degrees of relevance of an extremely large number of labels to a data point. XR can provide elegant solutions to many large-scale ranking and recommendation applications including Dynamic …
Develops deep models to handle nonstationary spatial extremal dependence.
problem Challenges in modeling nonstationary extremal dependence in spatial data.
method Deep compositional spatial models to capture nonstationarity in extremal dependence.
result Efficient estimation of warped space for nonstationary spatial data.