FAST improves fast and stable task adaptation in DNNs.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in fine-tuned pretrained models.
method Introducing FAST, an easy-to-implement fine-tuning algorithm.
result FAST learns target tasks faster and retains source knowledge longer.
Gradient-based meta-learning has proven to be highly effective at learning model initializations, representations, and update rules that allow fast adaptation from a few samples. The core idea behind these approaches is to use fast adaptation and generalization -- two second-order metrics -- as training signals on a me…
FAST optimizes additive segmentation for faster, more interpretable models.
problem Efficiently segmenting and interpreting complex datasets.
method Optimization framework for fast piecewise constant shape functions.
result 2 orders of magnitude faster than state-of-the-art methods.
Sparse Meta Networks adapt deep neural networks incrementally for fast learning.
problem Training deep neural networks is slow and impractical for complex, changing environments.
method Sparse Meta Networks use a memory layer to learn online sequential adaptation, accumulating fast-weights incrementally.
result Sparse Meta Networks achieve strong performance in various sequential adaptation scenarios.
Fast matrix algorithms have become the fundamental tools of machine learning in big data era. The generalized matrix regression problem is widely used in the matrix approximation such as CUR decomposition, kernel matrix approximation, and stream singular value decomposition (SVD), etc. In this paper, we propose a fast …
A concise review of recent few-shot meta-learning methods.
problem Mimicking human fast adaptation to new concepts based on prior knowledge.
method Categorized into four branches based on technical characteristics.
result Current challenges and future prospects identified.
This paper shows how to learn variational inequalities fast with strong monotonicity.
problem Learning variational inequalities efficiently.
method Extending convex optimization techniques to variational inequalities with strong monotonicity.
result Fast generalization rates of Θ(1/ε) for learning variational inequalities. FSNet improves online time series forecasting by balancing fast adaptation and old knowledge.
problem Online time series forecasting challenges in handling abrupt and recurring patterns.
method Inspired by CLS theory, FSNet uses a dynamic balance between fast adaptation and old knowledge retrieval.
result FSNet achieves robustness to both new and recurring patterns through dynamic balancing and associative memory.
The speed with which a learning algorithm converges as it is presented with more data is a central problem in machine learning --- a fast rate of convergence means less data is needed for the same level of performance. The pursuit of fast rates in online and statistical learning has led to the discovery of many conditi…
The paper analyzes reinforcement learning methods for estimating weights and quality functions with fast convergence rates.
problem Estimating weights and quality functions in reinforcement learning with function approximation.
method The paper uses minimax methods for estimating marginal importance weights and q-functions.
result The minimax approach enables fast rates of convergence for weights and quality functions, achieving first-order efficiency.
Empirical risk minimization (ERM) is a fundamental learning rule for statistical learning problems where the data is generated according to some unknown distribution P and returns a hypothesis f chosen from a fixed class F with small loss ℓ. In the parametric setting, depending upon $(\ell…
FAWMF adapts weights for implicit feedback recommendation efficiently.
problem Challenges in treating unobserved data as negative in implicit feedback recommendation.
method FAWMF uses a variational auto-encoder with a parameterized neural network to adaptively assign personalized data confidence weights, and fBGD for efficient learning.
result FAWMF and fBGD outperform existing methods in real-world datasets.
A new supervised tree-Wasserstein distance improves document classification.
problem Measuring document similarity efficiently and accurately.
method Rewriting Wasserstein distance on tree metric, using contrastive loss for optimization.
result The Supervised Tree-Wasserstein (STW) distance improves document classification accuracy.
We provide a way to infer about existence of topological circularity in high-dimensional data sets in Rd from its projection in R2 obtained through a fast manifold learning map as a function of the high-dimensional dataset X and a particular choice of a positive real σ known as band…
Develops a privacy-preserving algorithm for sparse robust regression.
problem Privacy-preserving machine learning for sparse robust regression.
method Develops FRAPPE algorithm for non-smooth loss under differential privacy.
result Achieves better privacy and statistical accuracy trade-off.
A fast method learns plasma collision kernels from simulations, improving kinetic models.
problem Improving kinetic models for plasma dynamics beyond the weakly coupled regime.
method Data-driven collisional operator, fast spectral separation method.
result Accurately captures plasma dynamics in moderately coupled regime.
Study shows fast rates for inverse reinforcement learning with linear rewards.
problem Entropy-regularized min-max inverse reinforcement learning in finite-horizon MDPs.
method Structural and statistical analysis of Min-Max-IRL with pseudo-self-concordance.
result Both trajectory-level KL divergence and parameter error decay at O(n−1). Deep neural nets estimate operators between infinite-dimensional spaces with fast rates.
problem Estimating operators between infinite-dimensional spaces.
method Deep neural networks for nonparametric estimation of Lipschitz operators.
result Error bounds decay with fast rates depending on intrinsic dimension.
Study shows convergence rate for empirical minimizer of unbounded functions with fast growth.
problem Convergence rate of empirical minimizer for unbounded functions with fast growth.
method Analyzes L1-distance convergence rate of the empiric minimizer for coercive functions sampled with noise. result Convergence rate is bounded above by ann−1/q, where q is the dimension and an=o(nε) for every ε>0. Two new algorithms speed up TreeSHAP computation for tree-based models.
problem Slow computation of SHAP values on tree-based models.
method Two new algorithms, Fast TreeSHAP v1 and v2, designed to improve computational efficiency.
result Fast TreeSHAP v2 is 2.5x faster than TreeSHAP, with slightly higher memory usage.
Error bound conditions (EBC) are properties that characterize the growth of an objective function when a point is moved away from the optimal set. They have recently received increasing attention in the field of optimization for developing optimization algorithms with fast convergence. However, the studies of EBC in st…
Paper offers a fast convergence theory for offline decision making.
problem Offline decision making problems, including reinforcement learning and off-policy evaluation.
method Introduces a framework (DMOF) and algorithm (EDD) with a fast convergence guarantee.
result Demonstrates a fast convergence guarantee with a lower bound complement.
In this paper we propose a new method to assist in labeling data arriving from fast running processes using anomaly detection. A result is the possibility to manually classify data arriving at a high rates to train machine learning models. To circumvent the problem of not having a real ground truth we propose specific …
We present a method for fast resting-state fMRI spatial decomposi-tions of very large datasets, based on the reduction of the temporal dimension before applying dictionary learning on concatenated individual records from groups of subjects. Introducing a measure of correspondence between spatial decompositions of rest …
MACE uses higher-order messages to create fast, accurate force fields.
problem Creating fast and accurate force fields in computational chemistry and materials science.
method Introducing MACE, an equivariant MPNN model that uses four-body messages.
result MACE reduces the required number of message passing iterations to just two, achieving state-of-the-art accuracy.
We unify recent neural approaches to one-shot learning with older ideas of associative memory in a model for metalearning. Our model learns jointly to represent data and to bind class labels to representations in a single shot. It builds representations via slow weights, learned across tasks through SGD, while fast wei…
Weak labels can significantly speed up learning for strong tasks.
problem Learning with limited strong labels.
method Using weak labels to accelerate learning of strong tasks.
result Weak labels can accelerate learning to O(icefrac1n) rate. Novel framework proves fast RL convergence in continuous spaces.
problem Analyzing stability in continuous state-action RL.
method Introduces a novel framework to analyze stability properties of RL.
result Highlights two key stability properties and demonstrates their satisfaction in RL.
New method speeds up training of deep networks robust to adversarial attacks.
problem Deep networks are sensitive to adversarial perturbations, compromising security and interpretability.
method Fast adversarial training using Euclidean norm approximation and distributed computing.
result Robust feature representations and reduced training time achieved.
Hierarchical pretraining with slow-fast ODEs
problem Causal self-attention vs. slow-fast ODEs
method Instantiating fast-slow ODE formalism as a concrete neural network
result Equilibrium manifold x=φ(y) is exactly the master-equation (ME) stationary distribution DIP-FAT improves adversarial training by diversifying perturbations.
problem Adversarial examples fool deep neural networks, leading to overfitting and poor performance.
method DIP-FAT uses random directions to diversify perturbations in adversarial training.
result DIP-FAT reduces overfitting and improves clean data accuracy.
When applied to training deep neural networks, stochastic gradient descent (SGD) often incurs steady progression phases, interrupted by catastrophic episodes in which loss and gradient norm explode. A possible mitigation of such events is to slow down the learning process. This paper presents a novel approach to contro…
Abstract MDPs enable strategic exploration and fast reward transfer in complex environments.
problem Challenging to learn accurate MDPs for high-dimensional states.
method Learn an abstract MDP over low-dimensional coarse states, using an abstraction function.
result Achieves superhuman performance on Pitfall! and higher reward with fewer samples.
Paper introduces a new gradient statistic to improve deep learning convergence.
problem Fluctuation effect of gradient updates between iterations.
method Introduces an unbiased stratified statistic \(\bar{G}_{mst}\) and a new algorithm MSSG.
result MSSG algorithm outperforms other sgd-like algorithms in training deep models.
This work learns effective dynamics from short-term data of stochastic systems.
problem Learning effective dynamics from short-term data of stochastic systems.
method Proposes a novel algorithm using a neural network (Auto-SDE) to learn invariant slow manifold from data.
result Validated through numerical experiments to be accurate, stable, and effective.
This work develops scalable model selection methods with fast update and selection.
problem Efficient model selection for large pools of candidate models.
method Isolated model embedding, which supports asymptotically fast update and selection.
result Standardized Embedder achieves competitive model selection performances.
New learning dynamics achieve fast convergence in games without needing to know utility scales.
problem Fast convergence guarantees in learning games require prior knowledge of utility scales.
method Developed scale-free and scale-invariant learning dynamics using optimistic follow-the-regularized-leader with adaptive learning rates and clipping techniques.
result Achieved fast convergence rates to Nash and correlated equilibria without prior utility scale knowledge.
The paper introduces a fast algorithm for learning and forecasting nonlinear dynamics from noisy time series data.
problem Challenges in capturing nonlinear dynamics from noisy time series data.
method A projected nonlinear state-space model with kernel functions applied to projected lines.
result The model effectively learns and forecasts complex nonlinear dynamics with computational efficiency.
Fast and accurate methods for low-rank learning problems.
problem Partial singular value decomposition and numerical rank estimation of huge matrices.
method Krylov subspaces and Ritz vectors for fast and accurate solutions.
result Advantages over traditional methods in accuracy and speed.
Fast linear transforms are ubiquitous in machine learning, including the discrete Fourier transform, discrete cosine transform, and other structured transformations such as convolutions. All of these transforms can be represented by dense matrix-vector multiplication, yet each has a specialized and highly efficient (su…
New classifier combines locally linear kernels for fast and accurate non-linear classification.
problem Developing a fast and accurate non-linear classifier.
method Combines locally linear classifiers using a ℓ1 Multiple Kernel Learning (MKL) problem with scalable MKL training for streaming kernels. result The resulting classifier achieves high accuracy with fast inference time.
We study fast learning rates when the losses are not necessarily bounded and may have a distribution with heavy tails. To enable such analyses, we introduce two new conditions: (i) the envelope function supf∈F∣ℓ∘f∣, where ℓ is the loss function and F is the hypothesis class…
Dictionary learning is the task of determining a data-dependent transform that yields a sparse representation of some observed data. The dictionary learning problem is non-convex, and usually solved via computationally complex iterative algorithms. Furthermore, the resulting transforms obtained generally lack structure…
Paper optimizes multi-fidelity function with fast learning rates.
problem Optimizing a locally smooth function with limited budget and varying fidelity approximations.
method Kometo algorithm that achieves simple regret rates without knowing function smoothness or fidelity assumptions.
result Kometo algorithm outperforms previous methods empirically.
We consider the classical problem of learning rates for classes with finite VC dimension. It is well known that fast learning rates up to O(nd) are achievable by the empirical risk minimization algorithm (ERM) if low noise or margin assumptions are satisfied. These usually require the optimal Baye…
Develops deep learning for fast, accurate option pricing models.
problem Computational efficiency and accuracy in option pricing models.
method Neural network generators solving backward Kolmogorov equations for TPDFs.
result Ultra-fast, highly accurate option pricing models for various asset models.
FALL improves local model training with anchor regularization.
problem Efficient local model training in regression tasks.
method Regularization with precomputed anchor models, closed-form solution.
result FALL outperforms network Lasso in accuracy with significantly less training time.
An infinitely wide model is a weighted integration ∫φ(x,v)dμ(v) of feature maps. This model excels at handling an infinite number of features, and thus it has been adopted to the theoretical study of deep learning. Kernel quadrature is a kernel-based numerical integration scheme developed for fast approxi…