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48 results for feature separability

We simplify information measure computation using learned features.

problem Computing information measures from raw data is computationally expensive.
method Developed a separable design for computing information measures from learned feature representations.
result A variety of information measures can be computed efficiently through learned feature representations.

Memory capacity of DAM scales exponentially with feature separation, unaffected by correlations.

problem Understanding how feature correlations impact DAM's capacity.
method Developed an empirical framework to analyze DAM's capacity under varying feature correlations and pattern separations.
result Memory capacity scales exponentially with feature separation, unaffected by correlations.

Study models deep learning training dynamics using locally elastic SDEs to reveal feature separability.

problem Understanding how deep learning models separate features from different classes during training.
method Modeling deep learning training using locally elastic SDEs with a drift term reflecting backpropagation impact.
result Local elasticity in SDEs leads to linear separability of features, resulting in vanishing training loss.

New findings show fixed-kernel discriminators are weaker than feature-learning ones.

problem Comparing performance of fixed-kernel and feature-learning discriminators.
method Using function classes F2\mathcal{F}_2 and F1\mathcal{F}_1, constructing pairs of distributions, and linking IPMs with sliced Wasserstein distances.
result Fixed-kernel IPM and SD cannot discriminate certain distributions that feature-learning IPM and SD can.

Shallow nonlinear networks can separate classes linearly with polynomially scaling width.

problem Understanding the linear separability of deep networks' features.
method Modeling inputs as a union of low-dimensional subspaces and using random weights and quadratic activations.
result Shallow nonlinear networks can achieve linear separation with polynomially scaling width.

The support vector machine (SVM) is an important class of learning machines for function approach, pattern recognition, and time-serious prediction, etc. It maps samples into the feature space by so-called support vectors of selected samples, and then feature vectors are separated by maximum margin hyperplane. The pres…

2016-02-12abs ↗pdf ↗

PPG separates policy and value function training phases for better reinforcement learning efficiency.

problem Challenges in traditional reinforcement learning methods for policy and value function optimization.
method Integrates Phasic Policy Gradient framework that splits policy and value function training into distinct phases.
result Significantly improves sample efficiency on Procgen Benchmark compared to PPO.

New method improves source separation using NMF and adversarial learning.

problem Source separation in single channel data.
method Maximum Discrepancy Generative Regularization applied to NMF.
result Improvement in reconstructed signals, especially in weak supervision scenarios.

In this paper we study deep learning-based music source separation, and explore using an alternative loss to the standard spectrogram pixel-level L2 loss for model training. Our main contribution is in demonstrating that adding a high-level feature loss term, extracted from the spectrograms using a VGG net, can improve…

2019-01-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes a new evaluation metric and boosting method for weight separability in neural network design. In contrast to general visual recognition methods designed to encourage both intra-class compactness and inter-class separability of latent features, we focus on estimating linear independence of column vec…

2019-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper improves prediction and testing for signals from a linear combination of translated features with Gaussian noise.

problem Predicting and testing signals from a linear combination of translated features with varying scale parameter and Gaussian noise.
method Extends previous off-the-grid prediction results, improves minimal distance between features, proposes a goodness-of-fit test with upper bounds.
result Upper bounds on the minimax separation rate match those for the high-dimensional linear model, matching the lower bound.

New private learning algorithms improve utility in tasks with public features.

problem Private learning with public features in recommendation and ad prediction.
method Developed algorithms that protect only certain sufficient statistics, improving utility for linear regression and private recommendation benchmarks.
result Achieved state-of-the-art performance on private recommendation benchmarks.

SepVAE separates patient-specific patterns from healthy ones using contrastive VAE.

problem Separating patient-specific patterns from healthy ones in medical datasets.
method SepVAE uses a contrastive VAE with disentangling and classification losses to differentiate between common and salient features.
result SepVAE outperforms previous methods in three medical applications and a CelebA dataset.

We study the approximation properties of random ReLU features through their reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). We first prove a universality theorem for the RKHS induced by random features whose feature maps are of the form of nodes in neural networks. The universality result implies that the random ReLU features…

2018-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep neural networks and decision trees operate on largely separate paradigms; typically, the former performs representation learning with pre-specified architectures, while the latter is characterised by learning hierarchies over pre-specified features with data-driven architectures. We unite the two via adaptive neur…

2018-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of eigenvalues in nonlinear kernels for classification of separable data.

problem Understanding the applicability of linear equivalents in nonlinearly separable data classification.
method Analysis of conjugate kernels and their quadratic equivalents for a canonical nonlinearly separable dataset (XOR problem).
result Identification of regimes where nonlinear kernels deviate from linear equivalents, leading to label-aligned eigenspaces.

NullSpaceNet maps inputs to a joint-nullspace for clearer class separability.

problem Class separability and interpretability in image classification.
method NullSpaceNet maps inputs to a joint-nullspace, collapsing same-class inputs and separating different classes.
result NullSpaceNet achieves superior performance with reduced parameters and time.

A novel graph spectral method for mixed categorical and numerical data.

problem Feature learning for mixed data types (numerical and categorical).
method Graph spectral decomposition of the graph Laplacian to model probabilistic dependence structure.
result Increased separability and clusterability of observations in the transformed feature space.

Reliable measures of statistical dependence could be useful tools for learning independent features and performing tasks like source separation using Independent Component Analysis (ICA). Unfortunately, many of such measures, like the mutual information, are hard to estimate and optimize directly. We propose to learn i…

2017-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Scattering networks maximize separation on low-dimensional data.

problem Maximizing separation capacity on low-dimensional datasets.
method Characterize and bound separation capacity for feature extractors, then apply to scattering networks with specific criteria.
result Design criteria for scattering networks to maximize separation on low-dimensional data.

Efficiently estimates SAGE values using causal structure learning.

problem Computational infeasibility of exact SAGE calculations.
method Uses causal structure learning to identify conditional independencies and accelerate SAGE approximation.
result Empirically demonstrates efficient and accurate estimation of SAGE values.

The paper investigates what enables successful transfer learning and separates feature reuse from data statistics.

problem Understanding what enables successful transfer learning and identifying the responsible parts of the network.
method Analyzes transfer learning on block-shuffled images to distinguish feature reuse from data statistics.
result Some benefit of transfer learning comes from learning low-level statistics of data, not just feature reuse.

Study reveals how neural network architectures bias their learning based on feature directions.

problem Understanding how neural network architectures bias their learning based on feature directions.
method Defined neural anisotropy directions (NADs) to encapsulate the directional inductive bias of architectures and provided an efficient method to identify them.
result NADs characterize the features used by CNNs to discriminate between different classes for the CIFAR-10 dataset.

In this paper, we focus on the separability of classes with the cross-entropy loss function for classification problems by theoretically analyzing the intra-class distance and inter-class distance (i.e. the distance between any two points belonging to the same class and different classes, respectively) in the feature s…

2019-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper investigates separating times for general diffusions, providing new insights.

problem Understanding phase transitions between equivalence and singularity in diffusions.
method Representation of separating time as hitting time of a deterministic set, characterized by speed and scale.
result Explicit and easy-to-check conditions for absolute continuity and singularity of diffusions.

Two-layer networks favor simple features, especially in complex datasets.

problem Simplicity bias in neural networks over-reliing on simple features.
method Characterization of two-layer neural networks with small weights and gradient flow.
result Features learned in middle training stages are more useful for out-of-distribution transfer.

Recently, digital music libraries have been developed and can be plainly accessed. Latest research showed that current organization and retrieval of music tracks based on album information are inefficient. Moreover, they demonstrated that people use emotion tags for music tracks in order to search and retrieve them. In…

2017-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗