Paper proposes Meta Label Learning to infer global labels for robust few-shot models.
problem Few-shot learning with limited training data.
method Meta Label Learning (MeLa) framework that infers global labels.
result MeLa framework is competitive with existing methods and robust for few-shot learning.
DM2L tackles missing labels in multi-label learning by modeling local and global rank structures.
problem Missing labels in multi-label learning.
method DM2L imposes local low-rank structures and global high-rank structures on predictions of instances from the same and different labels, respectively.
result DM2L outperforms state-of-the-art methods in multi-label learning with missing labels.
MeLa learns task relations by inferring global labels for robust FSL.
problem Few-shot learning with limited global labels.
method Meta Label Learning (MeLa) and augmented pre-training.
result MeLa outperforms existing methods across diverse benchmarks.
A simple baseline for extreme multi-label classification using random projections.
problem Automatically annotating data points with relevant labels from a large label vocabulary.
method On-the-fly global embedding using random projections, with an ensemble of learners.
result Competitive accuracy compared to existing methods, with significant speed-up and model-size reduction.
Visualizing the details of different cellular structures is of great importance to elucidate cellular functions. However, it is challenging to obtain high quality images of different structures directly due to complex cellular environments. Fluorescence staining is a popular technique to label different structures but …
FedReLa: A novel data-level approach for imbalanced federated learning
problem Improving accuracy of federated learning models under class imbalance and data heterogeneity
method Re-labeling samples with a feature-dependent label re-allocator
result Significant improvements in accuracy for minority classes and overall accuracy on stepwise-imbalanced and long-tailed datasets
This paper studies how label noise affects Federated Learning.
problem The impact of label noise on Federated Learning.
method The paper derives an upper bound for the generalization error and conducts experiments on MNIST and CIFAR-10 datasets.
result The global model accuracy decreases linearly with increasing label noise, consistent with theoretical analysis.
SDSPCAAN combines supervised and local data structures for better dimensionality reduction.
problem Preserving both global and local data structures for noisy high-dimensional data.
method Supervised discriminative sparse PCA with adaptive neighbors (SDSPCAAN).
result SDSPCAAN improves classification accuracy on high-dimensional datasets.
Complex textual information extraction tasks are often posed as sequence labeling or \emph{shallow parsing}, where fields are extracted using local labels made consistent through probabilistic inference in a graphical model with constrained transitions. Recently, it has become common to locally parametrize these models…
Label noise in SGD helps converge to flatter minima.
problem Improving generalization in overparametrized models.
method Analyzes SGD with label noise, showing convergence to regularized minima.
result SGD with label noise converges to flatter minima, improving generalization.
Transferring learned models to novel tasks is a challenging problem, particularly if only very few labeled examples are available. Although this few-shot learning setup has received a lot of attention recently, most proposed methods focus on discriminating novel classes only. Instead, we consider the extended setup of …
Deeper networks are better for local labels, but shallower for global labels.
problem Understanding the effect of depth in overparameterized neural networks.
method Introduced local and global labels to investigate the advantage of depth.
result Deeper networks are better for local labels, shallower for global labels.
A filter detects and removes noisy labels in semi-supervised learning.
problem Label noise in semi-supervised learning reduces classifier accuracy.
method LGC_LVOF: leave-one-out filtering based on LGC algorithm.
result LGC_LVOF detects and removes noisy labels, improving SSL classifier performance.
Learning with Label Proportions (LLP) is the problem of recovering the underlying true labels given a dataset when the data is presented in the form of bags. This paradigm is particularly suitable in contexts where providing individual labels is expensive and label aggregates are more easily obtained. In the healthcare…
Adaptive sampling detects local concept drift with limited labels.
problem Detecting local concept drift in dynamic environments with scarce labels.
method Combines residual-based exploration and exploitation with EWMA monitoring.
result Superior performance in label efficiency and drift detection accuracy.
Paper improves short text clustering by integrating semantic relationships into Optimal Transport.
problem Erroneous pseudo-labels caused by neglecting semantic consistency in existing OT methods.
method Designs an instance-level attention mechanism to capture semantic relationships and integrates them into the OT formulation.
result Generates reliable pseudo-labels that improve clustering accuracy.
The recent state-of-the-art deep learning methods have significantly improved brain tumor segmentation. However, fully supervised training requires a large amount of manually labeled masks, which is highly time-consuming and needs domain expertise. Weakly supervised learning with scribbles provides a good trade-off bet…
TopoGeoScore selects robust checkpoints using only source-domain representations.
problem Selecting robust checkpoints without target-domain labels or samples.
method Constructs class-conditional mutual k-nearest-neighbour graphs and extracts three interpretable signals.
result Source representations contain measurable global-local-topological evidence of robustness.
Efficiently selects nearest neighbors for labeling to speed up active learning.
problem Intractable active learning and search for large-scale unlabeled data.
method Restricts candidate pool to nearest neighbors of labeled set.
result Achieved similar performance to global approach but reduced computational cost by up to 3 orders of magnitude.
Proposes a new contrastive loss for semi-supervised medical image segmentation.
problem Lack of labeled data for medical image segmentation.
method Uses pseudo-labels and a local contrastive loss to learn good local representations.
result Achieved high segmentation performance on public cardiac and prostate datasets.
Class-imbalance is an inherent characteristic of multi-label data which affects the prediction accuracy of most multi-label learning methods. One efficient strategy to deal with this problem is to employ resampling techniques before training the classifier. Existing multilabel sampling methods alleviate the (global) im…
We created financial benchmarks for distribution shifts in crude oil prices and volatility.
problem Scarcity of task-labeled time-series benchmarks in finance.
method Transformed asset price data into volatility proxies, generated task labels based on distribution shifts, and made datasets publicly available.
result Inclusion of task labels improves continual learning algorithms' performance on real-world data.
GOLFS selects features for clustering by combining global and local information.
problem Feature selection for high-dimensional clustering without labels.
method Combines global and local information via manifold learning and regularized self-representation.
result Improves feature selection and clustering accuracy.
Semantic segmentation of land cover classes is fundamental for agricultural and economic development work, from sustainable forestry to urban planning, yet existing training datasets have significant limitations. To generate an open and comprehensive training library of high resolution Earth imagery and high quality la…
Proposes methods to improve multi-label learning by addressing local label imbalance.
problem Local label imbalance within minority class examples degrades multi-label learning performance.
method Introduces a measure to assess local label imbalance and two sampling approaches (MLSOL, MLUL) to address it.
result Experimental results show MLSOL and MLUL improve performance on multi-label datasets.
GWHD dataset offers 4,700 high-res images of wheat heads.
problem Challenges in wheat head detection from high-resolution imagery.
method Large, diverse dataset with detailed metadata.
result Benchmark for wheat head detection methods.
Human analysts that use anomaly detection systems in practice want to retain the use of simple and explainable global anomaly detectors. In this paper, we propose a novel human-in-the-loop learning algorithm called GLAD (GLocalized Anomaly Detection) that supports global anomaly detectors. GLAD automatically learns the…
FABLE incorporates instance features into PWS label models for improved performance.
problem Lack of instance features in existing label models limits their performance.
method FABLE uses a mixture of Bayesian label models and a Gaussian Process classifier to incorporate instance features.
result FABLE achieves the highest averaged performance across nine baselines on benchmark datasets.
We introduce nonlinear higher-order label spreading for semi-supervised learning.
problem Efficient semi-supervised learning on graphs with complex label spreading.
method We add nonlinearity to label spreading through higher-order graph structures, proving convergence and demonstrating efficiency on various datasets.
result Our nonlinear higher-order label spreading algorithm converges to the global solution and performs favorably compared to classical methods.
AM-PPI uses multiple predictors to reduce label cost in healthcare AI.
problem Reduces label cost in post-deployment monitoring of healthcare AI.
method Combines model predictions with a small labeled sample, routing each instance to a cost-appropriate subset of predictors.
result Produces narrower confidence intervals than single-predictor methods.
Partial Label Learning (PLL) aims to learn from the data where each training instance is associated with a set of candidate labels, among which only one is correct. Most existing methods deal with such problem by either treating each candidate label equally or identifying the ground-truth label iteratively. In this pap…
Proposes a framework to improve domain adaptation without labeled data.
problem Improving adaptability and preserving intrinsic data structure in unsupervised domain adaptation.
method Discriminative Manifold Propagation framework using soft labels and manifold metric alignment.
result The method achieves better transferability and discriminability compared to existing approaches.
CycleCluster uses clustering to improve deep semi-supervised learning.
problem Difficulty in obtaining labelled data for deep learning.
method Proposes a new framework using clustering regularisation and graph-based pseudo-labels.
result Demonstrates improved predictive capability through numerical results.
It has been shown that deep neural networks (DNNs) may be vulnerable to adversarial attacks, raising the concern on their robustness particularly for safety-critical applications. Recognizing the local nature and limitations of existing adversarial attacks, we present a new type of global adversarial attacks for assess…
Proposes methods to recover labels from shuffled networks using graph averages.
problem Recovering labels from a shuffled network using graph averages.
method Cluster networks into classes, then match the new graph to cluster-averages, minimizing the graph matching objective function.
result Higher fidelity matching performance when clustering networks into different classes.
Feature selection and reducing the dimensionality of data is an essential step in data analysis. In this work, we propose a new criterion for feature selection that is formulated as conditional information between features given the labeled variable. Instead of using the standard mutual information measure based on Kul…
A new learning scheme improves model efficiency and performance.
problem Characterizing correlation between batch-level and global data distributions.
method Epoch-evolving Gaussian Process Guided Learning (GPGL) scheme with context labels and triangle consistency loss.
result Significantly outperforms existing models on mainstream datasets.
Pairwise Label Smoothing improves deep model generalization by reducing overconfidence.
problem Improving deep model generalization through regularization.
method PLS smooths labels for pairs of samples, learning distribution mass during training.
result PLS significantly outperforms LS and baseline models, reducing up to 30% classification error.
Annotating automotive radar data is a difficult task. This article presents an automated way of acquiring data labels which uses a highly accurate and portable global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The proposed system is discussed besides a revision of other label acquisitions techniques and a problem description …
Study evaluates graph-based semi-supervised learning under noisy label conditions.
problem Evaluation of semi-supervised learning algorithms under noisy label conditions.
method Compared graph-based semi-supervised algorithms under varying labeled data and label noise conditions.
result Laplacian Eigenmaps performed better than label propagation under noisy conditions.
Semi-supervised EM improves convergence rate with labeled samples.
problem Improving convergence rate in EM algorithm with labeled and unlabeled data.
method Analysis of semi-supervised EM algorithm for Gaussian mixture models.
result Labeled samples significantly improve the convergence rate for the EM algorithm.
Proposes new attribution methods for trees with regularization.
problem Feature attribution for trees trained with regularization.
method Prediction Decomposition Attribution (PreDecomp) and TreeInner.
result TreeInner shows state-of-the-art feature selection performance.
In this paper, we leverage generative adversarial networks (GANs) to derive an effective algorithm LLP-GAN for learning from label proportions (LLP), where only the bag-level proportional information in labels is available. Endowed with end-to-end structure, LLP-GAN performs approximation in the light of an adversarial…
A new method for unsupervised domain adaptation using manifold learning.
problem Leveraging rich source domain information to target domain without labeled data.
method Discriminative Manifold Embedding and Alignment framework.
result Consistent transferability and discriminability achieved through manifold metric alignment.
We address the problem of \emph{instance label stability} in multiple instance learning (MIL) classifiers. These classifiers are trained only on globally annotated images (bags), but often can provide fine-grained annotations for image pixels or patches (instances). This is interesting for computer aided diagnosis (CAD…
Measures policy-violating content prevalence with ML-assisted sampling and LLM labeling.
problem Accurate measurement of content violations that are often rare and costly to label.
method Design-based measurement system using ML-assisted probability sampling and LLM labeling.
result Produces unbiased prevalence estimates with confidence intervals and dashboard drilldowns.
A novel supervised visualization technique for data exploration.
problem Lack of supervised dimensionality reduction methods considering class labels.
method Random forest proximities and diffusion-based dimensionality reduction.
result Retains local and global structures in data, emphasizing important variables.
Online structure learning approaches, such as those stemming from Statistical Relational Learning, enable the discovery of complex relations in noisy data streams. However, these methods assume the existence of fully-labelled training data, which is unrealistic for most real-world applications. We present a novel appro…