The paper tackles multi-level fairness in algorithmic systems, addressing bias at both individual and structural levels.
problem Algorithmic systems can unfairly impact marginalized groups, especially when considering only individual-level bias.
method Formalizes multi-level fairness using causal inference tools, addressing effects of sensitive attributes at multiple levels.
result Illustrates the importance of accounting for macro-level sensitive attributes in fairness assessments.
New model clusters cells and individuals, revealing genetic influences on cell types.
problem Clustering nested data with group-level and observation-level variables.
method Nested Atoms Model (NAM), Bayesian nonparametric approach.
result Identifies clusters of genetically similar individuals with homogeneous cell-type profiles.
Proposes a deep learning method for modeling dynamic individual-level latent trajectories with changing parameters.
problem Modeling longitudinal data with changing individual-level dynamics parameters.
method Combines deep learning for dimensionality reduction and differential equations for dynamic modeling, allowing different parameters for sub-periods.
result Successfully identifies dynamic parameters and predictors of resilience.
New diagnostics detect variability in individual risk estimates from machine learning models in healthcare.
problem Variability in individual risk estimates from machine learning models in healthcare, leading to unreliable treatment decisions.
method Proposed evaluation framework using empirical prediction interval width and empirical decision flip rate diagnostics.
result Randomness in optimization and initialization can lead to substantial individual-level variability in risk estimates, affecting clinical decisions.
We present a new modeling technique for solving the problem of ecological inference, in which individual-level associations are inferred from labeled data available only at the aggregate level. We model aggregate count data as arising from the Poisson binomial, the distribution of the sum of independent but not identic…
The paper studies how and when a treatment triggers different effects for individuals.
problem Estimating how treatment effects vary among individuals based on their characteristics.
method Tree-based learning method to find individual-level treatment triggers.
result The proposed method learns treatment triggers better than existing approaches.
New methods needed to estimate individual treatment effects.
problem Estimating treatment effects on individual level.
method Machine learning for subgroup discovery under treatment effect.
result Efficient methods are needed for estimating individual treatment effects.
Unimodal approach for group-level emotion recognition without individual features.
problem Privacy issues in individual-based emotion recognition models.
method Frugal approach using global features, state-of-the-art and synthetic corpora.
result 59.13% accuracy on VGAF test set, 11th place in EmotiW Challenge 2020.
We empirically investigate distributions of individual consumption expenditure f or four commodity categories conditional on fixed income levels. The data stems from the Family Expenditure Survey carried out annually in the United Kingdom. W e use graphical techniques to test for normality and lognormality of these dis…
CRISP predicts individual-level COVID-19 risk based on contact data.
problem Estimating individual-level infection risk during the pandemic.
method Probabilistic graphical model using SEIR framework with contact data.
result Model accurately predicts infection spread and recovery times.
New framework for forecasting psychological processes from ILD.
problem Forecasting psychological processes at the individual level from ILD.
method A novel modeling framework addressing challenges in ILD.
result Improved forecasting of psychological processes at the individual level.
Unified theory for semiparametric data fusion with individual-level data.
problem Handling data fusion problems, especially in settings with diverse data sources and designs.
method Extending a comprehensive theory to handle conditional and marginal distribution alignments, providing universal results for influence functions and efficient influence functions.
result Paves the way for machine-learning debiased, semiparametric efficient estimation.
Hybrid model learns interpretable meal-level glycemic control.
problem Lack of flexible, interpretable meal-level glycemic control methods.
method Hybrid variational autoencoder grounding latent space to mechanistic differential equation.
result Unsupervised representation discovers separation between individuals based on disease severity.
Framework infers coordination strategies from movement data.
problem Inferring individual movement strategies from group data.
method Formalizes Coordination Strategy Inference Problem; provides methodology to infer strategies.
result Framework accurately infers strategies in simulated and real-world datasets.
The paper introduces a new bias measure, infra-marginality, to quantify unfairness in group fairness.
problem The trade-off between group fairness and individual-level bias in decision-making.
method Proposes a new notion of η-infra-marginality, proves its independence from accuracy, and provides practical methods to measure and avoid it. result High accuracy does not lead to high infra-marginality, but maximizing group fairness often increases infra-marginality.
New method refines prediction intervals for individual treatment effects using cross-world correlation.
problem Uncertainty in individual treatment effects for high-stakes decisions.
method Introduces cross-world correlation parameter ρ to refine prediction intervals for individual treatment effects.
result Achieves more stable and accurate coverage of prediction intervals for individual treatment effects.
We study the problem of estimating the continuous response over time to interventions using observational time series---a retrospective dataset where the policy by which the data are generated is unknown to the learner. We are motivated by applications where response varies by individuals and therefore, estimating resp…
A new method for deep learning imbalance or noise, ABSGD, improves efficiency and effectiveness.
problem Data imbalance or label noise in deep learning.
method A modification of momentum SGD with individual-level weights proportional to loss values.
result Guaranteed convergence to stationary points of DRO problems, capturing class diversity.
Social dynamics is concerned primarily with interactions among individuals and the resulting group behaviors, modeling the temporal evolution of social systems via the interactions of individuals within these systems. In particular, the availability of large-scale data from social networks and sensor networks offers an…
In many contexts, we have access to aggregate data, but individual level data is unavailable. For example, medical studies sometimes report only aggregate statistics about disease prevalence because of privacy concerns. Even so, many a time it is desirable, and in fact could be necessary to infer individual level chara…
We assume that an individual invests in a financial market with one riskless and one risky asset, with the latter's price following geometric Brownian motion as in the Black-Scholes model. Under a constant rate of consumption, we find the optimal investment strategy for the individual who wishes to minimize the probabi…
ClusterSC improves synthetic control by selecting relevant donor groups.
problem The curse of dimensionality in synthetic control with individual-level data.
method ClusterSC incorporates clustering to select relevant donor groups.
result ClusterSC consistently outperforms classical SC approaches.
In many statistical problems, a more coarse-grained model may be suitable for population-level behaviour, whereas a more detailed model is appropriate for accurate modelling of individual behaviour. This raises the question of how to integrate both types of models. Methods such as posterior regularization follow the id…
Facing a heavy task, any single person can only make a limited contribution and team cooperation is needed. As one enjoys the benefit of the public goods, the potential benefits of the project are not always maximized and may be partly wasted. By incorporating individual ability and project benefit into the original pu…
CLSB models system dynamics from cross-sectional data with population-level regularization.
problem Challenges in modeling system dynamics from limited cross-sectional samples and heterogeneous individual behaviors.
method Introduces CLSB framework for learning dynamics, regularized for population-level temporal variations.
result Empirically superior in single-cell sequencing data analyses, e.g., simulating cell development and drug response.
Learning nonlinear dynamics from diffusion data is a challenging problem since the individuals observed may be different at different time points, generally following an aggregate behaviour. Existing work cannot handle the tasks well since they model such dynamics either directly on observations or enforce the availabi…
Model learns collective and individual dynamics in time series data.
problem Lack of models capturing system-level collective behavior in individual time series.
method Hierarchical switching-state model with latent system-level and entity-level Markov chains.
result Model improves interpretability and forecasting accuracy compared to larger models.
The relation between performance and stress is described by the Yerkes-Dodson Law but varies significantly between individuals. This paper describes a method for determining the individual optimal performance as a function of physiological signals. The method is based on attention and reasoning tests of increasing comp…
We consider the problem of modeling cardiovascular responses to physical activity and sleep changes captured by wearable sensors in free living conditions. We use an attentional convolutional neural network to learn parsimonious signatures of individual cardiovascular response from data recorded at the minute level res…
The paper studies how noisy labels impact decision-making in machine learning.
problem The impact of noisy labels on decision-making in machine learning.
method Introducing a notion of regret, studying standard approaches, and estimating individual-level mistakes.
result Standard approaches can lead to unforeseen mistakes for individuals, revealing the need for anticipation.
ILM-Norm normalizes instances individually for better performance.
problem Learning to normalize parameters for improved model performance.
method ILM-Norm learns normalization parameters via feature feed-forward and gradient back-propagation.
result ILM-Norm consistently improves model performance across different architectures and tasks.
New method finds balanced clusters in graphs using auxiliary information.
problem Finding balanced clusters in graphs with population-level constraints.
method Proposes individual-level balancing constraint and develops spectral clustering algorithms.
result Establishes first statistical consistency result for constrained spectral clustering.
Estimating treatment effects in time series with hidden confounding.
problem Estimating treatment effects in time series with hidden confounding.
method A neural framework that learns individual-level counterfactuals and flexible matching procedures.
result Improves counterfactual estimation under latent bias.
Using the empirical data from the Norwegian tax office, we analyse the wealth and income of the richest individuals in Norway during the period 2010--2013. We find that both annual income and wealth level of the richest individuals are describable using the Pareto law. We find that the robust mean Pareto exponent over …
Easyllp simplifies LLP, achieving low task loss at individual instance level.
problem Weakly supervised classification with label proportions.
method Flexible debiasing approach based on aggregate labels, operating on arbitrary loss functions.
result Accurately estimates expected loss at individual level, with provable guarantees.
Adaptive coverage policies improve conformal prediction accuracy.
problem Fixed coverage levels in traditional conformal prediction lead to uninformative predictions.
method Optimizes adaptive coverage policy using a neural network trained on leave-one-out calibration.
result Adaptive coverage policies produce more informative and flexible prediction sets.
Develops privacy-preserving methods for longitudinal linear regression.
problem Protecting individual information in longitudinal data with privacy-preserving statistics.
method Proposes a user-level private regression estimator and a privatized covariance estimator for longitudinal linear regression under user-level differential privacy.
result Establishes theoretical guarantees for practical user-level differential privacy estimation and inference in longitudinal linear regression.
Modeling brain connectivity networks with graph-aware inference.
problem Pooling over functional regions loses information and independence assumptions are unreliable.
method Linear mixed effects model accounting for functional regions and edge dependence.
result Interpretable results comparing schizophrenics and healthy controls.
Study optimal retirement time and consumption with habitual persistence.
problem Understanding retirement consumption patterns with habitual persistence.
method Established concise habitual evolution, used martingale and duality methods.
result Optimal consumption declines sharply at retirement but excess consumption increases.
This paper analyzes load predictability at different aggregation levels and improves forecasting accuracy.
problem Challenges in short-term load forecasting, especially at low aggregation levels.
method Characterized SME and residential loads, quantified predictability using approximate entropy, compared various STLF techniques.
result Improved forecasting accuracy for low-aggregation loads, validated with data processing techniques.
Algorithm ensures fair ranking by minority groups alongside majority groups.
problem Ensuring fair ranking of items from minority groups alongside majority groups.
method Optimal transport-based regularizer for individual fairness and efficient optimization algorithm.
result Certifiably individually fair LTR models are achieved.
The paper explores using set-level ratings for better user-item preference prediction in recommender systems.
problem Capturing user preferences on individual items using set-level ratings.
method Developed collaborative filtering-based methods to model user behaviors in set-level ratings.
result Collaborative filtering-based models can recover and predict user preferences on individual items using set-level ratings.
We provide scientific foundations for athletic performance prediction on an individual level, exposing the phenomenology of individual athletic running performance in the form of a low-rank model dominated by an individual power law. We present, evaluate, and compare a selection of methods for prediction of individual …
New method simplifies individual claims reserving.
problem Insufficient flexibility and robustness in existing methods.
method Building on classical chain-ladder method, introduces new perspective.
result Advances toward a new standard for micro-level reserving.
Gradient boosting method enforced with individual fairness.
problem Enforcing fairness in machine learning models.
method Functional gradient descent on robust loss function.
result Algorithm converges globally and generalizes.
Meta-analysis improves personalized treatment rules across multiple sites.
problem Lack of generalizability in learning individualized treatment rules across different medical sites.
method Developed a method for individual-level meta-analysis of ITRs, borrowing sign-coherency information between sites.
result Jointly learned site-specific ITRs with improved generalizability.
Kernel method optimizes personalized dose rules for patients.
problem Finding optimal individualized dose rules for patients.
method Kernel assisted learning method for estimating optimal dose rules.
result The method identifies the optimal individualized dose rule and produces favorable outcomes.
We present a new approach for transferring knowledge from groups to individuals that comprise them. We evaluate our method in text, by inferring the ratings of individual sentences using full-review ratings. This approach, which combines ideas from transfer learning, deep learning and multi-instance learning, reduces t…