Firms' collaboration networks can decline but remain resilient.
problem Resilience of firms' collaboration networks during decline.
method Analysis of 21,500 R&D collaborations over 25 years, simulating drop-out cascades.
result Firms' collaboration networks can adapt to mitigate decline and recover.
FL improves insurance claims loss prediction without sharing data.
problem Limited data volume and variety due to privacy concerns.
method Federated Learning (FL) to update a global model using local data insights.
result Improved claims loss forecasting compared to individual models.
Collaborative filtering is a rapidly advancing research area. Every year several new techniques are proposed and yet it is not clear which of the techniques work best and under what conditions. In this paper we conduct a study comparing several collaborative filtering techniques -- both classic and recent state-of-the-…
Study reveals similarities in knowledge flows between pharmaceutical and AI industries.
problem Understanding the dynamics of drug pipelines in global pharmaceutical industry.
method Multilayer network analysis of drug pipeline, global supply chain, and ownership data.
result Proven similarities in knowledge flows between pharmaceutical and AI industries.
This paper improves federated learning for industrial predictive analytics by accommodating client heterogeneity.
problem Traditional federated models assume homogeneity in degradation processes, which doesn't apply to industrial settings.
method Personalized federated prognostic model using proximal gradient descent algorithm for joint parameter estimation.
result The proposed model enhances performance and provides comprehensive failure time distributions.
In today's day and age when almost every industry has an online presence with users interacting in online marketplaces, personalized recommendations have become quite important. Traditionally, the problem of collaborative filtering has been tackled using Matrix Factorization which is linear in nature. We extend the wor…
Visualizes board connections for socially responsible investing insights.
problem Understanding corporate governance and sustainability through board connections.
method Data Visualization tool to reveal connections between Directors and Executives.
result Strength of tool in investigating corporate governance and sustainability.
The boom of deep learning induced many industries and academies to introduce machine learning based approaches into their concern, competitively. However, existing machine learning frameworks are limited to sufficiently fulfill the collaboration and management for both data and models. We proposed NSML, a machine learn…
Study examines machine learning competitions' impact on AI development.
problem Fostering innovation and skill development in AI.
method Analysis of major competition platforms, workflows, and participant demographics.
result MLCs promote collaboration, reproducibility, and continuous innovation in AI.
Experiment shows cognitive biases impact human-AI collaboration, highlighting the need for diverse evaluator samples.
problem Cognitive biases affect human-AI collaboration, leading to suboptimal outcomes.
method Randomized experiment with 2,784 participants, manipulating AI suggestion quality, task burden, and financial incentives.
result Individual attitudes toward AI are the strongest predictor of performance, influencing accuracy and overcorrection.
Proposes a federated learning approach for industrial asset failure prediction.
problem Lack of data and privacy concerns in industrial prognostics.
method Two-stage federated learning: dimension reduction and parameter estimation.
result Validated the approach using simulated and real data.
Federated learning platform for drug discovery without sharing data.
problem Lack of secure collaboration in drug discovery.
method Industry-scale federated learning platform using cryptographic aggregation.
result Generated new scientific discoveries in drug discovery.
New methods detect objects in industrial settings with little training data.
problem Lack of training data limits object detection in industrial settings.
method Adapted Faster R-CNN and Scaled Yolov4-p5 architectures for small training data.
result Both models can distinguish unknown objects from homogeneous backgrounds.
Secure sum outperforms homomorphic encryption in collaborative deep learning.
problem Training deep learning models on private data from multiple parties without revealing the data.
method Used a secure sum protocol in conjunction with default secure channels.
result Secure sum protocol provides superior properties in terms of collusion-resistance and runtime.
Concurrent engineering taking into account product life-cycle factors seems to be one of the industrial challenges of the next years. Cost estimation and management are two main strategic tasks that imply the possibility of managing costs at the earliest stages of product development. This is why it is indispensable to…
ARCO-BO optimizes multi-agent design under heterogeneity, improving efficiency and performance.
problem Heterogeneous multi-agent optimization challenges in resource use and information sharing.
method ARCO-BO integrates a consensus mechanism, budget-aware sampling, and partial input sharing for heterogeneous design spaces.
result ARCO-BO outperforms independent and collaborative BO methods in complex multi-agent settings.
Machine learning has been applied to several problems in particle physics research, beginning with applications to high-level physics analysis in the 1990s and 2000s, followed by an explosion of applications in particle and event identification and reconstruction in the 2010s. In this document we discuss promising futu…
QuantBench benchmarks AI methods for quantitative investment.
problem Lack of a standardized benchmark for AI in quantitative investment.
method Developed an industrial-grade benchmark platform with standardization, flexibility, and full-pipeline coverage.
result Revealed critical research directions in AI for quantitative investment.
Enhances insurance loss models using InsurTech data and machine learning.
problem Traditional insurance loss models lack predictive accuracy due to limited data sources.
method Combining proprietary claims data with InsurTech data and applying machine learning techniques.
result Improved predictive accuracy of the loss model through machine learning.
This paper proposes a communication-efficient deep anomaly detection framework for industrial IoT.
problem Accurately detecting anomalies in time-series data from edge devices in industrial IoT.
method A federated learning-based approach with an Attention Mechanism-based Convolutional Neural Network-Long Short Term Memory (AMCNN-LSTM) model and gradient compression.
result The proposed framework accurately and timely detects anomalies with reduced communication overhead.
Quantum computing promises faster insurance contract valuation.
problem Computational intensity of insurance contract valuation.
method Investigation of quantum computing's applicability for insurance contracts using Amplitude Estimation.
result Quantum computing can significantly speed up insurance contract valuation.
Machine learning and blockchain are two of the most noticeable technologies in recent years. The first one is the foundation of artificial intelligence and big data, and the second one has significantly disrupted the financial industry. Both technologies are data-driven, and thus there are rapidly growing interests in …
To promote economic stability, finance should be studied as a hard science, where scientific methods apply. When a trading strategy is proposed, the underlying model should be transparent and defined robustly to allow other researchers to understand and examine it thoroughly. Like any hard sciences, results must be rep…
Shai-am simplifies ML for finance, solving code structure and scalability issues.
problem Challenges in integrating ML for investment strategies, including code structure and scalability.
method Integrates a Python framework with modern open-source technologies to manage containerized pipelines and unified interfaces.
result Facilitates collaborative work in quantitative finance by enhancing reusability and readability.
We propose RecSim, a configurable platform for authoring simulation environments for recommender systems (RSs) that naturally supports sequential interaction with users. RecSim allows the creation of new environments that reflect particular aspects of user behavior and item structure at a level of abstraction well-suit…
Big data transforms accounting and auditing, enhancing insights but posing challenges.
problem Challenges in data privacy and security with increased data sources.
method Utilizing AI and machine learning for efficient data analysis and anomaly detection.
result Enhanced analytics tools and continuous learning are key to overcoming challenges.
Proposes FMPCA for federated tensor data dimensionality reduction.
problem Integration of MPCA into federated learning.
method Federated Multilinear Principal Component Analysis (FMPCA).
result FMPCA preserves performance of traditional MPCA in federated learning.
New algorithms reduce communication costs in collaborative learning.
problem Reducing communication costs in collaborative learning.
method Distributed boosting and adaptation to classification noise.
result Communication-efficient algorithms for collaborative PAC learning robust to noise.
Supply Chain Management often requires independent organizations to work together to achieve shared objectives. This collaboration is necessary when coordinated actions benefit the group more than the uncoordinated efforts of individual firms. Despite the commonly reported benefits that can be gained in close relations…
Enhances VC startup success predictions using graph augmented time series models.
problem Challenges in predicting startup success due to limited financial data and subjective forecasts.
method Integrates inter-company relationships into time series analysis using GraphRAG.
result Significantly outperforms previous models in startup success predictions.
This paper considers the problem of high dimensional signal detection in a large distributed network whose nodes can collaborate with their one-hop neighboring nodes (spatial collaboration). We assume that only a small subset of nodes communicate with the Fusion Center (FC). We design optimal collaboration strategies w…
The excellent performance of representation learning of autoencoders have attracted considerable interest in various applications. However, the structure and multi-local collaborative relationships of unlabeled data are ignored in their encoding procedure that limits the capability of feature extraction. This paper pre…
Paper tackles unobserved confounding in human-AI collaborations.
problem Unobserved confounding undermines human-AI collaboration effectiveness.
method Combines sensitivity analysis from causal inference with AI-driven statistical modeling.
result Enhances robustness and reliability of collaborative outcomes.
Data science teams collaborate extensively, using various tools and stakeholders.
problem Lack of understanding in how data science workers collaborate in practice.
method Conducted an online survey with 183 data science workers.
result Data science teams are highly collaborative and use multiple tools and stakeholders.
Study collaborative learning among multi-agents in multi-armed bandits.
problem Minimizing group cumulative regret in a heterogeneous multi-agent setting.
method Developed decentralized algorithms for collaboration between N agents learning M stochastic multi-armed bandits. result Proved near-optimal behavior of proposed algorithms for group regret.
DEMVC improves multi-view clustering with collaborative training and deep autoencoders.
problem Existing multi-view clustering methods have high computation and space complexities or lack representation capability.
method DEMVC learns embedded representations of multiple views individually using deep autoencoders and collaboratively trains all views.
result DEMVC achieves significant improvements over state-of-the-art methods on multi-view datasets.
Study simulates liquidity in fractional ownership markets using ABM.
problem Understanding liquidity dynamics in illiquid markets.
method Agent-based modeling (ABM) with empirical data.
result Simulation reveals insights into market structures and trading behaviors.
This thesis tackles bias in AI decision-making in banking.
problem Bias in AI-driven banking decisions.
method Understanding, mitigating, and accounting for bias in AI systems.
result Establishment of Responsible AI practices for fair decision-making.
Advances in collaborative filtering and ranking methods.
problem Improving recommendation systems efficiency and accuracy.
method Graph information encoding, pairwise and listwise approaches, regularization techniques, personalization.
result New methods significantly improve recommendation system performance.
PCL tackles collaborative learning for diverse agents, reducing sample complexity.
problem Balancing collaborative speedup with personalization for heterogeneous agents.
method AffPCL, with bias and importance correction mechanisms.
result AffPCL reduces sample complexity by a factor of max{n−1,δ}, where n is the number of agents and δ∈[0,1] measures heterogeneity. In this paper we examine the effect of applying ensemble learning to the performance of collaborative filtering methods. We present several systematic approaches for generating an ensemble of collaborative filtering models based on a single collaborative filtering algorithm (single-model or homogeneous ensemble). We pr…
Collaborative recommendation is an information-filtering technique that attempts to present information items (movies, music, books, news, images, Web pages, etc.) that are likely of interest to the Internet user. Traditionally, collaborative systems deal with situations with two types of variables, users and items. In…
Collaborative filtering (CF) has been successfully employed by many modern recommender systems. Conventional CF-based methods use the user-item interaction data as the sole information source to recommend items to users. However, CF-based methods are known for suffering from cold start problems and data sparsity proble…
The way developers collaborate inside and particularly across teams often escapes management's attention, despite a formal organization with designated teams being defined. Observability of the actual, organically formed engineering structure provides decision makers invaluable additional tools to manage their talent p…
Meta clustering categorizes learners for collaborative learning.
problem Filtering out unqualified collaborators in collaborative learning.
method Select-Exchange-Cluster (SEC) method to classify learners by their supervised functions.
result SEC can cluster learners into accurate collaboration sets and enhance single-learner performance.
We study the structure of inter-industry relationships using networks of money flows between industries in 20 national economies. We find these networks vary around a typical structure characterized by a Weibull link weight distribution, exponential industry size distribution, and a common community structure. The comm…
Optimal algorithm found for collaborative learning in bandits with optimal regret bounds.
problem Minimizing regret in collaborative multi-agent bandit problems.
method Proposed an algorithm with optimal regret bounds for collaborative multi-agent multi-armed bandit model.
result First algorithm with order optimal regret bounds for collaborative bandit model.
Robot learns from human demonstrations to work autonomously.
problem Leveraging human and robotic strengths in human-robot systems.
method Bayesian inference for detecting and classifying human heterogeneity.
result Bayesian approach outperforms conventional methods by up to 12.8.