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In this note I present my understanding of, that is to say the way I look at, David Gabai's proof of his recent 4-Dimensional Light Bulb Theorem (4D-LBT). His construction, entirely smooth, is an ingenious amalgam of classical moves, and represents the first new hands-on advance in constructive smooth 4-manifold theory…

2017-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

When I first encountered PAC-Bayesian concentration inequalities they seemed to me to be rather disconnected from good old-fashioned results like Hoeffding's and Bernstein's inequalities. But, at least for one flavour of the PAC-Bayesian bounds, there is actually a very close relation, and the main innovation is a cont…

2014-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Lu conjecture proven for minimal 2-spheres and surfaces under certain conditions.

problem Discreteness of constant scalar curvatures of compact minimal submanifolds in unit spheres.
method Refined Simons' first gap theorem and Yau's theorems for high-codimensional submanifolds.
result Lu's conjecture for minimal 2-spheres and surfaces proved under inequality conditions.

Bayesian mixture models are widely applied for unsupervised learning and exploratory data analysis. Markov chain Monte Carlo based on Gibbs sampling and split-merge moves are widely used for inference in these models. However, both methods are restricted to limited types of transitions and suffer from torpid mixing and…

2014-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

RVRAE combines deep learning and dynamic factor models for better stock returns prediction.

problem Improving stock returns prediction in volatile markets.
method Combines dynamic factor modeling with variational recurrent autoencoder (VRAE). Uses prior-posterior learning for optimal factor model.
result RVRAE outperforms traditional methods in predicting stock returns and estimating variances.

Paper proposes a new method to efficiently incorporate curvature information in stochastic optimization.

problem Minimizing nonconvex functions with limited curvature information.
method Structured stochastic quasi-Newton method using partial Hessian information.
result Global convergence to stationary point and local superlinear convergence rate established.

This note provides a neat and enjoyable expansion and application of the magnificent Ordentlich-Cover theory of "universal portfolios." I generalize Cover's benchmark of the best constant-rebalanced portfolio (or 1-linear trading strategy) in hindsight by considering the best bilinear trading strategy determined in hin…

2019-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

New comparison theorems for rotationally symmetric self-shrinkers help in proving the uniqueness of the Angenent torus.

problem Uniqueness of the Angenent torus in rotationally symmetric self-shrinkers
method Analyzing profile curves and vertical points of rotationally symmetric self-shrinkers
result Proving the existence and monotonicity of horizontal-point trajectories

Symmetry of geometrical figures is reflected in regularities of their algebraic invariants. Algebraic regularities are often preserved when the geometrical figure is topologically deformed. The most natural, intuitively simple but mathematically complicated, topological objects are Knots. We present in this papers seve…

2004-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a framework to fuse heterogeneous data sources for better modeling.

problem Heterogeneous data sources with different input parameter spaces.
method Input mapping calibration (IMC) and latent variable Gaussian process (LVGP).
result Improved predictive accuracy over single source models.

Geometric approach combines asset returns and investor views for better portfolio optimization.

problem Optimizing portfolios with investor-specific views.
method Generalized Wasserstein barycenter (GWB) to integrate statistical asset returns and investor views.
result The geometric approach offers more flexibility and rewards for correct investor views.

Paper proposes an alternative method to price American options using HJM approach.

problem Price American options efficiently and accurately.
method Utilizes HJM technique to model term structure of volatility for equity markets.
result Proposes a new value function, stopping criteria, and stopping time for American options.

We study inference and learning based on a sparse coding model with `spike-and-slab' prior. As in standard sparse coding, the model used assumes independent latent sources that linearly combine to generate data points. However, instead of using a standard sparse prior such as a Laplace distribution, we study the applic…

2012-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a semi-analytic approach to the valuation of auto-callable structures with accrual features subject to barrier conditions. Our approach is based on recent studies of multi-assed binaries, present in the literature. We extend these studies to the case of time-dependent parameters. We compare numerically the s…

2016-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Two ML approaches learn local volatility surfaces from option prices, with GP being arbitrage-free.

problem Interpolating European vanilla option prices to create a local volatility surface.
method Gaussian process regression and neural net with arbitrage penalties.
result GP approach is arbitrage-free and yields best out-of-sample calibration error.

This paper critiques the Standardized Measurement Approach (SMA) for operational risk and recommends maintaining Advanced Measurement Approach (AMA).

problem Weaknesses and failures of the Standardized Measurement Approach (SMA) in operational risk.
method Critical review and analysis of SMA and AMA approaches.
result SMA is unstable, insensitive to risk, and implicitly related to systemic risk in the banking sector.

Two approaches extend knowledge distillation to Gaussian Processes, showing relationships to existing methods.

problem Applying knowledge distillation to Gaussian Processes for regression and classification.
method Data-centric and distribution-centric approaches to extend distillation to GPR and GPC.
result Distribution-centric approach for GPC approximately corresponds to data duplication and scaling.

We discuss the relative merits of optimistic and randomized approaches to exploration in reinforcement learning. Optimistic approaches presented in the literature apply an optimistic boost to the value estimate at each state-action pair and select actions that are greedy with respect to the resulting optimistic value f…

2017-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Classical approaches for approximate inference depend on cleverly designed variational distributions and bounds. Modern approaches employ amortized variational inference, which uses a neural network to approximate any posterior without leveraging the structures of the generative models. In this paper, we propose Amorti…

2019-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian symbolic regression automates model discovery from data.

problem Learning closed-form mathematical models from data using heuristic methods.
method Probabilistic approach to symbolic regression, connecting to information theory and statistical physics.
result Probabilistic approach provides model plausibility and performance guarantees.

New approach interprets Nyström for kernel machines with geometric insight.

problem No comparative study over Nyström-based kernel machine approaches.
method Developed a new approach with geometric interpretation, showing equivalence to existing methods.
result Proposed approach offers insights into approximation errors and accuracy.

Common Representation Learning (CRL), wherein different descriptions (or views) of the data are embedded in a common subspace, is receiving a lot of attention recently. Two popular paradigms here are Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) based approaches and Autoencoder (AE) based approaches. CCA based approaches learn …

2015-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper evaluates CNN-based facial landmark detection methods.

problem Evaluate characteristics and performance of CNN-based facial landmark detection methods.
method Divided into regression and heatmap approaches, investigated using a hybrid loss function and discrimination network.
result Proposed model outperforms other models in all tested datasets.

This paper provides a comprehensive benchmark and taxonomy for certifiably robust DNN defenses.

problem Certifiably robust defenses against adversarial attacks for deep neural networks.
method Taxonomy and benchmark of certifiably robust approaches.
result First comprehensive benchmark of certifiably robust approaches on different datasets.

Saliency maps are often used in computer vision to provide intuitive interpretations of what input regions a model has used to produce a specific prediction. A number of approaches to saliency map generation are available, but most require access to model parameters. This work proposes an approach for saliency map gene…

2020-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Study proposes a new approach for deep hedging using artificial market simulations.

problem Challenges in selecting the best model for underlying asset simulations in deep hedging.
method Proposes artificial market simulations to replicate financial market stylized facts.
result Achieves similar performance to traditional approaches without mathematical finance models.

Some of recent developments, including recent results, ideas, techniques, and approaches, in the study of degenerate partial differential equations are surveyed and analyzed. Several examples of nonlinear degenerate, even mixed, partial differential equations, are presented, which arise naturally in some longstanding, …

2010-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We compare several approaches to learn an Optimal Map, represented as a neural network, between probability distributions. The approaches fall into two categories: ``Heuristics'' and approaches with a more sound mathematical justification, motivated by the dual of the Kantorovitch problem. Among the algorithms we consi…

2019-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper examines how optimization methods affect the reliability of detecting inputs outside a model's training distribution.

problem The unreliability of deep neural networks on out-of-distribution inputs.
method Analysis of optimization methods' impact on OOD detection approaches.
result Optimization methods significantly influence the robustness of OOD detection approaches.

Deep Neural Networks have shown tremendous success in the area of object recognition, image classification and natural language processing. However, designing optimal Neural Network architectures that can learn and output arbitrary graphs is an ongoing research problem. The objective of this survey is to summarize and …

2019-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we propose three approaches for the estimation of the Tucker decomposition of multi-way arrays (tensors) from partial observations. All approaches are formulated as convex minimization problems. Therefore, the minimum is guaranteed to be unique. The proposed approaches can automatically estimate the numb…

2010-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗