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48 results for knowledge agnostic

New federated learning protocols improve on knowledge distillation's poor performance.

problem Designing a universal API for federated learning without public data.
method Proposed Federated Kernel ridge regression using knowledge distillation.
result Performance of new protocols closely matches theoretical predictions.

L2R learns to denoise images without needing noise distribution knowledge.

problem Traditional denoising methods require noise distribution knowledge, limiting their applicability.
method L2R uses a learnable monotonic neural network to learn recorruption without distribution knowledge.
result L2R achieves state-of-the-art performance across various noise distributions.

This paper tackles continuous domain adaptation with a new approach.

problem Learning in non-stationary environments, especially domain drift.
method Variational domain-agnostic feature replay, composed of inference, generative, and solver modules.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach for practical usage.

NSGD-M optimizes machine learning models without hyperparameter tuning, even under relaxed smoothness.

problem Training machine learning models with optimal complexity under relaxed smoothness assumptions.
method Normalized Stochastic Gradient Descent with Momentum (NSGD-M) without stepsize tuning.
result NSGD-M achieves nearly optimal complexity without prior knowledge of problem parameters.

This paper aims to analyze knowledge consistency between pre-trained deep neural networks. We propose a generic definition for knowledge consistency between neural networks at different fuzziness levels. A task-agnostic method is designed to disentangle feature components, which represent the consistent knowledge, from…

2019-08-05abs ↗pdf ↗

NeAda solves nonconvex minimax optimization by balancing primal and dual variables adaptively.

problem Nonconvex minimax optimization challenges with parameter-agnostic adaptive algorithms.
method Nested Adaptive (NeAda) framework with inner and outer loops for primal and dual variables.
result Achieves near-optimal convergence rates for nonconvex-strongly-concave problems.

Framework evaluates the impact of prior knowledge in deep learning models.

problem Mitigating data-driven model shortcomings like data dependence and generalization ability.
method Model-agnostic framework inspired by interpretable machine learning, assessing data volume and estimation range effects.
result Complex relationship between data and knowledge, including dependence, synergistic, and substitution effects.

New algorithm reduces prediction error in online learning without knowing base measure.

problem Smoothed online learning without knowledge of base measure.
method R-Cover algorithm based on recursive coverings.
result First algorithm to guarantee sublinear regret for agnostic smoothed online learning without prior knowledge of base measure.

FedZKT enables resource-constrained devices to participate in federated learning with heterogeneous models.

problem Inequality in resource allocation hinders participation from resource-constrained devices in federated learning.
method Zero-shot knowledge transfer through a server-assigned distillation process.
result FedZKT effectively transfers knowledge across heterogeneous on-device models without requiring comparable local training efforts.

DACL tackles domain-specific contrastive learning by using Mixup noise.

problem Domain-specific contrastive learning methods rely on data augmentation techniques that require domain knowledge.
method DACL uses Mixup noise to create similar and dissimilar examples without domain-specific data augmentation.
result DACL outperforms other domain-agnostic noising methods and combines well with domain-specific methods.

New algorithms for linear bandits avoid norm knowledge, reducing regret.

problem Linear bandits require knowledge of norm bound SS on parameter θθ^*, leading to high regret.
method Proposes two novel algorithms for changing and fixed arm sets, analyzing their regret bounds.
result Regret bounds show no significant price for not knowing SS, with no price for fixed arm sets.

i-Mix improves contrastive learning across domains without domain-specific augmentations.

problem Improving contrastive representation learning for unlabeled data across diverse domains.
method i-Mix treats contrastive learning as a non-parametric classifier problem, mixing data in input and virtual label spaces.
result i-Mix consistently improves representation quality across image, speech, and tabular data domains.

Knowledge graph embeddings rank among the most successful methods for link prediction in knowledge graphs, i.e., the task of completing an incomplete collection of relational facts. A downside of these models is their strong sensitivity to model hyperparameters, in particular regularizers, which have to be extensively …

2019-07-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops a transparent surrogate model for complex data.

problem Balancing accuracy and transparency in complex decision-making models.
method Partial dependence effects for feature engineering, smart segmentation, and GLM fitting.
result The maidrr GLM closely approximates a black box model and outperforms benchmarks.

In most cases deep learning architectures are trained disregarding the amount of operations and energy consumption. However, some applications, like embedded systems, can be resource-constrained during inference. A popular approach to reduce the size of a deep learning architecture consists in distilling knowledge from…

2019-11-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to use causal graph knowledge for better predictive modeling.

problem Lack of effective ways to incorporate causal graph knowledge into predictive models.
method Model-agnostic data augmentation method exploiting CI relations encoded in causal graphs.
result Improves prediction accuracy, especially in small-data scenarios.

Knowledge Distillation (KD) is a model-agnostic technique to improve model quality while having a fixed capacity budget. It is a commonly used technique for model compression, where a larger capacity teacher model with better quality is used to train a more compact student model with better inference efficiency. Throug…

2020-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The broad set of deep generative models (DGMs) has achieved remarkable advances. However, it is often difficult to incorporate rich structured domain knowledge with the end-to-end DGMs. Posterior regularization (PR) offers a principled framework to impose structured constraints on probabilistic models, but has limited …

2018-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

While deep learning has achieved remarkable results on various applications, it is usually data hungry and struggles to learn over non-stationary data stream. To solve these two limits, the deep learning model should not only be able to learn from a few of data, but also incrementally learn new concepts from data strea…

2019-08-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Double Machine Learning estimators are asymptotically inadmissible under structure-agnostic models.

problem Minimax estimators may be inadmissible under structure-agnostic models.
method Exhibit second-order (U-statistic) estimators that asymptotically dominate DML estimators.
result Double Machine Learning estimators are asymptotically inadmissible under structure-agnostic models.

New algorithm learns from sparse data without knowing sparsity index.

problem Sparse bandit problem where only a subset of features affects reward.
method Sparsity-agnostic Lasso Bandit algorithm that doesn't require prior sparsity index knowledge.
result Established tight regret bounds and outperforms existing methods.

When fitting Bayesian machine learning models on scarce data, the main challenge is to obtain suitable prior knowledge and encode it into the model. Recent advances in meta-learning offer powerful methods for extracting such prior knowledge from data acquired in related tasks. When it comes to meta-learning in Gaussian…

2019-01-23abs ↗pdf ↗

A dataset for evaluating engagement with scientific video lectures.

problem Challenges in managing learning resources due to rapid creation of video lectures.
method Introduction of VLEngagement dataset with content-based and video-specific features, and metrics related to user engagement.
result The largest and most diverse publicly available dataset for understanding context-agnostic engagement in video lectures.

While recent progress has spawned very powerful machine learning systems, those agents remain extremely specialized and fail to transfer the knowledge they gain to similar yet unseen tasks. In this paper, we study a simple reinforcement learning problem and focus on learning policies that encode the proper invariances …

2018-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Code search and comprehension have become more difficult in recent years due to the rapid expansion of available source code. Current tools lack a way to label arbitrary code at scale while maintaining up-to-date representations of new programming languages, libraries, and functionalities. Comprehensive labeling of sou…

2019-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

First proper learning algorithm for Gaussian halfspaces with matching sample and computational complexity.

problem Agnostically learning halfspaces under Gaussian distribution.
method First proper learning algorithm with matching sample and computational complexity.
result First proper learning algorithm for agnostically learning halfspaces under Gaussian distribution with matching sample and computational complexity.

TiAda adapts adaptive gradient methods for nonconvex minimax optimization.

problem Nonconvex minimax optimization challenges in achieving convergence.
method TiAda is a time-scale adaptive GDA algorithm for nonconvex minimax optimization.
result TiAda achieves near-optimal complexities in deterministic and stochastic settings.

Paper proposes a method to estimate scientific parameters in hybrid models without relying on model architecture.

problem Estimating unknown parameters in hybrid models combining machine learning and scientific models.
method Sharpness-aware minimization adapted for hybrid modeling, focusing on model simplicity.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of SAM-based hybrid model learning for scientific parameter estimation.

GACBO optimizes unknown causal graphs with interventions.

problem Optimizing a target variable on an unknown causal graph with interventions.
method Graph Agnostic Causal Bayesian Optimisation (GACBO) seeks to balance exploitation and exploration of causal structures and functions.
result GACBO outperforms baselines in simulated and real-world applications.

In this paper we study the setting where features are added or change interpretation over time, which has applications in multiple domains such as retail, manufacturing, finance. In particular, we propose an approach to provably determine the time instant from which the new/changed features start becoming relevant with…

2017-04-29abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach makes deep reinforcement learning robust without assuming adversary knowledge.

problem Deep reinforcement learning policies are vulnerable to state observation perturbations.
method Proposes an adversary agnostic robust DRL paradigm using policy distillation with two terms: prescription gap maximization and Jacobian regularization.
result Boosts adversarial robustness on five Atari games compared to state-of-the-art methods.