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Traditionally, psychophysical experiments are conducted by repeated measurements on a few well-trained participants under well-controlled conditions, often resulting in, if done properly, high quality data. In recent years, however, crowdsourcing platforms are becoming increasingly popular means of data collection, mea…

2019-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian nonparametric LABS model adapts to function smoothness in Besov spaces.

problem Estimating functions with unknown smoothness in Besov spaces.
method Lévy Adaptive B-spline (LABS) regression model with automatic smoothness adaptation.
result LABS posterior contracts around true function in Besov classes at nearly minimax-optimal rates.

This study measures price risk aversion using indirect utility functions in a lab experiment.

problem Measuring risk aversion with uncertain prices in experimental economics.
method Using indirect utility functions and a multiple price list method in a lab experiment.
result Price risk aversion is statistically greater than payoff risk aversion.

Proposes using entity embedding vectors to improve Gaussian Process models for knowledge transfer across cell lines.

problem Lack of reuse of experimental data for predicting novel processes.
method Hybrid Gaussian Process models with entity embedding vectors to represent product identity.
result Improved performance in predicting novel processes compared to traditional methods.

Enhanced kernel ridgeless regression improves performance with LAB RBF kernels.

problem Lack of flexibility in kernel ridgeless regression.
method Locally-Adaptive-Bandwidths (LAB) RBF kernels and kernel learning techniques.
result Functions learned from LAB RBF kernels belong to an integral space of RKHSs, demonstrating robust generalization.

Bayesian optimization of antibodies learns from immune system evolution.

problem Efficiently optimizing antibody sequences in a large space of possibilities.
method Bayesian optimization guided by a generative model of evolving antibody sequences.
result CloneBO optimizes antibodies more efficiently than previous methods.

A new method, Count-MORL, improves offline reinforcement learning by using state-action frequency.

problem Improving offline reinforcement learning performance.
method Integrates count-based conservatism into model-based offline reinforcement learning.
result The learned policy is near-optimal and outperforms existing methods.

New research shows machine-assisted decisions can still be unfair even when the algorithm is fair.

problem Ensuring fairness in decisions made with machine-assisted human input.
method Formal model and lab experiment to analyze how machine predictions affect human decisions.
result Excluding information about protected groups from machine predictions can increase disparities.

Paper uses transfer learning and Bayesian optimization to reduce DNA sequence design experiments.

problem Designing many similar DNA sequences for specific applications is expensive and time-consuming.
method Combines transfer learning with Bayesian optimization to reduce experiment count.
result Total number of experiments can be significantly reduced by sharing information between tasks.

Deep RL drone trained to compete against classical path planning in drone racing.

problem Optimizing long-term drone racing strategies using reinforcement learning.
method Used PPO algorithm on a simulated quadrotor in a racing environment created with AirSim.
result Deep RL agent outperformed classical path planning in drone racing competitions.

TabDPT combines ICL and self-supervised learning to train tabular models on real data.

problem Slow generalization of tabular foundation models to unseen datasets.
method In-Context Learning (ICL) combined with self-supervised learning, using real data for pre-training.
result TabDPT achieves strong performance on regression and classification benchmarks.

The Gumbel-Softmax is a continuous distribution over the simplex that is often used as a relaxation of discrete distributions. Because it can be readily interpreted and easily reparameterized, it enjoys widespread use. We propose a modular and more flexible family of reparameterizable distributions where Gaussian noise…

2019-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved scaffold generation for protein motifs using SE(3) flow matching.

problem Lack of structural diversity in generated scaffolds for protein motifs.
method Extended FrameFlow for motif-scaffolding with motif amortization and motif guidance.
result 2.5 times more designable and unique motif-scaffolds compared to state-of-the-art.

An adaptive clustering algorithm learns from evolving data without manual tuning.

problem Clustering in dynamic data environments where distributions change over time.
method ART-based topological clustering with self-adjusting vigilance parameter.
result The algorithm outperforms state-of-the-art methods in clustering performance and continual learning.

Gesture recognition and hand motion tracking are important tasks in advanced gesture based interaction systems. In this paper, we propose to apply a sliding windows filtering approach to sample the incoming streams of data from data gloves and a decision tree model to recognize the gestures in real time for a manual gr…

2019-11-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper revisits classical competition theory to explain speculative asset price dynamics.

problem Understanding the dynamics of speculative asset prices and their volatility.
method Specialized classical model of competition with reservation prices, incorporating speculation.
result The model explains excess, fat-tailed, and clustered volatility in speculative asset prices.

AutoDiff combines auto-encoder and diffusion model for realistic tabular data synthesis.

problem Generating realistic synthetic tabular data with heterogeneous features.
method Employing auto-encoder architecture to handle tabular data's complexity.
result Synthetic tables from AutoDiff show good statistical fidelity and perform well in machine learning tasks.

Mixture components improve VAE performance by increasing latent flexibility.

problem Improving variational autoencoder (VAE) performance through more flexible latent representations.
method Modeling mixture components with separate encoder networks and analyzing their impact on ELBO.
result Increasing the number of mixture components improves VAE performance on various datasets.

New unsupervised learning task improves RL performance.

problem Reward-driven feature learning limitations in RL from images.
method Introduce Augmented Temporal Contrast (ATC) for unsupervised learning of image representations.
result Training encoders using ATC matches or outperforms end-to-end RL in most environments.

TFB simplifies Bayesian LLM uncertainty estimation without extra training.

problem Estimating uncertainty in LLM responses remains challenging.
method Training-Free Bayesianization (TFB) that transforms low-rank adapters into Bayesian ones without additional training.
result TFB achieves superior uncertainty estimation and generalization compared to existing methods.

P3BO optimizes biological sequence design by combining multiple methods.

problem Variability in performance of black-box optimization methods for biological sequence design.
method Population-Based Black-Box Optimization (P3BO) that samples sequences from an ensemble of methods, weighting by past performance.
result P3BO outperforms individual methods, proposing higher quality and more diverse sequences.