Efficiently creates label-consistent backdoor attacks without obvious mislabeling.
problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to backdoor attacks that can be triggered by a backdoor trigger.
method Uses adversarial perturbations and generative models to inject inputs that are consistent with their labels.
result Demonstrates the feasibility of creating undetectable backdoor attacks by maintaining label-consistency.
LC-GNN improves GNNs for node classification by incorporating label consistency.
problem Limited performance of GNNs due to label consistency assumption not always holding.
method LC-GNN uses node pairs with the same label but unconnected to expand GNN's receptive field.
result LC-GNN outperforms traditional GNNs in semi-supervised node classification.
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) enforces supervised information only at the output layer, and hidden layers are trained by back propagating the prediction error from the output layer without explicit supervision. We propose a supervised feature learning approach, Label Consistent Neural Network, which enforces…
EXoN creates an explainable latent space for semi-supervised learning.
problem Creating an explainable latent space for semi-supervised learning.
method EXoN combines VAE with SCI (Soft-label Consistency Interpolation) to create an explainable latent space.
result EXoN reduces the cost of investigating representation patterns on the latent space.
TIMELY improves consistency in labeling blood cell images.
problem Inconsistent labeling of blood cells in microscopy images leads to unreliable diagnoses.
method TIMELY combines pseudotime inference and hidden Markov trees to correct labeling mistakes.
result TIMELY outperforms baseline methods in identifying and correcting inconsistent labels.
Proposes a new deep ordinal classification model enforcing label uni-modality.
problem Deep ordinal classification with label consistency issues.
method Non-parametric uni-modality constraints via inequality constraints.
result Improves scalability and performance in ordinal classification tasks.
Develops a new variational estimator for node popularity in bipartite networks.
problem Estimating node popularity in bipartite networks with varying patterns.
method Variational Expectation-Maximization (VEM) framework for the Two-Way Node Popularity Model (TNPM).
result The proposed method achieves superior estimation accuracy across different types of networks.
Improved model for grouping nodes in bipartite networks.
problem Challenges in grouping nodes in bipartite graphs.
method Introduced DC-LBM and developed variational EM algorithm.
result Significantly enhanced performance on real-world data.
In this work we propose a new deep learning tool called deep dictionary learning. Multi-level dictionaries are learnt in a greedy fashion, one layer at a time. This requires solving a simple (shallow) dictionary learning problem, the solution to this is well known. We apply the proposed technique on some benchmark deep…
Proposes a Varying-Coefficient MoE model for analyzing dynamic data.
problem Inadequate constant coefficients in MoE models for dynamic settings.
method Varying-Coefficient Mixture of Experts (VCMoE) model with varying coefficients in gating and expert models.
result Established identifiability and consistency of the VCMoE model.
Improved DLG extracts accurate labels from gradients, overcoming DLG's convergence issues.
problem Private training data leakage from shared gradients in distributed learning systems.
method Proposes iDLG, a simple approach to synthesize accurate labels from gradients.
result iDLG reliably extracts ground-truth labels from gradients, unlike DLG.
OwMatch improves open-world semi-supervised learning by self-labeling and consistency.
problem Misclassification of unseen classes in open-world semi-supervised learning.
method Conditional self-labeling and open-world hierarchical thresholding.
result OwMatch enhances performance across known and unknown classes.
Study uses LLMs to categorize financial tweets, revealing useful sentiment signals.
problem Discovering meaningful sentiment signals from unstructured financial social media data.
method Leveraged LLMs to automatically label financial tweets with event categories and aligned with returns.
result Certain event labels consistently yield negative alpha, with statistically significant Sharpe ratios and information coefficients.
Meta framework generates noise to improve multi-attack robustness.
problem Extraneous defense against single type of adversarial perturbation.
method Meta-learning framework with Meta Noise Generator (MNG).
result Significantly outperforms baselines across multiple perturbations.
Improves GAN-based semi-supervised learning with consistency regularization.
problem Lack of consistency in class probability predictions under local perturbations.
method Introduces consistency regularization to GANs, leveraging both local and interpolation consistency.
result Significantly improves performance and achieves new state-of-the-art results.
Currently there are two predominant ways to train deep neural networks. The first one uses restricted Boltzmann machine (RBM) and the second one autoencoders. RBMs are stacked in layers to form deep belief network (DBN); the final representation layer is attached to the target to complete the deep neural network. Autoe…
Paper proposes a new model using consistency regularization for learning from label proportions.
problem Learning from label proportions with weak labels on bags of instances.
method Consistency regularization applied to semi-supervised learning.
result LLP with consistency regularization achieves superior performance.
Confident learning estimates label quality by identifying and correcting noisy data.
problem Label quality in datasets, especially in noisy environments.
method Combines principles of pruning, probabilistic thresholds, and ranking to estimate noise and uncorrupted labels.
result Generalized CL framework that provably finds label errors and improves model accuracy.
This paper examines how labeling error affects contrastive learning and proposes data dimensionality reduction methods to mitigate its impact.
problem The impact of labeling error on the performance of contrastive learning.
method Data dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., SVD) are applied to reduce false positive samples and improve downstream classification accuracy.
result Data dimensionality reduction methods can mitigate the negative impacts of labeling error on downstream classification performance.
Visual observations of dynamic phenomena, such as human actions, are often represented as sequences of smoothly-varying features . In cases where the feature spaces can be structured as Riemannian manifolds, the corresponding representations become trajectories on manifolds. Analysis of these trajectories is challengin…
Proposes a method to improve hierarchical clustering using set-level structural priors.
problem Lack of supervision for non-leaf structure in hierarchical clustering.
method Introduces set-level structural priors for semi-supervised hyperbolic hierarchical clustering.
result Improves label consistency and similarity-based tree quality over baselines.
This work introduces an efficient method to sample high-quality images from conditional GANs.
problem Efficient subsampling of images from conditional GANs (cGANs) is challenging.
method Developed a novel conditional density ratio estimation method (cDRE-F-cSP) and rejection sampling scheme (cDR-RS).
result cDR-RS outperforms state-of-the-art methods in both effectiveness and efficiency.