The paper analyzes how Gaussian kernel parameters affect posterior covariance in Gaussian processes.
problem Understanding the influence of Gaussian kernel parameters on posterior covariance in Gaussian processes.
method Geometric analysis and a posteriori error estimation techniques from adaptive finite element methods.
result The bandwidth parameter and spatial distribution of observations significantly influence posterior covariance and its matrix.
Training Gaussian process-based models typically involves an O(N3) computational bottleneck due to inverting the covariance matrix. Popular methods for overcoming this matrix inversion problem cannot adequately model all types of latent functions, and are often not parallelizable. However, judicious choice of model…
Paper improves efficiency in matrix computations for Gaussian processes.
problem Efficiency in matrix computations for Gaussian processes.
method Variance reduction via matrix factorization.
result Factorized estimator can be up to 1,000 times more efficient.
A new method clusters rows of a matrix of point processes.
problem Challenges in analyzing structured point process data.
method Mixture model of multi-level marked point processes, combined with ES algorithm and FPCA.
result An efficient method for clustering rows of a matrix of point processes.
This paper presents a sequential randomized lowrank matrix factorization approach for incrementally predicting values of an unknown function at test points using the Gaussian Processes framework. It is well-known that in the Gaussian processes framework, the computational bottlenecks are the inversion of the (regulariz…
Develops a new MCMC-based Wishart prior for Gaussian Process covariance matrix.
problem Difficult inference for multivariate Gaussian Processes with multiple lengthscale parameters.
method Introduces a self-assembled Wishart prior and uses MCMC for Bayesian inference on kernel hyperparameters.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the new prior in GP-based learning with empirical results.
Efficiently computes matrix square roots and their inverses for large matrices.
problem Computing matrix square roots and inverses for large matrices efficiently.
method Combines Krylov subspace methods with rational approximation for quadratic-time computation.
result Achieves 4 decimal places of accuracy with fewer than 100 matrix-vector multiplications.
Generalizes randomized SVD for better matrix approximations using Gaussian vectors.
problem Computing accurate rank-k approximations of matrices with limited data.
method Extends randomized SVD to multivariate Gaussian vectors, incorporating prior knowledge and using Gaussian processes.
result Demonstrates improved accuracy in approximating matrices and Hilbert-Schmidt operators.
Transposable data represents interactions among two sets of entities, and are typically represented as a matrix containing the known interaction values. Additional side information may consist of feature vectors specific to entities corresponding to the rows and/or columns of such a matrix. Further information may also…
The paper examines how kernel approximations affect Gaussian process regression in large data applications.
problem Effect of kernel approximations on Gaussian process regression in large data applications.
method Unified framework to analyze Gaussian process regression under computational and epistemic misspecification.
result Theoretical analysis of Gaussian process regression under various misspecifications.
Quantum-assisted Gaussian process speeds up data regression.
problem High computational complexity of Gaussian process regression for large datasets.
method Quantum-assisted sparse Gaussian process regression using random Fourier features.
result Achieves polynomial-order computational speedup compared to classical methods.
Paper connects neural networks to Gaussian processes for understanding double-descent.
problem Understanding the double-descent phenomenon in neural networks.
method Uses techniques from random matrix theory and Gaussian processes.
result Establishes a connection between NNGP and random matrix theory for neural networks.
We introduce Gaussian Process Topic Models (GPTMs), a new family of topic models which can leverage a kernel among documents while extracting correlated topics. GPTMs can be considered a systematic generalization of the Correlated Topic Models (CTMs) using ideas from Gaussian Process (GP) based embedding. Since GPTMs w…
We propose a novel hierarchical model for multitask bipartite ranking. The proposed approach combines a matrix-variate Gaussian process with a generative model for task-wise bipartite ranking. In addition, we employ a novel trace constrained variational inference approach to impose low rank structure on the posterior m…
New method trains sparse Gaussian processes without matrix inversion.
problem Costly training of Gaussian processes at scale.
method Inverse-free approach using matmul-only natural-gradient updates.
result Significantly improved stability and convergence in training.
This dissertation advances scalable Gaussian processes using iterative methods and pathwise conditioning.
problem The classical Gaussian process formulation is not scalable for large datasets and modern hardware.
method Combining iterative methods and pathwise conditioning to improve scalability.
result Significantly reduced memory requirements and facilitated application to larger datasets.
Scalable Gaussian processes with latent Kronecker structure for large datasets.
problem Limited scalability of Gaussian processes for large datasets.
method Leveraging latent Kronecker structure, projecting kernel matrix onto latent Kronecker product, using iterative linear system solvers and pathwise conditioning.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art sparse and variational GPs on real-world datasets with up to five million examples.
Bayesian methods in machine learning, such as Gaussian processes, have great advantages com-pared to other techniques. In particular, they provide estimates of the uncertainty associated with a prediction. Extending the Bayesian approach to deep architectures has remained a major challenge. Recent results connected dee…
Paper speeds up Gaussian process inference using Matérn kernels.
problem Efficiently performing Gaussian process inference for large datasets.
method Exact Matérn kernel decomposition into empirical cumulative distribution functions, combined with divide-and-conquer approach.
result The proposed algorithm significantly speeds up Gaussian process inference for low-dimensional problems with hundreds of thousands of data points.
In this paper, we introduce a new directed graphical model from Gaussian data: the Gaussian graphical interaction model (GGIM). The development of this model comes from considering stationary Gaussian processes on graphs, and leveraging the equations between the resulting steady-state covariance matrix and the Laplacia…
For applications as varied as Bayesian neural networks, determinantal point processes, elliptical graphical models, and kernel learning for Gaussian processes (GPs), one must compute a log determinant of an n×n positive definite matrix, and its derivatives - leading to prohibitive O(n3) computatio…
ETGP improves multi-class classification efficiency.
problem Efficiently handling non-stationary, dependent multi-class classification problems.
method ETGP uses transformed Gaussian processes with efficient sparse variational inference.
result ETGPs outperform state-of-the-art methods in multi-class classification tasks.
A new method combines Gaussian graphical models for better distributed Gaussian process predictions.
problem Poor results from traditional DGP due to violated conditional independence assumption.
method Proposes using Gaussian graphical models to aggregate local predictions from subsets of data.
result Our method outperforms other state-of-the-art DGP approaches on both synthetic and real datasets.
Batch Active Learning uses derivative information for Gaussian Process regression.
problem Efficiently selecting data batches in Gaussian Process regression models.
method Proposes using the predictive covariance matrix to select data batches, exploiting full correlation.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of incorporating derivative information across diverse applications.
We tackle the problem of collaborative filtering (CF) with side information, through the lens of Gaussian Process (GP) regression. Driven by the idea of using the kernel to explicitly model user-item similarities, we formulate the GP in a way that allows the incorporation of low-rank matrix factorisation, arriving at o…
This work simplifies Gaussian process regression for multiple outputs.
problem Exponential computational complexity in Gaussian process regression.
method Approximating the covariance kernel using eigenvalues and functions.
result Significant reduction in training and regression complexity.
Improved Gaussian process regression with tighter log marginal likelihood bounds.
problem Improving predictive performance in Gaussian process regression models.
method Lower bound on log marginal likelihood using conjugate gradients.
result Improved predictive performance compared to other conjugate gradient based approaches.
VNNGP uses nearest neighbors to approximate GPs, improving scalability and performance.
problem Scalability issues in Gaussian process approximations.
method Sparse precision structure via nearest neighbors, variational framework.
result VNNGP outperforms low-rank methods and is less prone to overfitting.
A new approach simplifies multitask Gaussian processes without rank approximations.
problem Handling multioutput regression problems with conditionally dependent tasks.
method Introduces a novel approach to reduce multitask learning to univariate GPs, eliminating the need for rank approximations.
result Accurately recovers multitask covariance and noise matrices with fewer parameters, improving performance and reducing overfitting risk.
A new model combines Gaussian processes with collaborative filtering for uncertainty-aware recommendations.
problem Uncertainty in recommendation systems.
method Combining Gaussian process multi-output models with collaborative filtering.
result Generates uncertainty estimates for predictions.
We propose a parallelizable sparse inverse formulation Gaussian process (SpInGP) for temporal models. It uses a sparse precision GP formulation and sparse matrix routines to speed up the computations. Due to the state-space formulation used in the algorithm, the time complexity of the basic SpInGP is linear, and becaus…
Despite advances in scalable models, the inference tools used for Gaussian processes (GPs) have yet to fully capitalize on developments in computing hardware. We present an efficient and general approach to GP inference based on Blackbox Matrix-Matrix multiplication (BBMM). BBMM inference uses a modified batched versio…
Improved sparse Gaussian processes using structured scaling matrices and Power-EP framework.
problem Scaling Gaussian processes for large datasets.
method Structured diagonal scaling matrix and Power-EP framework.
result Structured approximations improve performance without increasing computational cost.
This work improves Gaussian process inference using mixtures of experts and nested SMC samplers.
problem High computational and memory costs of Gaussian processes.
method Mixtures of Gaussian process experts with nested SMC samplers.
result Significantly improved inference compared to importance sampling.
New method aggregates Gaussian experts by detecting conditional independence violations.
problem Aggregation of dependent Gaussian experts leads to sub-optimal solutions.
method Uses Gaussian graphical model to detect and correct conditional independence violations.
result Improves aggregation of Gaussian experts, outperforming SOTA DGP approaches.
Gaussian process model for vector-valued function has been shown to be useful for multi-output prediction. The existing method for this model is to re-formulate the matrix-variate Gaussian distribution as a multivariate normal distribution. Although it is effective in many cases, re-formulation is not always workable a…
New Gaussian min-max theorem extends classical results to non-i.i.d. Gaussian matrices.
problem Extending classical Gaussian min-max theorems to non-i.i.d. Gaussian matrices.
method Identifying a new pair of Gaussian processes that satisfy comparison inequalities.
result New Gaussian min-max and convex Gaussian min-max theorems with applications in multi-source Gaussian regression and binary classification.
Accelerates GPR with localized kernels for faster performance.
problem Speeding up Gaussian process regression.
method Localization kernels applied at each data point to down-weight distant points, leading to a sparsified Gram matrix.
result Significant speedups with competitive performance compared to other methods.
Improved kernel ridge regression for large datasets using weighted random binning.
problem Efficiently approximating kernel matrices for large-scale datasets.
method Introduced weighted random binning features for locality sensitive hashing.
result Weighted random binning features generate Gaussian processes of any desired smoothness.
Bayesian Optimization using Gaussian Processes is a popular approach to deal with the optimization of expensive black-box functions. However, because of the a priori on the stationarity of the covariance matrix of classic Gaussian Processes, this method may not be adapted for non-stationary functions involved in the op…
We face network data from various sources, such as protein interactions and online social networks. A critical problem is to model network interactions and identify latent groups of network nodes. This problem is challenging due to many reasons. For example, the network nodes are interdependent instead of independent o…
Efficiently predicts high-fidelity PDE solutions using multi-fidelity Gaussian processes.
problem Expensive high-fidelity solutions for PDEs on discretized domains.
method Multi-Fidelity High-Order Gaussian Process (MFHoGP) that integrates multi-fidelity examples and scales to large numbers of outputs.
result Significantly reduces the cost of high-fidelity PDE solutions through efficient Gaussian process modeling.
Gaussian Processes are widely used for regression tasks. A known limitation in the application of Gaussian Processes to regression tasks is that the computation of the solution requires performing a matrix inversion. The solution also requires the storage of a large matrix in memory. These factors restrict the applicat…
Paper speeds up GP inference by reducing precision matrix computation.
problem High computational complexity in computing kernel precision matrices.
method Splitting precision matrix into Hankel-Toeplitz matrices and computing only unique entries.
result Precision matrix computation reduced from O(NM2) to O(NM). A-BLINK speeds up Gaussian process covariance estimation.
problem Slow covariance matrix inversion in Gaussian processes.
method Two pre-trained neural networks learn Kriging weights and spatial variance.
result Significant computational speedups and posterior inference.
Efficiently models learning curves using Gaussian processes with latent Kronecker structure.
problem Joint modeling of machine learning model performance across hyper-parameters and training progress.
method Imposes latent Kronecker structure to leverage efficient product kernels and handle missing values.
result Matches the performance of a Transformer on a learning curve prediction task.
This paper analyzes error in SKI for Gaussian Processes, providing conditions for linear time inference.
problem Lack of rigorous theoretical error analysis for SKI.
method Proved error bounds for SKI Gram matrix, examined error effects, provided practical guidelines.
result Identified two dimensionality regimes for SKI's scalability-accuracy trade-offs.
A scalable method for efficient inference in Gaussian process regression networks.
problem Intractable inference in Gaussian process regression networks (GPRN).
method Tensorization of output space, tensor/matrix-normal variational posteriors, joint optimization, and exploiting Kronecker product structure.
result Captures posterior dependencies and improves inference quality for large number of outputs.