Dantzig Selector (DS) is widely used in compressed sensing and sparse learning for feature selection and sparse signal recovery. Since the DS formulation is essentially a linear programming optimization, many existing linear programming solvers can be simply applied for scaling up. The DS formulation can be explained a…
We consider the problem of estimating a low-rank matrix from a noisy observed matrix. Previous work has shown that the optimal method depends crucially on the choice of loss function. In this paper, we use a family of weighted loss functions, which arise naturally for problems such as submatrix denoising, denoising wit…
New approach to analyze matrix denoising using gradient flow and fixed point equations.
problem Positive semi-definite matrix denoising in extensive-rank and high-dimensional settings.
method Gradient flow and fixed point equations derived from linear pencil techniques of random matrix theory.
result Continuous phase transitions in the extensive-rank and high-dimensional regime.
Robust method learns nonlinear structures robustly to noise.
problem Learning nonlinear structures in noisy data.
method Robust Non-Linear Matrix Factorization (RNLMF).
result RNLMF achieves noticeable improvements in denoising and clustering.
We solve matrix denoising with both row and column correlations, setting limits and designing optimal methods.
problem Matrix denoising with doubly heteroscedastic noise (both row and column correlations).
method Established information-theoretic and algorithmic limits, designed a novel spectral estimator with optimality guarantees.
result The novel spectral estimator achieves positive correlation with the signal and Bayes-optimal error under one-sided heteroscedasticity.
DeepTMR reorders matrices without prior knowledge of structural patterns.
problem Matrix reordering without prior structural knowledge.
method DeepTMR uses a neural network to automatically extract features and reorder matrices.
result Trained network produces denoised mean matrix for visualization.
This paper considers the problem of estimating a low-rank matrix from the observation of all or a subset of its entries in the presence of Poisson noise. When we observe all entries, this is a problem of matrix denoising; when we observe only a subset of the entries, this is a problem of matrix completion. In both case…
Paper analyzes singular subspace estimation in noisy matrix models.
problem Estimating low-rank signals in noisy matrix data.
method Asymptotic distributional theory, extreme value theory, saddle point approximation, random matrix theory.
result Plug-in test statistic based on two-to-infinity norm has higher power for detecting structured alternatives.
New algorithms improve rank one signal estimation from noisy data.
problem Estimating a rank one signal matrix from corrupted data with rotationally invariant noise.
method Developed approximate message-passing algorithms exploiting eigenvalues and iterates denoisers.
result Achieves optimal asymptotic estimation error among iterative algorithms.
Level-set optimization formulations with data-driven constraints minimize a regularization functional subject to matching observations to a given error level. These formulations are widely used, particularly for matrix completion and sparsity promotion in data interpolation and denoising. The misfit level is typically …
New method unifies and formalizes data partitioning using a single vector.
problem Data partitioning and clustering methods.
method Rank-one matrix factorization and denoising of piecewise constant signals.
result Demonstrates robustness of denoising step in partitioning.
BIND removes background noise from binary matrices, improving detection accuracy and fairness.
problem Real data often violates the i.i.d assumption for binary matrix entries, leading to inaccurate detection.
method BIND optimizes detection by estimating row- and column-wise mixture distributions and eliminating background noise.
result BIND effectively removes background noise and increases detection accuracy and fairness.
The truncated singular value decomposition (SVD) of the measurement matrix is the optimal solution to the_representation_ problem of how to best approximate a noisy measurement matrix using a low-rank matrix. Here, we consider the (unobservable)_denoising_ problem of how to best approximate a low-rank signal matrix bur…
New estimator reduces bias and variance in tensor and matrix denoising.
problem Optimal bias-variance tradeoff in matrix and tensor estimation.
method One-step variant of higher-order SVD (HOSVD) estimator.
result Achieves optimal bias-variance tradeoff in both matrix and tensor settings.
Optimized sampling scheme for compressed sensing combining randomness and determinism.
problem Improving compressed sensing performance with deterministic sampling.
method Optimized sampling scheme combining random and deterministic selection of rows.
result Measurable improvements in image compressed sensing for generative and sparse priors.
We relax indicator matrices to form a manifold for faster optimization.
problem Optimizing indicator matrices is NP-hard.
method Developed a Riemannian manifold (RIM) and Riemannian optimization methods.
result RIM manifold optimization is significantly faster and yields better results.
TOLD++ improves convergence of diffusion models by critically damping the forward transition matrix.
problem Improving the convergence of Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models.
method Critically damping the Third-Order Langevin Dynamics (TOLD) forward transition matrix using eigen-analysis.
result TOLD++ converges faster than TOLD, verified on toy and real datasets.
New approach learns latent motifs in networks for mesoscale structure analysis.
problem Understanding large-scale behavior in complex systems through mesoscale structures.
method Network dictionary learning (NDL) combining network sampling and nonnegative matrix factorization.
result Networks can be approximated using a small set of latent motifs.
We propose a general framework for denoising high-dimensional measurements which requires no prior on the signal, no estimate of the noise, and no clean training data. The only assumption is that the noise exhibits statistical independence across different dimensions of the measurement, while the true signal exhibits s…
DDCD uses diffusion models to learn causal structures from noisy data.
problem Scalability and stability issues in high-dimensional causal structure learning.
method Adaptive k-hop acyclicity constraint and denoising score matching objective of diffusion models.
result DDCD achieves competitive performance on synthetic and real-world data.
Study exact limits of matrix reconstruction from noisy projections.
problem Reconstructing matrices from linear projections with high-dimensional data.
method Asymptotic analysis, universality properties, and generalized linear models.
result Exact asymptotic equations for optimal learning performance.
NMF and PCC linked, improving data denoising and feature stability.
problem Improving NMF's rank estimation and feature stability.
method Combining NMF and PCC for robust rank estimation and feature stability.
result NMF features are stable against noise and optimization seeds.
Spectral denoising recovers meaningful network structure from noisy financial correlations.
problem Noise in empirical correlation matrices from financial returns obscures genuine interactions.
method Spectral decomposition to separate structured and random components.
result Structured networks derived from 10-16 eigenmodes exhibit stronger core-periphery organization and scale-free degree distributions.
The paper develops a cross-validation method for improving signal denoising techniques.
problem Improving signal denoising methods for nonparametric regression.
method Develops a general cross-validation framework for signal denoising and applies it to Trend Filtering and Dyadic CART.
result Cross validated versions of Trend Filtering and Dyadic CART achieve nearly optimal convergence rates.
This work analyzes how bottleneck layers and skip connections affect linear denoising autoencoders' generalization.
problem Understanding the generalization of linear denoising autoencoders in overparameterized regimes.
method Analyzes two-layer linear denoising autoencoders with a bottleneck layer and skip connection, deriving test risk formulas.
result Bottleneck layers introduce an additional complexity measure, while skip connections can mitigate variance.
Wavelet denoised-ResNet with LightGBM predicts Forex rate of change.
problem Forecasting Foreign Exchange (Forex) rate of change for trading opportunities.
method Wavelet denoising, ResNet, LightGBM, technical indicators, image features.
result The model outperforms baseline models with low MAE, MSE, and RMSE.
We study an extention of total variation denoising over images to over Cartesian power graphs and its applications to estimating non-parametric network models. The power graph fused lasso (PGFL) segments a matrix by exploiting a known graphical structure, G, over the rows and columns. Our main results shows that for …
We propose a novel iterative channel estimation (ICE) algorithm that essentially removes the critical known noisy channel assumption for universal discrete denoising problem. Our algorithm is based on Neural DUDE (N-DUDE), a recently proposed neural network-based discrete denoiser, and it estimates the channel transiti…
We propose a general framework for reconstructing and denoising single entries of incomplete and noisy entries. We describe: effective algorithms for deciding if and entry can be reconstructed and, if so, for reconstructing and denoising it; and a priori bounds on the error of each entry, individually. In the noiseless…
The study examines denoising and noisy-input regression under distribution shift, revealing double descent behavior and insights for data augmentation.
problem Understanding denoising in machine learning, especially under noisy inputs and distribution shift.
method Theoretical analysis of supervised denoising and noisy-input regression, considering low-rank data and proportional regime.
result The test error exhibits double descent under general distribution shift, indicating that overfitting the noise can be benign, tempered, or catastrophic.
New method for faster graph parameter inference from large random Kronecker graphs.
problem Efficiently infer graph parameters from large random Kronecker graphs.
method Decompose adjacency matrix into signal and noise components, then use denoising and solving approach.
result Proposed method achieves comparable or better performance than existing methods at lower computational cost.
The higher order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) of tensors is a generalization of matrix SVD. The perturbation analysis of HOSVD under random noise is more delicate than its matrix counterpart. Recently, polynomial time algorithms have been proposed where statistically optimal estimates of the singular subspaces …
The estimation of probabilities of network edges from the observed adjacency matrix has important applications to predicting missing links and network denoising. It has usually been addressed by estimating the graphon, a function that determines the matrix of edge probabilities, but this is ill-defined without strong a…
Sparse matrix factorization is a popular tool to obtain interpretable data decompositions, which are also effective to perform data completion or denoising. Its applicability to large datasets has been addressed with online and randomized methods, that reduce the complexity in one of the matrix dimension, but not in bo…
Principal components analysis (PCA) is a well-known technique for approximating a tabular data set by a low rank matrix. Here, we extend the idea of PCA to handle arbitrary data sets consisting of numerical, Boolean, categorical, ordinal, and other data types. This framework encompasses many well known techniques in da…
DeepTensor uses deep networks to efficiently decompose tensors with improved performance and robustness.
problem Efficiently decomposing tensors with deep learning to capture nonlinear structures.
method Low-rank tensor decomposition using deep generative networks trained to minimize approximation error.
result DeepTensor outperforms classical methods like SVD and PCA in various applications, including image denoising and 3D MRI.
Efficiently regularizes deep learning models using Jacobian nuclear norm.
problem Regularizing deep learning models to prevent overfitting and improve generalization.
method Proposes a denoising-style approximation to penalize the Jacobian nuclear norm without computing the Jacobian matrix.
result Demonstrates that penalizing the average squared Frobenius norm of Jg and Jh is equivalent to penalizing the Jacobian nuclear norm for function compositions. Study optimizes shared singular subspace estimation from noisy matrices.
problem Estimating shared singular subspaces across multiple noisy matrices.
method Low-rank matrix denoising framework with Stack-SVD and novel estimators.
result Stack-SVD achieves minimax rate-optimality for identical shared subspaces, and novel estimators for partial sharing.
Paper compares optimal denoising methods for generative models, finding different results based on data regularity.
problem Optimizing denoising in score-based generative models for various data types.
method Comparison of full-denoising and half-denoising approaches, analyzing performance in terms of distribution distances.
result Different denoising methods perform better under different data regularity conditions.
GT is a new method for denoising and enhancing datasets using Gaussian density estimates.
problem Improving latent structures in datasets.
method GT is an iterative method that generates a new distance function by computing the ℓ2-Wasserstein distance between Gaussian density estimates. result GT is stable under perturbations and asymptotically ellipsoidal neighborhoods in the continuous case.
Paper addresses eigenvector perturbation in small eigen-gap scenarios.
problem Fine-grained behavior of eigenvectors in the presence of small eigen-gaps.
method Develops de-biased estimators for linear functions of an unknown eigenvector.
result Achieves minimax lower bounds for a family of scenarios, even with small eigen-gaps.
We address the problem of estimating a sparse low-rank matrix from its noisy observation. We propose an objective function consisting of a data-fidelity term and two parameterized non-convex penalty functions. Further, we show how to set the parameters of the non-convex penalty functions, in order to ensure that the ob…
New method improves posterior sampling for complex data models.
problem Sampling from posterior distributions in high-dimensional data.
method Tilted transport technique combining denoising oracle and log-likelihood.
result Boosted posterior is strongly log-concave, facilitating easier sampling.
Study the distribution for low-rank matrix learning, improving inference methods.
problem Lack of understanding of underlying probability distributions in low-rank matrix learning.
method Analyze the distribution f(X)∝e−λ∥X∥∗, using differential geometry to design an improved MCMC algorithm and learn penalty parameter λ. result Improved MCMC algorithm and penalty parameter learning for low-rank Bayesian inference.
Unrolled networks learn optimal Bayesian inference for unknown priors.
problem Optimizing Bayesian inference when the prior is unknown.
method Unrolling neural networks to simulate iterations of inference algorithms.
result Unrolled networks approximate convergence to optimal denoisers for product priors.
Unified method for simultaneous denoising and clustering.
problem Clustering noisy signals.
method Sparse convex wavelet clustering with fusion and group-sparse penalties.
result Unified approach that denoises and clusters simultaneously.
DDPD separates generation into planning and denoising for improved efficiency.
problem Efficiently denoise corrupted data during generation.
method Separates generation into a planner and denoiser, selecting denoising positions based on corruption severity.
result DDPD outperforms traditional methods on language and image generation benchmarks.
Optimal rank-adaptive matrix estimation from linear measurements.
problem Estimating high-dimensional matrices from linear measurements with adaptive rank selection.
method Combines Least-Squares estimator with universal singular value thresholding.
result Algorithm performance nearly matches fundamental limits.