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JIMA uses multi-level preference data to recommend composite items.
While recommendation systems generally observe user behavior passively, there has been an increased interest in directly querying users to learn their specific preferences. In such settings, considering queries at different levels of granularity to optimize user information acquisition is crucial to efficiently providi…
3D object recognition accuracy can be improved by learning the multi-scale spatial features from 3D spatial geometric representations of objects such as point clouds, 3D models, surfaces, and RGB-D data. Current deep learning approaches learn such features either using structured data representations (voxel grids and o…
We propose a new algorithm for training neural networks with binary activations and multi-level weights, which enables efficient processing-in-memory circuits with embedded nonvolatile memories (eNVM). Binary activations obviate costly DACs and ADCs. Multi-level weights leverage multi-level eNVM cells. Compared to exis…
The paper tackles multi-level fairness in algorithmic systems, addressing bias at both individual and structural levels.
Traditionally, most of the existing attribute learning methods are trained based on the consensus of annotations aggregated from a limited number of annotators. However, the consensus might fail in settings, especially when a wide spectrum of annotators with different interests and comprehension about the attribute wor…
We introduce in this paper a new way of optimizing the natural extension of the quantization error using in k-means clustering to dissimilarity data. The proposed method is based on hierarchical clustering analysis combined with multi-level heuristic refinement. The method is computationally efficient and achieves bett…
We propose a multi-level method to increase the accuracy of machine learning algorithms for approximating observables in scientific computing, particularly those that arise in systems modeled by differential equations. The algorithm relies on judiciously combining a large number of computationally cheap training data o…
New algorithms solve complex multi-level optimization problems with improved efficiency.
A distributed SGD method for heterogeneous networks with hubs and workers.
A new method for solving complex sequential decision-making problems by decomposing them into multiple levels.
The web link selection problem is to select a small subset of web links from a large web link pool, and to place the selected links on a web page that can only accommodate a limited number of links, e.g., advertisements, recommendations, or news feeds. Despite the long concerned click-through rate which reflects the at…
In this article we propose a novel approach to reduce the computational complexity of various approximation methods for pricing discrete time American options. Given a sequence of continuation values estimates corresponding to different levels of spatial approximation and time discretization, we propose a multi-level l…
Few-shot learning is currently enjoying a considerable resurgence of interest, aided by the recent advance of deep learning. Contemporary approaches based on weight-generation scheme delivers a straightforward and flexible solution to the problem. However, they did not fully consider both the representation power for u…
Enhances social spam detection using multi-level dependency of relational sequences.
Paper introduces a VAE-based framework for multi-level Granger-causal learning.
COLUMBUS discovers new features to improve domain generalization.
Develops a method to ensure accurate quantile forecasts across multiple levels.
In complex financial systems, the sector structure and volatility clustering are respectively important features of the spatial and temporal correlations. However, the microscopic generation mechanism of the sector structure is not yet understood. Especially, how to produce these two features in one model remains chall…
Improved 3D generative models for drug design reduce bias and enhance data efficiency.
Proposes a novel tensor-based approach for multi-level link prediction.
Simulation study evaluates tree-based imputation methods for multi-level data.
New algorithm solves complex optimization problems without needing projections.
We study the multi-level order-flow imbalance (MLOFI), which is a vector quantity that measures the net flow of buy and sell orders at different price levels in a limit order book (LOB). Using a recent, high-quality data set for 6 liquid stocks on Nasdaq, we fit a simple, linear relationship between MLOFI and the conte…
Dirichlet Process(DP) is a Bayesian non-parametric prior for infinite mixture modeling, where the number of mixture components grows with the number of data items. The Hierarchical Dirichlet Process (HDP), is an extension of DP for grouped data, often used for non-parametric topic modeling, where each group is a mixtur…
In this paper, we propose a deep multimodal fusion network to fuse multiple modalities (face, iris, and fingerprint) for person identification. The proposed deep multimodal fusion algorithm consists of multiple streams of modality-specific Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), which are jointly optimized at multiple fe…
Paper tackles missing data in medical records using advanced optimization.
Proposes MGPLL for PL learning with non-random noise.
We consider multi-level composite optimization problems where each mapping in the composition is the expectation over a family of random smooth mappings or the sum of some finite number of smooth mappings. We present a normalized proximal approximate gradient (NPAG) method where the approximate gradients are obtained v…
Object-based approaches for learning action-conditioned dynamics has demonstrated promise for generalization and interpretability. However, existing approaches suffer from structural limitations and optimization difficulties for common environments with multiple dynamic objects. In this paper, we present a novel self-s…
The communication of gradients is costly for training deep neural networks with multiple devices in computer vision applications. In particular, the growing size of deep learning models leads to higher communication overheads that defy the ideal linear training speedup regarding the number of devices. Gradient quantiza…
Interactive news recommendation has been launched and attracted much attention recently. In this scenario, user's behavior evolves from single click behavior to multiple behaviors including like, comment, share etc. However, most of the existing methods still use single click behavior as the unique criterion of judging…
Feature matters for salient object detection. Existing methods mainly focus on designing a sophisticated structure to incorporate multi-level features and filter out cluttered features. We present Progressive Feature Polishing Network (PFPN), a simple yet effective framework to progressively polish the multi-level feat…
New method adapts to unknown mixing time in stochastic optimization.
This paper describes a conditional neural network architecture for Mandarin Chinese polyphone disambiguation. The system is composed of a bidirectional recurrent neural network component acting as a sentence encoder to accumulate the context correlations, followed by a prediction network that maps the polyphonic charac…
A quantitative analysis of the basic components of the daily DJIA. The parameters of the underlying Lorentzian states are obtained by fitting the data. Statistical properties of the states are discussed. This is a practical development of the general method introduced in arXiv:1203.6021.
Study develops advanced models to forecast complex LOB data.
Driven by the multi-level structure of human intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) recordings of epileptic seizures, we introduce a new variant of a hierarchical Dirichlet Process---the multi-level clustering hierarchical Dirichlet Process (MLC-HDP)---that simultaneously clusters datasets on multiple levels. Our sei…
In this work we present a clustering technique called \textit{multi-level conformal clustering (MLCC)}. The technique is hierarchical in nature because it can be performed at multiple significance levels which yields greater insight into the data than performing it at just one level. We describe the theoretical underpi…
Improved MLMC method boosts risk estimation efficiency.
Novel AMM model for pegged cryptoassets using nested OU processes.
New algorithm FLUTE achieves uniform-PAC convergence in RL with linear approx.
This paper proposes a novel deep subspace clustering approach which uses convolutional autoencoders to transform input images into new representations lying on a union of linear subspaces. The first contribution of our work is to insert multiple fully-connected linear layers between the encoder layers and their corresp…
Reinforcement Patching optimizes dynamic sequence patching for efficient time series forecasting.
A new method optimizes complex engineering designs under uncertainty efficiently.
We would like to learn a representation of the data which decomposes an observation into factors of variation which we can independently control. Specifically, we want to use minimal supervision to learn a latent representation that reflects the semantics behind a specific grouping of the data, where within a group the…
Higher-order tensors can represent scores in a rating system, frames in a video, and images of the same subject. In practice, the measurements are often highly quantized due to the sampling strategies or the quality of devices. Existing works on tensor recovery have focused on data losses and random noises. Only a few …
We develop a framework that allows the use of the multi-level Monte Carlo (MLMC) methodology (Giles2015) to calculate expectations with respect to the invariant measure of an ergodic SDE. In that context, we study the (over-damped) Langevin equations with a strongly concave potential. We show that, when appropriate con…