We propose a novel approach to train a multi-modal policy from mixed demonstrations without their behavior labels. We develop a method to discover the latent factors of variation in the demonstrations. Specifically, our method is based on the variational autoencoder with a categorical latent variable. The encoder infer…
Method predicts NBA players' multi-modal movement trajectories.
problem Understanding NBA players' decision-making during games.
method LSTM-based architecture with multi-modal loss function.
result Method outperforms state-of-the-art in predicting realistic trajectories.
Triple-GAIL learns from multiple sources to improve imitation learning for complex behaviors.
problem Limited scalability of GAIL in real-world scenarios like autonomous vehicles.
method Integrates expert demonstrations and generated experiences with an auxiliary skill selector.
result Triple-GAIL outperforms state-of-the-art methods in learning complex behaviors.
A framework is proposed to detect anomalies in multi-modal data. A deep neural network-based object detector is employed to extract counts of objects and sub-events from the data. A cyclostationary model is proposed to model regular patterns of behavior in the count sequences. The anomaly detection problem is formulate…
New method trains neural samplers to sample from multi-modal distributions efficiently.
problem Mode-seeking behavior of reverse KL divergence hinders effective sampling from multi-modal target distributions.
method Minimizing reverse diffusive KL divergence along diffusion trajectories of model and target densities.
result Demonstrated enhanced sampling performance across various multi-modal distributions.
Recent work on imitation learning has generated policies that reproduce expert behavior from multi-modal data. However, past approaches have focused only on recreating a small number of distinct, expert maneuvers, or have relied on supervised learning techniques that produce unstable policies. This work extends InfoGAI…
MoCA uses a novel autoencoder to analyze multi-modal health data.
problem Challenges in analyzing continuous multi-modal health data from wearable devices.
method Proposes MoCA, a self-supervised learning framework combining transformer and masked autoencoder methods.
result Demonstrates strong performance boosts across reconstruction and classification tasks.
This paper rates robustness of multi-modal time-series forecasting models.
problem Robustness of AI systems in time-series forecasting is crucial for stakeholders.
method Causal analysis to assess robustness of MM-TSFM models.
result Multi-modal forecasting models are more robust than numeric models.
We address the problem of imitation learning with multi-modal demonstrations. Instead of attempting to learn all modes, we argue that in many tasks it is sufficient to imitate any one of them. We show that the state-of-the-art methods such as GAIL and behavior cloning, due to their choice of loss function, often incorr…
FlowVAT improves variational inference for multi-modal distributions.
problem Mode-seeking behavior and collapse in variational inference for complex posteriors.
method Conditional tempering approach for normalizing flow variational inference.
result FlowVAT outperforms traditional and adaptive annealing methods in multi-modal distributions, finding more modes and achieving better ELBO values.
Paper introduces a method for generating interlocutor-aware facial gestures in dyadic settings.
problem Generating appropriate non-verbal behavior for conversational agents in dyadic settings.
method Probabilistic method using multi-modal cues from the interlocutor to synthesize facial gestures.
result The model successfully leverages multi-modal input from the interlocutor to generate more appropriate behavior.
For autonomous agents to successfully operate in real world, the ability to anticipate future motions of surrounding entities in the scene can greatly enhance their safety levels since potentially dangerous situations could be avoided in advance. While impressive results have been shown on predicting each agent's behav…
Study reveals efficient recovery of multi-modal signals via Bayesian methods and sequential learning.
problem Recovering multiple high-dimensional signals from correlated modalities.
method Bayesian Approximate Message Passing and Sequential Curriculum Learning.
result Sequential learning strategy optimally recovers weak signals in multi-modal settings.
Human behavior expression and experience are inherently multi-modal, and characterized by vast individual and contextual heterogeneity. To achieve meaningful human-computer and human-robot interactions, multi-modal models of the users states (e.g., engagement) are therefore needed. Most of the existing works that try t…
To investigate the detection of students' behavioral engagement (On-Task vs. Off-Task), we propose a two-phase approach in this study. In Phase 1, contextual logs (URLs) are utilized to assess active usage of the content platform. If there is active use, the appearance information is utilized in Phase 2 to infer behavi…
A new depth measure based on optimal control theory captures multi-modal data.
problem Statistical depths for high-dimensional data.
method Eikonal equations and optimal control theory.
result The new depth measure is robust under adversarial models.
Predicting human behavior is a difficult and crucial task required for motion planning. It is challenging in large part due to the highly uncertain and multi-modal set of possible outcomes in real-world domains such as autonomous driving. Beyond single MAP trajectory prediction, obtaining an accurate probability distri…
Modelling highly multi-modal data is a challenging problem in machine learning. Most algorithms are based on maximizing the likelihood, which corresponds to the M(oment)-projection of the data distribution to the model distribution. The M-projection forces the model to average over modes it cannot represent. In contras…
Framework for reconstructing nonlinear systems from multi-modal time series data.
problem Reconstructing nonlinear dynamical systems from multi-modal time series data.
method Dynamic interpretable recurrent neural networks coupled with generalized linear models for multi-modal data integration.
result Framework efficiently compensates for noisy or missing information in one data channel using other channels.
A new method learns from multi-modal sequences with external memory.
problem Learning new modes in a dynamic environment without prior knowledge.
method Maintains a neural episodic memory with a Dirichlet Process prior to store mode descriptors and transfers knowledge through retrieval.
result Performs continual learning favorably compared to mainstream approaches.
The paper analyzes and proposes an algorithm for multi-modal nonlinear embeddings with theoretical performance bounds.
problem Generalizability of multi-modal nonlinear embeddings to unseen data.
method Theoretical analysis and a multi-modal nonlinear representation learning algorithm motivated by performance bounds.
result The proposed algorithm yields promising performance in multi-modal image classification and cross-modal image-text retrieval applications.
Remembering our day-to-day social interactions is challenging even if you aren't a blue memory challenged fish. The ability to automatically detect and remember these types of interactions is not only beneficial for individuals interested in their behavior in crowded situations, but also of interest to those who analyz…
ROME improves density estimation for multi-modal, non-normal data.
problem Robust multi-modal density estimation in non-normal, highly correlated distributions.
method ROME uses clustering to segment multi-modal data into uni-modal clusters, then combines KDE estimates for each cluster.
result ROME outperforms state-of-the-art methods and is more robust to various distributions.
Method for initializing Gaussian mixtures for variational inference with multi-modal distributions.
problem Challenges in variational inference with Gaussian mixtures due to multimodality and nonconvex loss functions.
method Optimization to find local maxima, local Gaussian approximations, and constrained least squares regression.
result Robust initialization improves variational inference performance and scalability.
FinVision uses LLM agents to predict stock markets by processing various financial data types.
problem Challenges in integrating diverse financial data for accurate stock market prediction.
method Multi-agent framework with LLMs specialized in different financial data types and a reflection module.
result The reflection module enhances decision-making capabilities for financial trading.
The paper evaluates samplers on multi-modal targets, focusing on mode separation and recovery.
problem Handling multi-modality in sampling.
method Synthetic experimental setting focusing on mode relative importance recovery.
result Illustrates the challenges and potential of samplers in multi-modality.
PhysVarMix predicts diverse urban trajectories with physics constraints.
problem Predicting complex urban agent trajectories with multiple plausible scenarios.
method Physics-informed variational mixture model combining learning and physics constraints.
result Superior performance compared to existing methods on benchmark datasets.
AF improves sampling from high-dimensional, multi-modal distributions.
problem Sampling from high-dimensional, multi-modal distributions is challenging.
method Annealing Flow (AF) using Continuous Normalizing Flow (CNF) with dynamic Optimal Transport (OT) objective and annealing procedures.
result AF significantly improves training efficiency and stability, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.
Develops multi-modal neural network models for improved prediction and uncertainty quantification.
problem Improving prediction accuracy and uncertainty quantification for multi-modal data.
method Multi-modal Bayesian neural network models with conjugate last-layer estimation using SVI.
result Improved prediction accuracy and uncertainty quantification compared to uni-modal models.
METEOR learns efficient representations from multi-modal data streams.
problem Efficiently interpreting multi-modal information in complex environments.
method METEOR learns compact representations by sharing parameters within semantically meaningful groups and preserving domain-agnostic semantics.
result METEOR reduces memory usage by around 80% compared to conventional methods.
Framework for handling long-tailed multi-modal data.
problem Class imbalance and long-tailed distributions in multi-modal data.
method Multi-expert architecture with modality-specific networks and dynamic fusion weights.
result Framework outperforms existing methods in long-tailed, class-imbalanced scenarios.
New framework shows cross-attention improves multi-modal in-context learning.
problem Understanding multi-modal in-context learning in neural networks.
method Mathematical framework and linearized cross-attention mechanism.
result Cross-attention mechanism is provably optimal for multi-modal in-context learning.
Contrastive learning adapts to data intrinsic dimensions, learning low-dimensional representations.
problem Learning high-dimensional representations from multi-modal data.
method Multi-modal contrastive learning with temperature optimization.
result Contrastive learning adapts to intrinsic dimensions of data, not specified dimensions.
Adaptive anchor methods improve multi-modal learning by balancing intra-modal and inter-modal information.
problem Fixed anchor methods limit multi-modal learning by over-reliance on a single modality and inadequate cross-modal correlation.
method Adaptive anchor methods using centroid-based anchors from all modalities.
result Adaptive anchor methods like CentroBind consistently outperform fixed anchor methods across various datasets.
PyTorch Frame simplifies multi-modal tabular learning with modular data and model handling.
problem Handling complex multi-modal tabular data in deep learning.
method A PyTorch-based framework that provides a data structure, model abstraction, and integration with external models.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of PyTorch Frame in implementing and applying diverse tabular models to complex multi-modal tabular data.
This work improves multi-modal generative models by using permutation-invariant neural networks.
problem Improving multi-modal generative models with tighter variational objectives.
method Developed more flexible aggregation schemes based on permutation-invariant neural networks.
result Our variational objective and flexible aggregation models can better approximate the true joint distribution.
This paper reviews deep learning for multi-modality medical image segmentation.
problem Improving segmentation accuracy in medical images using multiple modalities.
method Overview of deep learning and multi-modal medical image segmentation, analysis of different network architectures and fusion strategies.
result Later fusion of modalities can lead to more accurate segmentation results.
This paper learns multi-modal embeddings from text, audio, and video views/modes of data in order to improve upon down-stream sentiment classification. The experimental framework also allows investigation of the relative contributions of the individual views in the final multi-modal embedding. Individual features deriv…
Clinical diagnostic decision making and population-based studies often rely on multi-modal data which is noisy and incomplete. Recently, several works proposed geometric deep learning approaches to solve disease classification, by modeling patients as nodes in a graph, along with graph signal processing of multi-modal …
This study optimizes multi-modal learning thresholds and algorithms in high dimensions.
problem Optimizing multi-modal learning performance in high-dimensional data.
method Analytical quantification and derivation of AMP algorithm with state evolution analysis.
result Bayes-optimal performance and recovery thresholds derived for multi-modal data.
ESE-FN improves elderly activity recognition accuracy.
problem Recognizing individual actions and human-object interactions in elderly activities.
method Exploits multi-modal features from RGB videos and skeleton sequences using ESE attentions and a new Multi-modal Loss.
result ESE-FN achieves best accuracy on ETRI-Activity3D dataset.
MM-DREX adapts LLM experts for financial trading via dynamic routing.
problem Challenges of non-stationary financial markets and static expert designs.
method MM-DREX uses a VLM-powered dynamic router to allocate expert weights and designs heterogeneous trading experts.
result Significantly outperforms 15 baselines across key metrics.
Paper introduces topological eigenvalue theorems for tensor analysis in multi-modal data.
problem Lack of deep understanding of tensor structures in multi-modal data fusion.
method Introduces topological perspective to tensor eigenvalue analysis, linking eigenvalues to topological features.
result Establishes new theorems that enhance understanding of tensor structures in data fusion.
GPCCA integrates multi-modal data with missing values, improving clustering accuracy.
problem Integrating and analyzing multi-modal data with missing values and partial observations.
method Generalized Probabilistic Canonical Correlation Analysis (GPCCA) for unsupervised multi-modal data integration and dimensionality reduction.
result GPCCA outperforms existing methods in capturing essential patterns across modalities and provides robust low-dimensional embeddings.
Proposes a novel method for detecting novelty in multi-modal data.
problem Challenges in detecting novelty in high-dimensional, multi-modal data.
method Orthogonalized latent space for disentangling features and defining novelty score.
result Proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in novelty detection.
New divergences improve score-based methods for multi-modal distributions.
problem Blindness problem in score-based divergences for multi-modal distributions.
method Proposed a new family of divergences to mitigate blindness.
result Improved performance in density estimation compared to traditional approaches.
Smart devices of everyday use (such as smartphones and wearables) are increasingly integrated with sensors that provide immense amounts of information about a person's daily life such as behavior and context. The automatic and unobtrusive sensing of behavioral context can help develop solutions for assisted living, fit…
Study uses sentiment analysis to predict cryptocurrency token returns in virtual reality.
problem Predicting cryptocurrency token returns in virtual reality economies.
method Used BERT for sentiment analysis and developed LSTM models integrating multi-modal features.
result Multi-modal model significantly outperforms price-only baseline in prediction accuracy.