Nighttime satellite imagery has been applied in a wide range of fields. However, our limited understanding of how observed light intensity is formed and whether it can be simulated greatly hinders its further application. This study explores the potential of conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (cGAN) in transla…
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Enhances nighttime vehicle detection using style transfer and augmentation.
problem Nighttime object detection challenges due to lack of lighting and glare.
method Day-to-night style transfer and labeling-free augmentation with CARLA synthetic data.
result Significant improvements in nighttime vehicle detection with YOLO11 model.
Study finds nighttime lights correlate with Indian GDP growth.
problem Accurate forecasting of Indian economic growth.
method Examined relationship between GDP and nighttime lights using DMSP and VIIRS datasets.
result Nighttime lights correlate with Indian GDP growth.
Using open source data, we observe the fascinating dynamics of nighttime light. Following a global economic regime shift, the planetary center of light can be seen moving eastwards at a pace of about 60 km per year. Introducing spatial light Gini coefficients, we find a universal pattern of human settlements across dif…
Maps are an important medium that enable people to comprehensively understand the configuration of cultural activities and natural elements over different times and places. Although massive maps are available in the digital era, how to effectively and accurately access the required map remains a challenge today. Previo…
Predicts morning traffic congestion using social media data from the previous evening.
problem Challenges in predicting early morning traffic dynamics.
method Mining Twitter messages to understand evening/midnight work and rest patterns.
result People's tweeting patterns before the morning commute are associated with traffic congestion.
Many tasks in computer vision can be cast as a "label changing" problem, where the goal is to make a semantic change to the appearance of an image or some subject in an image in order to alter the class membership. Although successful task-specific methods have been developed for some label changing applications, to da…
The UN Sustainable Development Goals allude to the importance of infrastructure quality in three of its seventeen goals. However, monitoring infrastructure quality in developing regions remains prohibitively expensive and impedes efforts to measure progress toward these goals. To this end, we investigate the use of wid…
A new data set helps estimate continental-scale population distributions.
problem Lack of comprehensive, publicly available data for population estimation.
method Comprehensive data set combining satellite imagery and open-source data.
result Provides a valuable resource for developing population estimation methods.
In recent years, dock-less shared bikes have been widely spread across many cities in China and facilitate people's lives. However, at the same time, it also raises many problems about dock-less shared bike management due to the mismatching between demands and real distribution of bikes. Before deploying dock-less shar…
Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are mainly treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Good compliance with this therapy is broadly accepted as more than 4h of CPAP average use nightly. Although it is a highly effective treatment, compliance with this therapy is problematic to achieve with …
Many activation functions have been proposed in the past, but selecting an adequate one requires trial and error. We propose a new methodology of designing activation functions within a neural network at each layer. We call this technique an "activation ensemble" because it allows the use of multiple activation functio…
This paper studies activation sparsity in large language models, finding key trends and implications.
problem Activation sparsity in large language models (LLMs) can be improved for efficiency and interpretability.
method Proposes PPL- sparsity, analyzes trends with training data, width-depth ratio, and parameter scale.
result ReLU is more efficient for sparsity than SiLU, and deeper architectures can improve sparsity.
Activity recognition from sensor data deals with various challenges, such as overlapping activities, activity labeling, and activity detection. Although each challenge in the field of recognition has great importance, the most important one refers to online activity recognition. The present study tries to use online hi…
Many neural network architectures rely on the choice of the activation function for each hidden layer. Given the activation function, the neural network is trained over the bias and the weight parameters. The bias catches the center of the activation, and the weights capture the scale. Here we propose to train the netw…
BinaryDuo: Reducing Gradient Mismatch in Binary Activation Network by Coupling Binary Activationscs.LG
BinaryDuo improves BNNs by coupling binary activations, outperforming state-of-the-art models.
problem Gradient mismatch in BNNs due to binarizing activations.
method Using gradient of smoothed loss function to estimate gradient mismatch, proposing BinaryDuo scheme with coupled ternary activations.
result BinaryDuo outperforms state-of-the-art BNNs on various benchmarks.
Evolutionary algorithms improve neural network performance by discovering better activation functions.
problem The choice of activation function affects neural network performance, but ReLU remains dominant.
method Defined a tree-based search space of candidate activation functions and used evolutionary algorithms (mutation, crossover, exhaustive search) to explore and discover better functions.
result Replacing ReLU with evolved activation functions statistically significantly increases network accuracy.
Active learning method balances bias and variance under class imbalance.
problem Active learning under label shift when class proportions differ.
method Mediated Active Learning under Label Shift (MALLS) using a 'medial distribution'.
result MALLS reduces asymptotic sample complexity under arbitrary label shift.
Study active learning of PTFs with derivative access.
problem Active learning of polynomial threshold functions (PTFs).
method Algorithm for active learning degree- univariate PTFs with derivative access.
result Computational efficient algorithm for active learning degree- univariate PTFs.
Collaborative filtering is a useful technique for exploiting the preference patterns of a group of users to predict the utility of items for the active user. In general, the performance of collaborative filtering depends on the number of rated examples given by the active user. The more the number of rated examples giv…
Characterizing the robustness of Bayesian adaptive experimental designs to active learning biasstat.ME
Bayesian adaptive designs can be biased by active learning, especially with misspecified models.
problem Active learning bias in Bayesian adaptive experimental designs.
method Analysis of linear and preference learning models, empirical testing.
result Model misspecification and noise influence active learning bias in Bayesian designs.
Derives time-averaged active inference from control principles.
problem Finite-horizon or discounted-surprise problems in active inference.
method Derives infinite-horizon, average-surprise active inference from optimal control principles.
result Unified objective functional for sensorimotor control.
RAN model recognizes multiple activities from unlabeled sensor data.
problem Handling weakly labeled multi-activity data from wearable sensors.
method Recurrent Attention Networks (RAN) for sequential multi-activity recognition and localization.
result RAN model can infer multiple activities and determine activity locations from unlabeled data.
A new indicator measures project risk from activity durations.
problem Managing project risks throughout the lifecycle.
method Activity Risk Index (ARI) based on Schedule Risk Baseline.
result Identifies activities contributing most to project uncertainty.
Hidden Markov Models detect hand gestures from wearable sEMG signals.
problem Detecting activity regions in continuous sEMG signals.
method Hidden Markov Models applied to sEMG signals for gesture recognition.
result Average accuracy of 96.25% for activity onsets and 87.5% for activity terminations.
Active testing reduces label costs for efficient model evaluation.
problem Real-world applications require expensive test labels, disconnecting from existing model evaluation methods.
method Derives acquisition strategies to select test points efficiently, addressing label bias and variance.
result Active testing improves model evaluation efficiency without sacrificing accuracy.
Survey of trainable activation functions in neural networks.
problem Improving neural network performance through trainable activation functions.
method Taxonomy and comparison of recent and past models of trainable activation functions.
result Many trainable activation functions are equivalent to adding neuron layers with fixed activation functions and simple constraints.
This paper analyzes and improves active learning techniques for real-world projects.
problem Reducing labelling effort in machine learning models with real-world constraints.
method Systematic study of active learning issues, proposing techniques to address model convergence, annotation error, and dataset imbalance.
result Presentation of two techniques to speed up active learning: partial uncertainty sampling and larger query size.
Active nematodynamics on deformable surfacescond-mat.soft
Study active nematic forces on curved surfaces, revealing new coupling mechanisms.
problem Understanding active nematic forces on curved surfaces.
method Developed a thermodynamically consistent surface model with nematic activity, analyzed topological defects.
result Active defects contribute both tangential and normal forces on curved surfaces.
This paper provides an overview of activation functions in neural networks.
problem Confusion in activation function selection and properties in deep learning.
method Analytic review of popular activation functions.
result Clarification of activation function properties and selection.
Bayesian active learning method improved for censored regression data.
problem Challenges in estimating BALD for censored regression data.
method Derived entropy and mutual information for censored distributions, developed -BALD objective, proposed novel modelling approach.
result Demonstrated -BALD outperforms other methods in censored regression.
DUNs improve active learning by dynamically adjusting model complexity.
problem Active learning datasets grow, leading to model bias or overfitting.
method Depth Uncertainty Networks (DUNs) infer model depth for flexibility and complexity.
result DUNs outperform other BNN variants on active learning tasks, reducing overfitting.
Large deviation principle for deep neural networks with ReLU activation.
problem Understanding the behavior of deep neural networks with ReLU activation.
method Proving a large deviation principle for networks with Gaussian weights and ReLU activation functions.
result Simplified expressions and power-series expansions for the ReLU case.
TransFall uses transfer learning to improve activity recognition from mobile sensors.
problem Performance degradation due to platform and user movement differences.
method Two-tier data transformation, label estimation, and model generation layers.
result TransFall enhances activity recognition accuracy for new scenarios.
Overfitting frequently occurs in deep learning. In this paper, we propose a novel regularization method called Drop-Activation to reduce overfitting and improve generalization. The key idea is to drop nonlinear activation functions by setting them to be identity functions randomly during training time. During testing, …
EmbraceNet fusion model for multi-sensor activity recognition.
problem Human activity recognition using multiple sensors is challenging.
method Independent processing of each sensor, feature fusion with EmbraceNet, post-processing, and additional processes.
result Improved performance in SHL recognition challenge.
We consider active learning of deep neural networks. Most active learning works in this context have focused on studying effective querying mechanisms and assumed that an appropriate network architecture is a priori known for the problem at hand. We challenge this assumption and propose a novel active strategy whereby …
Data-aware activation function customization reduces neural network error.
problem Current neural networks lack consideration for specific activation functions.
method Linear algebraic explanation and Diaconis-Shahshahani Approximation Theorem criteria for activation functions.
result Using an even activation function like seagull can reduce neural network error by orders of magnitude.
In the last few years there has been a growing interest in Human Activity Recognition~(HAR) topic. Sensor-based HAR approaches, in particular, has been gaining more popularity owing to their privacy preserving nature. Furthermore, due to the widespread accessibility of the internet, a broad range of streaming-based app…
Active learning selects inputs for GPSSM to learn latent states.
problem Optimally learn latent states of a GPSSM through active selection of inputs.
method Use mutual information to select informative inputs; approximate mutual information for GPSSM.
result Effective active learning of GPSSM dynamics in physical systems.
Active learning is an important technique to reduce the number of labeled examples in supervised learning. Active learning for binary classification has been well addressed in machine learning. However, active learning of the reject option classifier remains unaddressed. In this paper, we propose novel algorithms for a…
This paper explores adaptive neural activation in RNNs for better learning.
problem Fixed neural activation functions limit the performance and adaptability of RNNs.
method Developed a novel parametric family of nonlinear activation functions inspired by biological neurons.
result Adaptive neural activation improves learning speed and performance in RNNs.
There has been a growing interest in expressivity of deep neural networks. However, most of the existing work about this topic focuses only on the specific activation function such as ReLU or sigmoid. In this paper, we investigate the approximation ability of deep neural networks with a broad class of activation functi…
Unified study of active learning for deep neural networks.
problem Improving performance of deep neural networks through active learning.
method Investigation of incremental and cumulative training modes, model configurations, query strategies, and pseudo-labels.
result Proposed more efficient querying procedures and insights into active learning behavior.
Deep learning models outperform classical methods in forecasting neural activity.
problem Improving forecasting of neural activity using deep learning models.
method Systematic evaluation of eight probabilistic deep learning models against classical statistical models and baseline methods.
result Several deep learning models consistently outperform classical approaches in forecasting neural activity.
The most widely used activation functions in current deep feed-forward neural networks are rectified linear units (ReLU), and many alternatives have been successfully applied, as well. However, none of the alternatives have managed to consistently outperform the rest and there is no unified theory connecting properties…
Active WeaSuL uses active learning to improve weak supervision for better model performance.
problem Limited labelled data in machine learning.
method Combines active learning with weak supervision to improve probabilistic labels.
result Active WeaSuL outperforms weak supervision and active learning with limited labelled data.
FedMAX: Mitigating Activation Divergence for Accurate and Communication-Efficient Federated Learningcs.LG
FedMAX tackles activation divergence in FL, improving accuracy and efficiency.
problem Activation divergence in Federated Learning due to non-IID data.
method Introduced a prior based on maximum entropy to minimize information about per-device activation vectors and make similar classes more alike.
result Significantly more similar activation vectors across multiple devices, leading to better accuracy and efficiency.