Generalized R2R handles non-Gaussian noise for deep network training.
problem Training deep networks from noisy data alone.
method Extending R2R to handle various noise distributions.
result GR2R loss is an unbiased estimator of supervised loss.
Improved stock return prediction model handles noise and non-stationarity.
problem Predicting stock returns with robustness to noise and non-stationarity.
method Extended AROW algorithm to handle synchronous mini-batch updates and applied it to stock return prediction.
result The new model outperforms classical approaches in backtesting on S\&P500 stocks.
New method handles structural uncertainty in graphs better than existing models.
problem Handling heterophily and structural noise in semi-supervised learning on graphs.
method Sparse signed message passing network that models a posterior distribution over signed adjacency matrices.
result Our method outperforms strong baseline models on heterophilic benchmarks under both synthetic and real-world structural noise.
BeGIN benchmarks GNNs for instance-dependent label noise in graphs.
problem Instance-dependent label noise in graph data.
method BeGIN introduces a benchmark with various noise types and evaluates noise-handling strategies across GNN architectures.
result Challenges of instance-dependent noise, especially LLM-based corruption, and the importance of node-specific parameterization.
A new method handles label noise by leveraging causal information.
problem Label noise degrades deep learning performance.
method Proposes a novel generative approach using a structural causal model.
result Improves classifier performance on label-noise datasets.
Extends neural network training framework to handle noise and uncertainty.
problem Handling noise and uncertainty in neural network training.
method Integrates non-zero aleatoric noise and derives posterior covariance for epistemic uncertainty.
result Derives an estimator for posterior covariance, providing a handle on epistemic uncertainty.
Supervised training of deep learning models requires large labeled datasets. There is a growing interest in obtaining such datasets for medical image analysis applications. However, the impact of label noise has not received sufficient attention. Recent studies have shown that label noise can significantly impact the p…
Uniform TD(0) bound derived for function approximation with Markov noise.
problem Uniform concentration bound for TD(0) with function approximation.
method Contractive stochastic approximation, martingale and Markov noises, Poisson equation, relaxed concentration inequalities.
result Uniform all-time concentration bound for TD(0) with linear function approximation.
New method handles complex systems with discontinuous, heavy-tailed noise.
problem Handling discontinuous, heavy-tailed Lévy noise in stochastic systems.
method Developed nonlocal Kramers-Moyal formulas for SDEs with multiplicative Lévy noise.
result Validated framework for discovering interpretable SDE models from data.
We extend the blindspot model for self-supervised denoising to handle Poisson-Gaussian noise and introduce an improved training scheme that avoids hyperparameters and adapts the denoiser to the test data. Self-supervised models for denoising learn to denoise from only noisy data and do not require corresponding clean i…
Machine learning portfolios perform well with simple imputation of missing data.
problem Handling missing values in machine learning portfolios constructed from cross-sectional return predictors.
method Simple imputation with cross-sectional means compared to rigorous expectation-maximization methods.
result Simple imputation performs well due to the structure of missing data.
The chapter compares Gaussian process models for stochastic simulators with varying noise.
problem Modeling stochastic simulators with varying noise.
method Various Gaussian process models are compared, including input varying noise variance, non-Gaussian noise, and quantile modeling.
result Sequential design procedures are adapted for these models.
New methods for handling time-varying label noise in time series classification.
problem Temporal label noise in time series classification tasks.
method Proposed methods to estimate temporal label noise function directly from data.
result Our methods lead to state-of-the-art performance under diverse types of temporal label noise.
The paper analyzes how deep neural networks handle noisy labels and finds disparate impacts.
problem Disparate impacts of noisy labels on instances with different representation frequencies.
method Quantifying harms, analyzing solutions, and comparing their impacts on different frequency instances.
result Existing solutions lead to disparate treatments, benefiting higher-frequency instances more.
Label noise is emerging as a pressing issue in sound event classification. This arises as we move towards larger datasets that are difficult to annotate manually, but it is even more severe if datasets are collected automatically from online repositories, where labels are inferred through automated heuristics applied t…
Proposes a progressive label correction method for feature-dependent label noise.
problem Real-world large-scale datasets often suffer from heterogeneous, feature-dependent label noise.
method A progressive label correction algorithm that iteratively refines the model.
result A classifier trained with this strategy converges to be consistent with the Bayes classifier for various noise patterns.
Using a Bayesian approach, we consider the problem of recovering sparse signals under additive sparse and dense noise. Typically, sparse noise models outliers, impulse bursts or data loss. To handle sparse noise, existing methods simultaneously estimate the sparse signal of interest and the sparse noise of no interest.…
In presence of sparse noise we propose kernel regression for predicting output vectors which are smooth over a given graph. Sparse noise models the training outputs being corrupted either with missing samples or large perturbations. The presence of sparse noise is handled using appropriate use of ℓ1-norm along-wi…
New algorithms reduce communication costs in collaborative learning.
problem Reducing communication costs in collaborative learning.
method Distributed boosting and adaptation to classification noise.
result Communication-efficient algorithms for collaborative PAC learning robust to noise.
Proposes a new method for efficient manifold denoising robust to high dimensional noise.
problem Efficiently denoise manifolds in high dimensional spaces with complicated noise.
method Landmark diffusion and optimal shrinkage under high dimensional noise and compact manifold setup.
result Systematic comparison with other algorithms on simulated and real datasets shows superior performance.
Paper introduces robust kernel ridge regression using Cauchy loss for handling various noise types.
problem Developing robust regression methods for noisy data.
method Introduces kernel Cauchy ridge regressor (KCRR) using Cauchy loss function.
result Establishes almost minimax-optimal convergence rate for KCRR in terms of L2-risk. SGD handles label noise with bounds improving over SGLD.
problem Label noise in non-convex optimization.
method Stochastic gradient descent with uniform dissipativity and smoothness conditions, using Wasserstein distance and algorithmic stability.
result Generalization error bounds with a rate of n−2/3, better than SGLD's n−1/2. Sparsity promoting norms are frequently used in high dimensional regression. A limitation of such Lasso-type estimators is that the optimal regularization parameter depends on the unknown noise level. Estimators such as the concomitant Lasso address this dependence by jointly estimating the noise level and the regressi…
An algorithm for efficient experimentation in a dynamic environment with personalized preferences and context drifts.
problem Efficiently recommending decisions to users with personalized preferences in a context where the environment is changing over time.
method Dri-MED, inspired from the linear version of the MED strategy, adapted to handle non-stationary heteroskedastic noise.
result The instance-dependent regret scales as $ ilde{\mathcal O}\left(\fracκ{ ildeΔ}d^2(\log(T)
ight)$, with ildeΔ being the constraint-aware sub-optimality gap. Identifying causal direction in location-scale noise models with hidden variables
problem Causal discovery in location-scale noise models with hidden variables
method ADMGs satisfying a bow-free condition
result First identifiability result for causally insufficient models beyond noise additivity
We introduce a new approach for designing computationally efficient learning algorithms that are tolerant to noise, and demonstrate its effectiveness by designing algorithms with improved noise tolerance guarantees for learning linear separators. We consider both the malicious noise model and the adversarial label nois…
Many data-driven approaches exist to extract neural representations of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, but most of them lack a proper probabilistic formulation. We propose a group level scalable probabilistic sparse factor analysis (psFA) allowing spatially sparse maps, component pruning using automa…
RECLAIM discovers causal graphs in cyclic, noisy systems.
problem Discovering causal relationships in cyclic, noisy systems.
method RECLAIM uses EM with residual normalizing flows to handle cycles and noise.
result RECLAIM effectively discovers causal graphs in both synthetic and real-world datasets.
Paper proposes a universal probabilistic model for handling instance-dependent label noise.
problem Instance-dependent label noise in data quality challenges DNN training robustness.
method Categorizes instances into confusing and unconfusing, proposes a probabilistic model.
result Significant improvements in robustness over state-of-the-art methods on various datasets.
Manually labeled corpora are expensive to create and often not available for low-resource languages or domains. Automatic labeling approaches are an alternative way to obtain labeled data in a quicker and cheaper way. However, these labels often contain more errors which can deteriorate a classifier's performance when …
This work introduces a noise-adaptive conformal inference method for better prediction sets in noisy data.
problem Real-world complications like random label noise limit the effectiveness of conformal inference.
method An adaptive conformal inference method capable of handling deviations from exchangeability.
result Informative prediction sets with tight marginal coverage guarantees in noisy data.
New auto-encoder handles varying noise levels without retraining.
problem Auto-encoders degrade in noisy conditions.
method Formalized auto-encoders as transform learning, derived new architecture.
result Models generalize well to different noise levels.
Novel criterion identifies heteroscedastic noise in causal discovery.
problem Heteroscedastic noise violates equal-variance assumption in causal discovery.
method Skewness-based criterion for identifying HSNMs.
result Skewness-based criterion distinguishes causal from anticausal directions.
Gradient-based adversarial attacks on neural networks can be crafted in a variety of ways by varying either how the attack algorithm relies on the gradient, the network architecture used for crafting the attack, or both. Most recent work has focused on defending classifiers in a case where there is no uncertainty about…
Improved SGD bounds for machine learning models with Markovian noise.
problem Uniform high-probability bounds for SGD under PL condition with Markovian noise.
method Combining Poisson equation for Markovian noise and probabilistic induction for almost-sure bounds.
result Matching 1/k decay rate for expected suboptimality. Adaptive learning rate algorithms such as RMSProp are widely used for training deep neural networks. RMSProp offers efficient training since it uses first order gradients to approximate Hessian-based preconditioning. However, since the first order gradients include noise caused by stochastic optimization, the approxima…
This paper improves kernel quantile regression with random features for handling heavy-tailed noises.
problem Handling heavy-tailed noises in kernel quantile regression.
method Introduces a refined error decomposition and establishes a novel connection between KQR-RF and KRR-RF.
result Establishes capacity-dependent learning rates for KQR-RF under mild conditions on the number of random features, which are minimax optimal up to some logarithmic factors.
Deep networks can handle noisy labels up to a certain threshold.
problem Deep learning's robustness to noisy labels.
method Applying classical statistical theory and universal consistency of DNNs.
result Certain DNNs can tolerate massive symmetric label noise up to the information-theoretic threshold.
WS diffusion models handle anisotropic Gaussian noise better than conventional methods.
problem Handling anisotropic Gaussian noise in imaging inverse problems.
method Whitened Score (WS) diffusion models based on stochastic differential equations.
result WS DMs outperform conventional DMs on anisotropic Gaussian noise.
A new PLL method uses class activation values to improve robustness.
problem Weakly supervised learning with noisy data and adversarial perturbations.
method Subjective logic with class activation values for uncertainty representation and label weight re-distribution.
result More robust predictions under high noise levels, out-of-distribution examples, and adversarial perturbations.
Detects crypto pump-and-dump schemes with a thresholding-based model.
problem Detecting genuine anomalies from minor trading fluctuations.
method Combining threshold-based criteria with EWMA and volatility measures.
result Balances high true-positive detection with minimal noise.
New method uses untrusted data for more precise causal analysis.
problem Causal questions with limited trusted data.
method Incorporates untrusted data and trains richer models.
result Tighter, sounder prediction intervals.
A corrected EI acquisition function handles noisy observations in Bayesian optimization.
problem Noisy observations in Bayesian optimization.
method Proposes a modified expected improvement (EI) acquisition function that incorporates covariance information from the Gaussian Process model.
result Achieves a sublinear convergence rate on cumulative regret bound under heteroscedastic observation noise.
It is widely known in the machine learning community that class noise can be (and often is) detrimental to inducing a model of the data. Many current approaches use a single, often biased, measurement to determine if an instance is noisy. A biased measure may work well on certain data sets, but it can also be less effe…
This research tackles image classification with noise, proposing committees of CNNs.
problem Image classification with concurrent feature and label noise.
method Committees of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) for MNIST, CIFAR-10, and CIFAR-100 datasets.
result Committees outperform single models in noisy conditions, especially on difficult datasets.
New method for spot volatility estimation with reduced microstructure noise.
problem Estimating spot volatility from noisy high-frequency data.
method Pre-averaging/kernel estimator to handle microstructure noise.
result Optimal bandwidth selection and kernel functions for minimal variance.
A new framework for PPLS combines noise estimation, optimization, and calibration.
problem Probabilistic PLS models need interpretable latent factors and calibrated uncertainty.
method End-to-end pipeline combining noise estimation, constrained optimization, and prediction calibration.
result Achieves near-nominal coverage and native calibrated uncertainty across benchmarks.
Multilayer graphs are commonly used for representing different relations between entities and handling heterogeneous data processing tasks. New challenges arise in multilayer graph clustering for assigning clusters to a common multilayer node set and for combining information from each layer. This paper presents a theo…