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This paper improves image retrieval accuracy through novel relevance feedback methods.

problem Improving image retrieval accuracy in Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR).
method Novel addition to feature re-weighting and classification techniques, focusing on 0-th iteration improvement.
result Significantly improved retrieval accuracy from relevance feedback.

Deep neural networks have achieved impressive success in large-scale visual object recognition tasks with a predefined set of classes. However, recognizing objects of novel classes unseen during training still remains challenging. The problem of detecting such novel classes has been addressed in the literature, but mos…

2018-04-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The initial analysis of any large data set can be divided into two phases: (1) the identification of common trends or patterns and (2) the identification of anomalies or outliers that deviate from those trends. We focus on the goal of detecting observations with novel content, which can alert us to artifacts in the dat…

2019-08-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Multi-armed bandit methods have been used for dynamic experiments particularly in online services. Among the methods, thompson sampling is widely used because it is simple but shows desirable performance. Many thompson sampling methods for binary rewards use logistic model that is written in a specific parameterization…

2020-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel weighted feature selection method using fuzzy sets improves classification accuracy and stability.

problem Improving feature selection accuracy and stability in machine learning models.
method Combination of four feature selection methods using fuzzy sets and bootstrap.
result Our method achieved significantly higher stability than individual methods.

Novel methods improve Bayesian analysis of chaotic dynamical systems.

problem Bayesian parameter inference and trajectory reconstruction of chaotic systems with sparse and noisy data.
method Pilot MAGI (pMAGI) and Pilot MAGI Sequential Prediction (PMSP) methods.
result pMAGI and PMSP significantly outperform existing methods in accuracy and computational efficiency.

Current online learning methods suffer issues such as lower convergence rates and limited capability to select important features compared to their offline counterparts. In this paper, a novel framework for online learning based on running averages is proposed. Many popular offline regularized methods such as Lasso, El…

2018-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a novel stock forecasting method combining attention and EMD.

problem Challenges in forecasting stock movement due to noise and lack of stock market information.
method Uses attention mechanism to consider both stock market and individual stock information, and EMD for noise reduction.
result Proposed method significantly outperforms state-of-the-art baselines.

Novel method for efficient low-rank matrix estimation and bandit algorithms.

problem Low-rank matrix estimation and bandit problems.
method LowPopArt method for low-rank matrix estimation and novel experimental design criterion.
result Improved recovery guarantees and regret bounds for low-rank bandit algorithms.

Novel method for solving ODEs on k-polysymplectic manifolds.

problem Solving ordinary differential equations on k-polysymplectic manifolds.
method k-polysymplectic energy-momentum method.
result Novel stability analysis techniques applied to Hamiltonian systems.

Characterizing statistical properties of solutions of inverse problems is essential for decision making. Bayesian inversion offers a tractable framework for this purpose, but current approaches are computationally unfeasible for most realistic imaging applications in the clinic. We introduce two novel deep learning bas…

2018-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

It is easy for people to imagine what a man with pink hair looks like, even if they have never seen such a person before. We call the ability to create images of novel semantic concepts visually grounded imagination. In this paper, we show how we can modify variational auto-encoders to perform this task. Our method use…

2017-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Tensor CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) decomposition has wide applications in statistical learning of latent variable models and in data mining. In this paper, we propose fast and randomized tensor CP decomposition algorithms based on sketching. We build on the idea of count sketches, but introduce many novel ideas which are un…

2015-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper presents a novel gradient-based method for training models and hyperparameters simultaneously.

problem Achieving generalization in machine learning models.
method A novel gradient-based framework that trains parameters and hyperparameters simultaneously.
result Significantly smaller runtime compared to benchmark methods for equivalent prediction scores.

A novel method to propagate uncertainty through the soft-thresholding nonlinearity is proposed in this paper. At every layer the current distribution of the target vector is represented as a spike and slab distribution, which represents the probabilities of each variable being zero, or Gaussian-distributed. Using the p…

2018-11-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Exact Gaussian Process (GP) regression has O(N^3) runtime for data size N, making it intractable for large N. Many algorithms for improving GP scaling approximate the covariance with lower rank matrices. Other work has exploited structure inherent in particular covariance functions, including GPs with implied Markov st…

2012-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a novel reformulation of the stochastic optimal control problem as an approximate inference problem, demonstrating, that such a interpretation leads to new practical methods for the original problem. In particular we characterise a novel class of iterative solutions to the stochastic optimal control problem …

2010-09-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Novel confidence intervals improve convergence rates for sparse kernel-based models.

problem High computational cost in kernel-based learning models.
method Novel confidence intervals for Nyström method and sparse variational Gaussian process approximation.
result Improved performance bounds in regression and optimization problems.

Novel method converts time series data into functional data for high dimensional classification.

problem Small sample size problem in high dimensional time series data.
method Classwise Functional Principal Component Analysis (PCA) followed by Bayesian linear classifier.
result Demonstrated efficacy on synthetic and real data sets.

We present a general probabilistic perspective on Gaussian filtering and smoothing. This allows us to show that common approaches to Gaussian filtering/smoothing can be distinguished solely by their methods of computing/approximating the means and covariances of joint probabilities. This implies that novel filters and …

2010-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method selects the best feature selection technique for datasets.

problem Selecting the best feature selection method for unseen datasets.
method Data synthesis, meta features, fuzzy similarity, classification model training.
result Successfully recommended the best feature selection method for five out of eight datasets.

The recent advent of automated neural network architecture search led to several methods that outperform state-of-the-art human-designed architectures. However, these approaches are computationally expensive, in extreme cases consuming GPU years. We propose two novel methods which aim to expedite this optimization prob…

2019-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents a novel method for structural data recognition using a large number of graph models. In general, prevalent methods for structural data recognition have two shortcomings: 1) Only a single model is used to capture structural variation. 2) Naive recognition methods are used, such as the nearest neighbo…

2017-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

New method for estimating class proportions in open-set label shift data.

problem Estimating class proportions and distributions when test data includes novel classes.
method Semiparametric density ratio model framework with maximum empirical likelihood estimators and confidence intervals.
result Improved estimation accuracy and classification performance compared to existing methods.

Worldsheet wraps a 3D mesh sheet onto a single image to synthesize novel views.

problem Synthesizing novel views from a single image with large viewpoint changes.
method Shrink-wrapping a planar mesh sheet onto the input image, consistent with learned depth.
result Worldsheet consistently outperforms prior methods on single-image view synthesis.

A novel method classifies wafer defects using topological data analysis.

problem Classifying defect patterns on semiconductor wafers for maintenance and yield management.
method Representing defect patterns as vectors using topological features from persistent homology.
result The method outperforms CNN in accuracy and efficiency, especially with limited data.

A novel gradient-based method optimizes decision trees for complex tasks.

problem Training decision trees with arbitrary differentiable loss functions.
method Gradient-based optimization using first and second derivatives of loss functions.
result Improves accuracy and flexibility in decision tree optimization.

Novel method discovers causal relations in time series data, even with autocorrelation.

problem Discovering causal relations in time series data with strong autocorrelation.
method Conditional independence (CI) based PCMCI+^+ method, optimized for contemporaneous and lagged links.
result PCMCI+^+ outperforms other methods in detecting causal links and controlling false positives.

Improved penalty-based methods for bilevel optimization with reduced complexity.

problem Suboptimal complexity in solving bilevel optimization problems with large penalty terms.
method Novel penalty reformulation that decouples upper and lower-level variables, enabling larger step sizes and reduced iteration complexity.
result PBGD-Free algorithm that avoids inner loops for coupled constraint BLO problems, with reduced iteration complexity.

Predicting business process behaviour is an important aspect of business process management. Motivated by research in natural language processing, this paper describes an application of deep learning with recurrent neural networks to the problem of predicting the next event in a business process. This is both a novel m…

2016-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Transferring learned models to novel tasks is a challenging problem, particularly if only very few labeled examples are available. Although this few-shot learning setup has received a lot of attention recently, most proposed methods focus on discriminating novel classes only. Instead, we consider the extended setup of …

2019-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we propose a novel adaptive kernel for the radial basis function (RBF) neural networks. The proposed kernel adaptively fuses the Euclidean and cosine distance measures to exploit the reciprocating properties of the two. The proposed framework dynamically adapts the weights of the participating kernels us…

2019-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved matching for multiple objects using a novel reweighting method.

problem Current multi-object matching methods have limitations and are not robust.
method Proposes a novel iterative reweighting strategy using the graph connection Laplacian.
result Demonstrates superior performance over state-of-the-art methods.

Novel Adam-family method with decoupled weight decay for training neural networks.

problem Training nonsmooth neural networks with weight decay.
method Proposes a novel Adam-family method with decoupled weight decay, establishing convergence properties and demonstrating superior performance.
result Asymptotically approximates SGD and enhances generalization performance.

Making predictions of future frames is a critical challenge in autonomous driving research. Most of the existing methods for video prediction attempt to generate future frames in simple and fixed scenes. In this paper, we propose a novel and effective optical flow conditioned method for the task of video prediction wit…

2018-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We reconsider the training objective of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) from the mixed Nash Equilibria (NE) perspective. Inspired by the classical prox methods, we develop a novel algorithmic framework for GANs via an infinite-dimensional two-player game and prove rigorous convergence rates to the mixed NE, reso…

2018-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗