TACTO simulates high-resolution touch sensing for robotics.
problem Accurate simulation of touch sensing in robotics.
method Fast, flexible, open-source simulator for vision-based tactile sensors.
result Demonstrated TACTO's effectiveness in grasping stability prediction and marble manipulation control.
CoinTossX is a low-latency, open-source matching engine for financial trading.
problem Efficiently matching orders in financial markets with low latency and high throughput.
method Developed in Java, orders submitted via UDP SBE, low-latency message transport (Aeron Media Driver). Separates order generation and matching.
result Demonstrated low-latency, high-throughput performance in various deployment scenarios.
SAGDA generates synthetic agricultural datasets to improve ML in African farming.
problem Data scarcity in African agriculture limits machine learning innovations.
method SAGDA is an open-source Python toolkit that generates, augments, and validates synthetic agricultural datasets.
result SAGDA enhances ML applications in agriculture, such as yield prediction and fertilizer recommendation.
In this paper we present Horizon, Facebook's open source applied reinforcement learning (RL) platform. Horizon is an end-to-end platform designed to solve industry applied RL problems where datasets are large (millions to billions of observations), the feedback loop is slow (vs. a simulator), and experiments must be do…
DeepRacing uses neural networks to predict trajectories for autonomous racing in video games.
problem Training algorithms for high-speed autonomous racing in realistic environments.
method Developed a virtual testbed using F1 video games, trained neural networks to predict trajectories and control commands.
result Trajectory prediction outperforms end-to-end control methods in autonomous racing simulations.
Assisted by neural networks, reinforcement learning agents have been able to solve increasingly complex tasks over the last years. The simulation environment in which the agents interact is an essential component in any reinforcement learning problem. The environment simulates the dynamics of the agents' world and henc…
TensorNetwork is an open source library for implementing tensor network algorithms. Tensor networks are sparse data structures originally designed for simulating quantum many-body physics, but are currently also applied in a number of other research areas, including machine learning. We demonstrate the use of the API w…
Interactive tools help teach economics online.
problem Teaching macroeconomic models online.
method Browser-based simulation toolkits.
result Intuitive approach to comparative statics.
Due to the threat of climate change, a transition from a fossil-fuel based system to one based on zero-carbon is required. However, this is not as simple as instantaneously closing down all fossil fuel energy generation and replacing them with renewable sources -- careful decisions need to be taken to ensure rapid but …
Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) algorithms perform simulation-based search to improve policies online. During search, the simulation policy is adapted to explore the most promising lines of play. MCTS has been used by state-of-the-art programs for many problems, however a disadvantage to MCTS is that it estimates the va…
UniFeat is an open-source Java tool for feature selection.
problem Efficient feature selection in various research areas.
method Provides a set of advanced feature selection methods.
result Facilitates rapid development of new feature selection algorithms.
Dagma-DCE improves causal discovery with interpretable measures and open-source code.
problem Arbitrary proxy measures of causal strength in non-parametric causal discovery.
method Uses weighted adjacency matrices based on an interpretable measure of causal strength.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in simulated datasets.
Proposes ABIDES-Gym for financial markets simulation.
problem Training multi-agent systems in financial markets.
method Wrapping DEMAS into OpenAI Gym framework.
result Developed two financial markets OpenAI Gym environments.
Merlion is a machine learning library for time series tasks.
problem Anomaly detection and forecasting on time series data.
method Unified interface for models, pre/post-processing layers, AutoML, model ensembling, live deployment simulation.
result Benchmark numbers across different models and ensembles.
The approximate joint diagonalization of a set of matrices consists in finding a basis in which these matrices are as diagonal as possible. This problem naturally appears in several statistical learning tasks such as blind signal separation. We consider the diagonalization criterion studied in a seminal paper by Pham (…
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have been driven by the presence of increasingly realistic and complex simulated environments. However, many of the existing environments provide either unrealistic visuals, inaccurate physics, low task complexity, restricted agent perspective, or a limited capacity for intera…
SurvLIMEpy is a Python package for computing feature importance in survival analysis.
problem Computing feature importance in survival analysis models.
method Parallelized implementation of the SurvLIME algorithm for various survival models.
result SurvLIMEpy accurately captures feature importance in survival analysis models.
HealthSyn generates synthetic user behavior data for health interventions.
problem Lack of representative data for testing AI health interventions.
method Uses Markov processes to simulate diverse user actions, generating logs for ML algorithms.
result Synthetic data can be used to develop, test, and evaluate ML algorithms and RL-based interventions.
Fine-tuned open-source LLMs match or exceed closed-source models in social science research.
problem Limited scalability and high costs of large LLMs in social science research.
method Fine-tuning open-source models for specific tasks, exploring training set size effects, proposing hybrid workflow.
result Small, fine-tuned open-source LLMs achieve equal or superior performance to commercial alternatives.
LLMs simulate financial markets, revealing consistent trading strategies and market dynamics.
problem Testing financial theories with AI trading agents.
method Simulated stock market with LLMs using a persistent order book and varied strategies.
result LLMs can simulate different trading strategies and market dynamics.
FinRL-Meta creates diverse market environments for DRL in finance.
problem Inaccurate financial data and diverse market environments challenge DRL in finance.
method Open-source data processing tools, hundreds of market environments, and multiprocessing.
result FinRL-Meta improves DRL accuracy and speed in financial simulations.
Generative Adversarial Networks simulate realistic market interactions.
problem Lack of agent-level historical data limits market simulation realism.
method Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (CGANs) trained on real data.
result CGAN-based synthetic market generator outperforms previous methods in market responsiveness and realism.
FinGPT is an open-source financial LLM for democratizing financial data.
problem Accessing high-quality financial data for LLMs.
method Data-centric approach with automatic data curation and low-rank adaptation.
result FinGPT provides accessible and transparent financial data for FinLLMs.
This paper presents an open-source enforcement learning toolkit named CytonRL (https://github.com/arthurxlw/cytonRL). The toolkit implements four recent advanced deep Q-learning algorithms from scratch using C++ and NVIDIA's GPU-accelerated libraries. The code is simple and elegant, owing to an open-source general-purp…
NUBO simplifies Bayesian optimization for researchers.
problem Optimizing expensive functions like experiments and simulations.
method Bayesian optimization using Gaussian processes and acquisition functions.
result Transparency and user-friendly design for easy access.
A new framework models and simulates multibody systems using factor graphs.
problem Solving kinematic and dynamic problems for multi-body systems.
method Factor graph theory for modeling and simulation of multibody systems.
result The proposed framework provides a unified approach for multibody systems.
Macromolecular and biomolecular folding landscapes typically contain high free energy barriers that impede efficient sampling of configurational space by standard molecular dynamics simulation. Biased sampling can artificially drive the simulation along pre-specified collective variables (CVs), but success depends crit…
Meta-reinforcement learning algorithms can enable robots to acquire new skills much more quickly, by leveraging prior experience to learn how to learn. However, much of the current research on meta-reinforcement learning focuses on task distributions that are very narrow. For example, a commonly used meta-reinforcement…
Improved CG force-field learning from all-atom data.
problem Training accurate coarse-grained models from all-atom simulations is challenging.
method Optimized force mapping to improve statistical efficiency of force-field learning.
result Substantially improved CG force-fields can be learned from the same simulation data.
This paper benchmarks FinGPT for financial datasets using open-source large language models.
problem Challenges in integrating GPT-based models with financial datasets.
method Instruction Tuning paradigm for open-source large language models adapted for financial contexts.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and adaptability of FinGPT in financial tasks.
Study uses open data to improve traffic emissions estimation.
problem Estimating accurate link level traffic emissions.
method Data-driven framework integrating MOVES, GPS, OSM, and satellite imagery.
result Neural network reduces RMSE by over 50% for key pollutants.
OtoWorld helps agents learn to navigate by listening in interactive environments.
problem Training agents to navigate using auditory information.
method Interactive environment with agents learning to listen and navigate.
result Agents can win at OtoWorld, a navigation game with sound sources.
New method detects careless responding in long surveys.
problem Careless responding in long surveys threatens internal validity.
method Detects a changepoint in combined measurements of carelessness.
result Highly accurate in identifying carelessness onset.
A benchmark for simulation-based inference methods.
problem Lack of a public benchmark for 'likelihood-free' algorithms.
method Provided a benchmark with tasks and performance metrics, including neural networks and ABC methods.
result State-of-the-art algorithms have room for improvement, and neural network-based approaches generally perform better.
The infinitesimal jackknife (IJ) has recently been applied to the random forest to estimate its prediction variance. These theorems were verified under a traditional random forest framework which uses classification and regression trees (CART) and bootstrap resampling. However, random forests using conditional inferenc…
FinRobot opens-source AI for financial tasks, breaking down complex problems.
problem Barriers to AI adoption in finance due to proprietary data and specialized knowledge.
method Develops open-source AI agent platform with four layers: Financial AI Agents, LLM Algorithms, LLMOps/DataOps, and Foundation Models.
result FinRobot democratizes AI access for financial analysis.
SPLICE simulates incurred losses and their revisions.
problem Simulating incurred losses and their revisions in insurance.
method Continuous time simulation of individual claims with revisions over their lifetime.
result Incorporates dependencies and properties of incurred losses.
Modern treatments for Type 1 diabetes (T1D) use devices known as artificial pancreata (APs), which combine an insulin pump with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) operating in a closed-loop manner to control blood glucose levels. In practice, poor performance of APs (frequent hyper- or hypoglycemic events) is common en…
Enhances DGP surrogates for efficient active learning.
problem Efficiently learning from expensive simulations with abrupt changes.
method Novel elliptical slice sampling for uncertainty quantification and active learning.
result Smaller training sets lead to effective and computationally tractable models.
DyFEn simulates blockchain for fee setting in payment channels.
problem Dynamic fee setting in off-chain payment channels.
method Agent-based reinforcement learning in a blockchain simulation.
result Empirical results of reinforcement learning methods on dynamic fee setting.
A new ML method speeds up PDE simulations without needing classical training.
problem Accelerating transient PDE simulations using machine learning.
method Online-learned preconditioners using a bandit algorithm.
result One-shot acceleration of PDE simulations.
Quantum walk algorithm optimizes quantum state preparation for financial simulations.
problem Efficiently loading classical data into quantum states for quantum computers.
method Split-step quantum walks (SSQW) to design parameterized quantum circuits (PQC).
result SSQW facilitates generating desired probability amplitude distributions for quantum simulations.
A blockchain protocol uses bandit algorithms to dynamically price transactions.
problem Maximizing revenue from decentralized blockchain Indexers competing for queries.
method Dynamic pricing using Gaussian bandits for multiple agents.
result Improved revenue through dynamic pricing in a decentralized blockchain environment.
Agent-based simulation assesses tradable credit schemes for congestion reduction.
problem Simplistic modeling of TCS impacts in transportation research.
method Agent- and activity-based simulation framework within SimMobility.
result TCS stabilizes network and market performance over time, reducing congestion.
In this paper, we show how novel transfer reinforcement learning techniques can be applied to the complex task of target driven navigation using the photorealistic AI2THOR simulator. Specifically, we build on the concept of Universal Successor Features with an A3C agent. We introduce the novel architectural contributio…
Methodology to analyze traffic accidents using microscopic models.
problem Understanding and predicting traffic accidents and their impact.
method Developed a statistical approach using microscopic traffic models and SUMO.
result Approximate distribution of total losses as a mean-variance mixture.
ParaDRAM automates parallel MCMC simulations across languages.
problem Efficiently sampling complex mathematical functions.
method Automated, parallel, high-performance MCMC with adaptive rejection.
result Significant memory reduction for complex simulations.
TRADES generates realistic market simulations for financial modeling.
problem Generating realistic and responsive market simulations for financial tasks.
method TRADES uses a transformer-based denoising diffusion probabilistic engine to generate time series order flows conditioned on market state.
result TRADES improves market simulation metrics by 3.27-3.48 over state-of-the-art (SoTA) methods.