New method estimates Wasserstein distances more efficiently.
problem Efficient estimation of Wasserstein distances.
method Orthogonal coupling in Monte Carlo estimation.
result Proposes a new variant of sliced Wasserstein distance.
Stochastic Schwarz lemma on Kähler manifolds via couplings.
problem Develop a new Schwarz lemma for Kähler manifolds.
method Probabilistic approach using Markovian couplings.
result Improved gradient estimates for harmonic functions.
The paper improves GP regression for sparse sensor data in structural mode shape reconstruction.
problem Reconstructing full-field structural mode shapes from sparse sensor data.
method Physics-Constrained Single-Output Gaussian Process (CONS-SOGP) framework.
result The proposed method provides more accurate and reliable mode shapes.
Random orthogonalization improves FL in massive MIMO systems without CSI.
problem Efficient model aggregation in FL with minimal channel estimation overhead.
method Combining FL with massive MIMO's channel hardening and favorable propagation, random orthogonalization reduces channel estimation overhead.
result Achieves model aggregation without CSI, significantly reducing channel estimation overhead.
Efficiently optimizes orthogonal and Stiefel matrices on parallel units.
problem Optimization over orthogonal groups on parallel units.
method CWY and T-CWY transforms for parametrization and optimization.
result CWY and T-CWY methods lead to convergence on parallel units.
Gaussian processes (GPs) provide a powerful non-parametric framework for reasoning over functions. Despite appealing theory, its superlinear computational and memory complexities have presented a long-standing challenge. State-of-the-art sparse variational inference methods trade modeling accuracy against complexity. H…
Paper proposes BTuD for unsupervised feature selection.
problem Feature selection in unsupervised learning.
method Bayesian Tucker decomposition (BTuD) with Gaussian residual.
result Successfully applied to various datasets.
New ONMF model with NCP improves clustering efficiency.
problem Improving clustering performance using ONMF model.
method Transformed ONMF into norm-based non-convex constraints and applied NCP approach.
result Proposed NCP methods efficiently solve the ONMF clustering problem.
Proposes an efficient lower bound for Gromov-Wasserstein discrepancy.
problem Comparing structured data from different metric-measure spaces.
method Orthogonal Gromov-Wasserstein (OGW) discrepancy with efficient closed-form lower bound.
result Efficient and tight lower bounds for Gromov-Wasserstein discrepancy.
A new method for approximating softmax and Gaussian kernels with reduced error.
problem Approximating softmax and Gaussian kernels with low error.
method Simplex Random Features (SimRFs) and SimRFs+.
result SimRFs provide the smallest MSE among weight-independent geometrically-coupled PRF mechanisms.
Binary hashing is a well-known approach for fast approximate nearest-neighbor search in information retrieval. Much work has focused on affinity-based objective functions involving the hash functions or binary codes. These objective functions encode neighborhood information between data points and are often inspired by…
A network-based approach identifies financial factors from asset interactions, explaining market dynamics.
problem Characterizing joint financial asset behavior through underlying drivers.
method Modeling market as coupled iterated maps, where asset returns depend on past returns and interactions.
result Stable patterns of co-movement (financial factors) emerge from asset interactions, explaining asset variance.
A new method combines POD and PCE for predicting multidimensional physical fields.
problem Predicting multidimensional non-linear fields from limited data.
method Combines Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Polynomial Chaos Expansion (PCE).
result Demonstrates improved prediction accuracy and interpretability.
Efficient surrogate modeling for complex PDEs with physical laws.
problem High computational cost of repeated PDE simulations.
method LC-prior Gaussian process with POD and RBF-FD.
result Significantly reduced computational cost and improved accuracy.
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.
This work improves SGD minibatch sampling using determinantal point processes based on orthogonal polynomials.
problem Improving variance reduction in stochastic gradient descent (SGD) for large datasets.
method Orthogonal polynomial-based determinantal point processes for sampling minibatches in SGD.
result DPP minibatches lead to a smaller mean square approximation error than uniform minibatches.
We develop a mean-field theory for multi-component ICA in high dimensions.
problem Understanding multi-component ICA in high-dimensional settings.
method Asymptotically exact mean-field theory for multi-component online ICA.
result Explicit learnability boundaries and competition conditions linking step size, data moments, and initialization.
This paper provides estimation and inference methods for a conditional average treatment effects (CATE) characterized by a high-dimensional parameter in both homogeneous cross-sectional and unit-heterogeneous dynamic panel data settings. In our leading example, we model CATE by interacting the base treatment variable w…
In this paper we study singular riemannian foliations that have sections,i.e., totally geodesic complete immersed submanifolds that meet each leaf orthogonally and whose dimensions are the codimensions of the regular leaves. We prove here that the restriction of the foliation to a slice of a leaf is diffeomorphic to an…
SONIA optimizes machine learning problems with a novel algorithm.
problem Empirical risk minimization in machine learning.
method Symmetric Blockwise Truncated Optimization (SONIA) algorithm combining second-order and steepest descent steps.
result SONIA converges to stationary points in both convex and nonconvex cases.
The study extends Jacobi-orthogonality to indefinite scalar product spaces.
problem Generalizing Jacobi-orthogonality to indefinite scalar product spaces.
method Comparing principles, investigating tensor relations, proving properties.
result Every quasi-Clifford tensor is Jacobi-orthogonal; certain tensors are Jacobi-dual or Osserman.
New characterization of Osserman tensors using Jacobi-orthogonality.
problem Characterizing Osserman tensors.
method Introducing Jacobi-orthogonality as a new potential characterization.
result Jacobi-orthogonal tensors are Osserman, and all known Osserman tensors are Jacobi-orthogonal.
Study isotropy groups for complex orthogonal and skew-symmetric matrices.
problem Understanding isotropy subgroups of orthogonal similarity transformations.
method Analysis of group structure of nonsingular block matrices.
result Group structure of isotropy subgroups related to block Toeplitz matrices.
New findings on Kähler manifolds restrict orthogonal coordinates existence.
problem Existence of orthogonal coordinates on Kähler manifolds.
method Algebraic and geometric techniques applied to Kähler manifolds.
result No nontrivial self-dual Kähler 4-manifolds or Ricci-flat Kähler 4-manifolds support orthogonal coordinates.
Constructs orthogonal coordinates in curved spaces.
problem Separating variables in curved spaces.
method Explicit construction of orthogonal coordinates and transformations.
result Explicit formulas for Killing tensors and Stäckel matrices.
OPT framework improves neural network generalization by learning an orthogonal transformation.
problem Improving neural network generalization.
method Orthogonal over-parameterized training (OPT) framework that minimizes hyperspherical energy.
result OPT framework provably minimizes hyperspherical energy and improves empirical generalization.
The paper studies surfaces in a bounded domain with orthogonal boundaries and proves curvature estimates.
problem Estimating the area of surfaces with orthogonal boundaries in a bounded domain.
method Weak formulation of orthogonality for curvature varifolds, classification of vanishing curvature varifolds.
result Existence of an orthogonal 2-varifold that minimizes L2 curvature in the integer rectifiable class. Orthogonal random features approximate a Bessel kernel, offering sharper bounds than random Fourier features.
problem Approximating Gaussian kernel efficiently for large datasets.
method Use of Haar orthogonal matrices to construct orthogonal random features and analyze their bias and variance.
result Orthogonal random features approximate a Bessel kernel, not the Gaussian kernel, with sharper bounds.
Paper proves rigidity of spherical ring patterns on surfaces.
problem Proving rigidity of spherical orthogonal ring patterns on closed surfaces.
method Modification of combinatorial total geodesic curvature and variational principles.
result Rigidity of spherical orthogonal ring patterns on closed surfaces proved.
Proposes FOAGP for efficient orthogonal effect decomposition of black-box computer experiments.
problem Challenges in sensitivity analysis of black-box computer experiments with complex, nonlinear functional outputs.
method Functional-output orthogonal additive Gaussian process (FOAGP) with conditional orthogonality constraint.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in orthogonal effect decomposition and variance decomposition through simulations and real-world application.
When a spacetime has boundaries, the entangling surface does not have to be necessarily compact and it may have boundaries as well. Then there appear a new, boundary, contribution to the entanglement entropy due to the intersection of the entangling surface with the boundary of the spacetime. We study the boundary cont…
Novel prior for orthogonal functions improves functional component estimation.
problem Improving orthogonality in functional principal component analysis.
method Sequential adaptive priors for orthogonal functions using hierarchical conditionally normal distributions.
result Proposed prior leads to nearly orthogonal posterior estimates.
Training-free source selection for LLM families with shared vocabularies
problem Source selection for LLM families with shared vocabularies
method Fisher alignment at vocabulary scale
result Fisher alignment is a cosine between kernel mean embeddings in the joint activation-error space
Method constructs orthogonal curvilinear coordinates in constant curvature spaces.
problem Creating orthogonal coordinates in spaces of constant curvature.
method Modification of Krichever's method for Euclidean space, applied to constant curvature spaces.
result Examples of orthogonal coordinate systems on the sphere and hyperbolic plane constructed.
We study the Chern-Simons partition function of orthogonal quantum group invariants, and propose a new orthogonal Labastida-Mariño-Ooguri-Vafa conjecture as well as degree conjecture for free energy associated to the orthogonal Chern-Simons partition function. We prove the degree conjecture and some interesting cases o…
A Clifford algebra model for M"obius geometry is presented. The notion of Ribaucour pairs of orthogonal systems in arbitrary dimensions is introduced, and the structure equations for adapted frames are derived. These equations are discretized and the geometry of the occuring discrete nets and sphere congruences is disc…
DONUT improves treatment effect estimation by enforcing orthogonality constraints.
problem Estimating treatment effects from observational data is challenging due to unobserved outcomes.
method DONUT uses a regularization framework that formalizes unconfoundedness as orthogonality, leading to deep orthogonal networks.
result DONUT outperforms state-of-the-art methods in estimating average treatment effects.
New convergence guarantees for learning with unknown nuisance parameters.
problem Learning problems with unknown nuisance parameters.
method Stochastic gradient optimization with Neyman orthogonality and approximately orthogonalized updates.
result Stochastic gradient algorithms can converge under conditions of nuisance parameters.
Orthogonal initialization does not speed up training in ultra-wide neural networks.
problem Exploring the effect of orthogonal initialization on training speed in deep neural networks.
method Study of neural tangent kernel dynamics in FCNs and CNNs with orthogonal initialization.
result The NTK of orthogonally-initialized networks remains constant during training, suggesting no speedup in the NTK regime.
MuonEq improves training of matrix-valued parameters by rebalancing momentum before orthogonalization.
problem Training matrix-valued parameters with orthogonalized-update optimizers like Muon.
method MuonEq introduces three lightweight pre-orthogonalization equilibration schemes: two-sided row/column normalization (RC), row normalization (R), and column normalization (C).
result Row/column normalization acts as a zeroth-order surrogate for whitening and improves the geometry seen by orthogonalization.
New method for high-dimensional manifold-based inference tackles latent responses.
problem Inference on latent right factor vectors in multi-task learning with large numbers of responses and features.
method SOFARI-R method with two variants: one for strongly orthogonal factors and another for weakly orthogonal factors.
result Bias-corrected estimators for latent right factor vectors with asymptotically normal distributions and justified asymptotic variance estimates.
A new algorithm POGO optimizes thousands of orthogonal matrices efficiently.
problem Optimizing thousands of orthogonal constraints at scale is computationally expensive.
method Revisits Landing algorithm, uses modern adaptive optimizers, reduces hyperparameters.
result POGO optimizes thousands of orthogonal matrices in minutes, outperforming alternatives.
Batch normalization makes deep neural networks' representations increasingly orthogonal.
problem Orthogonality of deep neural network representations.
method Random linear transformations in successive batch-normalizations.
result Orthogonality of representations improves SGD performance.
Motivated by the study of coupled Kähler-Einstein metrics by Hultgren and Witt Nyström and coupled Kähler-Ricci solitons by Hultgren, we study in this paper coupled Sasaki-Einstein metrics and coupled Sasaki-Ricci solitons. We first show an isomorphism between the Lie algebra of all transverse holomorphic vector fields…
The paper finds at least N orthogonal Finsler geodesic chords in a disk-like manifold.
problem Existence and multiplicity of orthogonal Finsler geodesic chords in a disk-like manifold.
method Study of Finsler geodesic chords under reversibility assumption.
result At least N orthogonal Finsler geodesic chords found in a disk-like manifold.
Optimizing over the set of orthogonal matrices is a central component in problems like sparse-PCA or tensor decomposition. Unfortunately, such optimization is hard since simple operations on orthogonal matrices easily break orthogonality, and correcting orthogonality usually costs a large amount of computation. Here we…
New algebraic-geometry method for Ribaucour transformations.
problem Classical differential geometry problems.
method Algebraic-geometry approach to constructing orthogonal nets.
result Obtains smooth orthogonal nets as Ribaucour transformations.
LOFT separates subspace rotation and transformation for orthogonal fine-tuning.
problem Conflating subspace rotation and transformation in orthogonal fine-tuning.
method LOFT explicitly separates subspace rotation and transformation, using task-aware support selection.
result LOFT recovers principal-subspace orthogonal adaptation and improves efficiency-performance trade-off.