Combining Bayesian deep learning and split conformal prediction affects out-of-distribution coverage.
problem Improving out-of-distribution coverage in multiclass image classification.
method Combining Bayesian deep learning with split conformal prediction methods.
result Combining methods can reduce out-of-distribution coverage in some cases.
Enhanced metrics improve generative model evaluation reliability.
problem Lack of reliable quality metrics for generative models.
method Introduce Clipped Density and Clipped Coverage metrics.
result Metrics prevent out-of-distribution samples from biasing quality scores.
Metric learning enhances combinatorial coverage metrics' ability to predict classification errors.
problem Dataset dependence of combinatorial coverage metrics in anticipating classification errors.
method Metric learning to improve latent space separation of data classes.
result Metric learning increases SDCCMs' ability to distinguish between correctly and incorrectly classified data.
This work proposes using Conformal Prediction to improve OOD detection scores and vice versa.
problem Improper evaluation of OOD detection scores due to finite sample size.
method Defining new conformal AUROC and FRP@TPR95 metrics and using OOD scores as non-conformity scores.
result Improved evaluation metrics and better interpretation of OOD scores.
LSCI provides locally adaptive prediction sets for operator models with tighter coverage.
problem Generating robust, calibrated uncertainty quantification for operator models.
method Local Sliced Conformal Inference (LSCI) for operator models.
result LSCI yields tighter prediction sets with stronger adaptivity compared to conformal baselines.
Benchmarking 18 deep neural network selective classification models on various datasets.
problem Designing a model that can abstain from making predictions when there's high risk of error.
method Evaluation of 18 selective classification models using multiple criteria.
result No single model is the clear winner; best model depends on objectives.
VAEBM combines VAEs and EBMs for efficient image generation.
problem Sampling from EBMs is slow and VAEs generate blurry images.
method VAEBM uses a VAE for quick sampling and an EBM to refine and exclude non-data regions.
result VAEBM generates high-quality images with short MCMC chains.
Conformal Candidate Certification advances offline MBO by certifying candidate designs with statistical guarantees.
problem Offline model-based optimization
method Conformal Candidate Certification (CCC)
result CCC certifies 16.7% of an aggressive proposal pool with 0.990 empirical coverage at nominal 0.90.
Uncertainty quantification for deep learning is a challenging open problem. Bayesian statistics offer a mathematically grounded framework to reason about uncertainties; however, approximate posteriors for modern neural networks still require prohibitive computational costs. We propose a family of algorithms which split…
Method enhances anomaly detection using contrastive learning and out-of-distribution data.
problem Improving anomaly detection in datasets with limited out-of-distribution data.
method Proposes a contrastive learning method that incorporates out-of-distribution data to enhance anomaly detection performance.
result The method significantly improves anomaly detection performance, even with limited out-of-distribution data.
Simple methods combine statistical tests for out-of-distribution detection.
problem Detecting data points not following the training distribution.
method Combining classical parametric tests (Rao's score test) and a typicality test.
result Combining Fisher's method of test statistics improves out-of-distribution detection accuracy.
Paper tackles offline RL from mixed datasets with adaptive KL regularizer.
problem Challenges in optimizing RL and BC signals with varying action coverage and multiple action modes.
method Adaptively weighted reverse KL divergence regularizer based on TD3 algorithm.
result Empirically outperforms existing offline RL algorithms in MuJoCo locomotion tasks.
Bayesian Gaussian Processes layer detects out-of-distribution data in medical imaging.
problem Detecting out-of-distribution data in medical imaging tasks.
method Parameter-efficient hierarchical convolutional Gaussian Processes in Wasserstein-2 space.
result Uncertainty estimates enable superior out-of-distribution detection compared to previous methods.
Deep learning models are known to be overconfident in their predictions on out of distribution inputs. There have been several pieces of work to address this issue, including a number of approaches for building Bayesian neural networks, as well as closely related work on detection of out of distribution samples. Recent…
Modern neural networks are very powerful predictive models, but they are often incapable of recognizing when their predictions may be wrong. Closely related to this is the task of out-of-distribution detection, where a network must determine whether or not an input is outside of the set on which it is expected to safel…
Deep learning provides a powerful tool for machine perception when the observations resemble the training data. However, real-world robotic systems must react intelligently to their observations even in unexpected circumstances. This requires a system to reason about its own uncertainty given unfamiliar, out-of-distrib…
New method uses label-weighted conformal prediction for macro-coverage guarantees in classification.
problem Finding a balance between class-conditional and marginal coverage in long-tailed datasets.
method Label-weighted conformal prediction for macro-coverage guarantees.
result Validated prediction sets with macro-coverage guarantees on large-scale image datasets.
XEnsemble improves DNN robustness against adversarial and out-of-distribution inputs.
problem Protecting DNN models from adversarial and out-of-distribution inputs.
method Diverse input denoising verifiers and disagreement-diversity ensemble learning.
result XEnsemble achieves high defense and detection success rates.
Robust machine learning models improve DNA regulatory sequence prediction under various shifts.
problem Real-world applications of DNA regulatory sequence prediction involve shifts not captured by standard i.i.d. assumptions.
method Introduces a robustness framework combining simulation benchmarks and real data analysis.
result Models remain accurate and calibrated under mild shifts but show higher error and miscalibration under strong shifts.
Single deep model detects out-of-distribution data with single forward pass.
problem Detecting out-of-distribution data points in neural networks.
method Deterministic uncertainty quantification (DUQ) using gradient penalty for reliable detection.
result Single model outperforms or matches ensemble methods in out-of-distribution detection.
Algorithm balances learning and coverage for multi-robots over unknown fields.
problem Balancing learning and coverage for multi-robots over unknown, nonuniform sensory fields.
method DSLC algorithm that schedules learning and coverage epochs, using Gaussian Process modeling and coverage regret analysis.
result Upper bound on expected cumulative coverage regret provided for DSLC.
Unified study of out-of-distribution generalization across 172 datasets.
problem Measuring and improving robustness of transfer learning models.
method Collect and fine-tune 31k models on 172 dataset pairs, varying architectures and settings.
result In- and out-of-distribution accuracies increase jointly but their relation is dataset-dependent.
Deep learning models are known to be overconfident in their predictions on out of distribution inputs. This is a challenge when a model is trained on a particular input dataset, but receives out of sample data when deployed in practice. Recently, there has been work on building classifiers that are robust to out of dis…
Improved conformal prediction for better conditional coverage of classifier predictions.
problem Achieving exact conditional coverage in finite samples for prediction sets.
method Developed a variant of conformal prediction targeting coverage conditional on confidence and trust score.
result Empirically improved conditional coverage properties compared to standard conformal prediction.
Adaptive coverage policies improve conformal prediction accuracy.
problem Fixed coverage levels in traditional conformal prediction lead to uninformative predictions.
method Optimizes adaptive coverage policy using a neural network trained on leave-one-out calibration.
result Adaptive coverage policies produce more informative and flexible prediction sets.
The paper shows strong correlation between in-distribution and out-of-distribution performance in various machine learning models.
problem Understanding reliability of machine learning systems in unseen environments.
method Empirical analysis of various models and distribution shifts on CIFAR-10, ImageNet, and other datasets.
result Out-of-distribution performance is strongly correlated with in-distribution performance across different models and distribution shifts.
New metrics improve understanding of predictive system reliability.
problem Evaluating conditional coverage of predictive systems.
method Casting conditional coverage estimation as a classification problem, using excess risk of the target coverage (ERT) metrics.
result Modern classifiers provide higher statistical power for estimating conditional coverage.
Kandinsky conformal prediction expands conditional coverage guarantees.
problem Disparities in coverage guarantees across different subpopulations.
method Flexible handling of overlapping and fractional group memberships.
result Minimax-optimal high-probability conditional coverage bound.
Online monitor detects classifier drift and adapts predictions.
problem Silent degradation of classifier accuracy under distributional shift.
method Sliding-window KS statistic with calibrated alarm thresholds.
result 86.6% valid detection across various shift conditions.
ST-BCP narrows the coverage gap in BCP by transforming nonconformity scores.
problem The looseness in BCP's coverage guarantee due to Markov's inequality.
method Introduces a data-dependent transformation of nonconformity scores.
result Reduces the average coverage gap from 4.20% to 1.12% on benchmarks.
Improves conditional coverage of regression models using conformal prediction.
problem Lack of conditional coverage guarantees in conformal prediction methods.
method Proposes a novel algorithm to train a regression function to improve conditional coverage after split conformal prediction.
result Establishes an upper bound for miscoverage gap and proposes an end-to-end algorithm to control it.
SLUG method detects bias and out-of-distribution content in generative models.
problem Generative models can underrepresent certain groups and fail on out-of-distribution data.
method SLUG: A new uncertainty quantification method for VAEs combining Laplace approximations and stochastic trace estimators.
result SLUG's UQ score correlates with bias and out-of-distribution content.
New framework detects out-of-distribution data by considering intrinsic ID attributes in outliers.
problem Deploying reliable machine learning systems requires effective out-of-distribution detection.
method Structured multi-view-based out-of-distribution detection learning (MVOL) framework.
result MVOL effectively utilizes both auxiliary OOD datasets and wild datasets with noisy in-distribution data.
This study uses AI to analyze financial market coverage from YouTube videos.
problem Challenges in analyzing a large number of financial market videos.
method Used Whisper model to generate text from videos, applied natural language processing.
result Highlights dynamics of financial market coverage and identifies trending topics.
Study optimal ridge regularization for out-of-distribution prediction.
problem Optimal ridge regularization for predicting out-of-distribution data.
method Established conditions for optimal regularization under covariate and regression shifts, proving monotonic risk in data aspect ratio.
result Negative regularization can be optimal under shifts, even with isotropic or underparameterized training features.
A simple method flags images as out-of-distribution based on their distance to nearest neighbors.
problem Detecting images not aligned with a trained model's in-distribution data.
method Flag images as OOD if their average distance to K nearest neighbors is large in the classifier's representation space.
result Simple methods can outperform more complex ones when considering learned representations.
Conformal methods create prediction bands that control average coverage under no assumptions besides i.i.d. data. Besides average coverage, one might also desire to control conditional coverage, that is, coverage for every new testing point. However, without strong assumptions, conditional coverage is unachievable. Giv…
New methods predict language model out-of-distribution behaviors using causal mechanisms.
problem Predicting how language models behave on unseen data.
method Two methods: counterfactual simulation and value probing.
result Both methods achieve high AUC-ROC and outperform causal-agnostic approaches in out-of-distribution settings.
Bayesian framework improves deep classifier reliability.
problem Overconfident models under dataset shift.
method Bayesian inference with out-of-distribution data augmentation.
result Reliable uncertainty estimates for deep classifiers.
Igeood detects out-of-distribution samples using information geometry.
problem Out-of-distribution (OOD) detection in machine learning systems.
method Igeood uses the Fisher-Rao geodesic distance to detect OOD samples from any pre-trained neural network.
result Igeood outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various network architectures and datasets.
In this work, we propose a method to reject out-of-distribution samples which can be adapted to any network architecture and requires no additional training data. Publicly available chest x-ray data (38,353 images) is used to train a standard ResNet-50 model to detect emphysema. Feature activations of intermediate laye…
Bayesian layer improves image segmentation and out-of-distribution detection.
problem Outlier detection in image segmentation.
method Parameter-efficient hierarchical convolutional Gaussian Processes in Wasserstein-2 space.
result Uncertainty estimates improve out-of-distribution detection.
TQA improves prediction intervals for time series data by adjusting quantiles for both cross-sectional and longitudinal coverage.
problem Constructing reliable prediction intervals for cross-sectional time series data.
method Temporal Quantile Adjustment (TQA) method that adjusts the quantile in Conformal Prediction to account for both cross-sectional and longitudinal coverage.
result TQA improves longitudinal coverage while preserving cross-sectional coverage, as validated through extensive experimentation.
Recent work has shown that deep generative models assign higher likelihood to out-of-distribution inputs than to training data. We show that a factor underlying this phenomenon is a mismatch between the nature of the prior distribution and that of the data distribution, a problem found in widely used deep generative mo…
The problem of detecting whether a test sample is from in-distribution (i.e., training distribution by a classifier) or out-of-distribution sufficiently different from it arises in many real-world machine learning applications. However, the state-of-art deep neural networks are known to be highly overconfident in their…
A new method approximates pNML for faster out-of-distribution detection.
problem Detecting out-of-distribution examples efficiently.
method Influence functions approximation of pNML for neural networks.
result The approximation effectively detects out-of-distribution examples.
New conformal prediction methods for long-tailed classification problems.
problem Rare classes are systematically omitted in existing conformal prediction methods.
method Introduced a new conformal score function and a new interpolation procedure.
result Smoothly trade off set size and class-conditional coverage.
New coverage conditions improve sample efficiency in online reinforcement learning.
problem Improving sample efficiency in online reinforcement learning with function approximation.
method Identifying and studying new coverage conditions for online reinforcement learning.
result Improved regret bounds achieved with new coverage conditions.