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48 results for projected loss

Orthogonal projections improve learning accuracy in clinical image segmentation and music classification.

problem Improving accuracy in learning tasks with high-dimensional data.
method Investigation and application of orthogonal projections to balance variance and pairwise distances in dimension reduction. Extension to deep learning with augmented target loss functions.
result Augmented target loss functions increase accuracy in clinical image segmentation and music classification.

Paper develops methods for non-quadratic loss low-rank matrix recovery.

problem Recovery of low-rank matrices with non-quadratic losses.
method Projected gradient method with a regularity projection oracle.
result Projected gradient method converges globally and linearly.

Study geometric properties of loss functions to understand neural network performance.

problem Understanding the geometric properties of high-dimensional loss functions to improve neural network performance.
method Combine concepts from high-dimensional probability and differential geometry to study curvature properties in lower-dimensional loss representations.
result Mean curvature in the original loss space determines if saddle points appear as minima, maxima, or flat regions.

Proposes PER loss to regularize neural network activations to normal distribution.

problem Improving neural network generalization and training speed.
method Regularizes activations to standard normal distribution via projected error function and Wasserstein distance.
result Minimizes Wasserstein distance between activation distribution and standard normal.

Exploits class similarity for better machine learning models with confidence labels and projective loss functions.

problem Poor model performance due to confusing similar classes.
method Exploits class similarity with confidence labels and projective loss functions.
result Improved model performance on noisy labels.

Improved online learning with time-varying constraints for complex domains.

problem Constrained online convex optimization with time-varying constraints.
method Constructing a composite surrogate loss and using the online Frank-Wolfe method.
result Novel regret and cumulative constraint violation bounds for strongly convex losses.

Improved algorithm reduces communication rounds for distributed online learning.

problem Complicated constraints in distributed online learning with locally light computations.
method Proposed D-BOCG algorithm with delayed update mechanism and redefined surrogate loss function.
result Achieved O(T3/4)O(T^{3/4}) regret bound with O(T)O(\sqrt{T}) communication rounds for convex losses.

A bidirectional loss function improves label distribution learning and enhancement.

problem Challenges in label distribution learning and label enhancement.
method Bidirectional loss function to address dimensional gap and label enhancement.
result The bidirectional loss function improves the accuracy of label distribution learning and enhancement.

A new method optimizes projection directions for sliced Wasserstein distances.

problem Finding informative projecting directions for sliced Wasserstein distances is computationally expensive.
method Amortized projection optimization to predict directions efficiently.
result Proposed amortized models improve generative modeling performance.

Improves deep learning models by blending gradients from training loss and auxiliary objective.

problem Minimizing a single training loss while encouraging desirable model properties.
method Solves a bilevel optimization problem by combining training loss gradients and orthogonal projections of auxiliary gradients.
result Bloop method leads to better performance than other gradient surgery methods without EMA.

For semi-supervised techniques to be applied safely in practice we at least want methods to outperform their supervised counterparts. We study this question for classification using the well-known quadratic surrogate loss function. Using a projection of the supervised estimate onto a set of constraints imposed by the u…

2016-02-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach combines likelihood and adversarial losses for better precipitation predictions.

problem Spatially inconsistent precipitation projections from likelihood-based models.
method Fuses likelihood-based and adversarial losses for generative models.
result Improves spatial consistency in precipitation downscaling.

New research suggests continual learning should focus on both optimization objective and optimization trajectory.

problem Even with perfect joint loss approximation, continual learning still suffers from forgetting when starting a new task.
method Proposes focusing on both optimization objective and optimization trajectory, combining replay-approximated joint objectives with gradient projection-based optimization routines.
result Combining replay-approximated joint objectives with gradient projection-based optimization routines did not show clear benefits in initial experiments.

Optimizes differentially private kernel learning with random projection.

problem Privacy-preserving learning algorithms with optimal performance.
method Differentially private kernel ERM algorithm based on random projection in reproducing kernel Hilbert space.
result Achieves minimax-optimal excess risk rates for various loss functions.

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a very successful dimensionality reduction technique, widely used in predictive modeling. A key factor in its widespread use in this domain is the fact that the projection of a dataset onto its first KK principal components minimizes the sum of squared errors between the original …

2017-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

SGD updates align with a low-rank subspace but do not lead to further loss reduction.

problem Understanding the training dynamics of deep neural networks, particularly the role of the dominant subspace.
method Exploring whether neural networks can be trained within the dominant subspace of the loss Hessian.
result SGD updates, when projected onto the dominant subspace, do not decrease the training loss further, suggesting spurious alignment.

A new method bypasses regularization for disentangled latent variables without tuning.

problem Learning disentangled latent variables in unsupervised settings.
method Projection strategy to modify Gaussian encoder, ensuring zero cross-correlation among latent sub-coordinates.
result The method achieves maximal disentanglement theoretically and without loss in expressiveness.

Paper tackles robust classification and feature selection with a novel primal-dual method.

problem Robust supervised classification and feature selection in high-dimensional data.
method Developed a novel constrained primal-dual method to jointly select features and classifiers.
result Demonstrated effectiveness on synthetic and biological datasets, comparing different costs.

Performing signal processing tasks on compressive measurements of data has received great attention in recent years. In this paper, we extend previous work on compressive dictionary learning by showing that more general random projections may be used, including sparse ones. More precisely, we examine compressive K-mean…

2015-04-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithm minimizes loss and constraint violations in online convex optimization with smooth penalties.

problem Minimizing loss and constraint violations in online convex optimization with smooth penalties.
method Projected gradient descent over a set around the current action.
result Both dynamic regret and constraint violation are bounded by the path-length.

Optimal weight windows are found by projecting the origin onto a convex polytope.

problem Finding the best weight windows for a weighted moving average smoother.
method Formulated as a quadratic program and projection onto a convex polytope.
result Optimal weight windows are symmetrical and decrease in weight away from the center.

A new algorithm estimates sparse gradients on graphs with improved risk bounds.

problem Estimating sparse gradients on graph-structured data.
method Tree-Projected Gradient Descent algorithm for gradient-sparse parameters.
result Achieves risk bound of snlog(1+ps)\frac{s^*}{n} \log (1+\frac{p}{s^*}).

A scalable method for deep metric learning using chance constraints.

problem Improving deep metric learning by addressing feasibility issues.
method Relating DML to chance constraints, reformulating as a feasibility problem, and iteratively training proxies.
result The method effectively improves deep metric learning performance across multiple benchmarks.

New algorithm uses random projections for robust, sparse data classification.

problem Improving robustness and sparsity in data classification.
method Randomly projects data into a high-dimensional space, truncates small entries, and applies a cap operation.
result The method enhances classification accuracy with minimal loss, especially in noisy conditions.

TapNet uses neural networks with task-adaptive projection for improved few-shot learning.

problem Handling previously unseen tasks with limited training examples.
method Meta-learning strategy with episode-based training, task-adaptive projection.
result State-of-the-art classification accuracies on various few-shot learning datasets.

A faster Wasserstein k-means algorithm for histogram data reduces computation and maintains clustering quality.

problem Efficiently clustering histogram data with reduced computation time.
method Sparse simplex projection to reduce data samples, centroids, and ground cost matrix, dynamically removing lower-valued samples.
result Significant reduction in computational complexity without compromising clustering quality.

A new pruning method reduces neural network computation without retraining.

problem Efficiently reduce neural network computation while maintaining accuracy.
method Structured directional pruning via perturbation orthogonal projection.
result Achieves state-of-the-art pruned accuracy without retraining.

TristouNet is a neural network architecture based on Long Short-Term Memory recurrent networks, meant to project speech sequences into a fixed-dimensional euclidean space. Thanks to the triplet loss paradigm used for training, the resulting sequence embeddings can be compared directly with the euclidean distance, for s…

2016-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

New bounds show linear predictors rarely overfit with certain optimization methods.

problem Bounding test error for linear predictors with stochastic optimization methods.
method Coupling argument for fixed point methods like stochastic and batch mirror descent.
result Locally-adapted rates that depend on predictor properties, not global problem structure.

Develop a framework for barycentric projections of optimal transport plans on Riemannian manifolds.

problem Optimal transport couplings are probabilistic objects, while many learning pipelines require deterministic maps.
method Develop a framework for barycentric projections of transport couplings on Riemannian manifolds.
result The intrinsic projection maps each source point to the conditional Fréchet mean of its destination law and is shown to be the best deterministic representative under squared geodesic loss.

This study addresses the challenges of dynamic mini-batch sub-sampling in neural network training.

problem Challenges in training neural networks due to dynamic mini-batch sub-sampling.
method Distinguishes between static and dynamic sub-sampling, recasting optimization to find SNN-GPPs.
result SNN-GPPs are less susceptible to sub-sampling-induced discontinuities and better approximate true optima.

Gradient descent at edge of stability stabilizes implicitly, following projected gradient descent.

problem Gradient descent's stability and sharpness behavior at the edge of instability.
method Cubic Taylor expansion analysis of gradient descent dynamics.
result Gradient descent at edge of stability implicitly follows projected gradient descent.

PCA outperforms random projections in retaining second order signals from latent groups.

problem Preserving second order structure in latent groups under unsupervised linear projections.
method Theoretical framework and quasi-exhaustive enumeration of projections.
result PCA outperforms random projections in retaining second order signals across a broad range of data-generating parameters.