Effective implementations of sampling-based probabilistic inference often require manually constructed, model-specific proposals. Inspired by recent progresses in meta-learning for training learning agents that can generalize to unseen environments, we propose a meta-learning approach to building effective and generali…
Proposes supervised method for whole DAG causal structure learning.
problem Learning causal directions from data, especially for whole DAG structure.
method Supervised learning approach using permutation equivariant models.
result Promising results compared to previous approaches on synthetic and real data.
Paper proposes a method to learn and exceed expert demonstrations in unknown reward environments.
problem Learning to outperform expert demonstrations in unknown reward environments.
method A novel concurrent reward and action policy learning approach with a stereo utility definition.
result The proposed method can outperform expert demonstrations in various environments.
Active learning is an important technique to reduce the number of labeled examples in supervised learning. Active learning for binary classification has been well addressed in machine learning. However, active learning of the reject option classifier remains unaddressed. In this paper, we propose novel algorithms for a…
Proposes a new metric learning method for image recognition.
problem Improving image recognition performance using learned distance representations.
method Introduces a Generalized Hybrid Metric Loss (GHM-Loss) to learn hybrid proximity features combining geometric and probabilistic spaces.
result Demonstrates superior performance compared to existing methods on public datasets.
A method to automatically learn proposal distributions for energy-based regression models.
problem Manual design and initial estimate of proposal distributions for energy-based regression models.
method Introduces a method to learn an effective proposal distribution automatically, parameterized by a separate network head, and derives a unified training objective to minimize KL divergence and negative log-likelihood.
result Consistently outperforms conventional MDN training on four real-world regression tasks within computer vision.
Proposes a transductive matrix completion method with calibration for multi-task learning.
problem Improving multi-task learning with multiple related data sources.
method Transductive matrix completion with calibration constraint.
result The proposed algorithm recovers incomplete feature and target matrices with improved results.
The decremented learning algorithms are required in machine learning, to prune redundant nodes and remove obsolete inline training samples. In this paper, an efficient decremented learning algorithm to prune redundant nodes is deduced from the incremental learning algorithm 1 proposed in [9] for added nodes, and two de…
A new method automatically and dynamically sets learning rates in deep learning.
problem Determining the appropriate learning rate in deep learning tasks is challenging and often subjective.
method Local Quadratic Approximation (LQA) to automatically and dynamically set learning rates.
result The proposed method leads to nearly optimal learning rates in a computationally efficient way.
We propose a new active learning by query synthesis approach using Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN). Different from regular active learning, the resulting algorithm adaptively synthesizes training instances for querying to increase learning speed. We generate queries according to the uncertainty principle, but our…
In this paper, we propose an end-to-end graph learning framework, namely Deep Iterative and Adaptive Learning for Graph Neural Networks (DIAL-GNN), for jointly learning the graph structure and graph embeddings simultaneously. We first cast the graph structure learning problem as a similarity metric learning problem and…
Sparse representations using learned dictionaries are being increasingly used with success in several data processing and machine learning applications. The availability of abundant training data necessitates the development of efficient, robust and provably good dictionary learning algorithms. Algorithmic stability an…
Paper proposes a new method to learn features from error representations.
problem Learning from error representations in machine learning.
method Inverse feature learning (IFL) based on deep clustering.
result IFL leads to improved performance in classification and clustering.
Active deep learning classification of hyperspectral images is considered in this paper. Deep learning has achieved success in many applications, but good-quality labeled samples are needed to construct a deep learning network. It is expensive getting good labeled samples in hyperspectral images for remote sensing appl…
Active learning improves SR by proposing experiments in data-limited settings.
problem Efficiently gathering data for symbolic regression with physical constraints.
method Query by committee using the Pareto frontier of equations, with physical constraints.
result Reduces data required for SR and achieves state-of-the-art results.
Proposes a method to improve SLMC for multimodal distributions.
problem Difficulty of applying SLMC to multimodal distributions.
method Parallel adaptive annealing with VAE-SLMC.
result Can proficiently obtain accurate samples from multimodal distributions.
Proposes a method to evaluate meta-learning performance based on task similarity.
problem Meta-learning performance evaluation ignores task similarity, leading to biased results.
method Generative approach using Latent Dirichlet Allocation to analyze task similarity.
result The proposed method provides an insightful evaluation of meta-learning algorithms, matching common intuition.
New MCFOs improve learning generative models and time series inference.
problem Challenges in learning generative models and inferring latent trajectories for time series.
method Proposed Monte Carlo filtering objectives (MCFOs) for joint learning and adaptive proposals.
result MCFOs lead to efficient and stable model learning and explain data well.
The paper proposes a learning algorithm that improves adaptability and generalization.
problem Improving adaptability and generalization in learning models.
method Learning to meta-learn by meta-finetuning on related tasks before adapting to specific tasks.
result Learning to meta-learn improves adaptability and generalization across various tasks.
Multitask learning (MTL) aims to learn multiple tasks simultaneously through the interdependence between different tasks. The way to measure the relatedness between tasks is always a popular issue. There are mainly two ways to measure relatedness between tasks: common parameters sharing and common features sharing acro…
Paper proposes an online learning algorithm for a neuro-fuzzy classifier with mixed data.
problem Inability of GFMMNN learning algorithms to handle mixed-attribute data.
method Extended online learning algorithm for GFMMNN that can handle both continuous and categorical features.
result Superior and stable classification performance compared to other learning algorithms.
Two new inverse-free ELM algorithms for incremental and decremental learning are proposed.
problem Efficiently updating and removing multiple hidden nodes in ELM.
method Improved inverse-free recursive algorithms for Tikhonov regularization.
result Inverse-free algorithms for ELM with multiple hidden nodes and redundant nodes.
Study proposes a stopping criterion for active learning based on error stability.
problem Improving predictive performance in active learning by adaptively annotating samples.
method Proposes a stopping criterion based on error stability for Bayesian active learning.
result Demonstrates the proposed criterion stops active learning at the appropriate timing for various models and datasets.
A lightweight FPGA-based reinforcement learning approach for edge devices.
problem Resource constraints and inefficiency of DQN on edge devices.
method OS-ELM based training algorithm and L2 regularization for stability.
result 29.77x and 89.40x faster than conventional DQN-based approach for CartPole-v0 task.
New metric learning approach for tree data reduces computation cost.
problem Efficiently computing distances between ordered labeled trees.
method Introduced pq-grams and a differentiable weighted pq-gram distance, combined with LMNN for optimization.
result Significantly reduces computation time for tree classification problems.
Proposes active learning for meta-learning in graph node response prediction.
problem Difficulty in improving performance with meta-learning due to unbalanced observations.
method Combines graph convolutional neural networks and reinforcement learning for both prediction and node selection.
result Can predict responses and select nodes even for unseen response variables.
FedDuA adapts global learning rate for federated learning.
problem Slow convergence in federated learning due to dataset and parameter space heterogeneity.
method FedDuA uses mirror descent to adaptively select global learning rate based on inter-client and coordinate-wise heterogeneity.
result FedDuA achieves minimax optimal convergence for convex objectives and outperforms baselines in various settings.
Due to myriads of classes, designing accurate and efficient classifiers becomes very challenging for multi-class classification. Recent research has shown that class structure learning can greatly facilitate multi-class learning. In this paper, we propose a novel method to learn the class structure for multi-class clas…
This paper proposes an active metric learning method for clustering with pairwise constraints.
problem Clustering with pairwise constraints and improving clustering performance.
method Active metric learning method that queries informative instance pairs and updates the learned metric sequentially.
result The proposed method enhances clustering performance and provides a tighter error bound.
This paper presents a new multitask learning framework that learns a shared representation among the tasks, incorporating both task and feature clusters. The jointly-induced clusters yield a shared latent subspace where task relationships are learned more effectively and more generally than in state-of-the-art multitas…
This paper presents a novel multitask multiple kernel learning framework that efficiently learns the kernel weights leveraging the relationship across multiple tasks. The idea is to automatically infer this task relationship in the \textit{RKHS} space corresponding to the given base kernels. The problem is formulated a…
We propose accelerated randomized coordinate descent algorithms for stochastic optimization and online learning. Our algorithms have significantly less per-iteration complexity than the known accelerated gradient algorithms. The proposed algorithms for online learning have better regret performance than the known rando…
Proposes Stochastic-Sign SGD for federated learning with theoretical guarantees.
problem Developing efficient, private, and resilient parameter estimation methods for federated learning.
method Introduces Stochastic-Sign SGD, a novel method based on SIGNSGD, which addresses convergence and communication efficiency.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of Stochastic-Sign SGD through experiments on MNIST and CIFAR-10 datasets.
Proposes efficient model for continual learning that grows model over task-specific parameters.
problem Limited transfer learning ability and forgetting of earlier knowledge in existing methods.
method Filter and channel expansion method that grows model over previous task parameters.
result Better knowledge transfer and improved performance in task incremental learning.
New deep learning method outperforms random training data.
problem Improving accuracy of deep learning algorithms in high dimensions.
method Training with low-discrepancy sequences instead of random data.
result Significantly outperforms standard deep learning algorithms.
Proposes a novel deep DL approach for inference tasks.
problem Improvements needed in Deep DL methods for inference tasks and denoising.
method Combines DL layers with RNNs to learn a deep transform and metric.
result Outperforms existing DDL and state-of-the-art CNNs in inference applications.
In this paper, we propose AutoCompete, a highly automated machine learning framework for tackling machine learning competitions. This framework has been learned by us, validated and improved over a period of more than two years by participating in online machine learning competitions. It aims at minimizing human interf…
AMIGo uses adversarial intrinsic goals to teach RL agents new skills.
problem Learning in sparse reward environments.
method Adversarial intrinsic goals to generate a curriculum for a student policy.
result AMIGo enables agents to learn new skills without extrinsic rewards.
Model selection is a problem that has occupied machine learning researchers for a long time. Recently, its importance has become evident through applications in deep learning. We propose an agreement-based learning framework that prevents many of the pitfalls associated with model selection. It relies on coupling the t…
Dual-structured method improves cross-domain imitation learning.
problem Learning policies in a target domain from source domain expert demonstrations.
method Extracts domain and policy expertness features, synthesizes new features.
result Superior performance compared to other algorithms in MuJoCo tasks.
Proposes an offline active learning method for graphs.
problem Active learning on graphs where labeling is expensive.
method Two-stage biased sampling strategy considering informativeness and representativeness.
result Establishes a theoretical relationship between generalization error and number of nodes selected.
Proposes a method to quantify the reliability of salient regions in deep learning models using p-values.
problem Difficulty in assessing the reliability of saliency maps generated by deep learning models.
method Proposes a selective inference framework to quantify the reliability of salient regions as selected hypotheses by deep learning models.
result The method can provably control the probability of false positive detections of salient regions.
Paper proposes a faster method for fuzzy neural networks by removing unsuitable hyperboxes.
problem Reducing training time for fuzzy neural networks.
method A novel hyperbox selection rule based on mathematical formulas to remove unsuitable hyperboxes.
result Significant decrease in training time for both online and agglomerative learning algorithms.
Proposes a data augmentation method to improve multi-label learning performance.
problem Improving multi-label learning by exploiting label correlations and data augmentation.
method Proposes a novel data augmentation approach that performs clustering on real examples and treats cluster centers as virtual examples, promoting local smoothness through a regularization term.
result Extensive experiments show that the proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art multi-label learning approaches.
Proposes a method to balance tasks in multitask learning with a single gradient step update.
problem Balancing tasks in multitask learning to avoid imbalance.
method Gradient-based meta-learning to balance tasks at the gradient level, training shared and task-specific layers separately.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on various multitask computer vision problems.
Many IoT applications at the network edge demand intelligent decisions in a real-time manner. The edge device alone, however, often cannot achieve real-time edge intelligence due to its constrained computing resources and limited local data. To tackle these challenges, we propose a platform-aided collaborative learning…
Residual Continual Learning prevents forgetting in sequential tasks.
problem Preventing catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning of multiple tasks.
method ResCL reparameterizes network parameters by combining original and fine-tuned networks, keeping network size constant.
result ResCL achieves state-of-the-art performance in various continual learning scenarios.
LC-FL uses generative models to reduce communication costs in federated learning.
problem High communication costs and strict model homogeneity in federated learning.
method LC-FL employs generative models to transmit data and aggregate models.
result LC-FL reduces communication costs and supports heterogeneous models.