Two solutions for multi-modal record linkage using Deep Learning inspired by Visual Question Answering.
problem Matching records from multiple sources representing the same entity.
method Two fusion modules: Recurrent Neural Network + Convolutional Neural Network and Stacked Attention Network. A Siamese Neural Network computes similarity.
result Recurrent Neural Network + Convolutional Neural Network fusion module outperforms a simple model.
A machine learning approach to record fusion with high accuracy.
problem Aggregating multiple records corresponding to the same entity.
method Constructing feature vectors from attribute-level, record-level, and database-level signals; using a stagewise additive model to learn a classifier.
result Average precision of ~98% with source information and ~94% without source information across diverse datasets.
Ensemble methods have been widely used for improving the results of the best single classificationmodel. A large body of works have achieved better performance mainly by applying one specific ensemble method. However, very few works have explored complex fusion schemes using het-erogeneous ensembles with new aggregatio…
For most problems in science and engineering we can obtain data sets that describe the observed system from various perspectives and record the behavior of its individual components. Heterogeneous data sets can be collectively mined by data fusion. Fusion can focus on a specific target relation and exploit directly ass…
AECF improves multimodal inference robustness and calibration.
problem Robustness and calibration issues in multimodal systems with missing inputs.
method Adaptive Entropy-Gated Contrastive Fusion (AECF) layer.
result Improves masked-input mAP by +18 pp at a 50% drop rate.
Sleep apnea is a common respiratory disorder characterized by breathing pauses during the night. Consequences of untreated sleep apnea can be severe. Still, many people remain undiagnosed due to shortages of hospital beds and trained sleep technicians. To assist in the diagnosis process, automated detection methods are…
Late fusion of clinical notes and physiological data improves ICU mortality prediction.
problem Improving ICU mortality prediction using multimodal data.
method Late fusion of clinical notes and physiological time series data with a deep learning architecture.
result Late fusion approach provides statistically significant improvement in mortality prediction performance.
Paper presents an audiovisual model to recognize sounds from weakly labeled video data.
problem Sound recognition from weakly labeled video data.
method Audiovisual fusion model with attention mechanism.
result The model achieves a mean Average Precision (mAP) of 46.16 on AudioSet, outperforming state-of-the-art models.
Genealogy research is the study of family history using available resources such as historical records. Ancestry provides its customers with one of the world's largest online genealogical index with billions of records from a wide range of sources, including vital records such as birth and death certificates, census re…
Proposes a fusion method for many treatment groups in ITRs.
problem Challenges in handling many treatment groups with data sparsity and covariate imbalance.
method Calibration-weighted treatment fusion procedure that balances covariates and fuses similar treatments.
result Ensures robust treatment group recovery and policy value compared to existing methods.
Neural networks outperform conventional filters in inertial sensor-based attitude estimation.
problem Limited accuracy in inertial sensor-based attitude estimation due to dynamic and static motion.
method Investigated neural networks versus conventional filters for improving accuracy.
result Neural networks outperform conventional filters only with domain-specific optimizations.
Current high-throughput data acquisition technologies probe dynamical systems with different imaging modalities, generating massive data sets at different spatial and temporal resolutions posing challenging problems in multimodal data fusion. A case in point is the attempt to parse out the brain structures and networks…
Proposes a multi-modal attention network for better stock price prediction.
problem Predicting future stock movements using historical records and social media.
method Extracts semantic information from social media, estimates credibility, and integrates with numeric features.
result Significantly improved prediction accuracy and trading profits compared to previous methods.
Framework for multi-task learning with semiparametric models and nuisance parameters.
problem Improving parameter estimation from diverse, heterogeneous datasets.
method Late fusion multi-task learning framework with two-step process: individual task learning followed by adaptive aggregation.
result The method achieves faster convergence rates compared to individual task learning when tasks share similar parametric components.
Framework improves marine mammal monitoring in noisy underwater environments.
problem Underwater bioacoustic monitoring challenges due to overlapping calls and variable noise.
method Multi-step attention-guided framework with segmentation and mid-level fusion.
result Improved signal discrimination, reduced false positives, reliable representations.
In this article, we propose an approach that can make use of not only labeled EEG signals but also the unlabeled ones which is more accessible. We also suggest the use of data fusion to further improve the seizure prediction accuracy. Data fusion in our vision includes EEG signals, cardiogram signals, body temperature …
According to the American Diabetes Association(ADA), 30.3 million people in the United States have diabetes, but only 7.2 million may be undiagnosed and unaware of their condition. Type 2 diabetes is usually diagnosed for most patients later on in life whereas the less common Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed early on in li…
Sensor fusion has wide applications in many domains including health care and autonomous systems. While the advent of deep learning has enabled promising multi-modal fusion of high-level features and end-to-end sensor fusion solutions, existing deep learning based sensor fusion techniques including deep gating architec…
Proposes Fusion Recurrent Neural Network for sequence data.
problem Improving sequence learning for practical applications.
method Fusion module and Transport module for sequence data.
result Fusion RNN performs comparably to state-of-the-art RNNs.
Meta Fusion integrates various multimodal data fusion strategies into a unified framework.
problem Improving predictive power of machine learning methods across diverse applications.
method Meta Fusion constructs a cohort of models based on latent representations across modalities, sharing soft information to boost performance.
result Meta Fusion consistently outperforms conventional fusion strategies in simulation and real-world applications.
We propose a generalized class of multimodal fusion operators for the task of visual question answering (VQA). We identify generalizations of existing multimodal fusion operators based on the Hadamard product, and show that specific non-trivial instantiations of this generalized fusion operator exhibit superior perform…
Background: Predictive modeling is a key component of solutions to many healthcare problems. Among all predictive modeling approaches, machine learning methods often achieve the highest prediction accuracy, but suffer from a long-standing open problem precluding their widespread use in healthcare. Most machine learning…
New insights into knot fusion numbers via cabling.
problem Understanding fusion numbers of ribbon knots and their behavior under cabling.
method Utilizing knot Floer homology and cabling formulas to analyze fusion numbers.
result The fusion number and strong homotopy fusion number of (p,1)-cable knots are preserved.
We introduce semisimple 2-categories, fusion 2-categories, and spherical fusion 2-categories. For each spherical fusion 2-category, we construct a state-sum invariant of oriented singular piecewise-linear 4-manifolds.
A new memory-based fusion layer improves multi-modal deep learning performance.
problem Improving performance of multi-modal deep learning by addressing long-term dependencies.
method Introducing a Memory based Attentive Fusion (MBAF) layer that incorporates both current and long-term dependencies.
result The MBAF layer enhances fusion and improves performance across different modalities and networks.
Algorithms that fuse multiple input sources benefit from both complementary and shared information. Shared information may provide robustness against faulty or noisy inputs, which is indispensable for safety-critical applications like self-driving cars. We investigate learning fusion algorithms that are robust against …
This paper improves model fusion by training-time neuron alignment, reducing barriers in multi-model fusion.
problem Diverse neuron permutations across different settings hinder model fusion performances.
method Training-time neuron alignment using fixed neuron anchors to reduce training-time permutations.
result Training-time neuron alignment improves fusion of pretrained models and federated learning performances.
We classify all fusion categories for a given set of fusion rules with three simple object types. If a conjecture of Ostrik is true, our classification completes the classification of fusion categories with three simple object types. To facilitate the discussion we describe a convenient, concrete and useful variation o…
Novel fusion network combines polarization and radiomics features for liver cancer classification.
problem Challenges in histopathological diagnosis of HCC and ICC.
method Two-tier fusion approach: feature-level and classification-level.
result Significantly enhances classification accuracy, even at reduced resolutions.
Study fusion methods for financial image views to improve robustness against attacks.
problem Improving robustness of financial image views for next-day direction prediction.
method Same-source multi-view learning with early fusion and late fusion, using OHLCV and technical-indicator views, and evaluating pixel-space L-infinity attacks.
result Early fusion can suffer negative transfer under noisy settings, while late fusion is more reliable once labels stabilize.
New proof and formula linking fusion trees to quantum knot invariants.
problem Quantum knot invariants encoding in non-semisimple TQC.
method Connection between fusion trees and Lawrence representations, using graphical calculus.
result Explicit encoding of quantum knot invariants via fusion trees.
Paper proposes a new method for Bayesian linear regression using spike-and-slab priors.
problem Identifying predictors with similar relationships in linear regression models.
method Hierarchical Bayesian models with spike-and-slab priors and a Gibbs sampler.
result The proposed method outperforms previous methods in simulations and real data analysis.
Study Coxeter groups over fusion rings and their geometric realisations.
problem Understanding Coxeter groups and their embeddings.
method Investigate faithful realisations and Vinberg systems.
result Induce embeddings of hyperplane complements.
A lot of attention has been devoted to multimedia indexing over the past few years. In the literature, we often consider two kinds of fusion schemes: The early fusion and the late fusion. In this paper we focus on late classifier fusion, where one combines the scores of each modality at the decision level. To tackle th…
Gradient descent constructs tight fusion frames.
problem Constructing tight fusion frames from prescribed subspaces.
method Gradient descent and symplectic geometry.
result Gradient descent can be used to construct tight fusion frames.
Constructs a fusion product on spinor bundle over loop space.
problem Describes a fusion product on the spinor bundle over loop space.
method Uses Connes fusion of von Neumann bimodules and string structures.
result Establishes a novel relation between string structures, loop fusion, and Connes fusion of Fock spaces.
Bayesian fusion improves radar target recognition for UAVs.
problem Improving radar target recognition for UAVs using multistatic radar configurations.
method Proposes a fully Bayesian RATR framework using Optimal Bayesian Fusion (OBF) to aggregate classification probability vectors from multiple radars.
result Empirical results show that the OBF method significantly enhances classification accuracy compared to other fusion methods and single radar configurations.
Computational modeling of human multimodal language is an emerging research area in natural language processing spanning the language, visual and acoustic modalities. Comprehending multimodal language requires modeling not only the interactions within each modality (intra-modal interactions) but more importantly the in…
Fusion of transformer networks using optimal transport for improved performance.
problem Improving performance of transformer-based models through fusion.
method Exploiting optimal transport for soft alignment of transformer components.
result Consistently outperforms vanilla fusion and individual parent models.
The paper analyzes how shared priors affect Bayesian data fusion performance.
problem Effect of shared priors on Bayesian data fusion performance.
method Theoretical analysis using two divergences common in Bayesian inference.
result Theoretical analysis and experimental validation of performance behavior.
Partial fusion combines neural networks to balance accuracy and efficiency.
problem Balancing accuracy and computational cost in neural networks.
method Extending weight aggregation methods based on neuron-level similarity, using partial optimal transport to match similar neurons.
result Achieves a flexible tradeoff between computational cost and performance.
This paper reviews deep learning for multi-modality medical image segmentation.
problem Improving segmentation accuracy in medical images using multiple modalities.
method Overview of deep learning and multi-modal medical image segmentation, analysis of different network architectures and fusion strategies.
result Later fusion of modalities can lead to more accurate segmentation results.
We present a baseline approach for cross-modal knowledge fusion. Different basic fusion methods are evaluated on existing embedding approaches to show the potential of joining knowledge about certain concepts across modalities in a fused concept representation.
New 4-manifold invariant defined from trisection diagrams.
problem Defining a new 4-manifold invariant from trisection diagrams.
method Algebraic data from bimodule categories and spherical fusion categories, described diagrammatically.
result Includes Hopf algebraic invariants and modular fusion category invariants.
Spinor bundle constructed on loop space for string manifolds.
problem Constructing spinor bundles for string manifolds.
method Using ideas from Stolz and Teichner, a spinor bundle and fusion product are defined for a string manifold.
result Existence of spinor bundle with fusion product on a manifold X if and only if X admits a string structure.
This paper develops a mathematical and computational framework for analyzing the expected performance of Bayesian data fusion, or joint statistical inference, within a sensor network. We use variational techniques to obtain the posterior expectation as the optimal fusion rule under a deterministic constraint and a quad…
EmbraceNet fusion model for multi-sensor activity recognition.
problem Human activity recognition using multiple sensors is challenging.
method Independent processing of each sensor, feature fusion with EmbraceNet, post-processing, and additional processes.
result Improved performance in SHL recognition challenge.
Systematic review of multimodal data challenges and solutions.
problem Challenges in integrating diverse data types for improved diagnostics and personalized care.
method Synthesizing findings from 69 studies on technical obstacles and recent methodological advances.
result Promising solutions like transfer learning, generative models, attention mechanisms, and neural architecture search.