This work provides a guaranteed tensor recovery method by combining low-rankness and smoothness priors.
problem Guaranteed tensor recovery with theoretical guarantees for low-rank and smoothness priors.
method Developed a new regularization term that combines low-rankness and smoothness priors, proving exact recovery guarantees.
result Rigorously proved exact recovery guarantees for tensor completion and tensor robust principal component analysis.
Symmetry helps VI recover certain statistics.
problem Understanding how symmetry in variational inference affects the recovery of statistics.
method Developed a general theory of symmetry-induced statistic recovery in variational inference.
result Symmetry can force the recovery of certain statistics in VI, even under model misspecification.
A new clustering method improves recovery guarantees by re-embedding data.
problem Improving recovery guarantees in clustering algorithms.
method Chaining four techniques: leapfrog distances, multidimensional scaling, spectral methods, and sum-of-norms clustering.
result Re-embedding data improves recovery guarantees of clustering.
We provide recovery guarantees for compressible signals that have been corrupted with noise and extend the framework introduced in \cite{bafna2018thwarting} to defend neural networks against ℓ0-norm, ℓ2-norm, and ℓ∞-norm attacks. Our results are general as they can be applied to most unitary tr…
We address some theoretical guarantees for Schatten-p quasi-norm minimization (p∈(0,1]) in recovering low-rank matrices from compressed linear measurements. Firstly, using null space properties of the measurement operator, we provide a sufficient condition for exact recovery of low-rank matrices. This condition…
Guarantees sparse recovery for neural networks with iterative hard thresholding.
problem Recovering sparse network weights in neural networks.
method Structural properties of sparse network weights and iterative hard thresholding algorithm.
result Simple iterative hard thresholding algorithm recovers sparse network weights exactly using linear memory.
Study shows DNNs can recover functions with fewer samples than model parameters at overparameterization.
problem Determining reliable function recovery in overparameterized deep neural networks.
method Introducing 'local linear recovery' (LLR) and proving upper bounds on sample sizes for recovery.
result Upper bounds on optimistic sample sizes for function recovery in overparameterized DNNs are achieved.
New SAE algorithm proves feature recovery for LLMs with theoretical guarantees.
problem Achieving interpretable features in large language models (LLMs).
method Proposed a statistical framework and bias adaptation technique for sparse autoencoders (SAEs).
result Proved correct recovery of all monosemantic features under specific data sampling.
New algorithm recovers model coefficients and supports from noisy data.
problem Simultaneous estimation and support recovery in linear models with Gaussian noise.
method Projection-based algorithm for STG regularized minimization problem, proving convergence and support recovery guarantees.
result New algorithm outperforms existing methods in support recovery for various data setups.
We introduce a two step algorithm with theoretical guarantees to recover a jointly sparse and low-rank matrix from undersampled measurements of its columns. The algorithm first estimates the row subspace of the matrix using a set of common measurements of the columns. In the second step, the subspace aware recovery of …
Paper discusses new stochastic algorithms for sparse signal recovery.
problem Sparse signal recovery in medical imaging and remote sensing.
method Proposes and analyzes stochastic natural thresholding algorithms.
result Demonstrates improved performance of StoNT algorithms.
The paper improves conditions for unique recovery in homomorphic sensing of subspaces.
problem Unique recovery of points in a linear subspace from their images under linear maps.
method Tighter and simpler conditions for unique recovery in single and subspace arrangement cases, extending to noise stability.
result Conditions for unique recovery in homomorphic sensing are improved and unified.
New algorithm improves signal recovery from noisy measurements with theoretical guarantees.
problem Recovering signals from noisy measurements in inverse problems.
method Wasserstein-based projections (WP) replacing analytic regularization with data-driven denoising.
result WP approximates true projection with high probability, providing theoretical guarantees.
SyncRank recovers global ranking from noisy comparisons with theoretical guarantees.
problem Recovering a global ranking from noisy pairwise comparisons.
method Complex-valued data model and SDP relaxation for exact ranking recovery.
result SyncRank achieves exact ranking recovery with high probability above a critical noise threshold of O(sqrt(n / log n)).
This paper considers the recovery of a low-rank matrix from an observed version that simultaneously contains both (a) erasures: most entries are not observed, and (b) errors: values at a constant fraction of (unknown) locations are arbitrarily corrupted. We provide a new unified performance guarantee on when the natura…
Nonconvex matrix recovery is known to contain no spurious local minima under a restricted isometry property (RIP) with a sufficiently small RIP constant δ. If δ is too large, however, then counterexamples containing spurious local minima are known to exist. In this paper, we introduce a proof technique that is capa…
Optimal sparse recovery with decision stumps achieves strong feature selection guarantees.
problem Sparse recovery of active features from high-dimensional data.
method Analysis of single-depth decision trees (decision stumps) for feature selection in linear regression.
result Tight sample performance guarantees for O(slogp), improving upon previous bounds. Theoretical guarantees for STE, a robust subspace recovery method.
problem Recovering a low-dimensional subspace from corrupted data.
method Subspace-constrained Tyler's estimator (STE) with initialization conditions.
result STE can effectively recover the subspace under certain conditions.
Sharp global guarantees for noisy overparameterized low-rank recovery.
problem Understanding practical success of overparameterization in noisy conditions.
method Unified proof technique combining escape directions and counterexample inexistence.
result Near-second-order points achieve minimax-optimal recovery bounds.
Paper proves IRLS converges to subspace from any start, with practical benefits.
problem Robust subspace estimation in machine learning.
method Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares (IRLS) with dynamic smoothing regularization.
result IRLS converges linearly to the underlying subspace from any initialization under deterministic conditions.
We consider the Orthogonal Least-Squares (OLS) algorithm for the recovery of a m-dimensional k-sparse signal from a low number of noisy linear measurements. The Exact Recovery Condition (ERC) in bounded noisy scenario is established for OLS under certain condition on nonzero elements of the signal. The new result a…
A new method enhances signal recovery with FDR control.
problem Challenging signal recovery in compressive sensing.
method Knockoff-guided compressive sensing framework with FDR control.
result Guaranteed FDR control leads to more accurate signal reconstruction.
HSNLD solves robust Hankel recovery efficiently and robustly.
problem Robust Hankel recovery of sparse outliers and missing entries.
method Hankel Structured Newton-Like Descent (HSNLD) algorithm.
result HSNLD achieves linear convergence independent of the condition number.
When the linear measurements of an instance of low-rank matrix recovery satisfy a restricted isometry property (RIP)---i.e. they are approximately norm-preserving---the problem is known to contain no spurious local minima, so exact recovery is guaranteed. In this paper, we show that moderate RIP is not enough to elimin…
We study the problem of corrupted sensing, a generalization of compressed sensing in which one aims to recover a signal from a collection of corrupted or unreliable measurements. While an arbitrary signal cannot be recovered in the face of arbitrary corruption, tractable recovery is possible when both signal and corrup…
We study the problem of robust subspace recovery (RSR) in the presence of adversarial outliers. That is, we seek a subspace that contains a large portion of a dataset when some fraction of the data points are arbitrarily corrupted. We first examine a theoretical estimator that is intractable to calculate and use it to …
The paper analyzes conditions for solving low-rank matrix recovery problems with noisy measurements.
problem Low-rank matrix recovery with corrupted measurements.
method Analysis of the restricted isometry property (RIP) and local search methods.
result Sharp bounds on the maximum distance between local minimizers and the ground truth.
KSS method converges and recovers correct clustering under certain conditions.
problem Subspace clustering for semi-randomly sampled data.
method Local convergence analysis and recovery guarantee for KSS method.
result KSS method converges superlinearly and finds correct clustering within loglog N iterations.
BalLOT uses optimal transport for balanced k-means clustering.
problem Balanced k-means clustering of data. method BalLOT is an optimal transport approach to alternating minimization.
result BalLOT provides theoretical guarantees for exact and partial recoveries of planted clusters.
LogSpecT learns graphs from stationary signals without infeasibility issues.
problem Infeasibility of SpecT model for graph learning from stationary signals.
method Design of LogSpecT and rLogSpecT models with recovery guarantees.
result rLogSpecT is always feasible and provides recovery guarantees.
Active seriation recovers item order from noisy pairwise similarity measurements.
problem Recovering an unknown item ordering from noisy pairwise similarity measurements.
method Proposes an active seriation algorithm that provably recovers the latent ordering with high probability.
result Establishes optimal performance guarantees for successful recovery under a uniform separation condition.
New tensor recovery method uses Riemannian optimization on Segre manifold.
problem Recovering low-rank tensors from noisy measurements.
method Riemannian Gradient Descent (RGD) and Riemannian Gauss-Newton (RGN) algorithms over the Segre manifold.
result Proven convergence rates for RGD and RGN under mild noise assumptions.
This paper considers compressed sensing and affine rank minimization in both noiseless and noisy cases and establishes sharp restricted isometry conditions for sparse signal and low-rank matrix recovery. The analysis relies on a key technical tool which represents points in a polytope by convex combinations of sparse v…
Improves sparse recovery with non-linear Fourier features.
problem Sparse recovery challenges with non-linear Fourier features.
method Characterizes sufficient data points for perfect recovery.
result Sufficient data points depend on kernel matrix.
Posterior sampling estimator achieves near-optimal recovery guarantees for signals from any prior distribution.
problem Characterizing measurement complexity for signals from any prior distribution, including the entire space.
method Characterization of measurement complexity using posterior sampling estimator for Gaussian measurements and any prior distribution.
result Posterior sampling estimator achieves near-optimal recovery guarantees for signals from any prior distribution, robust to model mismatch.
New insights into variable selection with different model assumptions.
problem Sparse recovery with ℓ∞ error guarantees in variable selection. method Separation between oblivious and adaptive models of ℓ∞ sparse recovery. result Proves a surprising contrast between oblivious and adaptive models in ℓ∞ sparse recovery. New method recovers signals from compressed measurements using generative networks with contractive layers.
problem Signal recovery from compressed measurements with generative network priors.
method Developed a new matrix concentration inequality (R2WDC) to relax expansivity conditions for generative networks.
result Signals in the range of a Gaussian generative network can be recovered from few linear measurements with contractive layers.
We consider the mixed regression problem with two components, under adversarial and stochastic noise. We give a convex optimization formulation that provably recovers the true solution, and provide upper bounds on the recovery errors for both arbitrary noise and stochastic noise settings. We also give matching minimax …
Higher-order tensors can represent scores in a rating system, frames in a video, and images of the same subject. In practice, the measurements are often highly quantized due to the sampling strategies or the quality of devices. Existing works on tensor recovery have focused on data losses and random noises. Only a few …
Improves graph recovery in Gaussian graphical modeling.
problem Calibrating regularization parameters for graph recovery.
method Thresholded adaptive validation applied to graphical lasso.
result Thresholding pipeline improves graph recovery.
This paper advances FL algorithms for composite optimization and statistical recovery.
problem Federated learning optimization and statistical recovery in composite settings.
method Proposes Fast Federated Dual Averaging for strongly convex and smooth loss, and Multi-stage Federated Dual Averaging for restricted strongly convex and smooth loss.
result Establishes state-of-the-art iteration and communication complexity, and high probability complexity bound with linear speedup.
Proposes using equivariant generative models for compressed sensing with unknown orientations.
problem Recovering signals with unknown orientations from underdetermined systems of linear measurements.
method Equivariant variational autoencoder as a generative prior for compressed sensing.
result Signals with unknown orientations can be recovered using iterative gradient descent on the latent space of equivariant models.
Paper proposes robust compressed sensing using generative models.
problem Estimating high-dimensional vectors from noisy linear equations with heavy-tailed or outlier data.
method Inspired by Median-of-Means (MOM), proposes an algorithm for robust recovery.
result Guarantees recovery for heavy-tailed data, even in the presence of outliers.
New method improves dictionary recovery from over-realized models.
problem Theoretical guarantees for model recovery in dictionary learning are limited.
method Search over larger over-realized models to facilitate dictionary recovery.
result Model recovery can be upper-bounded by empirical risk and generalization gap.
Recovery of low-rank matrices from a small number of linear measurements is now well-known to be possible under various model assumptions on the measurements. Such results demonstrate robustness and are backed with provable theoretical guarantees. However, extensions to tensor recovery have only recently began to be st…
Study shows generative priors improve rank-one matrix recovery with optimal sample complexity.
problem Recovering a rank-one signal matrix from noisy data with additional prior information.
method Analysis of a nonlinear least squares objective with a favorable global optimization landscape.
result Established optimal sample complexity for generative priors in rank-one matrix recovery.
We show that there are no spurious local minima in the non-convex factorized parametrization of low-rank matrix recovery from incoherent linear measurements. With noisy measurements we show all local minima are very close to a global optimum. Together with a curvature bound at saddle points, this yields a polynomial ti…
This paper investigates gradient recovery schemes for data defined on discretized manifolds. The proposed method, parametric polynomial preserving recovery (PPPR), does not require the tangent spaces of the exact manifolds, and they have been assumed for some significant gradient recovery methods in the literature. Ano…