Enhances word embedding by transferring external knowledge.
problem Low-frequency words in semantic space.
method Latent Semantic Imputation (LSI) integrating graph theory and spectral embeddings.
result LSI generates reliable embedding vectors for low-frequency words.
Service robots learn new tasks more efficiently with ISI, improving query performance and reducing training time.
problem Incremental learning of semantic concepts in multi-relational embeddings for service robots.
method Incremental Semantic Initialization (ISI) that allows new semantic concepts to be initialized in relation to previously learned embeddings.
result ISI improves immediate query performance by 41.4% and reduces the number of epochs to approach model convergence by 78.2%.
Framework quantifies semantic similarity between groups of embeddings.
problem Quantifying semantic similarity between groups of embeddings.
method Formulates model comparison task, contrasts generative models, uses information criteria.
result Achieves competitive results in Semantic Textual Similarity tasks.
IdBench benchmarks semantic representations of identifiers, revealing strengths and weaknesses.
problem Evaluating semantic representations of identifiers in source code.
method Created a benchmark using developer ratings, evaluated natural language and source code embeddings, and compared lexical string distance functions.
result No single technique provides a satisfactory representation of semantic similarities, but ensemble models can improve performance.
New method neutralizes gender bias in word embeddings without losing semantic information.
problem Gender biases in word embeddings trained on human-generated corpora.
method Latent Disentanglement and Counterfactual Generation with siamese auto-encoder and gradient reversal layer.
result Our method outperforms existing debiasing methods in preserving semantic information and neutralizing gender biases.
The paper explores how semantic independence can be captured in text embeddings using partial orthogonality.
problem Capturing semantic independence in text embeddings.
method Developed a theory and methods based on partial orthogonality to demonstrate semantic independence.
result Partial orthogonality captures semantic independence in text embeddings.
Learning image representations to capture fine-grained semantics has been a challenging and important task enabling many applications such as image search and clustering. In this paper, we present Graph-Regularized Image Semantic Embedding (Graph-RISE), a large-scale neural graph learning framework that allows us to tr…
Semantic embeddings improve safety-critical classifier performance.
problem Improving interpretability and error detection in safety-critical neural networks.
method Created embeddings from symbolic domain knowledge, used for misprediction interpretation and error detection, introduced semantic distance for confidence measurement.
result Semantic distance achieves near state-of-the-art performance in a traffic sign classifier, faster than other methods.
New insights show embedding lengths correlate with semantic properties.
problem Contrastive embedding norms ignore embedding magnitudes but correlate with semantic properties.
method Formal theoretical framework and analysis of optimization dynamics.
result Embedding lengths encode semantic information as a byproduct of training.
Enhances transfer learning with semantic reasoning for robust predictions.
problem Improving robustness of transfer learning models.
method Integrates semantic representations for better knowledge transfer.
result Demonstrated robustness in bus delay and air quality forecasting.
POLAR framework interprets word embeddings using polar opposites.
problem Lack of interpretability in pre-trained word embeddings.
method Adopt semantic differentials and polar opposites to transform embeddings.
result Interpretable word embeddings maintain performance comparable to original embeddings.
This paper proposes the continuous semantic topic embedding model (CSTEM) which finds latent topic variables in documents using continuous semantic distance function between the topics and the words by means of the variational autoencoder(VAE). The semantic distance could be represented by any symmetric bell-shaped geo…
We present an unsupervised approach for discovering semantic representations of mathematical equations. Equations are challenging to analyze because each is unique, or nearly unique. Our method, which we call equation embeddings, finds good representations of equations by using the representations of their surrounding …
This work benchmarks neural embeddings for link prediction in evolving knowledge graphs.
problem Evaluating the robustness of neural embeddings in changing knowledge graphs.
method Proposes an open-source evaluation pipeline using relation-centric connectivity measures.
result Demonstrates the importance of simulating embedding accuracy for frequently updated knowledge graphs.
This research embeds data as discrete probability distributions in Wasserstein spaces, capturing semantic structures more effectively.
problem Limitations of Euclidean embeddings in capturing latent semantic structures.
method Learning embeddings into entropic Wasserstein spaces, capturing semantic information in Wasserstein distance.
result Wasserstein embeddings can embed a wider variety of metric structures with smaller distortion than Euclidean embeddings.
Enhances image classification by integrating semantic hierarchy into CNN models.
problem Limited use of external guidance in image classification.
method Integrates label-hierarchy knowledge into CNN-based classifiers and uses order-preserving embeddings.
result Boosts image classification performance through semantic hierarchy integration.
New method predicts nonfactuality in LLM responses using semantic isotropy.
problem Assessing trustworthiness of long-form LLM responses efficiently.
method Semantic isotropy of text embeddings on the unit sphere.
result Higher semantic isotropy correlates with lower factual consistency.
Low-dimensional vectors improve semantic understanding of music and language.
problem Noise in shared semantics due to individual brain biases.
method Jointly model multiple brains to learn low-dimensional vector embeddings.
result These embeddings outperform high-dimensional fMRI data in music and language classification.
Traditional semantic similarity models often fail to encapsulate the external context in which texts are situated. However, textual datasets generated on mobile platforms can help us build a truer representation of semantic similarity by introducing multimodal data. This is especially important in sparse datasets, maki…
The abstract explains how word and relation representations capture semantic meaning.
problem Understanding how word and relation representations capture semantic meaning.
method Theoretical justification and extension of geometric relationships between word embeddings and knowledge graph representations.
result The geometric relationships between word embeddings correspond to semantic relations between words and entities in knowledge graphs.
Faster, context-aware topic modeling approach unveiled.
problem Slow and heavy preprocessing in topic modeling.
method Conceptualizes topics as independent axes, decomposes embeddings using ICA.
result 4.5x faster than BERTopic on average, with diverse and coherent topics.
Paper proposes a new approach to unify and compare knowledge graph embedding methods.
problem Lack of understanding and comparison of existing knowledge graph embedding methods.
method Introduces a multi-embedding interaction mechanism to unify and generalize existing models.
result Proposes a new multi-embedding model based on quaternion algebra.
New model creates code semantics vectors for better understanding.
problem Improving code understanding and embedding quality.
method Siamese recurrent neural network on Python source code.
result Model significantly outperforms bag-of-tokens embeddings.
Embeddings leak sensitive information about input data, which can be recovered or inferred.
problem Information leakage in embedding models.
method Developed three classes of attacks to study information leakage.
result Embeddings leak sensitive information about input data, which can be partially recovered or inferred.
Zero-shot audio classification using class label embeddings.
problem Classifying audio without labeled data.
method Bilinear model with audio feature embeddings and class label embeddings.
result Achieved accuracy up to 39.7% for natural audio categories.
OTSeg uses multi-prompt Sinkhorn attention to improve zero-shot semantic segmentation.
problem Leveraging pre-trained CLIP knowledge to align text embeddings with pixel embeddings.
method OTSeg employs Multi-Prompts Sinkhorn (MPS) and Multi-Prompts Sinkhorn Attention (MPSA) to enhance semantic feature matching.
result OTSeg achieves state-of-the-art performance in zero-shot semantic segmentation tasks.
New graph embedding method uses domain-specific knowledge.
problem Lack of semantic information in existing graph embedding approaches.
method Domain-aware biased random walks to incorporate semantic information.
result Embeddings achieve equal or greater accuracy than domain-independent methods.
Proposes priors for interpretable word embeddings.
problem Lack of interpretability and unsupervised nature of word embeddings.
method Use of informative priors to create interpretable probabilistic word embeddings.
result Sensible priors capture latent semantic concepts better than current methods.
Import2vec creates embeddings for software libraries to improve learning tasks.
problem Developing semantic representations for software libraries.
method Applied word embedding techniques from NLP to library packages.
result Library vectors capture meaningful relationships among libraries.
Enhances thematic investing with stock embeddings from textual data.
problem Challenges in constructing thematic portfolios due to overlapping sector boundaries and evolving market dynamics.
method Introduces THEME, a framework that fine-tunes embeddings using hierarchical contrastive learning, aligning themes and stocks using their hierarchical relationship and incorporating stock returns.
result Theme-aligned portfolios demonstrate compelling performance, significantly outperforming large language models in thematic asset retrieval.
Continuous vector representations of words and objects appear to carry surprisingly rich semantic content. In this paper, we advance both the conceptual and theoretical understanding of word embeddings in three ways. First, we ground embeddings in semantic spaces studied in cognitive-psychometric literature and introdu…
Proposes MorphMine for unsupervised morpheme segmentation to improve word embeddings.
problem Lack of semantic information in word-level analysis for infrequent and out-of-vocabulary words.
method MorphMine applies a parsimony criterion to hierarchically segment words into the fewest number of morphemes.
result MorphMine segments words into human-verified morphemes and improves word embedding quality.
We seek to better understand the difference in quality of the several publicly released embeddings. We propose several tasks that help to distinguish the characteristics of different embeddings. Our evaluation of sentiment polarity and synonym/antonym relations shows that embeddings are able to capture surprisingly nua…
The paper tests deep music embeddings for semantic consistency.
problem Ensuring deep music embeddings capture meaningful musical semantics.
method Proposes a systematic method to test deep music representations for semantic consistency, considering both input audio space and latent deep space.
result Distance consistency between related points is maintained in both input audio space and latent deep space.
Paper proposes embedding models to capture semantic similarities of categorical attributes in financial bonds.
problem Challenges in finding similar bonds due to overshadowing of categorical non-financial attributes.
method Embedding models to capture semantic similarities of categorical attributes.
result Improves risk modeling and curve construction via sparse-issuer augmentation.
Company2Vec creates embeddings from company websites for fine-grained business analytics.
problem Lack of fine-grained company labels for analytics.
method Word2Vec and dimensionality reduction on company website data.
result Semantic company embeddings for various applications.
HAKE embeds entities in polar coordinates to model semantic hierarchies in knowledge graphs.
problem Lack of modeling semantic hierarchies in knowledge graph embeddings.
method HAKE embeds entities in a polar coordinate system, where the radial coordinate represents hierarchy levels and the angular coordinate distinguishes entities at the same level.
result HAKE significantly outperforms existing methods on link prediction tasks in knowledge graphs.
Paper debiases text embeddings using context injection.
problem Text embeddings capture and perpetuate biases.
method Review 19 embedding models, quantify biases, and test context injection.
result Higher performing models are more prone to biases but better at incorporating context.
SemSentSum uses embeddings to link facts across documents efficiently.
problem Linking facts across documents is challenging due to language variability.
method Develops SemSentSum, a fully data-driven model using universal and domain-specific sentence embeddings to build a semantic relation graph.
result SemSentSum achieves competitive results on multi-document summarization tasks.
The thesis introduces methods to use semantic hierarchy in image classification.
problem Limited work in training image classifiers with non-conventional external guidance.
method Injects label hierarchy knowledge into arbitrary classifiers and uses order-preserving embeddings for image classification.
result Both embedding-based models and CNN-classifiers with hierarchical information outperform a hierarchy-agnostic model.
Word embeddings have been shown to be useful across state-of-the-art systems in many natural language processing tasks, ranging from question answering systems to dependency parsing. (Herbelot and Vecchi, 2015) explored word embeddings and their utility for modeling language semantics. In particular, they presented an …
Word embeddings provide point representations of words containing useful semantic information. We introduce multimodal word distributions formed from Gaussian mixtures, for multiple word meanings, entailment, and rich uncertainty information. To learn these distributions, we propose an energy-based max-margin objective…
Tag2Vec learns tag representations in hybrid networks with semantic and hierarchical information.
problem Lack of semantic and hierarchical information in tag networks.
method Tag2Vec model that combines nodes and tags into hybrid networks, using parameterized random walks and hyperbolic Skip-gram model.
result Tag2Vec outperforms other models in learning rich semantic tag representations.
SFBoW provides sentence embeddings with predefined dimensions.
problem Sentence embeddings problem at document-level.
method Refinement of Fuzzy Bag-of-Words, predefined dimension.
result Competitive performances in Semantic Textual Similarity benchmarks.
Word2Vec embedding for Italian language developed.
problem Lack of word embedding for Italian language.
method Parameter tuning of Word2Vec for Italian language.
result An embedding for Italian language created.
Word2Vec (W2V) and GloVe are popular, fast and efficient word embedding algorithms. Their embeddings are widely used and perform well on a variety of natural language processing tasks. Moreover, W2V has recently been adopted in the field of graph embedding, where it underpins several leading algorithms. However, despit…
Corpus poisoning can manipulate word meanings in word embeddings, affecting natural language processing tasks.
problem Controlling word meanings via corpus modifications.
method Developed an explicit expression over corpus features to control word embeddings.
result Demonstrated the ability to manipulate word meanings in word embeddings, affecting various downstream tasks.
Top2Vec finds topic vectors from documents and words without needing stop words or custom settings.
problem Topic modeling weaknesses, including needing known topics, stop words, and custom settings.
method Joint document and word semantic embedding to find topic vectors automatically.
result Top2Vec finds more informative and representative topics than probabilistic models.