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48 results for shared sparsity

Unified multitask learning framework for mixed-type outcomes.

problem Difficulty in formulating a unified objective for tasks with different outcomes.
method Multitask transformation framework with shared sparsity, using deep neural networks and rank-based optimization.
result Improved prediction and variable selection across continuous, binary, and mixed outcomes.

MT-HAL learns features and task associations for multiple tasks with a shared sparse structure.

problem Learning features and task associations for multiple tasks with shared structure.
method Fully nonparametric approach that learns features, samples, and task associations with a shared sparse structure.
result MT-HAL achieves a powerful convergence rate and outperforms other methods across various simulation settings.

New method for MTL with varying sparsity patterns across tasks.

problem Jointly training multiple linear models with differing sparsity patterns.
method Mixed-integer programming formulation and scalable algorithms.
result Our methods leverage shared support information to improve variable selection.

Sparse modeling is a powerful framework for data analysis and processing. Traditionally, encoding in this framework is performed by solving an L1-regularized linear regression problem, commonly referred to as Lasso or Basis Pursuit. In this work we combine the sparsity-inducing property of the Lasso model at the indivi…

2010-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Many signal processing and machine learning methods share essentially the same linear-in-the-parameter model, with as many parameters as available samples as in kernel-based machines. Sparse approximation is essential in many disciplines, with new challenges emerging in online learning with kernels. To this end, severa…

2014-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

DICCA maps multi-view data into a shared latent space with interpretable components.

problem Learning from multiple related but distinct data views.
method DICCA extends CCA to deep generative networks and uses sparsity-inducing priors for interpretability.
result DICCA effectively disentangles shared and view-specific variations in multi-view data.

HCL learns shared and modality-specific latent representations for multimodal data.

problem Binary shared-private decomposition inadequately represents shared information across subsets of modalities.
method Hierarchical Contrastive Learning framework combining latent-variable formulation, structural sparsity, and contrastive objective.
result HCL accurately recovers hierarchical structure and improves predictive performance on multimodal data.

We propose the Relational Tucker3 (RT) decomposition for multi-relational link prediction in knowledge graphs. We show that many existing knowledge graph embedding models are special cases of the RT decomposition with certain predefined sparsity patterns in its components. In contrast to these prior models, RT decouple…

2019-02-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse mapping has been a key methodology in many high-dimensional scientific problems. When multiple tasks share the set of relevant features, learning them jointly in a group drastically improves the quality of relevant feature selection. However, in practice this technique is used limitedly since such grouping infor…

2017-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we investigate a new compressive sensing model for multi-channel sparse data where each channel can be represented as a hierarchical tree and different channels are highly correlated. Therefore, the full data could follow the forest structure and we call this property as \emph{forest sparsity}. It exploi…

2012-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider high-dimensional distribution estimation through autoregressive networks. By combining the concepts of sparsity, mixtures and parameter sharing we obtain a simple model which is fast to train and which achieves state-of-the-art or better results on several standard benchmark datasets. Specifically, we use a…

2015-11-15abs ↗pdf ↗

In the paradigm of multi-task learning, mul- tiple related prediction tasks are learned jointly, sharing information across the tasks. We propose a framework for multi-task learn- ing that enables one to selectively share the information across the tasks. We assume that each task parameter vector is a linear combi- nat…

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Most existing approaches address multi-view subspace clustering problem by constructing the affinity matrix on each view separately and afterwards propose how to extend spectral clustering algorithm to handle multi-view data. This paper presents an approach to multi-view subspace clustering that learns a joint subspace…

2017-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithms for Gaussian process, marginal likelihood methods or restricted maximum likelihood methods often require derivatives of log determinant terms. These log determinants are usually parametric with variance parameters of the underlying statistical models. This paper demonstrates that, when the underlying matrix …

2019-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Learning multiple tasks across heterogeneous domains is a challenging problem since the feature space may not be the same for different tasks. We assume the data in multiple tasks are generated from a latent common domain via sparse domain transforms and propose a latent probit model (LPM) to jointly learn the domain t…

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the problem of estimating multiple linear regression equations for the purpose of both prediction and variable selection. Following recent work on multi-task learning Argyriou et al. [2008], we assume that the regression vectors share the same sparsity pattern. This means that the set of relevant predictor var…

2009-03-09abs ↗pdf ↗

CMF is a technique for simultaneously learning low-rank representations based on a collection of matrices with shared entities. A typical example is the joint modeling of user-item, item-property, and user-feature matrices in a recommender system. The key idea in CMF is that the embeddings are shared across the matrice…

2013-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm extracts shared latent space for cortico-muscular interactions.

problem Challenges of high dimensionality and limited sample sizes in multivariate cortico-muscular analysis.
method Structured and sparse partial least squares coherence (ssPLSC) algorithm.
result ssPLSC achieves competitive or better performance in scenarios with limited sample sizes and high noise levels.

PSiLON Net uses L1L_1 weight normalization and 1-path-norm regularization for efficient learning and sparsity.

problem Efficient learning and sparsity in neural networks with limited data.
method PSiLON Net employs L1L_1 weight normalization and 1-path-norm regularization to simplify the 1-path-norm and achieve efficient learning and near-sparse parameters.
result PSiLON Net achieves reliable optimization and strong performance in the small data regime.

Bayesian model transfers knowledge across different engineering fleets.

problem Data sparsity in predictive models for engineering infrastructure.
method Hierarchical Bayesian approach with multitask learning.
result Improves survival analysis and power prediction in truck fleets and wind farms.

We provide a series of results for unsupervised learning with autoencoders. Specifically, we study shallow two-layer autoencoder architectures with shared weights. We focus on three generative models for data that are common in statistical machine learning: (i) the mixture-of-gaussians model, (ii) the sparse coding mod…

2018-06-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Diffusion models adapt to low-dimensional structures for nonparametric density estimation.

problem High-dimensional statistical inference challenges.
method Viewing diffusion models as implicit density estimators and exploiting their low-dimensional structure.
result Achieves minimax optimal rate for total variation distance with factorizable density.

Improved GEC models use scored data from large pretraining to outperform.

problem Addressing data sparsity in Grammatical Error Correction.
method Derive example-level scores from a smaller, higher-quality dataset and incorporate delta-log-perplexity into training schedules.
result Models trained on scored data achieve state-of-the-art results.

The paper proposes a new method for product recommendation that considers revenue contributions and user similarity.

problem High dimensionality and sparsity in user-item data, especially in terms of revenue contributions.
method The approach encodes revenue contributions in the user-item matrix and computes customer similarity using suitable distance measures.
result The method segments users based on revenue-based similarity and supports recommendations aligned with profitability objectives.

New algorithms for latent class analysis using regularized spectral clustering.

problem Identifying latent classes within populations from categorical data.
method Developed two new algorithms using a regularized Laplacian matrix to estimate latent classes.
result Our algorithms provide consistent latent class analysis under mild conditions and can accurately infer the number of latent classes.

Recommender systems play a central role in providing individualized access to information and services. This paper focuses on collaborative filtering, an approach that exploits the shared structure among mind-liked users and similar items. In particular, we focus on a formal probabilistic framework known as Markov rand…

2016-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for analyzing multi-source, multi-way data reduces dimensionality and reveals shared and individual structures.

problem Analyzing multi-source, multi-way data from different high-throughput technologies.
method Multiple Linked Tensor Factorization (MULTIFAC) extending CP decomposition with L2 penalties and EM algorithm for incomplete data.
result MULTIFAC approximates underlying signal, identifies shared and unshared structures, and imputes missing data.

A tuning-free method recovers jointly sparse signals in MMV using implicit regularization.

problem Recovering jointly sparse signals in MMV with minimal tuning or prior knowledge.
method Reparameterizes MMV estimation matrix into decoupled factors and applies gradient descent to a least-squares objective.
result Gradient descent dynamics exhibit a momentum-like effect, converging towards an idealized row-sparse solution.

Proper regularization is critical for speeding up training, improving generalization performance, and learning compact models that are cost efficient. We propose and analyze regularized gradient descent algorithms for learning shallow neural networks. Our framework is general and covers weight-sharing (convolutional ne…

2018-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a flexible feature allocation model for sparse factor analysis.

problem Sparse data and rigid assumptions in traditional exploratory tools.
method Adaptive latent feature sharing with control over feature sparsity.
result Derives a novel adaptive Factor analysis (aFA) and aPPCA for flexible dimensionality reduction.

Entropy regularization improves sparse model discovery in federated learning.

problem Sparse model discovery in federated learning with limited data.
method Entropy regularization of gate distributions for probabilistic sparse model exploration.
result Entropy regularization leads to better sparse model recovery and performance.

Demanding sparsity in estimated models has become a routine practice in statistics. In many situations, we wish to require that the sparsity patterns attained honor certain problem-specific constraints. Hierarchical sparse modeling (HSM) refers to situations in which these constraints specify that one set of parameters…

2015-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Decor protects decentralized learning models from curious users.

problem Privacy violation in decentralized learning.
method Decor uses correlated Gaussian noises to protect local models in decentralized SGD with differential privacy guarantees.
result Decor matches central DP optimal privacy-utility trade-off for arbitrary connected graphs.

FL-Sailer enables federated learning for scATAC-seq data, reducing dimensionality and noise.

problem Privacy-preserving federated learning for ultra-high dimensional, sparse, and heterogeneous scATAC-seq data.
method FL-Sailer integrates adaptive leverage score sampling and an invariant VAE architecture.
result FL-Sailer converges to an approximate solution with bounded error, surpassing centralized methods.