Steganography is the science of hiding a secret message within an ordinary public message, which is referred to as Carrier. Traditionally, digital signal processing techniques, such as least significant bit encoding, were used for hiding messages. In this paper, we explore the use of deep neural networks as steganograp…
Social messages classification is a research domain that has attracted the attention of many researchers in these last years. Indeed, the social message is different from ordinary text because it has some special characteristics like its shortness. Then the development of new approaches for the processing of the social…
This thesis focuses on gaining linguistic insights into textual discussions on a word level. It was of special interest to distinguish messages that constructively contribute to a discussion from those that are detrimental to them. Thereby, we wanted to determine whether "I"- and "You"-messages are indicators for eithe…
Introduces Spectral Graph Network combining spatial and spectral message passing.
problem Relational reasoning in graph structured data.
method Applies message passing to both spatial and spectral domains of a graph.
result Promotes efficient training with fewer iterations and robustness to edge dropout.
The study analyzes sentiment of European tweets during the pandemic.
problem Understanding public sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
method Cross-language sentiment analysis of multilingual tweets using neural networks and sentence embeddings.
result Sentiment analysis reveals that lockdown announcements correlate with a deterioration of mood, which recovers quickly.
New neural network boosts authorship verification on social media.
problem Challenges in verifying authorship of short, diverse social media messages.
method Proposes a new neural network topology for similarity learning.
result Significantly improved performance on author verification tasks.
Neural decoders improve performance on large algebraic block codes.
problem Improving decoding performance for large algebraic block codes.
method Graph neural networks for message passing with hypernetworks and arctanh activation.
result Neural decoding outperforms traditional methods for various code families.
ADD embeds a 48-bit message into images, achieving high accuracy and speed.
problem Embedding high-fidelity messages into images to detect authenticity and source.
method Two-stage process: linear combination and addition of watermark to image, followed by decoding.
result ADD achieves 100% decoding accuracy for 48-bit watermarking, with minimal performance drop under various distortions.
New framework predicts AMP behavior in spiked models for finite iterations.
problem Understanding AMP dynamics in high-dimensional spiked models.
method Developed a non-asymptotic framework for AMP in spiked matrix estimation.
result Predicted AMP behavior for up to O(polylognn) iterations in Z2 synchronization. OCC system speeds up in-app communications for Uber drivers and riders.
problem Improving efficiency in in-app messaging between drivers and riders.
method Intents are detected using unsupervised embedding and nearest-neighbor classifier. Replies are retrieved based on popularity in historical data.
result System achieves 76% accuracy in intent detection and 71% adoption rate of smart replies.
There have been several spectral bounds for the percolation transition in networks, using spectrum of matrices associated with the network such as the adjacency matrix and the non-backtracking matrix. However they are far from being tight when the network is sparse and displays clustering or transitivity, which is repr…
We propose to learn a kernel-based message operator which takes as input all expectation propagation (EP) incoming messages to a factor node and produces an outgoing message. In ordinary EP, computing an outgoing message involves estimating a multivariate integral which may not have an analytic expression. Learning suc…
We analyze oversquashing in topological message-passing using relational structures.
problem Oversquashing in topological message-passing remains understudied.
method A unifying axiomatic framework that bridges graph and topological message-passing.
result Potential to advance topological deep learning.
Message passing is the key to graph neural networks, but new terms are needed to avoid confusion.
problem Current methods of graph neural networks cannot solve all problems over given input graphs.
method Demonstrates that any function of interest can be expressed using pairwise message passing over a modified graph.
result Message passing is the fundamental approach for graph neural networks, and new terms are needed to avoid confusion.
MACE uses higher-order messages to create fast, accurate force fields.
problem Creating fast and accurate force fields in computational chemistry and materials science.
method Introducing MACE, an equivariant MPNN model that uses four-body messages.
result MACE reduces the required number of message passing iterations to just two, achieving state-of-the-art accuracy.
System identifies language of transliterated text.
problem Users struggle to understand non-native language transliterated text.
method Feature extraction of phonetic syllables using LSTM network.
result System accurately identifies language of transliterated text.
We propose an algorithm for deep learning on networks and graphs. It relies on the notion that many graph algorithms, such as PageRank, Weisfeiler-Lehman, or Message Passing can be expressed as iterative vertex updates. Unlike previous methods which rely on the ingenuity of the designer, Deep Graphs are adaptive to the…
We propose an efficient nonparametric strategy for learning a message operator in expectation propagation (EP), which takes as input the set of incoming messages to a factor node, and produces an outgoing message as output. This learned operator replaces the multivariate integral required in classical EP, which may not…
ADMP-GNN dynamically adjusts message-passing layers for better graph learning performance.
problem Fixed message-passing steps in GNNs do not account for nodes' varying computational needs.
method Proposes ADMP-GNN, which dynamically adjusts the number of message-passing layers for each node.
result Improves performance on node classification tasks compared to baseline GNN models.
We consider the problem of separating error messages generated in large distributed data center networks into error events. In such networks, each error event leads to a stream of messages generated by hardware and software components affected by the event. These messages are stored in a giant message log. We consider …
Social media is increasingly used by humans to express their feelings and opinions in the form of short text messages. Detecting sentiments in the text has a wide range of applications including identifying anxiety or depression of individuals and measuring well-being or mood of a community. Sentiments can be expressed…
Deep structured output learning shows great promise in tasks like semantic image segmentation. We proffer a new, efficient deep structured model learning scheme, in which we show how deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) can be used to estimate the messages in message passing inference for structured prediction wit…
DimeNet uses directional message passing to improve molecular predictions.
problem Lack of directional information in graph neural networks for molecules.
method Directional message passing, rotationally equivariant embeddings, spherical functions.
result DimeNet outperforms previous GNNs by 76% on MD17 and 31% on QM9.
New protocols improve privacy in counting and selection problems with multiple messages.
problem Improving privacy in counting and selection problems with multiple messages.
method Analyzed frequency estimation and selection problems in the shuffled model with multiple messages per user.
result Protocols with multiple messages achieve exponential improvements in error compared to single-message protocols.
MPLP learns neural network weights by treating operations as message-passing agents.
problem Training neural networks using gradient-based methods.
method MPLP abstracts neural network operations as message-passing agents, updating internal states and passing messages.
result MPLP outperforms traditional gradient-based methods on simple feed-forward neural networks.
New graph coarsening method preserves GNN message-passing signals.
problem Preserving GNN message-passing on coarsened graphs.
method Proposed a new oriented message-passing operation for coarsened graphs.
result Improved node classification results compared to naive methods.
Study on convergence of graph neural networks on random graphs.
problem Convergence of message passing graph neural networks on large random graphs.
method Extended convergence results to a broad class of aggregation functions using McDiarmid inequality.
result Non-asymptotic bounds for convergence quantified with high probability.
Two EP frameworks ensure integrable beliefs in Bayesian estimation problems.
problem Non-integrable beliefs in EP can lead to infeasible solutions.
method Proposes two EP frameworks to keep messages non-integrable.
result Ensures integrable beliefs in EP, even with non-integrable messages.
The paper proposes a SeqGAN model to generate balanced log messages for anomaly detection.
problem Imbalanced log data makes anomaly detection difficult.
method SeqGAN for generating balanced log messages, Autoencoder for feature extraction, GRU for anomaly detection.
result Oversampling and balancing data improves anomaly detection accuracy.
Topo-MLP learns network representations without message passing.
problem Lack of efficient higher-order network modeling methods.
method Proposes Topo-MLP, a simplicial neural network algorithm using MLP and HONC loss.
result Demonstrates improved robustness and efficiency in representation learning.
Enhances graph neural networks with structural message-passing for better generalization.
problem Limited representation power and inability to learn basic graph topological properties.
method Proposes a framework that includes a one-hot encoding of nodes and parametrized message and update functions ensuring permutation equivariance.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results on molecular graph regression on the ZINC dataset.
Develops a Gaussian-based message-passing algorithm for noisy matrix completion.
problem Noisy matrix completion problems.
method Gaussian parameterized belief propagation algorithm.
result Advantages over traditional methods in non-Gaussian noise scenarios.
Proposes a new method for predicting missing relations in knowledge graphs.
problem Predicting missing relations between entities in knowledge graphs.
method Relational message passing method considering only edge features without entity IDs.
result PathCon method outperforms state-of-the-art methods significantly.
Introduces P-tensors for generalized higher-order message passing in graph neural networks.
problem Expanding the expressive power of graph neural networks through higher-order structures.
method Introduces P-tensors to define the most general form of permutation equivariant message passing.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on molecular datasets.
New algorithm minimizes FE objectives for synthetic AIF agents.
problem Minimizing Free Energy for synthetic active inference agents.
method Variational message passing on Constrained FFGs.
result Message passing algorithms induce epistemic behavior in AIF agents.
A new graph neural network (NBA-GNN) avoids revisiting nodes to improve accuracy.
problem Redundancy in graph neural network updates causes over-squashing and inaccurate recognition.
method Proposes non-backtracking graph neural networks (NBA-GNN) that update messages without revisiting nodes.
result The NBA-GNN alleviates over-squashing and improves performance on graph benchmarks.
Paper interprets contrastive learning dynamics using message passing.
problem Lack of rigorous understanding of contrastive learning dynamics.
method Casts contrastive objective into message passing scheme on augmentation graph.
result The learning dynamics of contrastive learning can be theoretically characterized.
A new neural network model for molecular graphs that learns efficiently and accurately.
problem Learning on molecular graphs with cycles and complex structures.
method Hierarchical inter-message passing using raw graph and junction tree representations.
result The model outperforms classical GNNs in detecting cycles and is efficient to train.
New distribution simplifies covariance matrix inference.
problem Efficient inference for covariance matrices in large models.
method Incorporates Inverse G-Wishart distribution for variational message passing.
result Elegant and succinct expression of variational message passing fragments.
Agent uses message passing to optimize robot navigation, balancing exploration and exploitation.
problem Optimizing robot navigation in continuous-valued spaces with uncertainty.
method Autoregressive active inference agent using message passing on a factor graph.
result Agent modulates action based on predictive uncertainty, leading to better model of dynamics.
Motivated by the observation that overexposure to unwanted marketing activities leads to customer dissatisfaction, we consider a setting where a platform offers a sequence of messages to its users and is penalized when users abandon the platform due to marketing fatigue. We propose a novel sequential choice model to ca…
New method explains GNNs using power iteration clustering.
problem Mysterious mechanism of message passing in GNNs.
method Subspace power iteration clustering (SPIC) models.
result Message passing in GNNs can be understood through power iteration.
Chance-constrained ActInf allows for small violations of constraints to drive goal-directed behavior.
problem Goal-directed behavior constrained by prior beliefs.
method Introducing chance constraints to ActInf, allowing for small violations of constraints.
result Chance-constrained ActInf allows for a trade-off between robust control and chance constraint violation.
Factor graphs have recently gained increasing attention as a unified framework for representing and constructing algorithms for signal processing, estimation, and control. One capability that does not seem to be well explored within the factor graph tool kit is the ability to handle deterministic nonlinear transformati…
We introduce a novel mechanism to tighten the local polytope relaxation for MAP inference in Markov random fields with low state space variables. We consider a surjection of the variables to a set of hyper-variables and apply the local polytope relaxation over these hyper-variables. The state space of each individual h…
Belief propagation and its variants are popular methods for approximate inference, but their running time and even their convergence depend greatly on the schedule used to send the messages. Recently, dynamic update schedules have been shown to converge much faster on hard networks than static schedules, namely the res…
Space debris warnings follow a predictable pattern, allowing timely satellite maneuvers.
problem Estimating when fresh information about space debris will arrive.
method Statistical learning model of the message arrival process, specifically a Bayesian Poisson process.
result The average prediction error for the next message arrival time is smaller than baseline predictions.
Convex message passing algorithms converge to a fixed point.
problem Understanding convergence properties of convex message passing methods.
method Proving convergence of coordinate descent applied to piecewise-affine convex objectives, and showing this applies to various message passing methods.
result The iterates converge to a fixed point of the method, and the algorithm terminates in a known number of iterations.