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48 results for simpler design

Automates molecule design with simpler SMILES generation and reinforcement learning.

problem Designing molecules with specific chemical properties.
method Combines context-free grammar for SMILES strings and reinforcement learning with a Transformer model.
result Significantly reduces model steps per atom and beats previous baselines.

Automated HPO design using Bayesian optimization and benchmarking.

problem Designing effective hyperparameter optimization algorithms is manual and lacks systematic understanding.
method Formalized space of HPO candidates, Bayesian optimization for search, ablation analysis.
result Simple configurations can perform well in HPO, especially with right parameters.

New algorithms optimize faster for simpler problems in machine learning.

problem Design faster optimization algorithms for practical machine learning problems.
method Adaptive gradient algorithms with refined conditions based on Hessian singular values.
result Achieved optimal gradient complexity for linear regression.

Artificial Neural Networks(ANN) has been phenomenally successful on various pattern recognition tasks. However, the design of neural networks rely heavily on the experience and intuitions of individual developers. In this article, the author introduces a mathematical structure called MLP algebra on the set of all Multi…

2017-01-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We sharply characterize the performance of different penalization schemes for the problem of selecting the relevant variables in the multi-task setting. Previous work focuses on the regression problem where conditions on the design matrix complicate the analysis. A clearer and simpler picture emerges by studying the No…

2010-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper optimizes designs for distinguishing between Gaussian process models.

problem Discriminating between two Gaussian process models.
method Sequential and static design criteria, including Kullback Leibler divergences and log-likelihood ratios.
result Necessary conditions for optimal design measures are provided.

Improved model for multivariate time series prediction with simpler architecture.

problem Multivariate probabilistic time series prediction challenges.
method Simplified transformer-based attentional copulas (TACTiS) with linearly scalable parameters.
result Significantly better training dynamics and state-of-the-art performance.

Low-connectivity reservoirs outperform standard designs in chaotic system forecasting.

problem Forecasting chaotic systems with high accuracy and low computational resources.
method Used Bayesian optimization to find optimal reservoir configurations, focusing on global system climate rather than short-term prediction.
result Optimized reservoirs with very low connectivity perform well in forecasting chaotic systems, challenging existing design heuristics.

FTRL algorithm with negative entropy regularizer achieves best-of-three-world results for linear bandits.

problem Designing an FTRL algorithm for linear bandits with optimal regret bounds.
method Follow-the-regularized-leader (FTRL) algorithm with negative entropy regularizer.
result Regret bounds achieve the same or nearly the same order as detect-switch type algorithm but with simpler design.

How can we design safe reinforcement learning agents that avoid unnecessary disruptions to their environment? We show that current approaches to penalizing side effects can introduce bad incentives, e.g. to prevent any irreversible changes in the environment, including the actions of other agents. To isolate the source…

2018-06-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Modern ML methods show unexpected behaviors that contradict classical statistics.

problem Modern machine learning methods exhibit behaviors at odds with classical statistical intuitions.
method Comparison between fixed and random design settings in ML and statistics.
result Moving from fixed to random designs reveals new insights into bias-variance tradeoffs and overfitting.

The paper explores local-correlation models for pricing complex financial contracts.

problem Calibrating synthetic quanto forward contracts and composite options.
method Design on-line calibration procedures for local and stochastic volatility models.
result Calibration performance of local-correlation models compared to simpler approximations.

Efficient DL reduces EM nanostructure design complexity.

problem Designing and optimizing electromagnetic nanostructures efficiently.
method Autoencoder-based dimensionality reduction for one-to-one problem reformulation.
result Significant reduction in computational complexity for EM nanostructures.

The Lasso method is analyzed for high-dimensional regression with Gaussian designs, leading to new insights on its performance.

problem Analyzing the Lasso method for high-dimensional regression with Gaussian designs.
method Generalizing the Lasso characterization to Gaussian correlated designs with non-singular covariance structure.
result Establishing non-asymptotic bounds on the distance between the distribution of various quantities in the two models.

modAL is a modular active learning framework for Python, aimed to make active learning research and practice simpler. Its distinguishing features are (i) clear and modular object oriented design (ii) full compatibility with scikit-learn models and workflows. These features make fast prototyping and easy extensibility p…

2018-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We define a new Hurwitz problem which is essentially a small core of the simple Hurwitz problem. The corresponding Hurwitz numbers have simpler formulae, satisfy effective recursion relations and determine the simple Hurwitz numbers. We also apply this idea of finding a smaller simpler enumerative problem to orbifold H…

2013-12-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We provide an alternative, simpler proof of the existence of thick triangulations for noncompact C1\mathcal{C}^1 manifolds. Moreover, this proof is simpler than the original one given in \cite{pe}, since it mainly uses tools of elementary differential topology. The role played by curvatures in this construction is also…

2008-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies semiparametric contextual bandits, a generalization of the linear stochastic bandit problem where the reward for an action is modeled as a linear function of known action features confounded by an non-linear action-independent term. We design new algorithms that achieve O~(dT)\tilde{O}(d\sqrt{T}) regret …

2018-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose prototypical networks for the problem of few-shot classification, where a classifier must generalize to new classes not seen in the training set, given only a small number of examples of each new class. Prototypical networks learn a metric space in which classification can be performed by computing distances…

2017-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops a method to automatically create learning curricula for reinforcement learning.

problem Designing an effective sequence of simpler tasks to prepare for a more complex task.
method Formulated as a Markov Decision Process, extended to handle multiple transfer learning algorithms.
result A curriculum policy can be learned from experience, improving training speed for reinforcement learning agents.

New geometric regularizers improve deep learning generalization.

problem Improving deep learning models' ability to generalize to unseen data.
method Using Bregman divergence loss and bounded spectral products, we propose a novel geometric regularizer to enhance model generalization.
result Good generalization can be achieved by designing deep models with specific structural regularizers.

Spectral graph convolutional neural networks (CNNs) require approximation to the convolution to alleviate the computational complexity, resulting in performance loss. This paper proposes the topology adaptive graph convolutional network (TAGCN), a novel graph convolutional network defined in the vertex domain. We provi…

2017-10-28abs ↗pdf ↗

ASVRG accelerates stochastic variance reduction methods with simplicity and efficiency.

problem Efficiently solving convex and non-convex optimization problems.
method Accelerated proximal stochastic variance reduced gradient (ASVRG) method with momentum acceleration.
result ASVRG achieves best known oracle complexities for strongly and non-strongly convex objectives.