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48 results for sparse structure learning

This paper proposes a method to reveal task relationships in multi-task learning models using sparse graphs.

problem Understanding the underlying task relationships in multi-task learning models.
method Proposes a bilevel formulation of multi-task learning that induces sparse graphs.
result The method improves interpretability of multi-task learning models without sacrificing generalization performance.

We present an extension of sparse PCA, or sparse dictionary learning, where the sparsity patterns of all dictionary elements are structured and constrained to belong to a prespecified set of shapes. This \emph{structured sparse PCA} is based on a structured regularization recently introduced by [1]. While classical spa…

2009-09-08abs ↗pdf ↗

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 estimators improve sparse semiparametric additive modeling.

problem Sparse semiparametric additive modeling with structured sparsity.
method Combines group subset selection with shrinkage for nonconvex optimization.
result New estimators outperform alternatives in synthetic and real-world data.

Novel algorithm learns sparse signal representations over topological spaces.

problem Sparse representation of signals over combinatorial topological spaces.
method Leveraging Hodge theory, the paper embeds topology into a dictionary structure via concatenated sub-dictionaries, each as a polynomial of Hodge Laplacians, and optimizes the dictionary coefficients and sparse signal representation via iterative alternating algorithms.
result Efficiently learned sparse representations and underlying relational structure of topological signals.

Many transformations in deep learning architectures are sparsely connected. When such transformations cannot be designed by hand, they can be learned, even through plain backpropagation, for instance in attention mechanisms. However, during learning, such sparse structures are often represented in a dense form, as we d…

2018-10-22abs ↗pdf ↗

SPARTAN learns sparse interaction graphs between objects in scenes.

problem Capturing structured interactions between entities in complex settings remains challenging.
method SPARTAN is a Transformer-based world model that learns sparse, context-dependent interaction graphs through sparsity regularization on attention patterns.
result SPARTAN achieves significantly improved few-shot adaptation to dynamics changes and robustness against distractors.

The performance of sparse signal recovery from noise corrupted, underdetermined measurements can be improved if both sparsity and correlation structure of signals are exploited. One typical correlation structure is the intra-block correlation in block sparse signals. To exploit this structure, a framework, called block…

2012-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel method for learning Bayesian network structures from decentralized data, balancing privacy and efficiency.

problem Privacy and communication costs in learning Bayesian network structures from decentralized data.
method Fed-Sparse-BNSL, combining differential privacy with greedy updates targeting only a few relevant edges per participant.
result Achieves utility close to non-private baselines while offering stronger privacy and communication efficiency.

Meta-ticket finds optimal sparse subnetworks for few-shot learning in randomly initialized neural networks.

problem Avoiding overfitting in few-shot learning for over-parameterized neural networks.
method Meta-learning approach to find optimal sparse subnetworks.
result Meta-ticket discovers sparse subnetworks that adapt to each task, achieving superior meta-generalization.

We present a comprehensive framework for structured sparse coding and modeling extending the recent ideas of using learnable fast regressors to approximate exact sparse codes. For this purpose, we develop a novel block-coordinate proximal splitting method for the iterative solution of hierarchical sparse coding problem…

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper introduces structure learning for autoencoder recommenders to improve performance and generalization.

problem Efficient training and generalization in sparse collaborative filtering data.
method Learn groups of related items and use this information to determine the connectivity structure of an auto-encoding neural network.
result The proposed structure learning method results in a sparse network that converges to a local optimum with smaller spectral norm and generalization error.

New pruning method for sparse additive models speeds up causal structure learning.

problem Efficiently prune spurious edges from fully-connected DAG induced by estimated topological order.
method Sparse additive models combined with randomized tree embedding and group-wise sparse regression.
result Significantly faster than existing pruning methods while maintaining comparable accuracy.

RNNs solve modular addition tasks using low rank and sparse Fourier structures.

problem Solving modular addition tasks with recurrent neural networks.
method Identified low rank structures and sparse Fourier representations in RNN weights.
result RNNs robust to removing individual frequencies but degrade with more ablation.

In this paper, we study the information-theoretic limits of learning the structure of Bayesian networks (BNs), on discrete as well as continuous random variables, from a finite number of samples. We show that the minimum number of samples required by any procedure to recover the correct structure grows as Ω(m)Ω(m) and $Ω…

2016-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

sBayFDNN bridges deep learning and functional data analysis for complex, structured data.

problem Challenges in functional data analysis, especially for complex, continuously structured data.
method Sparse Bayesian functional deep neural network (sBayFDNN) that learns adaptive functional embeddings and interpretable region selection.
result First theoretical guarantees for a Bayesian deep functional model, ensuring reliability and statistical rigor.

Paper proposes an efficient algorithm for learning sparse Bayesian networks from discrete high-dimensional data.

problem Learning sparse structure Bayesian networks from high-dimensional discrete data.
method Score function for sparse DAG, block-wise stochastic coordinate descent with variance reduction.
result The proposed algorithm outperforms existing methods in synthetic data benchmarks.

Sparse coding approximates the data sample as a sparse linear combination of some basic codewords and uses the sparse codes as new presentations. In this paper, we investigate learning discriminative sparse codes by sparse coding in a semi-supervised manner, where only a few training samples are labeled. By using the m…

2013-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper connects neural network hyperparameter optimization and NAS to structured sparse recovery.

problem Hyperparameter optimization and neural architecture search in neural networks.
method Structured sparse recovery methods applied to HPO and NAS.
result Improvements in hyperparameter optimization and discovery of novel neural architectures.

We investigate the problem of factorizing a matrix into several sparse matrices and propose an algorithm for this under randomness and sparsity assumptions. This problem can be viewed as a simplification of the deep learning problem where finding a factorization corresponds to finding edges in different layers and valu…

2013-11-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Gaussian graphical models (GGM) have been widely used in many high-dimensional applications ranging from biological and financial data to recommender systems. Sparsity in GGM plays a central role both statistically and computationally. Unfortunately, real-world data often does not fit well to sparse graphical models. I…

2014-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

New method handles structural uncertainty in graphs better than existing models.

problem Handling heterophily and structural noise in semi-supervised learning on graphs.
method Sparse signed message passing network that models a posterior distribution over signed adjacency matrices.
result Our method outperforms strong baseline models on heterophilic benchmarks under both synthetic and real-world structural noise.

New method learns sparse distributions by thresholding samples, improving performance and efficiency.

problem Sparse coding optimization in high-dimensional problems is computationally expensive and inefficient.
method Proposes a new variational sparse coding approach that learns sparse distributions by thresholding samples.
result Shows superior performance, statistical efficiency, and gradient estimation compared to other sparse distributions.

We present a signal representation framework called the sparse manifold transform that combines key ideas from sparse coding, manifold learning, and slow feature analysis. It turns non-linear transformations in the primary sensory signal space into linear interpolations in a representational embedding space while maint…

2018-06-23abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper proposes a fast and accurate method for sparse regression in the presence of missing data. The underlying statistical model encapsulates the low-dimensional structure of the incomplete data matrix and the sparsity of the regression coefficients, and the proposed algorithm jointly learns the low-dimensional s…

2015-03-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper develops efficient variational inference for sparse deep learning with theoretical guarantees.

problem Sparse deep learning's challenge of huge storage consumption and sparse structure recovery.
method Bayesian treatment with spike-and-slab priors and continuous relaxation of Bernoulli distribution for computationally efficient variational inferences.
result Provides variational posterior contraction rate, justifying consistency of the proposed method.

Method learns graph structure for multi-task learning, revealing interpretable relationships.

problem Learning relationships among tasks in multi-task learning.
method Simultaneously learns graph structure and model parameters, optimizing the graph structure with the model parameters.
result Reduces generalization error and reveals interpretable sparse graph among tasks.

Deep NLP models benefit from underlying structures in the data---e.g., parse trees---typically extracted using off-the-shelf parsers. Recent attempts to jointly learn the latent structure encounter a tradeoff: either make factorization assumptions that limit expressiveness, or sacrifice end-to-end differentiability. Us…

2018-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Recently, the paradigm of unfolding iterative algorithms into finite-length feed-forward neural networks has achieved a great success in the area of sparse recovery. Benefit from available training data, the learned networks have achieved state-of-the-art performance in respect of both speed and accuracy. However, the …

2019-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to learn sparse deep neural networks with theoretical guarantees.

problem Over-parameterized deep neural networks cause training, prediction, and interpretation difficulties.
method Frequentist-like method for sparse DNNs under Bayesian framework.
result Consistent sparse DNNs with at most O(n/log(n))O(n/\log(n)) connections.

New model allows sparse graphs with many triangles to be represented.

problem Sparse graphs with many triangles cannot be accurately represented in finite dimensions.
method Infinite-dimensional inner product model with manifold representations.
result Local neighborhoods can be represented in lower dimensions.

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 ↗