A new clustering method using deep autoencoder networks and spectral clustering.
problem Improving clustering accuracy in noisy data.
method Dual autoencoder network for robust latent representations, mutual information estimation for discriminative features, deep spectral clustering.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art clustering approaches on benchmark datasets.
Proposes autoencoding with random forests using spectral graph theory.
problem Learning low-dimensional embeddings of random forest models.
method Combines nonparametric statistics and spectral graph theory for optimization.
result Establishes a universal consistent decoder for random forest models.
Recently, a number of works have studied clustering strategies that combine classical clustering algorithms and deep learning methods. These approaches follow either a sequential way, where a deep representation is learned using a deep autoencoder before obtaining clusters with k-means, or a simultaneous way, where dee…
This work proposes a novel autoencoder for fusing visible and infrared images.
problem Challenging task to combine spatial and spectral information from visible and infrared images.
method Spatially constrained adversarial autoencoder with residual architecture and adversarial regularizer.
result Generates a more realistic fused image with enhanced spatial and spectral information.
In this paper, we introduce an algorithm for performing spectral clustering efficiently. Spectral clustering is a powerful clustering algorithm that suffers from high computational complexity, due to eigen decomposition. In this work, we first build the adjacency matrix of the corresponding graph of the dataset. To bui…
ISVAE enhances interpretability in time series clustering using a novel filter bank.
problem Improving interpretability in time series clustering models.
method Integrates a Filter Bank (FB) into a Variational Autoencoder (VAE) to enhance interpretability and clusterability.
result ISVAE produces a more interpretable and separable encoding with enhanced clusterability.
SpecAE detects anomalies in attributed networks by projecting them into a tailored space.
problem Detecting anomalies in attributed networks with complex dependencies and nodal attributes.
method Spectral convolution and deconvolution framework, leveraging Laplacian sharpening and density estimation.
result SpecAE effectively detects global and community anomalies in attributed networks.
Lyapunov analysis improves RNN performance prediction.
problem Uncertainty in RNN performance prediction due to hyperparameters and architecture.
method Lyapunov spectral analysis of RNNs and Autoencoder-Lyapunov Embedding Learning (AeLLE).
result AeLLE successfully correlates RNN Lyapunov spectrum with accuracy and predicts performance.
VDA improves disentanglement of latent representations in complex signals.
problem Learning disentangled and interpretable representations in nonstationary, high-dimensional time-evolving signals.
method Variational decomposition autoencoding (VDA) framework, incorporating signal decomposition, contrastive self-supervised task, and variational prior approximation.
result DecVAEs surpass state-of-the-art VAE-based methods in disentanglement quality and generalization.
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.
Survey of spectral, probabilistic, and deep metric learning methods.
problem Developing effective distance metrics for various machine learning tasks.
method Divided into spectral, probabilistic, and deep approaches, covering various techniques and their applications.
result Comprehensive overview of metric learning methods, including new developments and applications.
Method maps imperfect simulations to observed stellar spectra using unsupervised domain adaptation.
problem Mapping from large sets of imperfect simulations and observational data.
method Adversarial autoencoders, cycle-consistency constraint, and generative surrogate physics emulator network.
result Reconstructed spectra quality and discovery of new spectral features.
Spectral clustering is a leading and popular technique in unsupervised data analysis. Two of its major limitations are scalability and generalization of the spectral embedding (i.e., out-of-sample-extension). In this paper we introduce a deep learning approach to spectral clustering that overcomes the above shortcoming…
NVAE improves VAE performance on large image datasets.
problem Improving variational autoencoder performance for large image datasets.
method Deep hierarchical VAE with depth-wise separable convolutions and batch normalization, residual parameterization of Normal distributions, and spectral regularization.
result NVAE achieves state-of-the-art results on MNIST, CIFAR-10, CelebA 64, and CelebA HQ datasets.
Model predicts stable molecules with AI and physics constraints.
problem Designing stable molecules with limited data.
method Graph Scattering Variational Autoencoder with physical constraints.
result Model generates stable molecules with desired properties.
Feature selection is a dimensionality reduction technique that selects a subset of representative features from high dimensional data by eliminating irrelevant and redundant features. Recently, feature selection combined with sparse learning has attracted significant attention due to its outstanding performance compare…
New neural operators learn structured patterns efficiently.
problem Learning and representing complex, structured patterns in data.
method Sparse autoencoder neural operators (SAE-NOs) parameterize concepts as functions, enabling efficient and structured representation.
result SAE-FNOs learn localized patterns and generalize across different scales and discretizations.
Deep learning improves SCMA decoding and codebook construction for 5G wireless networks.
problem Designing low complexity high accuracy decoding algorithms and constructing optimal SCMA codebooks.
method Proposed a deep neural network (DNN) called DL-SCMA and an autoencoder (AE-SCMA) to learn and reconstruct SCMA modulated signals.
result Deep learning SCMA decoder outperforms conventional algorithms in BER, SER, and computational complexity.
KAN-PCA improves asset return analysis by capturing more variance than classical PCA during market crises.
problem Inefficient classical PCA during market crises when correlations between assets change dramatically.
method KAN-PCA uses KAN (Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks) with B-spline functions to learn nonlinear projections.
result KAN-PCA achieves a higher reconstruction R^2 (66.57%) compared to classical PCA (62.99%) on 20 S&P 500 stocks.
New autoencoder framework learns structured latent priors.
problem Learning autoencoders with flexible priors.
method Relational regularization on latent prior, scalable algorithms.
result RAE outperforms existing autoencoders in image generation.
Variational autoencoders learn deep latent models.
problem Learning deep latent-variable models.
method Principled framework using variational inference.
result Introduction to variational autoencoders and extensions.
Feature extraction becomes increasingly important as data grows high dimensional. Autoencoder as a neural network based feature extraction method achieves great success in generating abstract features of high dimensional data. However, it fails to consider the relationships of data samples which may affect experimental…
New insights explain why β-VAEs fail at disentanglement.
problem Disentanglement performance of β-VAEs peaks at intermediate β and collapses as regularization increases. method Formalized information-theoretic mechanism, introduced λβ-VAE to stabilize disentanglement. result Strong regularization pressure leads to mutual information collapse in β-VAEs. Self-taught learning is a technique that uses a large number of unlabeled data as source samples to improve the task performance on target samples. Compared with other transfer learning techniques, self-taught learning can be applied to a broader set of scenarios due to the loose restrictions on the source data. Howeve…
Autoencoders compress and reconstruct data for various applications.
problem Efficiently compress and reconstruct data.
method Neural network architecture that encodes and decodes data.
result Autoencoders can be applied to various data types and applications.
Proposes a Bayesian Autoencoder with sparse Gaussian process priors to capture data correlations.
problem Autoencoders' i.i.d. assumption of latent representations fails to capture data correlations.
method Imposes fully Bayesian sparse Gaussian Process priors on the latent space of a Bayesian Autoencoder and uses stochastic gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for posterior estimation.
result Consistently outperforms alternatives relying on Variational Autoencoders on various tasks.
Study on dynamics of non-linear autoencoders learning principal components.
problem Technical difficulty in studying non-linear autoencoders due to non-trivial correlations.
method Derive asymptotically exact equations for SGD training of shallow, non-linear autoencoders.
result Autoencoders learn principal components sequentially and tie weights are ineffective.
Chart autoencoders learn latent features preserving manifold topology and geometry, with robust denoising capabilities.
problem Learning low-dimensional latent features of high-dimensional data sampled near a manifold.
method Chart autoencoders encode data into latent features on charts, preserving manifold topology and geometry.
result Chart autoencoders achieve a squared generalization error of n−d+22log4n under proper network architectures. POTATOES improves autoencoder UOD accuracy without tuning.
problem Improving unsupervised outlier detection accuracy.
method Randomly partition data, overfit each part with an autoencoder, use max reconstruction error as anomaly score.
result Significant improvement in UOD performance for dense inlier sets.
A wearable EEG headband detects primary colors from brain activity for color perception.
problem Detecting primary colors from brain activity for color perception.
method Spectral power features, statistical features, and correlation features from continuous Morlet wavelet transform; dimensionality reduction techniques like Forward Feature Selection and Stacked Autoencoders; Random Forest Classifier.
result Best overall accuracy of 80.6% for intra-subject classification.
In this paper we propose a Deep Autoencoder MIxture Clustering (DAMIC) algorithm based on a mixture of deep autoencoders where each cluster is represented by an autoencoder. A clustering network transforms the data into another space and then selects one of the clusters. Next, the autoencoder associated with this clust…
This paper proposes a non-parallel many-to-many voice conversion (VC) method using a variant of the conditional variational autoencoder (VAE) called an auxiliary classifier VAE (ACVAE). The proposed method has three key features. First, it adopts fully convolutional architectures to construct the encoder and decoder ne…
The paper tackles model collapse in GPLVMs by improving kernel flexibility and projection variance.
problem Model collapse in GPLVMs leading to vague latent representations.
method Theoretical analysis of projection variance, integration of SM and RFF kernels, and variational inference.
result The advisedRFLVM outperforms competing models in informative latent representations and missing data imputation.
AEGCN uses autoencoder constraints to improve graph node classification.
problem Node classification on graph domains with reduced information loss.
method Autoencoder-constrained graph convolutional network (AEGCN).
result Adding autoencoder constraints significantly improves graph convolutional network performance.
BAE uses boosting to improve autoencoder ensembles for robust outlier detection.
problem Overfitting in autoencoders limits their effectiveness in unsupervised outlier detection.
method Boosting-based Autoencoder Ensemble (BAE) trains autoencoders sequentially with weighted sampling to reduce outliers and inject diversity.
result BAE outperforms state-of-the-art approaches in various outlier detection conditions.
GE-autoencoder identifies spontaneous symmetry breaking in systems.
problem Locating phase boundaries and identifying spontaneously broken symmetries in systems.
method Group-equivariant autoencoder using group theory to constrain parameters and learn invariant order parameters.
result GE-autoencoder accurately determines spontaneous symmetry breaking and estimates critical temperatures more efficiently.
Regularization preserves topological data structure in autoencoders.
problem Ensuring topological data structure preservation in autoencoders.
method Regularization using Legendre nodes to preserve manifold embedding.
result Regularized autoencoders ensure one-to-one embedding of data manifolds.
A new autoencoder method uses empirical beta copulas for generating data.
problem Creating a generative model from an autoencoder's latent space.
method Empirical Beta Copula Autoencoder method.
result The Empirical Beta Copula Autoencoder outperforms other methods in simplicity and effectiveness.
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…
Deep Autoencoder outperforms in anomaly detection for building energy data.
problem Automated detection of faulty data in learning applications.
method Training and comparison of Simple, Deep, and Supervised Deep Autoencoders on ASHRAE building energy dataset.
result Supervised Deep Autoencoder outperforms in total anomalies detected.
This paper introduces a quantization-based regularizer for autoencoders to improve latent representations.
problem Autoencoders can overfit and collapse, leading to poor latent representations.
method The authors combine VQ-VAE and denoising methods to introduce a bottleneck Bayesian estimator that soft quantizes latent codes.
result The method results in better latent representations for supervised and clustering tasks.
In this paper we study generative modeling via autoencoders while using the elegant geometric properties of the optimal transport (OT) problem and the Wasserstein distances. We introduce Sliced-Wasserstein Autoencoders (SWAE), which are generative models that enable one to shape the distribution of the latent space int…
Paper uses autoencoders for efficient reduced-order modeling of eigenvalue problems.
problem Efficiently modeling eigenvalue problems in high dimensions.
method Autoencoder-based reduced-order modeling for eigenvalue problems.
result Autoencoder-based models outperform standard POD-Galerkin methods in neutron diffusion applications.
Proposes a symmetric graph autoencoder for unsupervised learning.
problem Graph representation learning without labeled data.
method Symmetric graph convolutional autoencoder with Laplacian sharpening and signed graphs.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in clustering, link prediction, and visualization tasks.
We present a variation of the Autoencoder (AE) that explicitly maximizes the mutual information between the input data and the hidden representation. The proposed model, the InfoMax Autoencoder (IMAE), by construction is able to learn a robust representation and good prototypes of the data. IMAE is compared both theore…
TES-AE uses tree grammars to speed up autoencoding for tree data.
problem Challenges in autoencoding tree data due to its non-vectorial and discrete nature.
method TES-AE combines reservoir computing with tree grammars for faster training.
result TES-AE outperforms D-VAE in speed and accuracy for tree data.
In this paper, we describe the "implicit autoencoder" (IAE), a generative autoencoder in which both the generative path and the recognition path are parametrized by implicit distributions. We use two generative adversarial networks to define the reconstruction and the regularization cost functions of the implicit autoe…
Novel fusion of autoencoders predicts sleepiness from speech.
problem Predicting sleepiness from speech recordings.
method Attention-based and recurrent sequence to sequence autoencoders for unsupervised representation learning.
result Fusion of autoencoders' representations achieves higher correlation with sleepiness scales.