This paper studies the problem of stance detection which aims to predict the perspective (or stance) of a given document with respect to a given claim. Stance detection is a major component of automated fact checking. As annotating stances in different domains is a tedious and costly task, automatic methods based on ma…
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TESTED improves multi-domain stance detection with topic-guided sampling and contrastive learning.
problem Challenges in multi-domain stance detection due to domain-specific variations and imbalanced annotations.
method Topic-guided diversity sampling and contrastive learning objective.
result Significant improvement in F1 scores, up to 10.2 points out-of-domain.
STANCE learns string similarity using optimal transport alignment.
problem Computing similarity between strings for record linkage and entity resolution.
method Character encoding, optimal transport alignment, convolutional neural network scoring.
result STANCE outperforms state-of-the-art models on alias detection datasets.
The proliferation of fake news and filter bubbles makes it increasingly difficult to form an unbiased, balanced opinion towards a topic. To ameliorate this, we propose 360° Stance Detection, a tool that aggregates news with multiple perspectives on a topic. It presents them on a spectrum ranging from support to opposit…
FAKTA automates fact checking across media sources.
problem Automating fact checking across diverse media sources.
method Unified framework integrating document retrieval, stance detection, evidence extraction, and linguistic analysis.
result FAKTA predicts factuality and provides evidence for claims.
Machine learning improves accuracy of running gait event detection from tibial acceleration.
problem Accurate detection of running gait events from tibial acceleration data.
method Structured machine learning models compared to heuristic methods.
result Structured recurrent neural network model offers most accurate estimation of gait events.
Fake news are nowadays an issue of pressing concern, given their recent rise as a potential threat to high-quality journalism and well-informed public discourse. The Fake News Challenge (FNC-1) was organized in 2017 to encourage the development of machine learning-based classification systems for stance detection (i.e.…
According to Dennett, the same system may be described using a `physical' (mechanical) explanatory stance, or using an `intentional' (belief- and goal-based) explanatory stance. Humans tend to find the physical stance more helpful for certain systems, such as planets orbiting a star, and the intentional stance for othe…
This paper introduces modal epistemic tools for risk management.
problem Identifying and certifying risk claims when institutions lack the necessary epistemic stance.
method Develops crisp and fuzzy modal semantics for assurance and working commitment, distinguishing between object-level risk claims and meta-level epistemic diagnostics.
result Risk governance should model evidential incompleteness and failures of escalation, not just hazards and losses.
This paper describes our system submitted to SemEval 2019 Task 7: RumourEval 2019: Determining Rumour Veracity and Support for Rumours, Subtask A (Gorrell et al., 2019). The challenge focused on classifying whether posts from Twitter and Reddit support, deny, query, or comment a hidden rumour, truthfulness of which is …
Research aims to make fact-checking models more transparent.
problem Making fact-checking models explainable in a complex field.
method Combines fact-checking methods with explainable AI techniques.
result Developed initial solutions for explainable fact-checking.
Social media communications are becoming increasingly prevalent; some useful, some false, whether unwittingly or maliciously. An increasing number of rumours daily flood the social networks. Determining their veracity in an autonomous way is a very active and challenging field of research, with a variety of methods pro…
We introduce simple cost and risk proxy metrics that can be attached to Treasury issuance strategy to complement analysis of the resulting portfolio weighted-average maturity (WAM). These metrics are based on mapping issuance fractions to their long-term, asymptotic portfolio implications for cost and risk under mechan…
Words That Unite The World: A Unified Framework for Deciphering Central Bank Communications Globallycs.CL
Unified framework deciphers global central bank communications.
problem Misinterpretations of central bank communications can disproportionately impact vulnerable populations.
method Developed the World Central Banks (WCB) dataset, annotated and reviewed sentences, defined tasks, and benchmarked models.
result A model trained on aggregated data across banks outperforms models trained on individual bank data.
Paper organizes sampling methods for generative modeling.
problem Challenges in sampling with diffusion models.
method Reviews and organizes existing sampling methods.
result Reveals links between methods to overcome challenges.
Geotechnics adopts data-driven methods from materials informatics.
problem Soil complexity and lack of comprehensive data.
method Leveraging deep learning and transfer learning for feature extraction.
result Revolutionary potential of advanced computational tools in geotechnics.
Large financial dataset tracks FOMC communications and their impact.
problem Understanding how FOMC communications influence financial markets.
method Constructed a large annotated dataset of FOMC speeches, minutes, and transcripts. Developed a hawk-dove classification task. Evaluated various models on the dataset and used RoBERTa-large for monetary policy stance measurement.
result Monetary policy stance measures derived from FOMC documents predict market performance.
It has been suggested that adversarial examples cause deep learning models to make incorrect predictions with high confidence. In this work, we take the opposite stance: an overly confident model is more likely to be vulnerable to adversarial examples. This work is one of the most proactive approaches taken to date, as…
Economies are complex man-made systems where organisms and markets interact according to motivations and principles not entirely understood yet. The increasing dissatisfaction with the postulates of traditional economics i.e. perfectly rational agents, interacting through efficient markets in the search of equilibrium,…
StackGenVis simplifies ensemble learning by visualizing model selection and performance.
problem Complexity in choosing and combining models for stacking ensemble learning.
method Visual analytics system that dynamically adapts performance metrics, manages data instances, selects algorithms, and measures predictive performance.
result Reduces complexity of stacking by removing overpromising and underperforming models.
Estimation of individual treatment effect in observational data is complicated due to the challenges of confounding and selection bias. A useful inferential framework to address this is the counterfactual (potential outcomes) model which takes the hypothetical stance of asking what if an individual had received both tr…
Deep SMOTE improves SMOTE's stability and accuracy in imbalanced classification.
problem Stability and accuracy issues in SMOTE for imbalanced classification.
method Adapting SMOTE idea in a deep neural network regression model.
result Deep SMOTE outperforms traditional SMOTE in precision, F1 score, and AUC.
While MCMC methods have become a main work-horse for Bayesian inference, scaling them to large distributed datasets is still a challenge. Embarrassingly parallel MCMC strategies take a divide-and-conquer stance to achieve this by writing the target posterior as a product of subposteriors, running MCMC for each of them …
Study uses few-shot learning to analyze claims and arguments in German debate on arms deliveries.
problem Limited data and computational resources for automated content analysis.
method Multilingual transformer model with adapter extension and few-shot learning.
result Parameter-efficient approach performs well on varying training set sizes.
TSMB handles time delays in multivariate time series data.
problem Varying time delays in multivariate time series data complicate predictions.
method Time Series Model Bootstrap (TSMB) framework for nonparametric time delay estimation.
result TSMB improves model performance in dynamic data environments.
A new boosting method corrects endogeneity bias in instrumental variable regression.
problem Endogeneity bias in instrumental variable regression.
method Causal Gradient Boosting (boostIV) that builds on gradient boosting algorithm.
result boostIV is consistent and performs well in finite samples compared to other methods.
Purpose - This paper seeks to take a cautionary stance to the impact of the marketing mix on customer satisfaction, via a case study deriving consensus rankings for benchmarking on selected retail stores in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach - The ELECTRE I model is used in deriving consensus rankings via multicrite…
Model trains agents to optimize saving and investment strategies for diverse retirement needs.
problem Optimal saving and investment strategies for individuals in varied employment and income profiles.
method Deep reinforcement learning to train intelligent agents with heterogeneous profiles.
result Flexible methodology estimates lifetime consumption and investment choices for different profiles.
Aligns text representations over time for better performance in sequential tasks.
problem Language evolution causes data drift in sequential tasks.
method Sequentially aligns learned representations to combat data drift.
result Sequential alignment outperforms strong baselines on various tasks.
Dematerialization is the reduction in the quantity of materials needed to produce something useful over time. Dematerialization fundamentally derives from ongoing increases in technical performance but it can be counteracted by demand rebound - increases in usage because of increased value (or decreased cost) that also…
Study quantifies gender bias in language models across 7 languages.
problem Measuring gender bias in language models across multiple languages.
method Curated dataset of politicians, multilingual language models, probing language models.
result Larger language models do not show significant gender bias compared to smaller ones.
Quantum theory reinterprets financial pricing by focusing on observable price transitions.
problem Traditional financial models rely on latent variables; this paper proposes a new observable approach.
method Shift operators, spectral calculus, and Lindblad semigroups are used to define observable frequency operators and convolution generators.
result The framework leads to a nonlocal pricing equation that converges to classical Black-Scholes-Merton under small mesh limits.
In this work we address the problem of argument search. The purpose of argument search is the distillation of pro and contra arguments for requested topics from large text corpora. In previous works, the usual approach is to use a standard search engine to extract text parts which are relevant to the given topic and su…
Defines Learning Analytics' foundational structure and scope.
problem Lack of theoretical foundation in Learning Analytics.
method Proposes an axiomatic theory based on psychological learning and LA methodology.
result Clarifies the epistemological stance of Learning Analytics and its limitations.
Study shows price impact increases with order-flow imbalance, using machine learning.
problem Understanding price impact in financial markets.
method Empirical investigation using Kyle's model and machine learning.
result Machine learning models can predict market impact more accurately than traditional methods.
Oil prices affect Russian banks' stability, with negative impacts from decreases.
problem The impact of international oil prices on Russian public banks' financial stability.
method Data from 17 Russian public banks (2008-2016), Pool Mean Group (PMG) estimator.
result An increase in international oil prices and price to book value ratio positively affects Russian public banks' stability in the long run, while negative shocks have the opposite effect.
AI enhances ESG practices in finance, but requires careful consideration.
problem Regulatory pressures and stakeholder awareness drive ESG adoption.
method Industrial survey categorizing AI applications in ESG.
result AI improves analytical capabilities, risk assessment, and customer engagement.
Novel GNN method for semi-supervised clustering of signed networks.
problem Lack of effective node embeddings for signed network clustering.
method SSSNET: Probabilistic balanced normalized cut loss for GNN.
result SSSNET achieves comparable or better results than state-of-the-art methods.
New link detection results using closures of 3-braids.
problem Link detection using homology theories.
method Closure operations on 3-braids and homology theories.
result Detection of specific links using link Floer homology, Khovanov homology, and annular Khovanov homology.
Deep learning improves anomaly detection across various fields.
problem Detecting anomalies in data with advanced approaches.
method Survey of deep learning methods for anomaly detection.
result Advancements in deep anomaly detection address unique challenges.
On Accurate and Reliable Anomaly Detection for Gas Turbine Combustors: A Deep Learning Approachcs.LG
Deep learning improves combustor anomaly detection in gas turbines.
problem Improving anomaly detection performance in gas turbine combustors.
method Hierarchically learned features from exhaust gas temperature sensor measurements using deep learning.
result Deep learning-based anomaly detection significantly improved combustor anomaly detection performance.
Graph energy helps detect communities in networks better than traditional methods.
problem Detecting communities in sparse networks where traditional methods fail.
method Using graph energy based on the full spectrum of adjacency matrices.
result The difference in graph energy between a planted partition model and an Erdős--Rényi network has a distinct transition at the detectability threshold.
New ML-based detection improves PMH signal detection in load-modulated MIMO systems.
problem Detecting PMH signals without prior CSI is challenging and computationally expensive.
method Proposes HEM-ML and HEM-KD schemes using EM and KD-tree for efficient detection.
result Achieves comparable detection results to optimal ML detector with reduced complexity.
Develops slope detection for 3-manifolds with torus boundaries.
problem Determining slopes on the boundary of 3-manifolds with torus boundaries.
method Introduces order-detection and representation-detection of slopes, proving their equivalence.
result Shows how slopes' behavior changes with cabling, improving previous results.
2DSig-Detect: a semi-supervised framework for anomaly detection on image data using 2D-signaturescs.CV
2DSig-Detect detects adversarial perturbations in images.
problem Adversarial attacks degrade image model performance.
method 2D-signature embedded semi-supervised framework using rough path theory.
result 2DSig-Detect outperforms other methods in detecting adversarial perturbations.
Develops a method to detect changes in linear systems with temporal correlations.
problem Detect abrupt changes in time series data with temporal correlations.
method Data-dependent threshold for online change point detection in linear dynamical systems.
result Achieves a pre-specified upper bound on the probability of false alarms and provides a finite-sample-based bound for detection probability.
Tackles the computational hardness of HPC detection, conjecturing equivalence to PC detection.
problem Computational hardness of hypergraphic planted clique detection.
method No specific method mentioned; focuses on conjecturing equivalence.
result Equivalence of computational hardness between HPC and PC detection.
Real-time fuel leakage detection framework MOCPD improves accuracy.
problem Early detection of fuel leakage to prevent hazards and losses.
method Memory-based Online Change Point Detection (MOCPD) framework.
result MOCPD outperforms baseline methods in detection accuracy.