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Low-density parity-check codes, a class of capacity-approaching linear codes, are particularly recognized for their efficient decoding scheme. The decoding scheme, known as the sum-product, is an iterative algorithm consisting of passing messages between variable and check nodes of the factor graph. The sum-product alg…

2014-05-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved GP decoder training with SAS approximations.

problem Training expensive Gaussian process decoders is challenging and computationally expensive.
method Developed a new stochastic estimate of log-marginal likelihood based on cross-validation.
result SAS-GP improves robustness and reduces computational cost compared to variational autoencoders.

Paper improves deep learning models for cardiac potential reconstruction.

problem Improving generalization of sequence models for cardiac potential reconstruction.
method Constrained stochasticity and global aggregation of temporal information in latent space.
result Improved generalization of inverse reconstruction networks.

The paper develops a theory for speculative decoding acceptance criteria.

problem Speculative decoding's acceptance criteria and their rejection regions.
method Characterization of rejection regions as lower level sets of the target distribution, derivation of exact and margin-based certificates.
result Relaxed and tree-based acceptance criteria substantially enlarge the region of certified acceptance.

Adaptive speculative decoding framework for LLMs using bandit algorithms.

problem Adaptive speculative decoding for LLMs to balance speed and quality.
method Formulated as a Multi-Armed Bandit problem, proposed UCBSpec and EXP3Spec algorithms.
result UCBSpec algorithm achieves optimal regret performance up to universal constants.

A novel capsule network model improves surrogate modeling and uncertainty quantification from sparse data.

problem Surrogate modeling and uncertainty quantification of systems from sparse data.
method Adapted Capsule Network (CapsNet) architecture into image-to-image regression encoder-decoder network.
result The proposed approach accurately, efficiently, and robustly predicts responses for arbitrary diffusion fields.

Locally private online quantile regression method addresses privacy constraints.

problem Estimating and inferring quantile regression under local differential privacy constraints.
method Developed a finite-alphabet channel where users compute local contributions, apply randomized response, and send reports. A public decoder corrects distortion and reconstructs inputs for averaging.
result Established local privacy, decoder unbiasedness, consistency, asymptotic normality, and inference for scalar contrasts.

Draft proposes adapting neural networks to match naive Bayes classifiers.

problem Bridge between neural networks and naive Bayes classifiers.
method Class-conditional compression and disentanglement using variational bounds.
result Latent representations enable naive Bayes classifier performance.

New gradient coding schemes reduce decoding error in both random and adversarial straggler settings.

problem Creating efficient approximate gradient coding schemes for distributed optimization.
method Introduced novel approximate gradient codes based on expander graphs, achieving optimal decoding coefficients.
result Achieved nearly optimal error in random setting and nearly half the error in adversarial setting compared to existing codes.

This paper considers the problem of implementing large-scale gradient descent algorithms in a distributed computing setting in the presence of {\em straggling} processors. To mitigate the effect of the stragglers, it has been previously proposed to encode the data with an erasure-correcting code and decode at the maste…

2018-05-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved neural image compression with refined latent representations.

problem Sub-optimal results from variational autoencoders due to imperfect optimization and capacity limitations.
method Stochastic Gumbel Annealing (SGA) and its extensions (SGA+), including three different methods.
result Significant improvement in compression performance, especially on the R-D trade-off.

MIM learns joint distributions with mutual information and low divergence.

problem Learning joint distributions over observations and latent variables.
method Probabilistic auto-encoder with three design principles: low divergence, high mutual information, and low marginal entropy.
result MIM learns representations with high mutual information, consistent encoding and decoding distributions, effective latent clustering, and comparable data log likelihood to VAE.

The variational autoencoder (VAE) is a generative model with continuous latent variables where a pair of probabilistic encoder (bottom-up) and decoder (top-down) is jointly learned by stochastic gradient variational Bayes. We first elaborate Gaussian VAE, approximating the local covariance matrix of the decoder as an o…

2016-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new method to learn operators for stochastic problems using DeepONet with autoencoder.

problem Efficiently solve forward and inverse stochastic problems with limited data.
method MultiAuto-DeepONet, a multi-resolution autoencoder DeepONet model.
result The model effectively handles high-dimensional stochastic inputs and reduces the number of trainable parameters.

Stochastic approach improves neural network training for kinetic simulations.

problem Training neural networks under physical constraints in kinetic fusion simulations.
method Stochastic augmented Lagrangian approach using pyTorch.
result Higher model prediction accuracy achieved compared to fixed penalty method.

We discuss an autoencoder model in which the encoding and decoding functions are implemented by decision trees. We use the soft decision tree where internal nodes realize soft multivariate splits given by a gating function and the overall output is the average of all leaves weighted by the gating values on their path. …

2014-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines how decoding algorithms affect fairness in language generation models.

problem Impact of decoding algorithms on fairness in open-ended language generation.
method Systematic analysis of top-pp, top-kk, and temperature decoding algorithms.
result Decoding algorithms significantly impact fairness across demographic groups.

Paper uses RL to optimize bit-flipping decoding for binary codes.

problem Improving bit-flipping decoding for binary linear codes.
method Mapped iterative decoding algorithms to MDPs for reinforcement learning.
result Learned BF decoders offer performance-complexity trade-offs and near-optimal performance.

A network supporting deep unsupervised learning is presented. The network is an autoencoder with lateral shortcut connections from the encoder to decoder at each level of the hierarchy. The lateral shortcut connections allow the higher levels of the hierarchy to focus on abstract invariant features. While standard auto…

2014-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes Dirichlet Variational Autoencoder (DirVAE) for better latent representation.

problem Improving latent representation in autoencoders.
method Uses Dirichlet prior and stochastic gradient method with inverse Gamma approximation to address collapsing issues.
result DirVAE outperforms baselines in log-likelihood and classification accuracy.

EDG generates Boltzmann samples from latent variables efficiently.

problem Sampling from complex energy functions in high dimensions.
method Combines variational autoencoders and diffusion models; uses a decoder and diffusion-based encoder.
result EDG outperforms existing methods in various sampling tasks.

Paper introduces a new method for generating diverse human motion predictions.

problem Stochastic human motion prediction with limited flexibility.
method Stochastically combines root variations with previous pose information in a recurrent network.
result Model generates more diverse motion sequences than existing techniques.

This paper analyzes speculative decoding, a method to speed up large language model inferences.

problem Theoretical understanding of speculative decoding is lacking.
method Conceptualizes speculative decoding as a markov chain problem and studies its key properties.
result Reveals fundamental connections between LLM components and their impact on decoding efficiency.

Modeling aortic wall inhomogeneities to predict dissection risks.

problem Predicting localized stress accumulations in the aortic wall due to inhomogeneities.
method Stochastic constitutive model with random field realizations, coupled with a convolutional neural network surrogate.
result The neural network accurately predicts stress distributions and assesses uncertainty in aortic wall stress.

Finding optimal correction of errors in generic stabilizer codes is a computationally hard problem, even for simple noise models. While this task can be simplified for codes with some structure, such as topological stabilizer codes, developing good and efficient decoders still remains a challenge. In our work, we syste…

2018-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Improving the interpretability of brain decoding approaches is of primary interest in many neuroimaging studies. Despite extensive studies of this type, at present, there is no formal definition for interpretability of brain decoding models. As a consequence, there is no quantitative measure for evaluating the interpre…

2016-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Inspired by recent advances in deep learning, we propose a novel iterative BP-CNN architecture for channel decoding under correlated noise. This architecture concatenates a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) with a standard belief-propagation (BP) decoder. The standard BP decoder is used to estimate the coded b…

2017-07-18abs ↗pdf ↗

This work proposes an efficient autoregressive model for text generation.

problem The challenge of generating high-quality text with autoregressive models.
method Introduces a cascaded decoding approach using Markov transformers to achieve sub-linear parallel time generation.
result Shows competitive accuracy/speed tradeoff compared to existing methods on five machine translation datasets.

Finding efficient decoders for quantum error correcting codes adapted to realistic experimental noise in fault-tolerant devices represents a significant challenge. In this paper we introduce several decoding algorithms complemented by deep neural decoders and apply them to analyze several fault-tolerant error correctio…

2018-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for conditional sampling using paired Wasserstein Autoencoders.

problem Conditional sampling from complex data distributions.
method Derive a novel loss function for Wasserstein Autoencoders to enable sampling from OT-type couplings.
result Learned cost-optimal transport maps and conditional sampling from an OT-type coupling.