We derive optimal statistical and computational complexity bounds for exp-concave stochastic minimization in terms of the effective dimension. For common eigendecay patterns of the population covariance matrix, this quantity is significantly smaller than the ambient dimension. Our results reveal interesting connections…
New method solves constrained stochastic optimization problems efficiently.
problem Online statistical inference of constrained stochastic nonlinear optimization problems.
method Stochastic Sequential Quadratic Programming (StoSQP) with iterative sketching solver.
result The rescaled primal-dual sequence converges to a mean-zero Gaussian distribution.
Sketching reduces data size for accurate spectral estimation.
problem Estimating spectral density from large simulation datasets.
method Sketching for dimensionality reduction and data compression.
result Sketching provides 90% accurate spectral density estimate with 10% data.
Sketching is more fundamental to human cognition than speech. Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have achieved the state-of-the-art in speech-related tasks but have not made significant development in generating stroke-based sketches a.k.a sketches in vector format. Though there are Variational Auto Encoders (VAEs) for genera…
A new method speeds up community detection in graphs.
problem Efficiently detecting communities in large graphs.
method Subsampled semidefinite programming for faster clustering.
result Statistical limits of sketching for community detection established.
Matrix sketching balances class sizes for better supervised classification performance.
problem Class imbalance in supervised classification leads to poor performance.
method Matrix sketching using random projections to rebalance class sizes.
result Rebalanced classes improve classification performance, especially for minority classes.
Sketch-based approach detects community events in evolving networks.
problem Community detection in time-varying networks.
method Maintains a small sketch graph to capture essential community structure.
result Efficiently identifies six key community events during network evolution.
Simplifies multi-label classification with stochastic sketch strategy.
problem Complex training processes in multi-label classification.
method Simple stochastic sketch strategy for multi-label classification.
result Competitive performance without complex training processes.
New analysis shows SNG's effectiveness in small samples.
problem Limited understanding of SNG in small data settings.
method Sketch-and-project analysis of SNG.
result Global convergence and rate characterization for SNG.
A new method uses matrix sketches for efficient graph clustering in dynamic environments.
problem Efficiently clustering large, dynamic graphs in distributed memory systems.
method Inspired by spectral clustering, the approach uses random dimension-reducing projections to derive matrix sketches.
result The method produces embeddings that yield performant clustering results in a fully-dynamic stochastic block model stream.
Sketching, a dimensionality reduction technique, has received much attention in the statistics community. In this paper, we study sketching in the context of Newton's method for solving finite-sum optimization problems in which the number of variables and data points are both large. We study two forms of sketching that…
Develops precise expressions for random projections for better machine learning tasks.
problem Improving the accuracy of dimensionality reduction in machine learning tasks.
method Exploits recent developments in spectral analysis of random matrices to derive accurate expressions for random projection matrices.
result Provides precise expressions that reflect the practical performance of sketching methods, including Gaussian and Rademacher sketches.
New method for online inference of constrained optimization problems.
problem Online inference of constrained stochastic optimization problems.
method Random scaling of Sketched Stochastic Sequential Quadratic Programming (SSQP).
result Asymptotically valid confidence intervals and matrix-free computation.
Sketching and stochastic gradient methods are arguably the most common techniques to derive efficient large scale learning algorithms. In this paper, we investigate their application in the context of nonparametric statistical learning. More precisely, we study the estimator defined by stochastic gradient with mini bat…
Sketch-BERT learns vector sketches using BERT-like self-supervised learning.
problem Lack of effective vector sketch representation for recognition and retrieval tasks.
method Generalized BERT to sketch domain with novel embedding networks and self-supervised sketch gestalt learning.
result Improved performance on sketch recognition, retrieval, and gestalt tasks.
This note develops a stochastic model of asset volatility. The volatility obeys a continuous-time autoregressive equation. Conditions under which the process is asymptotically stationary and possesses long memory are characterised. Connections with the class of ARCH(∞) processes are sketched.
A new method improves convergence in low-rank approximation.
problem Efficiently solving large-scale numerical linear algebra problems.
method Error-Powered Sketched Inverse Iteration (EPSI) Method.
result Convergence rate improves at least linearly with sketch size.
We address the statistical and optimization impacts of the classical sketch and Hessian sketch used to approximately solve the Matrix Ridge Regression (MRR) problem. Prior research has quantified the effects of classical sketch on the strictly simpler least squares regression (LSR) problem. We establish that classical …
We present a mechanism to compute a sketch (succinct summary) of how a complex modular deep network processes its inputs. The sketch summarizes essential information about the inputs and outputs of the network and can be used to quickly identify key components and summary statistics of the inputs. Furthermore, the sket…
SAPPHIRE tackles ill-conditioned rERM problems with faster convergence.
problem Ill-conditioned objectives and non-smooth regularizers in rERM.
method Sketch-based preconditioning and scaled proximal mapping.
result Achieves condition-number-free linear convergence.
Several important families of computational and statistical results in machine learning and randomized algorithms rely on uniform bounds on quadratic forms of random vectors or matrices. Such results include the Johnson-Lindenstrauss (J-L) Lemma, the Restricted Isometry Property (RIP), randomized sketching algorithms, …
Corrects bias in random sampling matrices for improved ML methods.
problem Inversion bias in random sampling matrices hampers ML applications.
method Corrects inversion bias for various random sampling methods.
result Establishes local convergence rates for sub-sampled Newton methods.
Localized sketching improves matrix multiplication and ridge regression complexity.
problem Efficiently approximate matrix multiplication and ridge regression with limited data availability.
method Localized sketching matrices for block diagonal structure, reducing sample complexity.
result Localized sketching achieves sample complexity matching global sketching methods.
We introduce a new sub-linear space sketch---the Weight-Median Sketch---for learning compressed linear classifiers over data streams while supporting the efficient recovery of large-magnitude weights in the model. This enables memory-limited execution of several statistical analyses over streams, including online featu…
The paper sharpens the analysis of sketch-and-project methods using randomized singular value decomposition.
problem Improving convergence rates of sketch-and-project methods for solving linear systems and non-linear optimization problems.
method Developing a theoretical framework and new spectral bounds for the expected sketched projection matrix.
result The convergence rate improves linearly with sketch size and even faster with certain spectral decays.
New method reduces linear regret in high-dimensional bandit problems.
problem Heavy spectral tails in streaming matrices lead to linear regret in sketch-based linear bandits.
method Dyadic Block Sketching, a multi-scale matrix sketching approach.
result Achieves sublinear regret bounds without prior knowledge of streaming matrix properties.
Paper studies randomized spectral clustering for large-scale networks.
problem Computational challenges in large-scale network community detection.
method Randomized sketching algorithms for spectral clustering.
result Theoretical bounds for approximation, misclassification, and link probability estimation.
New guarantees for asymmetric sketching in compressive learning.
problem Statistical guarantees for compressive learning with asymmetric feature maps.
method Proves existing guarantees carry over to asymmetric scheme with LPD property, applies to quantized sketches.
result Existing statistical guarantees for compressive learning extend to asymmetric schemes with controlled error.
New analysis proves sketching operators' RIP guarantees for mixture models without importance sampling.
problem Proving sketching operators' Restricted Isometry Property (RIP) for mixture models without assuming importance sampling.
method Proposed alternative analysis based on new deterministic bounds and concentration inequalities.
result Theoretical guarantees for sketching operators without importance sampling.
A fast sketching algorithm solves regularized least squares problems efficiently.
problem Solving large-scale optimization problems with convex or nonconvex regularization.
method Sketching for Regularized Optimization (SRO) algorithm that generates a sketch of the original data matrix and solves the sketched problem.
result General theoretical results for the approximation error between the original and sketched problems, including minimax rates for sparse signal estimation.
Stochastic trace estimation with tensor train random vectors
problem Stochastic trace estimation for large-scale matrices
method Gaussian random tensor train vectors
result Median-of-means variant achieves dimension-independent guarantees
A new method for estimating large-scale linear models with improved precision.
problem Estimating large-scale linear statistical models efficiently.
method Sequential Least-Squares Estimators with Fast Randomized Sketching (SLSE-FRS), integrating Sketch-and-Solve and Iterative-Sketching methods.
result SLSE-FRS produces high-precision estimators, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.
Private sketches protect linear regression data privacy.
problem Protecting sensitive information in linear regression.
method Release private sketches of datasets, compute approximate solutions.
result Private sketches maintain good approximation guarantees to the original problem.
Sketching is a randomized dimensionality-reduction method that aims to preserve relevant information in large-scale datasets. Count sketch is a simple popular sketch which uses a randomized hash function to achieve compression. In this paper, we propose a novel extension known as Higher-order Count Sketch (HCS). While …
DiPS learns to optimize sketching policies for better recommendation quality.
problem Optimizing sketching policies for long-term user interest prediction in recommender systems.
method Differentiable policy for sketching that learns from training data.
result DiPS requires up to 50% fewer sketch items to achieve the same recommendation quality.
Paper proposes Nyström sketches for better adaptive compressive learning.
problem Improving adaptability of sketching for compressive learning.
method Data-dependent Nyström approximation for mean embedding.
result Excess risk can be controlled with geometric assumption.
Density sketches summarize data distributions for accurate sampling and estimation.
problem Accurately estimating and sampling from complex data distributions.
method Online algorithm generating additive density sketches.
result Density sketches provide statistically sound estimators and sampling capabilities.
Improved sketching for logistic and ℓ1 regression with near-linear dimensions.
problem Efficiently approximate ℓ1 and logistic regression problems. method New sketching techniques achieving near-linear dimensions for both problems.
result Achieved near-linear sketching dimensions for ℓ1 and logistic regression. We introduce a few variants on Frank-Wolfe style algorithms suitable for large scale optimization. We show how to modify the standard Frank-Wolfe algorithm using stochastic gradients, approximate subproblem solutions, and sketched decision variables in order to scale to enormous problems while preserving (up to constan…
Randomized algorithm solves vector-valued regression problems with low-rank operators.
problem Vector-valued regression problems involving infinite-dimensional spaces.
method Randomized Reduced Rank Regression (R4) using Gaussian sketching for optimization.
result R4 estimators are efficient and accurate, with empirical risk close to optimal.
Unified bounds for sketched bilinear forms in machine learning and statistics.
problem Uniform bounds on sketched bilinear forms for modern analyses.
method Generic chaining and new techniques for handling suprema over pairs of sets.
result Improved convergence bounds for sketched Federated Learning and bandit algorithms.
We improve prediction risk estimation for large datasets using sketching and ridge regression.
problem Estimating prediction risks for large datasets efficiently and accurately.
method Random matrix theory, generalized cross validation, sketched ridge regression ensembles, and ensemble trick.
result Consistent risk estimation and prediction intervals for large-scale datasets.
Sketching accelerates structured prediction methods for large datasets.
problem Scaling surrogate kernel methods for large datasets.
method Sketching approximations applied to input and output feature maps.
result Achieves close-to-optimal rates with reduced sketch size.
Linear regression is a classic method of data analysis. In recent years, sketching -- a method of dimension reduction using random sampling, random projections, or both -- has gained popularity as an effective computational approximation when the number of observations greatly exceeds the number of variables. In this p…
Paper develops a bootstrap method for estimating sketched SVD errors.
problem Lack of tools for accurately estimating sketched SVD errors.
method Develops a fully data-driven bootstrap method for numerical error estimation.
result Allows users to adaptively predict extra work needed for desired error tolerance.
Sketching techniques have become popular for scaling up machine learning algorithms by reducing the sample size or dimensionality of massive data sets, while still maintaining the statistical power of big data. In this paper, we study sketching from an optimization point of view: we first show that the iterative Hessia…
This article explores and analyzes the unsupervised clustering of large partially observed graphs. We propose a scalable and provable randomized framework for clustering graphs generated from the stochastic block model. The clustering is first applied to a sub-matrix of the graph's adjacency matrix associated with a re…
We present sketch-rnn, a recurrent neural network (RNN) able to construct stroke-based drawings of common objects. The model is trained on thousands of crude human-drawn images representing hundreds of classes. We outline a framework for conditional and unconditional sketch generation, and describe new robust training …