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48 results for subquadratic samples

Improved efficient robust regression with near-linear time and subquadratic samples.

problem Robust linear regression with unknown covariance matrix under Gaussian covariates.
method Near-linear time algorithm using subquadratic samples, complemented by SQ and polynomial lower bounds.
result Achieves prediction error O(εκ)O(\sqrt{εκ}) for εκ1εκ\lesssim 1, improving over prior works.

New method trains shallow neural networks with subquadratic width scaling.

problem Training shallow neural networks with optimal width scaling.
method Polyak-Lojasiewicz condition, smoothness, standard data assumptions, random matrix theory.
result Subquadratic scaling on network width with standard initialization strategies.

LaPSRL achieves optimal regret for isoperimetric RL distributions.

problem Designing RL algorithms with sublinear regret for non-log-concave distributions.
method Posterior Sampling (PSRL) and Langevin sampling (LaPSRL) for isoperimetric distributions.
result LaPSRL achieves order-optimal regret and subquadratic complexity.

We study the number and the length of systoles on complete finite area orientable hyperbolic surfaces. In particular, we prove upper bounds on the number of systoles that a surface can have (the so-called kissing number for hyperbolic surfaces). Our main result is a bound which only depends on the topology of the surfa…

2014-08-26abs ↗pdf ↗

When performing regression on a dataset with pp variables, it is often of interest to go beyond using main linear effects and include interactions as products between individual variables. For small-scale problems, these interactions can be computed explicitly but this leads to a computational complexity of at least $…

2016-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

This work addresses dynamic KDE data structures with robustness to adversarial queries.

problem Efficient KDE data structures for dynamic changing data distributions.
method Developed a theoretical framework for KDE data structures that support subquadratic space, sublinear updates, and adaptive queries.
result Theoretical framework and practical implementation of KDE data structures robust to adversarial queries.

We consider the problem of performing linear regression over a stream of dd-dimensional examples, and show that any algorithm that uses a subquadratic amount of memory exhibits a slower rate of convergence than can be achieved without memory constraints. Specifically, consider a sequence of labeled examples $(a_1,b_1)…

2019-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New findings show GD converges to a linear interpolator even with quadratic loss function under certain conditions.

problem Understanding convergence of Gradient Descent with quadratic loss functions.
method Parameterized linear regression with quadratic loss function, empirical and theoretical analysis.
result Gradient Descent converges to a linear interpolator even with quadratic loss function under the Edge of Stability regime.

Research shows quadratic growth in derivative maxima for certain interval diffeos with parabolic fixed points.

problem Analyzing the growth of derivative maxima for C2C^2 interval diffeomorphisms with parabolic fixed points.
method Examining C2C^2 diffeomorphisms with only parabolic fixed points, focusing on tangency and repelling behavior.
result Maximal growth of derivative maxima is exactly quadratic for diffeomorphisms with a non-quadratic tangency to identity at a repelling fixed point.

LoLCATs improves linearized LLM quality with less memory and compute.

problem Linearizing large language models (LLMs) often degrades model quality and requires expensive training.
method Two-step method: attention transfer and low-rank adaptation.
result Significant improvement in linearizing quality with 20+ points on 5-shot MMLU.

Entity resolution seeks to merge databases as to remove duplicate entries where unique identifiers are typically unknown. We review modern blocking approaches for entity resolution, focusing on those based upon locality sensitive hashing (LSH). First, we introduce kk-means locality sensitive hashing (KLSH), which is b…

2018-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms speed up attention computation for large models by limiting matrix entries.

problem Efficiently compute attention matrices for large language models.
method Developed algorithms that exploit the structure of the attention matrix AA to achieve subquadratic time complexity.
result There is a sharp transition at B=Θ(logn)B = Θ(\sqrt{\log n}) for efficient computation of attention matrices.

Alternating Minimization is a widely used and empirically successful heuristic for matrix completion and related low-rank optimization problems. Theoretical guarantees for Alternating Minimization have been hard to come by and are still poorly understood. This is in part because the heuristic is iterative and non-conve…

2013-12-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the non Ricci flat gradient steady Kähler Ricci soliton with non-negative Ricci curvature and weak integrability condition of the scalar curvature SS, namely limrr1BrS=0\underline{\lim}_{r\to \infty} r^{-1}\int_{B_r} S=0, and show that it is a quotient of Σ×Cn1k×NkΣ\times \mathbb{C}^{n-1-k}\times N^k, where ΣΣ and NN denot…

2019-08-27abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we propose a Bayesian nonparametric approach to modelling sparse time-varying networks. A positive parameter is associated to each node of a network, which models the sociability of that node. Sociabilities are assumed to evolve over time, and are modelled via a dynamic point process model. The model is a…

2016-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper extends a Liouville theorem to biharmonic functions on manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature.

problem Proving that biharmonic functions with certain growth conditions are constant or harmonic.
method Using a new local L2L^2 estimate for the Laplacian of biharmonic functions combined with a mean value inequality.
result Any biharmonic function of subquadratic growth on a manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature must be harmonic, and any of sublinear growth must be constant.

A general class of Lorentzian metrics, M0xR2M_0 x R^2, ds2=<.,.>+2dudv+H(x,u)du2ds^2 = <.,.> + 2 du dv + H(x,u) du^2, with (M0,<.,.>(M_0, <.,.> any Riemannian manifold, is introduced in order to generalize classical exact plane fronted waves. Here, we start a systematic study of their main geodesic properties: geodesic completeness, geodesic connected…

2002-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time.

problem Efficiently solving unbalanced optimal transport problems on trees.
method Proposed an algorithm that solves a more general unbalanced optimal transport problem exactly in quasi-linear time on a tree metric.
result Solves unbalanced optimal transport on trees in quasi-linear time (less than one second for a tree with one million nodes).

The study proves manifolds with positive scalar curvature can be decomposed into spherical and toroidal pieces.

problem Proving manifolds with positive scalar curvature can be decomposed into simpler pieces.
method Using a topological approach, the researchers prove a decomposition theorem for manifolds with positive scalar curvature and subquadratic decay.
result The manifold MM carries a complete Riemannian metric of uniformly positive scalar curvature, answering a conjecture of Gromov.

The paper examines functional properties on manifolds with very negative curvature.

problem Functional properties on manifolds with very negative curvature.
method New Hardy-type inequalities and first and second order inequalities.
result Functional properties typically hold in manifolds with polynomially growing negative curvature.

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.

This paper examines how adversarial perturbations affect model performance and equilibrium learning.

problem Adversarial perturbations and covariate shifts impact model performance and equilibrium learning.
method Characterizes the extrapolation region in regression and classification, analyzes dynamics of adversarial learning games.
result Establishes two directional convergence results: a blessing in regression and a curse in classification.

The paper explores efficient graph algorithms on geometric graphs and their computational limits.

problem Efficiently solving spectral graph theory problems on geometric graphs.
method Investigates algorithms and hardness results for multiplying vectors, finding spectral sparsifiers, and solving Laplacian systems on K\mathsf{K}-graphs.
result Formal limitations on subquadratic time algorithms for spectral graph theory problems on geometric graphs, including the Gaussian kernel and Neural tangent kernels.

Enhanced Sampling Scheme improves masked generative modeling.

problem Limitations of existing sampling schemes in masked non-autoregressive generative modeling.
method ESS consists of three stages: Naive Iterative Decoding, Critical Reverse Sampling, and Critical Resampling.
result ESS achieves significant performance gains in unconditional and class-conditional sampling.

This paper reviews various sampling methods from statistics and machine learning.

problem Addressing sampling methods in statistics and machine learning.
method Explains and reviews simple random sampling, bootstrapping, stratified sampling, cluster sampling, multistage sampling, network sampling, snowball sampling, and sampling from cumulative distribution function.
result Summarizes characteristics, pros, and cons of different sampling methods.

RISA improves VFL by using imputed samples with low uncertainty.

problem Limited overlapping samples constrain VFL performance.
method Imputing non-overlapping samples and using evidence theory to select reliable imputed samples.
result Significant performance gains achieved, especially with limited overlapping samples.

Improved privacy-preserving methods for estimating multiple samples from distributions.

problem Estimating multiple samples from distributions while maintaining privacy.
method Developed new multi-sampling techniques for differentially private data estimation.
result Achieved significant reduction in sample complexity for multi-sampling from finite domains and Gaussian distributions.

Paper introduces a new sampling method combining Consistency Models with importance sampling.

problem Inherent errors in samples and high NFEs for high-quality samples in Boltzmann distributions.
method Combines Consistency Models with importance sampling to produce unbiased samples with minimal NFEs.
result Produces unbiased samples using only 6-25 NFEs, comparable to 100 NFEs for DDPMs.

Neural network accuracy improves with denser training samples.

problem Improving neural network accuracy on unseen test samples.
method Bounding empirical training error smoothed across activation regions and using it to discard high-risk test samples.
result Discarding high-risk test samples based on error bounds improves prediction accuracy by up to 20%.

Wedge Sampling improves tensor completion with nearly-linear sample complexity.

problem Efficiently completing low-rank tensors from a subset of entries.
method Non-adaptive wedge sampling to promote structured connections in tensor completion.
result Polynomial-time algorithms achieve weak and exact recovery with nearly linear sample complexity.

Sampling is a fundamental problem in computer science and statistics. However, for a given task and stream, it is often not possible to choose good sampling probabilities in advance. We derive a general framework for adaptively changing the sampling probabilities via a collection of thresholds.In general, adaptive samp…

2017-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently samples sequences without replacement for machine learning models.

problem Generating diverse outputs from sequential models without duplicates.
method Incremental sampling procedure for randomized programs, including neural models.
result Efficacy and flexibility of incremental sampling for large output spaces.