Study examines the impact of target data in transfer learning.
problem Understanding the value of target data in transfer learning.
method Established minimax-rates for source and target sample sizes, introduced transfer exponents.
result Performance limits in transfer learning are captured by transfer exponents.
A multi-step framework tackles online unsupervised domain adaptation with novel mean-target subspace computation.
problem Online unsupervised domain adaptation with unlabelled target data arriving sequentially.
method Multi-step framework with a novel mean-target subspace computation and temporal coherency consideration.
result Improved performance over previous approaches on four datasets.
Develops G-MLKM for better data-target association in constrained spaces.
problem Data-target association problem in constrained spaces with limited sensor information.
method Graph-based multi-layer k-means++ (G-MLKM) method, including MLKM for local space and G-MLKM for general constrained space.
result Improves data-target association accuracy through error correction mechanisms.
New method uses limited labeled data and multiple starts to adapt models across domains.
problem Accurate predictions in target domain with few labeled data.
method Fine-tuning from multiple adaptive starts, extending UDA methods.
result Minimax-optimal target performance with limited labeled target data.
Data-target pairing is an important step towards multi-target localization for the intelligent operation of unmanned systems. Target localization plays a crucial role in numerous applications, such as search, and rescue missions, traffic management and surveillance. The objective of this paper is to present an innovati…
One of the current challenges in machine learning is how to deal with data coming at increasing rates in data streams. New predictive learning strategies are needed to cope with the high throughput data and concept drift. One of the data stream mining tasks where new learning strategies are needed is multi-target regre…
Stein discrepancy improves UDA performance in low-data scenarios.
problem Improving model performance on unlabeled target domains with limited data.
method Proposes a novel UDA framework using Stein discrepancy, an asymmetric measure that depends on the target distribution through its score function.
result Consistently outperforms prior UDA approaches under limited target data across multiple benchmarks.
Paper proposes SiSTA for single-shot domain adaptation using target-aware generative augmentation.
problem Adapting models from source to target domains with limited target data.
method Fine-tunes a generative model on a single-shot target and uses novel sampling strategies for synthetic data.
result Improves performance by up to 20% over existing baselines in face attribute detection.
Sourcerer uses deep learning to map land cover from limited labeled data.
problem Producing accurate land cover maps with scarce labeled data.
method Bayesian-inspired, deep learning approach with a novel regularizer.
result Sourcerer outperforms other methods, even with minimal labeled target data.
This paper evaluates targeted data poisoning attacks by focusing on the hardest samples, improving evaluation and defense strategies.
problem The effectiveness of targeted data poisoning attacks is often overestimated due to average evaluation methods.
method The paper introduces metrics to identify the hardest and easiest to poison samples based on clean model information.
result The proposed metrics reliably stratify samples by poisoning vulnerability, enabling rigorous worst-case evaluation and proactive defense.
Adversarial validation detects concept drift in user targeting systems.
problem Concept drift in user targeting automation systems deteriorates model performance over time.
method Adversarial validation approach to detect and adapt to concept drift.
result Adversarial validation effectively addresses concept drift in user targeting systems.
Unsupervised models can provide supplementary soft constraints to help classify new target data under the assumption that similar objects in the target set are more likely to share the same class label. Such models can also help detect possible differences between training and target distributions, which is useful in a…
TASFAR adapts regression models without labeled source data.
problem Lack of labeled source data for domain adaptation.
method Uses prediction confidence to estimate target label distribution and calibrate source model.
result Substantially reduces errors in various regression tasks.
We propose a probabilistic model for refining coarse-grained spatial data by utilizing auxiliary spatial data sets. Existing methods require that the spatial granularities of the auxiliary data sets are the same as the desired granularity of target data. The proposed model can effectively make use of auxiliary data set…
Proposes a new method for estimating non-pathwise differentiable functional parameters.
problem Estimating dose-response curves for continuous exposure.
method Targeted Highly Adaptive Lasso (HAL) for non-pathwise differentiable functional parameters.
result The Targeted HAL-MLE achieves dimension-free rates up to log(n) factors and outperforms other methods in simulations.
Method identifies unknown intervention targets in structural causal models from diverse data.
problem Identifying unknown intervention targets in structural causal models from heterogeneous data.
method Two-phase approach: first recovers exogenous noises, second matches with endogenous variables.
result Proposed method uniquely identifies intervention targets under causal sufficiency assumption.
Target encoding is an effective technique to deliver better performance for conventional machine learning methods, and recently, for deep neural networks as well. However, the existing target encoding approaches require significant increase in the learning capacity, thus demand higher computation power and more trainin…
The Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network based data association algorithm named as DeepDA for multi-target tracking in clutters is proposed to deal with the NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem in this paper. Different from the classical data association methods involving complex models and accurate prior…
Flow deforms curves to match an embedded target.
problem Evolve curves to match an embedded target curve.
method Target flow with curve shortening and forcing term.
result Smooth convergence to the target curve.
For deep learning applications, the massive data development (e.g., collecting, labeling), which is an essential process in building practical applications, still incurs seriously high costs. In this work, we propose an effective data augmentation method based on generative adversarial networks (GANs), called Domain Fu…
TL-PCA uses transfer learning to improve PCA performance with limited target data.
problem PCA performance is limited with scarce target data.
method Transfer learning approach to PCA (TL-PCA) that combines source task knowledge with target task data.
result Improved PCA representation for dimensionality reduction with limited target data.
Enhances source domain knowledge with target data for transfer learning.
problem Limited data in target domains and rigid model assumptions in transfer learning.
method Transfer learning through Enhanced Sufficient Representation (TESR).
result TESR enhances source domain knowledge with target data, improving transfer learning performance.
In this paper, we propose a novel domain adaptation method that can be applied without target data. We consider the situation where domain shift is caused by a prior change of a specific factor and assume that we know how the prior changes between source and target domains. We call this factor an attribute, and reformu…
Framework improves target domain prediction using quantile matching.
problem Improving prediction accuracy in data-scarce target domains.
method Conditional quantile matching for distributional alignment.
result Empirical risk minimizer achieves tighter excess risk bound.
Framework improves policy generalizability under biased training data.
problem Learning policies that generalize to a target population from biased training data.
method Characterizes sample selection bias using a selection variable, optimizes minimax value over uncertainty set, derives efficient algorithm.
result Policies generalize to target population, outperform standard methods.
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…
A novel framework synthesizes treatment data across sites using optimal transport.
problem Estimating treatment effects across different sites with varying conditions.
method Distributional causal inference, Optimal Transport for alignment of control group distributions.
result Synthetic treatment group data aligns with true target distribution under general conditions.
Enhanced Bayesian target encoding uses sampling techniques to improve model performance.
problem Improving target encoding for better model performance in machine learning.
method Using sampling techniques in Bayesian target encoding to extract intra-category distribution information.
result Improves generalization and reduces target leakage in machine learning models.
Combines structured inference and targeted learning to tackle causal inference challenges.
problem Treatment assignment heterogeneity and lack of counterfactual data.
method Factorizes joint distribution into risk, confounding, instrumental, and miscellaneous factors; applies regularizer derived from influence curve.
result TVAE demonstrates competitive and state-of-the-art performance on benchmark datasets.
EnMDAP aligns conditional distributions for multi-source domain adaptation using pseudolabels.
problem Training a target model with no labeled data in the absence of target data labels.
method EnMDAP uses label-wise moment matching and ensemble learning with multiple feature extractors.
result EnMDAP achieves state-of-the-art performance in multi-source domain adaptation tasks.
Uncoupled regression is the problem to learn a model from unlabeled data and the set of target values while the correspondence between them is unknown. Such a situation arises in predicting anonymized targets that involve sensitive information, e.g., one's annual income. Since existing methods for uncoupled regression …
In this paper, a new approach for classification of target task using limited labeled target data as well as enormous unlabeled source data is proposed which is called self-taught learning. The target and source data can be drawn from different distributions. In the previous approaches, covariate shift assumption is co…
We study offline data poisoning attacks in contextual bandits, a class of reinforcement learning problems with important applications in online recommendation and adaptive medical treatment, among others. We provide a general attack framework based on convex optimization and show that by slightly manipulating rewards i…
Clarinet uses complementary labels to train classifiers with less source data.
problem Training classifiers with true-label data from source domain is costly.
method Proposes CLARINET to train classifiers with complementary-label source data and unlabeled target data.
result CLARINET significantly outperforms baselines in unsupervised domain adaptation.
Transfer learning aims to faciliate learning tasks in a label-scarce target domain by leveraging knowledge from a related source domain with plenty of labeled data. Often times we may have multiple domains with little or no labeled data as targets waiting to be solved. Most existing efforts tackle target domains separa…
This paper quantifies how hard it is to identify specific data points in machine learning models.
problem Quantifying the difficulty of identifying specific data points in machine learning models.
method Characterizing optimal attacks and privacy defences, deriving impacts of noise and misspecification, and proposing a new covariance attack.
result The Mahalanobis distance explains the hardness of fixed-target membership inference attacks.
New estimators improve efficiency in two-phase designs with coarsened data.
problem Efficient estimation in two-phase designs with incomplete data.
method Developed new estimators within the TMLE framework.
result New estimators are asymptotically equivalent and more efficient.
New study finds targeting based on treatment effects outperforms risk-based targeting in social interventions.
problem Lack of accurate treatment effect estimates for machine learning-based targeting in social domains.
method Empirical assessment of targeting strategies using data from 5 real-world RCTs in various domains.
result Treatment effect-based targeting outperforms risk-based targeting, even with biased estimates.
This study models target trajectories using stochastic processes for efficient tracking.
problem Efficiently modeling and predicting target trajectories in continuous time.
method Decomposes trajectory modeling into deterministic and stochastic components using Gaussian or Student's-t processes. result Demonstrates superior performance in tracking maneuvering targets compared to existing methods.
Improves domain adaptation by combining multiple source domains and target domain data.
problem Poor performance of empirical risk minimization in distributionally shifted target domains.
method Distributionally robust model optimizing adversarial reward based on explained variance across multiple source domains.
result The robust model is a weighted average of conditional outcome models from source domains.
Adapts to shifts in latent subgroup distributions without labeled target data.
problem Adapting to domain shifts when latent subgroup distributions differ.
method Uses concept and proxy variables from source domain, and unlabeled target data.
result Optimal target predictor can be identified and estimated.
UDA learns target domain from unlabeled data via source knowledge transfer.
problem Learning unlabeled target domain data.
method Transferring both source knowledge and target-relatedness.
result Improves UDA performance by simultaneous knowledge transfer.
Transductive Adversarial Networks (TAN) is a novel domain-adaptation machine learning framework that is designed for learning a conditional probability distribution on unlabelled input data in a target domain, while also only having access to: (1) easily obtained labelled data from a related source domain, which may ha…
Paper proposes a method to learn linear regression models using multiple pre-trained models.
problem Learning a linear regression model with limited target data.
method Representation transfer learning method using multiple pre-trained models.
result The method achieves better sample complexity compared to baseline methods.
Study shows pretraining and finetuning can effectively tackle covariate shift in linear regression.
problem Linear regression under covariate shift where source and target distributions differ but conditional distribution remains similar.
method Pretraining on source data and finetuning on target data using online SGD.
result Transfer learning with O(N2) source data is as effective as supervised learning with N target data. In this paper, we propose a method for training neural networks when we have a large set of data with weak labels and a small amount of data with true labels. In our proposed model, we train two neural networks: a target network, the learner and a confidence network, the meta-learner. The target network is optimized to…
Paper tackles robust domain adaptation without target domain data.
problem Learning domain invariant representations without target domain data.
method Integrates deep autoencoder and causal structure learning into a unified model.
result CAE learns causal representations using only source domain data.
The use of orthogonal projections on high-dimensional input and target data in learning frameworks is studied. First, we investigate the relations between two standard objectives in dimension reduction, preservation of variance and of pairwise relative distances. Investigations of their asymptotic correlation as well a…