Visual analytics systems combine machine learning or other analytic techniques with interactive data visualization to promote sensemaking and analytical reasoning. It is through such techniques that people can make sense of large, complex data. While progress has been made, the tactful combination of machine learning a…
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We study the effects of approximate inference on the performance of Thompson sampling in the -armed bandit problems. Thompson sampling is a successful algorithm for online decision-making but requires posterior inference, which often must be approximated in practice. We show that even small constant inference error …
The study provides a generalization bound for a family of implicit networks.
problem Theoretical understanding of implicit networks' generalization is limited.
method A generalization bound is derived for a family of implicit networks using a covering number argument for Rademacher complexity.
result A theoretical generalization bound is established for implicit networks.
Zero-Inflated Banditsstat.ML
New bandit algorithms improve sparse reward learning.
problem Sparse rewards hinder learning efficiency in real-world bandit applications.
method Developed algorithms based on Upper Confidence Bound and Thompson Sampling for zero-inflated distributions.
result Empirical performance of new algorithms is superior to existing methods.
Optimization of neural networks scales with γ, revealing unique loss curves and optimal learning rates.
problem Understanding the impact of feature learning strength on neural network optimization.
method Empirical investigation of neural networks with varying γ, analyzing the - plane, and examining loss curves.
result Optimal learning rate scales non-trivially with γ, with for small γ and for large γ.
Cosine similarity can force points to grow in magnitude, causing convergence issues.
problem Cosine similarity loss can lead to convergence issues in deep learning.
method Analyzing under-explored settings and proposing cut-initialization.
result Cosine similarity optimization forces points to grow in magnitude, leading to convergence issues.
New algorithm for uncertain time series classification.
problem Uncertainty in time series data.
method Uncertain dissimilarity measure based on Euclidean distance and uncertain shapelet transform.
result Effectiveness of the uncertain shapelet transform algorithm on state-of-the-art datasets.
Deep learning has been extended to a number of new domains with critical success, though some traditional orienteering problems such as the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) and its variants are not commonly solved using such techniques. Deep neural networks (DNNs) are a potentially promising and under-explored solutio…
Constellation learns group-level visual relationships for abstract reasoning.
problem Learning configurational properties of entire groups of objects.
method Introduces Constellation, a network that learns relational abstractions over static visual scenes.
result Offers a basis for abstract relational reasoning and sensory imagination.
New framework certifies robustness for regression models.
problem Certifying robustness for regression models is challenging.
method Derives a prediction-centered certificate that exploits local geometry.
result Gradient information yields tighter robustness certificates.
Efficient Decomposition of Forman-Ricci Curvature on Vietoris-Rips Complexes and Data Applicationsmath.GT
Researchers decompose Forman-Ricci curvature for efficient computation in VR complexes.
problem Efficiently computing Forman-Ricci curvature in higher-dimensional data.
method Decomposition and set-theoretical proof for local computation of FRC in VR complexes.
result Reveals critical geometric insights overlooked by conventional techniques.
Regularization is important for end-to-end speech models, since the models are highly flexible and easy to overfit. Data augmentation and dropout has been important for improving end-to-end models in other domains. However, they are relatively under explored for end-to-end speech models. Therefore, we investigate the e…
Investigates the benefits of multi-head attention in Transformers, deriving convergence and generalization guarantees.
problem Underexplored dynamics of multi-head attention in Transformer training and generalization.
method Derives convergence and generalization guarantees for gradient-descent training of a multi-head self-attention model.
result Establishes conditions for initialization that ensure multi-head attention's realizability.
SGPA calibrates transformer uncertainty for safety-critical tasks.
problem Uncertainty estimation in transformer models for safety-critical domains.
method Bayesian inference in transformer's output space using sparse Gaussian processes.
result SGPA-based Transformers improve in-distribution calibration and out-of-distribution robustness.
Mantis improves time series classification using a transformer model trained on synthetic data.
problem Insufficient application of foundation models to time series classification.
method Pre-trained transformer model on synthetic data, enhanced test-time methodology.
result Mantis achieves state-of-the-art performance across diverse datasets.
In the context of fake news, bias, and propaganda, we study two important but relatively under-explored problems: (i) trustworthiness estimation (on a 3-point scale) and (ii) political ideology detection (left/right bias on a 7-point scale) of entire news outlets, as opposed to evaluating individual articles. In partic…
Adaptive regularization tackles heteroskedastic and imbalanced datasets in deep learning.
problem Heteroskedastic and imbalanced datasets challenge deep learning due to varying label uncertainty and long-tailed label distributions.
method Data-dependent adaptive regularization that applies stronger regularization to higher-uncertainty, lower-density regions.
result Significant improvement in noise-robust deep learning over other methods on benchmark tasks.
This work tackles uncertainty quantification in tomography reconstruction.
problem Ill-posed nature of tomographic reconstruction leading to no unique solution.
method Gaussian process modeling to incorporate prior knowledge and experimental noises.
result Efficient uncertainty quantification in tomographic reconstruction.
Paper explores variable skipping to speed up range density estimation.
problem Efficiently estimating range densities over high-dimensional data.
method Variable skipping technique to accelerate range density estimation.
result 10-100x efficiency improvements in challenging high-quantile error metrics.
While unsupervised variational autoencoders (VAE) have become a powerful tool in neuroimage analysis, their application to supervised learning is under-explored. We aim to close this gap by proposing a unified probabilistic model for learning the latent space of imaging data and performing supervised regression. Based …
Unified framework for statistical inference in gradient boosting regression.
problem Challenges in statistical inference and uncertainty quantification for gradient boosting.
method Integrates dropout or parallel training with regularization for CLT in boosting.
result Increasing dropout rate and parallel trees enhances signal recovery and performance.
Bayesian framework for online consensus prediction from expert feedback.
problem Online classification with expert consensus prediction, cost-effective.
method General Bayesian framework for dynamic expert consensus estimation.
result Demonstrated superior performance on large-scale crowdsourced datasets.
Graph Posterior Network improves uncertainty estimation for node classification in interdependent graphs.
problem Uncertainty quantification for non-independent node-level predictions in graphs.
method Derives axioms for expected predictive uncertainty, proposes Graph Posterior Network (GPN) which performs Bayesian posterior updates.
result GPN outperforms existing approaches for uncertainty estimation in semi-supervised node classification.
Text Infillingcs.CL
Recent years have seen remarkable progress of text generation in different contexts, such as the most common setting of generating text from scratch, and the emerging paradigm of retrieval-and-rewriting. Text infilling, which fills missing text portions of a sentence or paragraph, is also of numerous use in real life, …
Non-parallel many-to-many voice conversion, as well as zero-shot voice conversion, remain under-explored areas. Deep style transfer algorithms, such as generative adversarial networks (GAN) and conditional variational autoencoder (CVAE), are being applied as new solutions in this field. However, GAN training is sophist…
New probability path model improves flow matching forecasting performance.
problem Impact of probability path model selection on flow matching forecasting performance.
method Proposed a novel probability path model designed to improve forecasting performance.
result Our model achieves faster convergence during training and improved predictive performance compared to existing models.
Paper develops methods for PCA inference with missing data and heteroskedastic noise.
problem Constructing confidence regions for PCA in high dimensions with missing data and heteroskedastic noise.
method Proposes HeteroPCA and develops non-asymptotic distributional guarantees for valid inference.
result Valid inference on principal subspace and spiked covariance matrix with missing data.
The Vector AutoRegressive (VAR) model is fundamental to the study of multivariate time series. Although VAR models are intensively investigated by many researchers, practitioners often show more interest in analyzing VARX models that incorporate the impact of unmodeled exogenous variables (X) into the VAR. However, sin…
This paper tackles infinite-dimensional diffusion bridge simulation using operator learning.
problem Challenges in simulating diffusion bridges for modeling natural data due to intractable drift terms and continuous data representations.
method Merges score matching techniques with operator learning to directly learn infinite-dimensional bridges.
result Demonstrates high efficacy in simulating diffusion bridges for various applications, including real-world biological data.
A new method clusters survival data using deep variational models.
problem Clustering survival data, a challenging task.
method Semi-supervised probabilistic approach with deep generative model.
result The method outperforms previous models in clustering and predicting survival times.
One of the most surprising and exciting discoveries in supervised learning was the benefit of overparameterization (i.e. training a very large model) to improving the optimization landscape of a problem, with minimal effect on statistical performance (i.e. generalization). In contrast, unsupervised settings have been u…
Models for predicting the time of a future event are crucial for risk assessment, across a diverse range of applications. Existing time-to-event (survival) models have focused primarily on preserving pairwise ordering of estimated event times, or relative risk. Model calibration is relatively under explored, despite it…
Automates neural network design for diverse tasks.
problem Designing neural networks for new, under-explored domains.
method Introduces XD-Operations and a weight-sharing scheme to transform standard backbones into search spaces of operations.
result Models using XD-Operations achieve lower error than baseline and expert-designed networks on diverse tasks.
Faster sampling in discrete diffusion models with predetermined transition time.
problem Efficiency in sampling discrete diffusion models.
method Discrete Non-Markov Diffusion Models (DNDM) with predetermined transition time.
result Significantly reduces the number of function evaluations for faster sampling.
Active learning framework for optimizing human preferences in reinforcement learning.
problem Selecting most informative feedback for training models of human preferences.
method Proposes an active learning framework to collect preferential feedback online or offline.
result Errors in DPO logit estimates diminish with more feedback.
New algorithms exploit mean bounds to improve bandit problem performance.
problem Improving bandit problem performance with side information on arm means.
method Developed novel algorithms R-OFUL and GLUE exploiting mean bounds for tighter estimates and reduced exploration.
result Regret bounds for R-OFUL and GLUE are never worse than standard algorithms, demonstrating improved performance.
Study improves sampling from complex distributions using annealed Langevin Monte Carlo.
problem Sampling from non-log-concave and multimodal distributions.
method Annealed Langevin Monte Carlo algorithm with theoretical guarantees.
result Oracle complexity of O(dβ²A²/ε⁶) for achieving ε² accuracy in Kullback-Leibler divergence.
Estimating Early Fundraising Performance of Innovations via Graph-based Market Environment Modelcs.LG
Paper proposes a model to estimate early crowdfunding success.
problem Challenges in estimating early fundraising performance of innovations.
method Graph-based Market Environment model (GME) with graph neural networks.
result Effective model for estimating early fundraising performance.
Stochastic momentum methods have been widely adopted in training deep neural networks. However, their theoretical analysis of convergence of the training objective and the generalization error for prediction is still under-explored. This paper aims to bridge the gap between practice and theory by analyzing the stochast…
Investigates statistical properties of perturb-softmax and perturb-argmax distributions.
problem Underexplored statistical properties of Gumbel-Softmax and Gumbel-Argmax distributions.
method Investigates convexity and differentiability to determine completeness and minimality of these distributions.
result Identifies parameters that admit complete and minimal representation of probability distributions.
Proposes a model for predicting events from event streams.
problem Predicting events like part replacement and failure in manufacturing and teleservice systems.
method Non-parametric prognostic framework using MGCP modulated Poisson processes.
result MGCP prior facilitates sharing of information and analysis of flexible event patterns.
Bayesian bandits misspecification affects UX optimization, revealing new models.
problem Misspecification of value models in Bayesian bandits impacts UX optimization.
method Formulated UXO as a restless, sleeping bandit with unobserved confounders and optional stopping. Provided model extensions to address misspecifications.
result Common misspecifications lead to sub-optimal rewards, demonstrating overdispersion's effects on bandit performance.
Logit regularization induces logit clustering, affecting classifier performance.
problem Understanding the mechanism of logit regularization in classification.
method Analysis of logit regularization in linear classification, proving logit clustering leads to Fisher's Linear Discriminant alignment.
result Logit regularization can halve critical sample complexity and induce robust generalization.
This research tackles uncertainty in gradient boosting models using ensemble methods.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in gradient boosting models for high-risk applications.
method Probabilistic ensemble-based framework for gradient boosting classification and regression models.
result Ensembles of gradient boosting models detect anomalous inputs but have limited ability to improve total uncertainty.
Paper analyzes finite-time guarantees for preference-based RL.
problem Understanding finite-time guarantees for preference-based RL.
method Combines dueling bandits and policy search to navigate state space.
result Identifies best policy up to accuracy ε with high probability.
Paper proposes DigMA to generate controllable financial market orders.
problem Generating realistic financial market orders with controllability.
method DigMA model using conditional diffusion and meta agent.
result DigMA achieves superior controllability and generation fidelity.
Uncertainty-biased molecular dynamics for learning uniformly accurate interatomic potentialsphysics.comp-ph
New method uses biased MD to create accurate MLIPs.
problem Creating a comprehensive data set for MLIPs.
method Bias MD by MLIP's energy uncertainty, using gradient-based uncertainties.
result Develops uniformly accurate MLIPs with lower computational cost.
The paper proposes a method to train time-varying generative models using natural gradients.
problem Training time-varying generative models efficiently and accurately.
method Projecting generative model parameters onto an exponential family manifold and optimizing using natural gradient descent.
result The proposed method efficiently approximates the natural gradient and can be applied to various exponential family models.