Score calibration enables automatic speaker recognizers to make cost-effective accept / reject decisions. Traditional calibration requires supervised data, which is an expensive resource. We propose a 2-component GMM for unsupervised calibration and demonstrate good performance relative to a supervised baseline on NIST…
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Paper presents unsupervised calibration for split conformal classification.
problem Inconvenient requirement of labeled calibration samples.
method Uses unsupervised calibration samples alongside supervised training samples.
result Achieves comparable performance to supervised calibration methods.
Improves model calibration and selection in unsupervised domain adaptation.
problem Distribution shifts in unsupervised domain adaptation.
method Developed a novel importance weighted group accuracy estimator.
result Improves state-of-the-art performances by 22% in model calibration and 14% in model selection.
Calibrates network confidence for unsupervised domain adaptation.
problem Calibrating a model trained on a source domain to a target domain without labeled data.
method Estimates network accuracy on the target domain and calibrates prediction confidence directly in the target domain.
result Significantly outperforms existing methods across standard datasets.
A Novel Unsupervised Post-Processing Calibration Method for DNNS with Robustness to Domain Shiftcs.LG
The uncertainty estimation is critical in real-world decision making applications, especially when distributional shift between the training and test data are prevalent. Many calibration methods in the literature have been proposed to improve the predictive uncertainty of DNNs which are generally not well-calibrated. H…
A new unsupervised learning method calibrates rough volatility models efficiently.
problem Efficient calibration of rough volatility models with minimal data.
method Unsupervised learning using BSDE representation and neural networks.
result The proposed scheme minimizes loss and approximates BSDE solution.
This paper rethinks confidence calibration under covariate shifts.
problem Calibration methods struggle with covariate shifts and unstable importance weighting.
method Derives Expectation consistency condition and proposes Expectation consistency loss (ECL).
result ECL loss is compatible with various types of calibration and has the same sample complexity as ECE.
Objective: Using traditional approaches, a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) requires the collection of calibration data for new subjects prior to online use. Calibration time can be reduced or eliminated e.g.~by transfer of a pre-trained classifier or unsupervised adaptive classification methods which learn from scratch …
Unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) aims at inferring class labels for unlabeled target domain given a related labeled source dataset. Intuitively, a model trained on source domain normally produces higher uncertainties for unseen data. In this work, we build on this assumption and propose to adapt from source to targ…
New method calibrates models under covariate shifts.
problem Calibration of models can be lost under covariate shifts.
method Importance sampling based approach.
result Efficacy demonstrated on real-world and synthetic datasets.
Resultant: Incremental Effectiveness on Likelihood for Unsupervised Out-of-Distribution Detectionstat.ML
Resultant improves likelihood-based U-OOD detection across various tasks.
problem Improving likelihood-based U-OOD detection performance.
method Resultant combines post-hoc prior and dataset entropy-mutual calibration techniques.
result Resultant achieves new state-of-the-art U-OOD detection performance.
Algorithm calibrates predictions for covariate shift using domain adaptation.
problem Uncertainty estimates overestimate certainty when real-world data differs from training data.
method Uses importance weighting and learns a feature map to equalize distributions.
result Outperforms existing approaches in calibrated prediction when covariate shift occurs.
Tactile information is important for gripping, stable grasp, and in-hand manipulation, yet the complexity of tactile data prevents widespread use of such sensors. We make use of an unsupervised learning algorithm that transforms the complex tactile data into a compact, latent representation without the need to record g…
Framework controls uncertainty in LLMs without labels or probabilities.
problem Managing uncertainty in black-box LLMs without token-level probability or true labels.
method Integrates generative models, UCP, and conformal alignment to control uncertainty.
result Achieves close-to-nominal coverage and tighter thresholds than split UCP.
C-PP-COAD detects anomalies with limited real data, reducing dependency on real calibration data.
problem Limited real calibration data for online anomaly detection.
method Context-aware prediction-powered conformal online anomaly detection (C-PP-COAD).
result Significantly reduces dependency on real calibration data without compromising FDR control.
Bayesian method estimates contamination factor for unsupervised anomaly detection.
problem No good methods for estimating contamination factor in unsupervised anomaly detection.
method Bayesian approach using mixture formulation of anomaly detector outputs.
result Estimated contamination factor distribution is well-calibrated and improves anomaly detection performance.
SOCP uses SOM to find groups and local calibration buffers for better regional coverage.
problem Heterogeneous regional coverage gaps in conformal prediction.
method Self-Organizing Map (SOM) for group discovery; local calibration buffers at BMU or fixed grid.
result Reduces regional coverage gaps on 7/8 benchmarks by 7.1%.
CAT improves domain adaptation for fault diagnosis by calibrating teacher network predictions.
problem Performance drops in deep learning models when applied to different data distributions.
method CAT uses post-hoc calibration techniques to calibrate predictions of the teacher network during self-training.
result CAT achieves state-of-the-art performance on most transfer tasks in domain-adaptive IFD.
We develop a novel method for training of GANs for unsupervised and class conditional generation of images, called Linear Discriminant GAN (LD-GAN). The discriminator of an LD-GAN is trained to maximize the linear separability between distributions of hidden representations of generated and targeted samples, while the …
A robust loss for anomaly mitigation and unsupervised contamination classification
problem Detecting and mitigating contamination in supervised and unsupervised settings
method Neural Bayesian Anomaly Mitigation (NBAM)
result Recovering the structure of contamination and identifying label-flip pairs
Improved unsupervised probing for ranking tasks using Contrast-Consistent Ranking.
problem Improving self-consistency in language model rankings.
method Adapting Contrast-Consistent Search (CCS) to Contrast-Consistent Ranking (CCR) for ranking tasks.
result CCR probing outperforms prompting techniques across different models and datasets.
Simple method improves uncertainty estimation for distribution shifts.
problem Improving uncertainty estimation in deep image classification under distribution shifts.
method Exposing original model to corrupted images and performing simple statistical calibration.
result Superior performance on various distribution shifts and unsupervised domain adaptation tasks.
In classification problems, sampling bias between training data and testing data is critical to the ranking performance of classification scores. Such bias can be both unintentionally introduced by data collection and intentionally introduced by the algorithm, such as under-sampling or weighting techniques applied to i…
U-aggregation combines multiple models without labels for better risk prediction.
problem Challenges in selecting best model for new populations due to limited data and lack of true labels.
method U-aggregation, an unsupervised model aggregation method that integrates pre-trained models without observed labels.
result U-aggregation improves genetic risk prediction of complex traits using publicly available models.
Wisdom of the crowd, the collective intelligence derived from responses of multiple human or machine individuals to the same questions, can be more accurate than each individual, and improve social decision-making and prediction accuracy. This can also integrate multiple programs or datasets, each as an individual, for…
Study detects boundaries in unlabeled noisy images without labels.
problem Detecting boundaries in unlabeled noisy images without labels.
method Proposed a continuous hinge-type surrogate loss for boundary detection, combined with deep neural networks.
result Deep neural network achieves minimax-optimal boundary recovery rate under piecewise smooth boundary model.
Proposes new method for calibrating treatment effect predictors.
problem Calibrating predictors of heterogeneous treatment effects.
method Causal isotonic calibration and cross-calibration.
result Achieves fast calibration rates under weak conditions.
Proposes top-label calibration and M2B framework for multiclass to binary calibration.
problem Multiclass calibration and interpretation issues.
method Top-label calibration and M2B reduction framework.
result M2B + HB achieves lower calibration error than other methods.
Study explores calibration properties in neural architectures.
problem Calibration issues in deep neural networks despite improved accuracy.
method Leverages Neural Architecture Search (NAS) to evaluate 117,702 neural networks.
result Identifies key architectural designs beneficial for calibration.
A new perfectly truthful calibration measure improves prediction reliability.
problem Improving the reliability of predictions by ensuring they are conditionally unbiased.
method Designing a simple, perfectly truthful calibration measure called ATB.
result ATB is the first perfectly truthful calibration measure in the batch setting.
New truthful calibration errors improve model ranking in multiclass prediction.
problem Non-truthful calibration errors can mislead model comparisons.
method Introduced perfectly truthful calibration errors for multiclass predictions.
result Truthful calibration errors preserve decision-theoretic dominance and stabilize model rankings.
New framework for evaluating multiclass classifier calibration.
problem Ensuring classifiers are well-calibrated for trustworthy predictions.
method Utility Calibration framework that measures calibration error relative to a utility function.
result Unified and robust interpretation of existing calibration metrics.
Meta-Calibration: Learning of Model Calibration Using Differentiable Expected Calibration Errorcs.LG
We propose a new framework to improve the calibration of neural networks.
problem Improving the accuracy of model confidence predictions.
method Introducing a differentiable surrogate for expected calibration error (DECE) and a meta-learning framework to optimise model hyper-parameters for validation set calibration.
result Achieved competitive performance with existing calibration approaches.
Certified calibration methods protect model confidence from adversarial attacks.
problem Adversarial attacks degrade model calibration, reducing confidence in predictions.
method Developed certified calibration methods to provide worst-case bounds on calibration under adversarial perturbations.
result Certified calibration methods produce analytic and approximate bounds for the Brier score and expected calibration error.
SEMF predicts prediction intervals for ML models using latent variables.
problem Uncertainty quantification in ML models, especially for diverse data distributions.
method Supervised Expectation-Maximization Framework (SEMF) extending EM algorithm for latent variable modeling.
result SEMF produces narrower prediction intervals with desired coverage probability.
Meta-Cal improves post-hoc calibration of neural networks.
problem Improving the accuracy of uncalibrated neural network predictions.
method Meta-Cal uses a base calibrator and a ranking model with constraints to provide high-probability bounds.
result Meta-Cal significantly outperforms existing methods in post-hoc multi-class classification calibration.
Post-processing predictors reduces calibration errors for decision-making.
problem Predictors with low calibration error for machine learning may have high error for decision-making.
method Post-processing with ε distance to calibration adds noise to make predictions differentially private.
result Post-processing achieves O(√ε) ECE and CDL, asymptotically optimal.
Diversified Ensemble of Independent Sub-Networks for Robust Self-Supervised Representation Learningstat.ML
Efficiently builds diverse sub-model ensembles for robust self-supervised learning.
problem Challenges in diversity and efficiency of deep ensembles for self-supervised representation learning.
method Ensemble of independent sub-networks with a new loss function for diversity.
result Significantly improves prediction reliability and model calibration.
A new calibration metric bridges testability and actionability.
problem Combining testability and actionable insights for forecast probabilities.
method Cutoff Calibration Error (CCE) that assesses calibration over intervals of forecasted probabilities.
result Cutoff Calibration Error is both testable and actionable.
New study on neural network calibration, linking it to generalization gap.
problem Neural networks lack strong guarantees on calibration.
method Decomposed calibration error into train set and generalization gap.
result Models with small generalization gap are well-calibrated.
A new method for multiclass calibration using vector quantization.
problem Challenges in multiclass calibration, especially in high-stakes settings.
method Compositional approach via Vector Quantization (VQ) to learn region-specific calibration maps.
result Significant improvements in local calibration with competitive global calibration and predictive performance.
This post introduces model calibration and evaluation measures, highlighting issues with a common measure.
problem Ensuring model confidence accurately reflects true outcomes.
method Explains common calibration definition, ECE, and its drawbacks.
result New evaluation measures needed for comprehensive model calibration.
Unified calibration metrics improve forecast sharpness and accuracy.
problem Improving the sharpness of probabilistic forecasts while maintaining calibration.
method Kernel-based calibration metrics that unify and generalize existing methods for classification and regression.
result Enhanced calibration, sharpness, and decision-making across various tasks.
New decision-theoretic calibration error metric improves prediction reliability.
problem Improving the reliability of predictions for decision-making.
method Proposed Calibration Decision Loss (CDL) and an efficient algorithm to achieve near-optimal CDL.
result Near-optimal CDL guarantees vanishing payoff loss from miscalibration.
Cone structures over minimal products can't be calibrated smoothly.
problem Calibrating cones over minimal products with smooth calibrations.
method Extending a key result from [Zha26], showing obstruction.
result Cone structures over minimal products cannot be calibrated by smooth calibrations.
Post-hoc calibration improves uncertainty under domain shift.
problem Improving uncertainty calibration under domain shift.
method Apply perturbations to validation set before post-hoc calibration.
result Perturbation step results in better calibration under domain shift.
Smooth calibration improves forecast reliability even with leaked information.
problem Improving forecast reliability with leaked information.
method Combining nearby forecasts to ensure smooth calibration, which can be guaranteed by deterministic procedures.
result Smooth calibration can be guaranteed by deterministic procedures even with leaked forecasts, and it yields uncoupled finite-memory dynamics in games.
Planes are the only calibrated submanifolds with flat normal bundles.
problem Characterizing submanifolds with specific geometric properties.
method Using constant-coefficient differential forms and parallel calibrations.
result Calibrated submanifolds with flat normal bundles are planes.