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Study shows semi-supervised learning improves human activity recognition with minimal user input.

problem Improving human activity recognition models using incremental learning.
method Three approaches: non-supervised, semi-supervised, and supervised learning were compared.
result Semi-supervised learning achieves similar accuracy to supervised learning with minimal user input.

Semi-supervised learning (SSL) has become important in current data analysis applications, where the amount of unlabeled data is growing exponentially and user input remains limited by logistics and expense. Constrained clustering, as a subclass of SSL, makes use of user input in the form of relationships between data …

2018-05-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Secure Aggregation protocols allow a collection of mutually distrust parties, each holding a private value, to collaboratively compute the sum of those values without revealing the values themselves. We consider training a deep neural network in the Federated Learning model, using distributed stochastic gradient descen…

2016-11-14abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper describes a suite of algorithms for constructing low-rank approximations of an input matrix from a random linear image of the matrix, called a sketch. These methods can preserve structural properties of the input matrix, such as positive-semidefiniteness, and they can produce approximations with a user-speci…

2016-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

A new Input-Output model, called the Multi-Entity Input-Output (MEIO) model, is introduced to estimate the responsibility of entities of an ecosystem on the footprint of each other. It assumed that the ecosystem is comprised of end users, service providers, and utilities. The proposed MEIO modeling approach can be seen…

2014-04-24abs ↗pdf ↗

FuncNN package enables deep learning with functional covariates.

problem Lack of software for deep learning with functional covariates.
method Developed an R package using keras architecture, introducing functions for model building, predictions, and cross-validation.
result First package for deep learning with functional covariates.

Paper proposes using pairwise feature comparisons to infer modification costs for user recourse.

problem Learning and inferring user preferences for modifying features in black-box models.
method Bradley-Terry model for inferring feature-wise costs from non-exhaustive human comparison surveys.
result Non-exhaustive human surveys can efficiently learn feature costs, enabling recourse finding.

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.

Traditional activity recognition systems work on the basis of training, taking a fixed set of sensors into account. In this article, we focus on the question how pattern recognition can leverage new information sources without any, or with minimal user input. Thus, we present an approach for opportunistic activity reco…

2017-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel controller for wheeled robots handles joystick inputs for smooth steering.

problem Steering control for differential-drive wheeled robots from indirect joystick inputs.
method Developed a geometric controller based on Darboux frame kinematics.
result Smooth trajectories achieved with safety constraints and no desired states.

Improved neural model for social recommendation by integrating social and interest networks.

problem Data sparsity and lack of higher-order relationships in social recommendation.
method DiffNet++ models neural influence diffusion and interest diffusion in a unified framework using a multi-level attention network.
result Extensive experiments on real-world datasets show the effectiveness of DiffNet++.

Deep learning identifies smartphone users from motion sensor data.

problem Smartphone user identification using motion sensor signals.
method Transformed motion signals into images, trained CNN for classification, used SVM for few-shot identification.
result CNN achieved 89.75% multi-class user classification and 96.72% few-shot user identification accuracy.

Recommender systems take inputs from user history, use an internal ranking algorithm to generate results and possibly optimize this ranking based on feedback. However, often the recommender system is unaware of the actual intent of the user and simply provides recommendations dynamically without properly understanding …

2017-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We study a basic private estimation problem: each of nn users draws a single i.i.d. sample from an unknown Gaussian distribution, and the goal is to estimate the mean of this Gaussian distribution while satisfying local differential privacy for each user. Informally, local differential privacy requires that each data …

2018-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The increasing adoption of machine learning tools has led to calls for accountability via model interpretability. But what does it mean for a machine learning model to be interpretable by humans, and how can this be assessed? We focus on two definitions of interpretability that have been introduced in the machine learn…

2019-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Real-time personalization for HAR models learns from new users without prior data.

problem Poor performance of HAR models on new users without labeled data.
method Incremental online domain adaptation using batch normalization.
result Personalized HAR models adapt to new users in real-time.

The outcome of the explorative data analysis (EDA) phase is vital for successful data analysis. EDA is more effective when the user interacts with the system used to carry out the exploration. In the recently proposed paradigm of iterative data mining the user controls the exploration by inputting knowledge in the form…

2018-04-09abs ↗pdf ↗

A framework visualizes embedding spaces of neural survival analysis models using anchor directions.

problem Visualizing complex embeddings in neural survival analysis models.
method Estimating anchor directions through clustering or user-supplied concepts, revealing relationships with raw inputs and survival times.
result Visualization strategies reveal how anchor directions relate to raw clinical features and survival time distributions.

We present Piano Genie, an intelligent controller which allows non-musicians to improvise on the piano. With Piano Genie, a user performs on a simple interface with eight buttons, and their performance is decoded into the space of plausible piano music in real time. To learn a suitable mapping procedure for this proble…

2018-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New findings show local attributions can't be both robust and provide recourse.

problem Ensuring machine learning systems are accountable and provide actionable recourse options.
method Formal definition of recourse sensitivity and counterexamples for popular attribution methods.
result It is impossible for any single attribution method to be both robust and provide recourse.

CMDRNN predicts user location using WiFi fingerprints with deep learning.

problem Predicting user activity with WiFi fingerprints is challenging due to high dimensionality.
method Combines CNN, RNN, and MDN to model high-dimensional time-series data.
result CMDRNN effectively predicts user location using WiFi fingerprints.

Efficient explorative data analysis systems must take into account both what a user knows and wants to know. This paper proposes a principled framework for interactive visual exploration of relations in data, through views most informative given the user's current knowledge and objectives. The user can input pre-existi…

2019-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Collaborative filtering is used to recommend items to a user without requiring a knowledge of the item itself and tends to outperform other techniques. However, collaborative filtering suffers from the cold-start problem, which occurs when an item has not yet been rated or a user has not rated any items. Incorporating …

2014-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

A new noise model for preferential Bayesian optimization using user anchors.

problem Inadequate assumption of homoscedastic noise in human-in-the-loop settings.
method Proposes a heteroscedastic noise model with anchors and a KDE uncertainty map.
result Risk-adjusted performance improvement and clarified anchor placement effects.

Music SketchNet generates missing measures in incomplete music pieces, guided by user input.

problem Generating missing measures in incomplete monophonic musical pieces.
method Introducing SketchVAE for factorized representation of rhythm and pitch, and two discriminative architectures for guided music completion.
result Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art models in both objective and subjective evaluations.

Graph machine learning and Super-App data improve credit risk prediction for financial inclusion.

problem Improving credit risk prediction for financial inclusion.
method Two graph-based experiments using centrality, behavior, and transactionality features.
result Graph features enhance credit risk models, leading to more inclusive financial systems.

Study on adversarial attacks on user identification systems using motion sensors.

problem Adversarial attacks on deep learning models for user identification based on motion sensors.
method Study of adversarial example generation methods and their impact on user identification systems.
result Deep neural networks trained for user identification based on motion sensors are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, leading to high misclassification rates.

Human matting, high quality extraction of humans from natural images, is crucial for a wide variety of applications. Since the matting problem is severely under-constrained, most previous methods require user interactions to take user designated trimaps or scribbles as constraints. This user-in-the-loop nature makes th…

2018-09-05abs ↗pdf ↗

With the growing adoption of machine learning techniques, there is a surge of research interest towards making machine learning systems more transparent and interpretable. Various visualizations have been developed to help model developers understand, diagnose, and refine machine learning models. However, a large numbe…

2018-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗