Summarizes financial news for better investment decisions.
problem Information overload from financial news hinders timely investment decisions.
method Personalized Chain-of-Thought summarization framework integrating user-specified keywords.
result Personalized summaries highlight relevant market signals, improving investment narratives.
The use of computational methods to evaluate aesthetics in photography has gained interest in recent years due to the popularization of convolutional neural networks and the availability of new annotated datasets. Most studies in this area have focused on designing models that do not take into account individual prefer…
A keyword spotting (KWS) system determines the existence of, usually predefined, keyword in a continuous speech stream. This paper presents a query-by-example on-device KWS system which is user-specific. The proposed system consists of two main steps: query enrollment and testing. In query enrollment step, phonetic pos…
Develops a two-level monotonic multistage recommender system for better user-specific prediction.
problem Leveraging user-item-stage dependencies in a monotonic chain of events for enhanced prediction accuracy.
method A multistage recommender system with a two-level monotonic property, using a large-margin classifier based on a nonnegative additive latent factor model.
result The proposed method outperforms existing methods in simulations and an article sharing dataset.
Content-based news recommendation systems need to recommend news articles based on the topics and content of articles without using user specific information. Many news articles describe the occurrence of specific events and named entities including people, places or objects. In this paper, we propose a graph traversal…
Formulates approach for guiding explanation types based on user specifications.
problem Creating explainable AI components from user-defined specifications.
method Develops a method for generating explanations based on user-defined specifications.
result Demonstrates feasibility of user-defined explanations for complex models like Bayesian networks and graph neural networks.
New mechanism for pure differential privacy on functional summaries using Laplace-like process.
problem Challenges in achieving differential privacy for complex, structured functional summaries.
method Independent Component Laplace Process (ICLP) mechanism for infinite-dimensional Hilbert space.
result Effective enhancement of utility of private summaries through oversmoothing.
Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) methods are used to approximate posterior distributions in models with unknown or computationally intractable likelihoods. Both the accuracy and computational efficiency of ABC depend on the choice of summary statistic, but outside of special cases where the optimal summary statis…
LIDS assesses LLM summaries with interpretable key words.
problem Challenges in evaluating the quality of LLM summaries.
method BERT-SVD-based direction metric and SOFARI for key word extraction.
result LIDS provides interpretable key words for layered themes.
Distributed devices such as mobile phones can produce and store large amounts of data that can enhance machine learning models; however, this data may contain private information specific to the data owner that prevents the release of the data. We wish to reduce the correlation between user-specific private information…
Knowledge graphs capture structured information and relations between a set of entities or items. As such knowledge graphs represent an attractive source of information that could help improve recommender systems. However, existing approaches in this domain rely on manual feature engineering and do not allow for an end…
Unified approach for selecting summary statistics in ABC.
problem Efficient inference from large datasets in likelihood-free methods.
method Characterizing and unifying three classes of summary statistics, minimizing expected posterior entropy.
result EPE-minimizing summaries lead to competitive posterior inference.
Enhances weak lensing inference with neural summaries.
problem Extracting additional information from weak lensing convergence maps.
method Hybrid approach combining physics-based and neural summaries.
result Neural summaries extract up to 8 times more information than angular power spectra.
Approximate Bayesian computation is an established and popular method for likelihood-free inference with applications in many disciplines. The effectiveness of the method depends critically on the availability of well performing summary statistics. Summary statistic selection relies heavily on domain knowledge and care…
Improves inference from sparse data with hybrid summary statistics.
problem Robust simulation-based inference from limited data.
method Augment traditional summary statistics with neural network outputs to maximize mutual information.
result Improves information extraction and makes inference robust in low-data settings.
Automatically learns summary features from time series data for likelihood-free inference.
problem Necessity of hand-tailored summary features for time series data in likelihood-free inference.
method Data-driven approach to automatically learn summary features.
result Learning summary features from data can outperform hand-crafted values in likelihood-free inference.
Text clustering method replaces centroids with summaries for interpretability and scalability.
problem Efficiently clustering text data while maintaining interpretability and scalability.
method k-NLPmeans and k-LLMmeans, which periodically replace numeric centroids with textual summaries.
result Consistently outperforms classical baselines and recent LLM-based clustering methods.
Bayesian neural networks improve with summary information and Dirichlet process.
problem Lack of prior knowledge in BNNs for complex architectures.
method Incorporates external summary information about predicted probabilities using a Dirichlet process.
result Improves model accuracy, uncertainty calibration, and robustness.
Plug-in robust NPE method adapts summaries independently of pretrained NPE.
problem Misspecification of neural posterior estimators under test data distribution.
method Minimum-distance summaries using maximum mean discrepancy (MMD).
result Substantial robustness gains with minimal additional overhead.
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.
Few summaries enable automatic summarization of product reviews.
problem Lack of large labeled datasets for training supervised models in opinion summarization.
method Conditional Transformer model trained to generate summaries given other reviews, fine-tuned to predict summary properties.
result Few summaries (5-10) are sufficient to generate fluent, informative, and sentiment-preserving summaries.
Improved likelihood-free inference by localizing and refining low-dimensional approximations.
problem Poor performance of common likelihood-free methods in high-dimensional models.
method Localisation followed by refinement of low-dimensional summaries.
result Improved accuracy in marginal posteriors through localized and refined approximations.
New summary measures reveal geometric structure in weighted measures on manifolds.
problem Lack of geometric information in standard weight-only summaries.
method Heat-kernel entropy profiles, tracking nonuniformity across scales.
result Geometric effective sample size discounts nearby or duplicate particles.
A new method improves likelihood-free Bayesian inference by transforming summary statistics and using efficient Variational Bayes.
problem Incorrectly assuming normally distributed summary statistics in likelihood-free Bayesian inference.
method Wasserstein Gaussianization transformation combined with robust BSL and efficient Variational Bayes.
result Highly efficient and reliable approximate Bayesian inference for likelihood-free problems.
A new method models user-specific parameters as a low-rank plus sparse component for efficient personalization.
problem Efficient personalization of machine learning models for individual users.
method Meta-learning approach that models network weights as a sum of low-rank and sparse components.
result The proposed method, AMHT-LRS, achieves nearly optimal sample complexity for estimating the low-rank and sparse components.
Opinion summarization is the task of automatically creating summaries that reflect subjective information expressed in multiple documents, such as product reviews. While the majority of previous work has focused on the extractive setting, i.e., selecting fragments from input reviews to produce a summary, we let the mod…
Paper uses learned summary statistics for Bayesian inference with difficult likelihood functions.
problem Difficult to obtain exact likelihood function for observation data and simulation model.
method Simulation-based inference with learned summary statistics, using Cressie-Read discrepancy criterion.
result Effective inference performed over selected sample sets of observation data.
Flexible multi-task learning framework using summary statistics.
problem Data-sharing constraints in healthcare settings.
method Proposes a flexible multi-task learning framework utilizing summary statistics and adaptive parameter selection.
result Systematic non-asymptotic analysis and simulations demonstrate the method's performance.
Develops methods to learn centre groupings from summary statistics in multi-centre studies.
problem Violation of homogeneity of parameters across centres in multi-centre studies.
method Clusters-of-Centres (CoC) algorithm that merges centres based on multivariate Cochran-type tests.
result Golden-partition recovery as the number of rounds grows with sample size.
TopoFisher learns topological summaries by maximizing Fisher information, improving parameter efficiency and inference quality.
problem Simulation-based inference misses key information in low-order statistics, especially for non-Gaussian fields.
method TopoFisher uses a differentiable persistent-homology pipeline that learns topological summaries by maximizing local Gaussian Fisher information.
result TopoFisher recovers much of the available information and outperforms fixed topological vectorizations in weak gravitational lensing.
The paper proposes using Autoencoders to learn summary statistics for Bayesian inference.
problem Approximating posterior distributions for models with intractable likelihood functions.
method Using Autoencoders to extract summary statistics that retain parameter information and cancel noise.
result The approach effectively learns summary statistics that improve posterior approximation.
Paper introduces methods to automatically generate SOAP notes from patient-physician conversations.
problem Burden of creating digital SOAP notes by physicians.
method Cluster2Sent algorithm for summarizing patient-physician conversations.
result Cluster2Sent algorithm outperforms existing methods by 8 ROUGE-1 points.
Item-item collaborative filtering (CF) models are a well known and studied family of recommender systems, however current literature does not provide any theoretical explanation of the conditions under which item-based recommendations will succeed or fail. We investigate the existence of an ideal item-based CF method a…
Estimates non-parametric logistic model using case-control data and external summary info.
problem Imbalanced binary data in case-control studies.
method Two-step estimation procedure with deep neural network for functional approximation.
result Proposed estimator achieves optimal convergence rate in non-parametric regression.
New clustering method reduces data redundancy for better summaries.
problem Redundancies in data summaries limit their effectiveness in large datasets.
method Khatri-Rao clustering extends centroid-based clustering to produce more succinct summaries.
result Khatri-Rao k-Means and deep clustering frameworks produce more succinct summaries with similar accuracy.
We consider the problem of parametric statistical inference when likelihood computations are prohibitively expensive but sampling from the model is possible. Several so-called likelihood-free methods have been developed to perform inference in the absence of a likelihood function. The popular synthetic likelihood appro…
Paper introduces a novel framework for set input tasks in meta-learning.
problem Meta-learning problems with set inputs often require efficient summary networks.
method Prototype-oriented optimal transport (POT) framework to improve summary networks.
result Significantly improves summary statistics from sets in meta-learning.
This paper introduces a new classification tool named Silas, which is built to provide a more transparent and dependable data analytics service. A focus of Silas is on providing a formal foundation of decision trees in order to support logical analysis and verification of learned prediction models. This paper describes…
Develops methods for GWAS of high dimensional phenotypes using summary statistics.
problem Lack of methods to model pleiotropy in multi-phenotype GWAS.
method Bayesian inference model using summary statistics, fast computation, and biologically informed priors.
result Demonstrates utility in metabolite GWAS with interpretable pathway-level inference.
The paper tackles robust submodular maximization under matroid constraints, providing approximation algorithms for summary extraction.
problem Maximizing submodular functions while ensuring high value even after deletions.
method Constant-factor approximation algorithms for centralized and streaming settings, considering both non-monotone and monotone objectives.
result Approximation algorithms with space complexity depending on matroid rank and deleted elements, achieving improved factors in monotone cases.
Scaling clustering algorithms to massive data sets is a challenging task. Recently, several successful approaches based on data summarization methods, such as coresets and sketches, were proposed. While these techniques provide provably good and small summaries, they are inherently problem dependent - the practitioner …
Trajectory segmentation is the process of subdividing a trajectory into parts either by grouping points similar with respect to some measure of interest, or by minimizing a global objective function. Here we present a novel online algorithm for segmentation and summary, based on point density along the trajectory, and …
This paper contains a summary of mathematical researches of stochastic properties of the long time behavior of a continuously observed (and interactively controlled) quantum--field top. Applications to interactively controlled stochastic computer-graphic dynamical systems are also discussed.
BayesFlow learns complex models using neural networks.
problem Estimating parameters in complex, non-likelihood models.
method Invertible neural networks for global Bayesian inference.
result Global probabilistic mapping from data to parameters.
Preconditioned neural posterior estimation improves reliability in misspecified models.
problem Reliability issues in neural posterior estimation for misspecified models.
method Preconditioning with data-dependent weights and forest-proximity scores to stabilize and improve accuracy.
result Preconditioned robust neural posterior estimation increases stability and accuracy over standard methods.
We study the problem of collaborative filtering where ranking information is available. Focusing on the core of the collaborative ranking process, the user and their community, we propose new models for representation of the underlying permutations and prediction of ranks. The first approach is based on the assumption …
ChatGPT can summarize corporate disclosures more concisely and effectively, improving stock market reactions.
problem Information asymmetry and inefficiency in stock markets due to bloated disclosures.
method Comparing ChatGPT-generated summaries to original disclosures, analyzing their impact on stock market reactions.
result ChatGPT-generated summaries are more effective at explaining stock market reactions to disclosed information.
Complicated generative models often result in a situation where computing the likelihood of observed data is intractable, while simulating from the conditional density given a parameter value is relatively easy. Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) is a paradigm that enables simulation-based posterior inference in su…