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48 results for user-specified properties

Enhances scenario approach for certifying design properties post-design.

problem Certifying additional useful properties in designs not considered during the design phase.
method Two-level framework of appropriateness: baseline and post-design. Distribution-free upper bounds on risk derived.
result Distribution-free upper bounds on the risk of failing to meet post-design appropriateness.

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 ↗

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.

This work provides guarantees for off-policy function estimation under realizability assumptions.

problem Estimating the value function of a policy under user-specified error-measuring distributions.
method The approach involves imposing a flexible regularization on the MIS objectives to account for an arbitrary user-specified distribution.
result Exact characterization of the optimal dual solution that determines the data-coverage assumption in the case of value-function learning.

Optimizes machine learning models while controlling risks.

problem Finding a model configuration that balances multiple conflicting metrics.
method Combines Bayesian Optimization with rigorous risk-controlling procedures.
result Identifies and selects Pareto optimal configurations with guaranteed risk levels.

Contrastive learning adapts to data intrinsic dimensions, learning low-dimensional representations.

problem Learning high-dimensional representations from multi-modal data.
method Multi-modal contrastive learning with temperature optimization.
result Contrastive learning adapts to intrinsic dimensions of data, not specified dimensions.

Improved algorithm for misspecified MLMDPs with bounded regret and space/time complexities.

problem Misspecified linear Markov decision processes.
method Proposes an algorithm with three desirable properties: bounded regret, bounded space/time complexities, and no need for misspecification input.
result Regret scales as Kmax{εextmis,εexttol}K \max \{ \varepsilon_{ ext{mis}}, \varepsilon_{ ext{tol}} \}, improving existing bounds.

Constraint-based learning reduces the burden of collecting labels by having users specify general properties of structured outputs, such as constraints imposed by physical laws. We propose a novel framework for simultaneously learning these constraints and using them for supervision, bypassing the difficulty of using d…

2018-05-27abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops methods to predict the probability of achieving a user goal in a task, ensuring the system alerts when the probability falls below a threshold.

problem Ensuring an autonomous system achieves the user's goal with calibrated probability estimates.
method Invertible conformal prediction using Probability-space Conformalized Quantile Regression (PCQR) to produce well-calibrated conditional prediction intervals.
result The method produces well-calibrated probabilities that the cumulative reward will fall within a user-specified target interval, with finite-sample guarantees.

Unified framework for FDR control in knockoffs, validating Gaussian knockoffs.

problem Asymptotic FDR control in knockoffs with user-specified distributions.
method Unified theoretical framework, three conditions on approximate knockoff statistics, Gaussian knockoffs generator based on moments matching.
result Gaussian knockoffs generator achieves asymptotic FDR control.

SMI uses mixture models to improve SVGD's performance in Bayesian inference.

problem Variance collapse in SVGD for Bayesian inference, especially with small models.
method Generalizes SVGD to Stein mixture models, optimizing an ELBO lower bound.
result SMI avoids variance collapse and accurately estimates uncertainty for small BNNs.

Common statistical prediction models often require and assume stationarity in the data. However, in many practical applications, changes in the relationship of the response and predictor variables are regularly observed over time, resulting in the deterioration of the predictive performance of these models. This paper …

2015-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a privacy-preserving method to control false discoveries.

problem Protecting individual information in hypothesis tests while controlling false discoveries.
method Differentially private adaptive FDR control method with privacy guarantee.
result The method controls the FDR metric exactly at a user-specified level with privacy.

Most existing binary classification methods target on the optimization of the overall classification risk and may fail to serve some real-world applications such as cancer diagnosis, where users are more concerned with the risk of misclassifying one specific class than the other. Neyman-Pearson (NP) paradigm was introd…

2015-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper explores fair classification with bounded disparity using finite datasets.

problem Ensuring fairness in binary classification with protected groups.
method Minimax optimal approach with fairness constraints and demographic disparity control.
result Proposes FairBayes-DDP+ method that achieves minimax lower bound on fairness-aware excess risk.

EMFs combine deep learning and probabilistic models for better density estimation.

problem Combining domain-specific knowledge with general-purpose deep learning.
method Alternating transformations with structured layers that embed domain-specific inductive biases.
result EMFs induce desirable properties like multimodality and hierarchical coupling.

We describe a novel binary classification technique called Banded SVM (B-SVM). In the standard C-SVM formulation of Cortes et al. (1995), the decision rule is encouraged to lie in the interval [1, \infty]. The new B-SVM objective function contains a penalty term that encourages the decision rule to lie in a user specif…

2011-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose learning deep models that are monotonic with respect to a user-specified set of inputs by alternating layers of linear embeddings, ensembles of lattices, and calibrators (piecewise linear functions), with appropriate constraints for monotonicity, and jointly training the resulting network. We implement the l…

2017-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes a method to reliably select design algorithms for machine learning-guided design tasks.

problem Choosing the right design algorithm for machine learning-guided design tasks.
method Combining designs' predicted property values with held-out labeled data to reliably forecast characteristics of the label distributions produced by different design algorithms.
result The method is guaranteed to return design algorithms that yield successful label distributions.

We present SDA-Bayes, a framework for (S)treaming, (D)istributed, (A)synchronous computation of a Bayesian posterior. The framework makes streaming updates to the estimated posterior according to a user-specified approximation batch primitive. We demonstrate the usefulness of our framework, with variational Bayes (VB) …

2013-07-25abs ↗pdf ↗

We examined the use of modern Generative Adversarial Nets to generate novel images of oil paintings using the Painter By Numbers dataset. We implemented Spectral Normalization GAN (SN-GAN) and Spectral Normalization GAN with Gradient Penalty, and compared their outputs to a Deep Convolutional GAN. Visually, and quantit…

2019-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We develop a method for user-controllable semantic image inpainting: Given an arbitrary set of observed pixels, the unobserved pixels can be imputed in a user-controllable range of possibilities, each of which is semantically coherent and locally consistent with the observed pixels. We achieve this using a deep generat…

2018-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Paper introduces MN-DAG for modeling evolving causal relationships in multivariate time series.

problem Modeling causal relationships that evolve over time and occur at different scales.
method Probabilistic generative model based on spectral and causality theories, combined with Bayesian stochastic variational inference.
result MN-CASTLE outperforms baseline models in identifying causal relationships in multivariate time series data.

We seek decision rules for prediction-time cost reduction, where complete data is available for training, but during prediction-time, each feature can only be acquired for an additional cost. We propose a novel random forest algorithm to minimize prediction error for a user-specified {\it average} feature acquisition b…

2015-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

ConfHit provides valid guarantees for generative models without oracle access.

problem Reliable guarantees for novel candidate generation in generative models.
method Formalizes certification and refinement of generated sets, leveraging weighted exchangeability and density-ratio weighted conformal p-values.
result Consistently delivers valid coverage guarantees and compact certified sets across various generative tasks.

Frengression models causal data flexibly and faithfully.

problem Challenges in robust benchmarking and evaluation of causal inference with real-world data.
method Introduces frengression, a deep generative model for joint distribution of covariates, treatments, and outcomes.
result Frengression provides accurate estimation and flexible simulation of multivariate, time-varying data.

A new method for survival analysis models that ensures fairness without using sensitive demographic data.

problem Ensuring fairness in survival analysis models without relying on sensitive demographic information.
method A worst-case error minimization approach using a training loss function that does not know sensitive demographic information.
result The proposed method often scores better on fairness metrics without a significant drop in prediction accuracy compared to baselines.

Mutual information has been successfully adopted in filter feature-selection methods to assess both the relevancy of a subset of features in predicting the target variable and the redundancy with respect to other variables. However, existing algorithms are mostly heuristic and do not offer any guarantee on the proposed…

2019-07-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Minimizes indecisions in selective classification to control misclassification rates.

problem Controlling misclassification rates in high-risk scenarios.
method Using indecisions to control misclassification rates, even below Bayes optimal.
result Control of misclassification rates to any user-specified level, even below Bayes optimal.

In this paper we introduce the deep kernelized autoencoder, a neural network model that allows an explicit approximation of (i) the mapping from an input space to an arbitrary, user-specified kernel space and (ii) the back-projection from such a kernel space to input space. The proposed method is based on traditional a…

2017-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

The clusters of a distribution are often defined by the connected components of a density level set. However, this definition depends on the user-specified level. We address this issue by proposing a simple, generic algorithm, which uses an almost arbitrary level set estimator to estimate the smallest level at which th…

2014-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Multithreshold Entropy Linear Classifier (MELC) is a density based model which searches for a linear projection maximizing the Cauchy-Schwarz Divergence of dataset kernel density estimation. Despite its good empirical results, one of its drawbacks is the optimization speed. In this paper we analyze how one can speed it…

2015-04-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Cyber-physical systems, such as mobile robots, must respond adaptively to dynamic operating conditions. Effective operation of these systems requires that sensing and actuation tasks are performed in a timely manner. Additionally, execution of mission specific tasks such as imaging a room must be balanced against the n…

2012-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning models are notoriously difficult to interpret and debug. This is particularly true of neural networks. In this work, we introduce automated software testing techniques for neural networks that are well-suited to discovering errors which occur only for rare inputs. Specifically, we develop coverage-guid…

2018-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Plug-and-play multimodal controller improves class-conditional image generation.

problem Generating class-conditional images from user-specified labels.
method Introduces a `multimodal controller` to generate multimodal data without additional learning parameters.
result Multimodal controlled generative models produce higher quality class-conditional images and novel modalities.