Low-dimensional vectors improve semantic understanding of music and language.
problem Noise in shared semantics due to individual brain biases.
method Jointly model multiple brains to learn low-dimensional vector embeddings.
result These embeddings outperform high-dimensional fMRI data in music and language classification.
Top2Vec finds topic vectors from documents and words without needing stop words or custom settings.
problem Topic modeling weaknesses, including needing known topics, stop words, and custom settings.
method Joint document and word semantic embedding to find topic vectors automatically.
result Top2Vec finds more informative and representative topics than probabilistic models.
In this paper we explore the "vector semantics" problem from the perspective of "almost orthogonal" property of high-dimensional random vectors. We show that this intriguing property can be used to "memorize" random vectors by simply adding them, and we provide an efficient probabilistic solution to the set membership …
New model creates code semantics vectors for better understanding.
problem Improving code understanding and embedding quality.
method Siamese recurrent neural network on Python source code.
result Model significantly outperforms bag-of-tokens embeddings.
W-RNN improves text classification by extracting serialized text semantics.
problem Semantic constraint in sparse representation classification methods.
method Weighted RNN using word vectors and recurrent neural networks.
result W-RNN outperforms other methods in precision, recall, F1, and loss values.
A new neural network model extends word embedding vectors with MeSH concepts for biomedical semantic similarity.
problem Eliciting semantic similarity between biomedical concepts remains challenging.
method Proposes a MeSH-gram neural network model that extends skip-gram by using MeSH descriptors.
result MeSH-gram outperforms skip-gram and is comparable to best methods but requires more computation and external resources.
This paper proposes the continuous semantic topic embedding model (CSTEM) which finds latent topic variables in documents using continuous semantic distance function between the topics and the words by means of the variational autoencoder(VAE). The semantic distance could be represented by any symmetric bell-shaped geo…
RCAV quantifies model sensitivity to semantic concepts, improving interpretability methods.
problem Lack of semantic interpretability in image classification models.
method RCAV calculates concept gradients and ascent steps to assess model sensitivity to semantic concepts.
result RCAV yields more accurate and robust interpretations of model behavior.
This work shows cosine similarity is equivalent to Pearson correlation for word vectors, but not all vectors are suitable for cosine.
problem The use of cosine similarity for semantic textual similarity is often taken for granted, despite its limitations.
method Characterized cases where Pearson correlation is unfit and introduced rank correlation as an alternative.
result Pearson correlation is equivalent to cosine similarity for many word vectors but not all, and rank correlation can improve performance.
The paper evaluates different vector space models for text similarity.
problem Measuring semantic text similarity in natural language processing.
method Comparison of TFIDF, topic models, and neural models for patent-to-patent similarity.
result TFIDF performs well for longer, technical texts or finer distinctions.
A new text representation model combines CNN and VAE for better semantic extraction.
problem Difficult to effectively extract semantic features and distinguish polysemy in text data.
method Integrates CNN for feature extraction and VAE for consistent Gaussian distribution.
result The model outperforms traditional classification algorithms in text classification tasks.
In accessibility tests for digital preservation, over time we experience drifts of localized and labelled content in statistical models of evolving semantics represented as a vector field. This articulates the need to detect, measure, interpret and model outcomes of knowledge dynamics. To this end we employ a high-perf…
Based on the Aristotelian concept of potentiality vs. actuality allowing for the study of energy and dynamics in language, we propose a field approach to lexical analysis. Falling back on the distributional hypothesis to statistically model word meaning, we used evolving fields as a metaphor to express time-dependent c…
Semantic labeling for numerical values is a task of assigning semantic labels to unknown numerical attributes. The semantic labels could be numerical properties in ontologies, instances in knowledge bases, or labeled data that are manually annotated by domain experts. In this paper, we refer to semantic labeling as a r…
We propose a method to infer domain-specific models such as classifiers for unseen domains, from which no data are given in the training phase, without domain semantic descriptors. When training and test distributions are different, standard supervised learning methods perform poorly. Zero-shot domain adaptation attemp…
Method compares sentences by cosine similarity of vector projections.
problem Measuring semantic similarity of sentences.
method Cosine similarity of vector projections of sentence groups.
result Advantages over existing methods in preserving word order and syntactic connections.
Paper proposes a new approach to unify and compare knowledge graph embedding methods.
problem Lack of understanding and comparison of existing knowledge graph embedding methods.
method Introduces a multi-embedding interaction mechanism to unify and generalize existing models.
result Proposes a new multi-embedding model based on quaternion algebra.
Text classification has become indispensable due to the rapid increase of text in digital form. Over the past three decades, efforts have been made to approach this task using various learning algorithms and statistical models based on bag-of-words (BOW) features. Despite its simple implementation, BOW features lack se…
Unsupervised method improves word vectors by suppressing high variance features.
problem Improving semantic information in word vectors.
method Using conceptors to suppress high variance features in word vectors.
result Post-processed word vectors outperform existing alternatives in lexical evaluation tasks.
This paper explores sentence vector properties for automatic summarization.
problem Understanding the internal structure and properties of sentence vectors.
method Compositional sentence vector representations using artificial neural networks.
result Cosine similarity correlates with sentence importance and can identify gaps in summaries.
SOM-VQ tokenizes discrete models with semantic structure and navigable topology.
problem Lack of semantic structure in vector quantized representations limits interpretable human control.
method Combines vector quantization with Self-Organizing Maps to learn discrete codebooks with explicit topology.
result SOM-VQ produces more learnable token sequences and provides an explicit navigable geometry in code space.
Import2vec creates embeddings for software libraries to improve learning tasks.
problem Developing semantic representations for software libraries.
method Applied word embedding techniques from NLP to library packages.
result Library vectors capture meaningful relationships among libraries.
New method visualizes tabular feature semantics for better model understanding.
problem Lack of feature interaction interpretation in tabular ML models.
method Feature Vectors method for global tabular dataset interpretability.
result Visualizes semantic relationships among tabular features.
Improved segmentation model adaptation for new domains.
problem Reduced performance of pre-trained models on new domains.
method Calculated soft-label prototypes and predicted closest to class probabilities.
result Significant performance improvements on synthetic-to-real segmentation.
Embeddings leak sensitive information about input data, which can be recovered or inferred.
problem Information leakage in embedding models.
method Developed three classes of attacks to study information leakage.
result Embeddings leak sensitive information about input data, which can be partially recovered or inferred.
Word2Vec captures musical relationships in complex polyphonic music.
problem Capturing meaningful relationships in musical contexts.
method Skip-gram version of word2vec applied to music slices from a large corpus.
result Word2Vec embeddings reveal functional chord and harmonic associations.
Adaptive adjustment of semantic feature space improves zero-shot recognition.
problem Domain shift and hubness problems in zero-shot recognition.
method Adaptive adjustment of semantic feature space.
result Remarkable performance improvement compared to existing methods.
Enhances word embedding by transferring external knowledge.
problem Low-frequency words in semantic space.
method Latent Semantic Imputation (LSI) integrating graph theory and spectral embeddings.
result LSI generates reliable embedding vectors for low-frequency words.
Proposes AMS-SFE to improve zero-shot learning by aligning semantic feature spaces.
problem Domain shift problem in zero-shot learning due to disjoint seen and unseen data.
method Expands semantic features using an autoencoder and aligns them with visual feature manifold.
result Remarkable performance improvement over existing methods.
Ultra-fast search algorithm for trillion-scale corpora with semantic flexibility.
problem Efficiently searching over large natural language corpora with semantic variations.
method String matching based on suffix arrays, vector representation of words, dynamic corpus-aware pruning, fast exact lookup.
result Substantially lower search latency compared to existing methods on FineWeb-Edu corpus.
Sherlock uses deep learning to accurately detect data types from column headers.
problem Detecting accurate semantic types of data columns for data science tasks.
method Sherlock is a multi-input deep neural network trained on a corpus of 686,765 data columns.
result Sherlock achieves a support-weighted F1 score of 0.89, outperforming existing methods.
Tag2Vec learns tag representations in hybrid networks with semantic and hierarchical information.
problem Lack of semantic and hierarchical information in tag networks.
method Tag2Vec model that combines nodes and tags into hybrid networks, using parameterized random walks and hyperbolic Skip-gram model.
result Tag2Vec outperforms other models in learning rich semantic tag representations.
SENSE enhances node sequences in graphs using vector embeddings.
problem Efficiently capturing graph node sequences for applications.
method SENSE-S learns node embeddings and composes them for sequences, preserving node order.
result SENSE-S increases multi-label classification and link-prediction accuracy by up to 50% and 78% respectively.
Paper proposes structured semantic perturbations to improve adversarial attacks.
problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to adversarial attacks.
method Manipulates semantic attributes via disentangled latent codes.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of structured semantic perturbations.
New framework detects near vs. far out-of-distribution samples for AI safety.
problem Binary OOD detection fails to distinguish between semantically close and distant unknown risks.
method Ternary classification based on Low-Entropy Semantic Manifolds and Semantic Surprise Vector.
result Framework achieves state-of-the-art performance on ternary OOD detection task.
Estimator Vectors learns OOV word embeddings using subword and context clues.
problem Lack of OOV word representations in neural network models.
method Jointly learns word, subword, and context clue representations.
result Strong estimates for OOV words via combined subword and context clue embeddings.
The paper explores how semantic independence can be captured in text embeddings using partial orthogonality.
problem Capturing semantic independence in text embeddings.
method Developed a theory and methods based on partial orthogonality to demonstrate semantic independence.
result Partial orthogonality captures semantic independence in text embeddings.
End-to-end learning framework for tree-structured data.
problem Learning models struggle with tree-structured data due to lack of fixed-length vectors.
method Developed a novel framework for generic semantic tree-structured data of arbitrary topology.
result Framework yields comparable performance to standard models with dedicated feature-vectors and outperforms in compositional data.
A new text clustering method using NMF and LSA improves stability and performance.
problem Text data's large, sparse term-document matrix makes clustering difficult.
method Proposes a new feature agglomeration method based on NMF and deterministic K-Means initialization.
result Significantly improves clustering performance and stability.
A new ZSL algorithm uses shared sparse representations for unseen classes.
problem Classifying images from unseen classes using only semantic information.
method Coupled dictionary learning to represent visual and semantic features in an intermediate space.
result The proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art ZSL algorithms on benchmark datasets.
We present a neural model for representing snippets of code as continuous distributed vectors ("code embeddings"). The main idea is to represent a code snippet as a single fixed-length code vector, which can be used to predict semantic properties of the snippet. This is performed by decomposing code to a col…
Novel CNN-based gaze scanpath comparison distinguishes experts from novices in dental radiograph interpretation.
problem Distinguishing expertise in dental radiograph interpretation based on gaze behavior.
method Convolutional neural networks (CNN) process scene information at the fixation level, using image patches as input to compare gaze scanpaths.
result 93% accuracy in distinguishing experts from novices using image patch features.
ISDA augments deep networks by adding semantic transformations.
problem Improving deep network generalization through semantic data augmentation.
method ISDA augments deep feature space by estimating covariance and drawing random vectors.
result ISDA consistently improves deep model performance on various datasets.
Generative model uses captions to generate images, improving semantic understanding.
problem Complex image generation models require large datasets and intricate learning.
method Adapts captioning models to generate images, using learned sentence and frame vectors.
result Images generated from multiple captions better capture semantic meaning.
Semantic word embeddings represent the meaning of a word via a vector, and are created by diverse methods. Many use nonlinear operations on co-occurrence statistics, and have hand-tuned hyperparameters and reweighting methods. This paper proposes a new generative model, a dynamic version of the log-linear topic model o…
CADD improves generative quality by augmenting discrete diffusion with continuous latent space.
problem Loss of semantic information between denoising steps in discrete diffusion models.
method Introduces a framework that augments discrete state space with a continuous latent space, allowing for graded, informative masked tokens.
result CADD improves generative quality across text generation, image synthesis, and code modeling.
Proposes SSM to improve CTR prediction with deep neural networks.
problem Improving CTR prediction with deep neural networks.
method Designs an orthogonal base convolution and pooling model to learn multi-scale base semantic representation.
result Demonstrates superior performance in CTR prediction.
System converts 3D lung nodule images into embeddings for retrieval.
problem Retrieving similar 3D lung nodule images for radiologist decision support.
method 3D deep learning, semantic representation, transfer learning, similarity score.
result System can measure similarity between nodule annotations and CBIR results.