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2502.09303
Towards Seamless Hierarchical Federated Learning under Intermittent Client Participation: A Stagewise Decision-Making Methodology
cs.LG cs.DC
Federated Learning (FL) offers a pioneering distributed learning paradigm that enables devices/clients to build a shared global model. This global model is obtained through frequent model transmissions between clients and a central server, which may cause high latency, energy consumption, and congestion over backhaul...
2502.09304
KET-RAG: A Cost-Efficient Multi-Granular Indexing Framework for Graph-RAG
cs.IR
Graph-RAG constructs a knowledge graph from text chunks to improve retrieval in Large Language Model (LLM)-based question answering. It is particularly useful in domains such as biomedicine, law, and political science, where retrieval often requires multi-hop reasoning over proprietary documents. Some existing Graph-...
2502.09305
Predicting Drive Test Results in Mobile Networks Using Optimization Techniques
cs.NI cs.AI cs.SE
Mobile network operators constantly optimize their networks to ensure superior service quality and coverage. This optimization is crucial for maintaining an optimal user experience and requires extensive data collection and analysis. One of the primary methods for gathering this data is through drive tests, where tec...
2502.09306
Non-asymptotic Analysis of Diffusion Annealed Langevin Monte Carlo for Generative Modelling
stat.ML cs.LG math.PR stat.CO
We investigate the theoretical properties of general diffusion (interpolation) paths and their Langevin Monte Carlo implementation, referred to as diffusion annealed Langevin Monte Carlo (DALMC), under weak conditions on the data distribution. Specifically, we analyse and provide non-asymptotic error bounds for the a...
2502.09307
When the LM misunderstood the human chuckled: Analyzing garden path effects in humans and language models
cs.CL cs.AI
Modern Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown human-like abilities in many language tasks, sparking interest in comparing LLMs' and humans' language processing. In this paper, we conduct a detailed comparison of the two on a sentence comprehension task using garden-path constructions, which are notoriously challengi...
2502.09309
Frequency Domain Stability and Convergence Analysis for General Reset Control Systems Architecture
eess.SY cs.SY
A key factor that generates significant interest in reset control systems, especially within industrial contexts, is their potential to be designed using a frequency-domain loop-shaping procedure. On the other hand, formulating and assessing stability analysis for these nonlinear elements often depends on access to p...
2502.09310
Global Stabilization of Chemostats with Nonzero Mortality and Substrate Dynamics
math.OC cs.SY eess.SY q-bio.PE
In "chemostat"-type population models that incorporate substrate (nutrient) dynamics, the dependence of the birth (or growth) rate on the substrate concentration introduces nonlinear coupling that creates a challenge for stabilization that is global, namely, for all positive concentrations of the biomass and nutrient...
2502.09311
Mitigating the Impact of Prominent Position Shift in Drone-based RGBT Object Detection
cs.CV
Drone-based RGBT object detection plays a crucial role in many around-the-clock applications. However, real-world drone-viewed RGBT data suffers from the prominent position shift problem, i.e., the position of a tiny object differs greatly in different modalities. For instance, a slight deviation of a tiny object in ...
2502.09316
A Judge-free LLM Open-ended Generation Benchmark Based on the Distributional Hypothesis
cs.CL
Evaluating the open-ended text generation of large language models (LLMs) is challenging because of the lack of a clear ground truth and the high cost of human or LLM-based assessments. We propose a novel benchmark that evaluates LLMs using n-gram statistics and rules, without relying on human judgement or LLM-as-a-j...
2502.09318
SigGate: Enhancing Recurrent Neural Networks with Signature-Based Gating Mechanisms
cs.LG
In this paper, we propose a novel approach that enhances recurrent neural networks (RNNs) by incorporating path signatures into their gating mechanisms. Our method modifies both Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) architectures by replacing their forget and reset gates, respectively, with lea...
2502.09319
Bridging Jensen Gap for Max-Min Group Fairness Optimization in Recommendation
cs.IR cs.LG
Group max-min fairness (MMF) is commonly used in fairness-aware recommender systems (RS) as an optimization objective, as it aims to protect marginalized item groups and ensures a fair competition platform. However, our theoretical analysis indicates that integrating MMF constraint violates the assumption of sample i...
2502.09324
Depth-Bounds for Neural Networks via the Braid Arrangement
cs.LG cs.DM cs.NE math.CO
We contribute towards resolving the open question of how many hidden layers are required in ReLU networks for exactly representing all continuous and piecewise linear functions on $\mathbb{R}^d$. While the question has been resolved in special cases, the best known lower bound in general is still 2. We focus on neura...
2502.09325
A Benchmark for Crime Surveillance Video Analysis with Large Models
cs.CV
Anomaly analysis in surveillance videos is a crucial topic in computer vision. In recent years, multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have outperformed task-specific models in various domains. Although MLLMs are particularly versatile, their abilities to understand anomalous concepts and details are insufficiently...
2502.09329
Bayesian Optimization for Simultaneous Selection of Machine Learning Algorithms and Hyperparameters on Shared Latent Space
cs.LG
Selecting the optimal combination of a machine learning (ML) algorithm and its hyper-parameters is crucial for the development of high-performance ML systems. However, since the combination of ML algorithms and hyper-parameters is enormous, the exhaustive validation requires a significant amount of time. Many existin...
2502.09331
Beyond English: The Impact of Prompt Translation Strategies across Languages and Tasks in Multilingual LLMs
cs.CL
Despite advances in the multilingual capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) across diverse tasks, English remains the dominant language for LLM research and development. So, when working with a different language, this has led to the widespread practice of pre-translation, i.e., translating the task prompt into...
2502.09332
Full Swap Regret and Discretized Calibration
cs.LG cs.GT
We study the problem of minimizing swap regret in structured normal-form games. Players have a very large (potentially infinite) number of pure actions, but each action has an embedding into $d$-dimensional space and payoffs are given by bilinear functions of these embeddings. We provide an efficient learning algorit...
2502.09335
Graph Diffusion Network for Drug-Gene Prediction
cs.LG cs.AI
Predicting drug-gene associations is crucial for drug development and disease treatment. While graph neural networks (GNN) have shown effectiveness in this task, they face challenges with data sparsity and efficient contrastive learning implementation. We introduce a graph diffusion network for drug-gene prediction (...
2502.09340
This looks like what? Challenges and Future Research Directions for Part-Prototype Models
cs.LG
The growing interest in eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has prompted research into models with built-in interpretability, the most prominent of which are part-prototype models. Part-Prototype Models (PPMs) make decisions by comparing an input image to a set of learned prototypes, providing human-understanda...
2502.09341
Neural Spatiotemporal Point Processes: Trends and Challenges
cs.LG cs.AI
Spatiotemporal point processes (STPPs) are probabilistic models for events occurring in continuous space and time. Real-world event data often exhibit intricate dependencies and heterogeneous dynamics. By incorporating modern deep learning techniques, STPPs can model these complexities more effectively than tradition...
2502.09344
Revisiting Topological Interference Management: A Learning-to-Code on Graphs Perspective
cs.IT math.IT
The advance of topological interference management (TIM) has been one of the driving forces of recent developments in network information theory. However, state-of-the-art coding schemes for TIM are usually handcrafted for specific families of network topologies, relying critically on experts' domain knowledge and so...
2502.09346
Machine learning for modelling unstructured grid data in computational physics: a review
cs.LG cs.CE physics.data-an physics.flu-dyn
Unstructured grid data are essential for modelling complex geometries and dynamics in computational physics. Yet, their inherent irregularity presents significant challenges for conventional machine learning (ML) techniques. This paper provides a comprehensive review of advanced ML methodologies designed to handle un...
2502.09352
Wasserstein distributional adversarial training for deep neural networks
cs.LG cs.CV math.OC
Design of adversarial attacks for deep neural networks, as well as methods of adversarial training against them, are subject of intense research. In this paper, we propose methods to train against distributional attack threats, extending the TRADES method used for pointwise attacks. Our approach leverages recent cont...
2502.09355
Simultaneous solution of incompressible Navier-Stokes flows on multiple surfaces
cs.CE
A mechanical model and finite element method for the simultaneous solution of Stokes and incompressible Navier-Stokes flows on multiple curved surfaces over a bulk domain are proposed. The two-dimensional surfaces are defined implicitly by all level sets of a scalar function, bounded by the three-dimensional bulk dom...
2502.09356
Galileo: Learning Global and Local Features in Pretrained Remote Sensing Models
cs.CV
From crop mapping to flood detection, machine learning in remote sensing has a wide range of societally beneficial applications. The commonalities between remote sensing data in these applications present an opportunity for pretrained machine learning models tailored to remote sensing to reduce the labeled data and e...
2502.09363
The Accuracy Cost of Weakness: A Theoretical Analysis of Fixed-Segment Weak Labeling for Events in Time
cs.LG
Accurate labels are critical for deriving robust machine learning models. Labels are used to train supervised learning models and to evaluate most machine learning paradigms. In this paper, we model the accuracy and cost of a common weak labeling process where annotators assign presence or absence labels to fixed-len...
2502.09365
Simple Path Structural Encoding for Graph Transformers
cs.LG cs.AI
Graph transformers extend global self-attention to graph-structured data, achieving notable success in graph learning. Recently, random walk structural encoding (RWSE) has been found to further enhance their predictive power by encoding both structural and positional information into the edge representation. However,...
2502.09368
Optimal Microcontroller Usage in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: Batteryless IoT Systems Case Study
cs.IT math.IT
To enhance wireless communication in IoT systems using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), efficient control of programmable passive and active elements is essential. However, increasing RIS elements requires more microcontrollers, raising complexity and cost. This paper proposes a modular approach ("Module")...
2502.09369
Language Agents as Digital Representatives in Collective Decision-Making
cs.LG cs.AI cs.CL cs.CY
Consider the process of collective decision-making, in which a group of individuals interactively select a preferred outcome from among a universe of alternatives. In this context, "representation" is the activity of making an individual's preferences present in the process via participation by a proxy agent -- i.e. ...
2502.09374
Mitigating multiple single-event upsets during deep neural network inference using fault-aware training
cs.LG
Deep neural networks (DNNs) are increasingly used in safety-critical applications. Reliable fault analysis and mitigation are essential to ensure their functionality in harsh environments that contain high radiation levels. This study analyses the impact of multiple single-bit single-event upsets in DNNs by performin...
2502.09375
FARM: Frequency-Aware Model for Cross-Domain Live-Streaming Recommendation
cs.IR
Live-streaming services have attracted widespread popularity due to their real-time interactivity and entertainment value. Users can engage with live-streaming authors by participating in live chats, posting likes, or sending virtual gifts to convey their preferences and support. However, the live-streaming services ...
2502.09376
LoRA Training Provably Converges to a Low-Rank Global Minimum or It Fails Loudly (But it Probably Won't Fail)
cs.LG
Low-rank adaptation (LoRA) has become a standard approach for fine-tuning large foundation models. However, our theoretical understanding of LoRA remains limited as prior analyses of LoRA's training dynamics either rely on linearization arguments or consider highly simplified setups. In this work, we analyze the LoRA...
2502.09378
A Deep Inverse-Mapping Model for a Flapping Robotic Wing
cs.AI cs.RO
In systems control, the dynamics of a system are governed by modulating its inputs to achieve a desired outcome. For example, to control the thrust of a quad-copter propeller the controller modulates its rotation rate, relying on a straightforward mapping between the input rotation rate and the resulting thrust. This...
2502.09379
TRIFFID: Autonomous Robotic Aid For Increasing First Responders Efficiency
cs.RO cs.AI
The increasing complexity of natural disaster incidents demands innovative technological solutions to support first responders in their efforts. This paper introduces the TRIFFID system, a comprehensive technical framework that integrates unmanned ground and aerial vehicles with advanced artificial intelligence funct...
2502.09387
Truth Knows No Language: Evaluating Truthfulness Beyond English
cs.CL cs.AI cs.CY
We introduce a professionally translated extension of the TruthfulQA benchmark designed to evaluate truthfulness in Basque, Catalan, Galician, and Spanish. Truthfulness evaluations of large language models (LLMs) have primarily been conducted in English. However, the ability of LLMs to maintain truthfulness across la...
2502.09389
S$^2$-Diffusion: Generalizing from Instance-level to Category-level Skills in Robot Manipulation
cs.RO cs.AI
Recent advances in skill learning has propelled robot manipulation to new heights by enabling it to learn complex manipulation tasks from a practical number of demonstrations. However, these skills are often limited to the particular action, object, and environment \textit{instances} that are shown in the training da...
2502.09390
SQuARE: Sequential Question Answering Reasoning Engine for Enhanced Chain-of-Thought in Large Language Models
cs.CL cs.AI cs.LG
In the rapidly evolving field of Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (LLMs) are tasked with increasingly complex reasoning challenges. Traditional methods like chain-of-thought prompting have shown promise but often fall short in fully leveraging a model's reasoning capabilities. This paper introduces ...
2502.09393
Generalizable Reinforcement Learning with Biologically Inspired Hyperdimensional Occupancy Grid Maps for Exploration and Goal-Directed Path Planning
cs.RO cs.NE
Real-time autonomous systems utilize multi-layer computational frameworks to perform critical tasks such as perception, goal finding, and path planning. Traditional methods implement perception using occupancy grid mapping (OGM), segmenting the environment into discretized cells with probabilistic information. This c...
2502.09395
Robot Pouring: Identifying Causes of Spillage and Selecting Alternative Action Parameters Using Probabilistic Actual Causation
cs.RO cs.LG
In everyday life, we perform tasks (e.g., cooking or cleaning) that involve a large variety of objects and goals. When confronted with an unexpected or unwanted outcome, we take corrective actions and try again until achieving the desired result. The reasoning performed to identify a cause of the observed outcome and...
2502.09396
A hierarchical approach for assessing the vulnerability of tree-based classification models to membership inference attack
cs.LG cs.CR
Machine learning models can inadvertently expose confidential properties of their training data, making them vulnerable to membership inference attacks (MIA). While numerous evaluation methods exist, many require computationally expensive processes, such as training multiple shadow models. This article presents two n...
2502.09411
ImageRAG: Dynamic Image Retrieval for Reference-Guided Image Generation
cs.CV cs.GR
Diffusion models enable high-quality and diverse visual content synthesis. However, they struggle to generate rare or unseen concepts. To address this challenge, we explore the usage of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with image generation models. We propose ImageRAG, a method that dynamically retrieves relevant...
2502.09416
Rethinking Evaluation Metrics for Grammatical Error Correction: Why Use a Different Evaluation Process than Human?
cs.CL
One of the goals of automatic evaluation metrics in grammatical error correction (GEC) is to rank GEC systems such that it matches human preferences. However, current automatic evaluations are based on procedures that diverge from human evaluation. Specifically, human evaluation derives rankings by aggregating senten...
2502.09417
A Survey of Reinforcement Learning for Optimization in Automation
cs.LG cs.AI cs.NE cs.RO cs.SY eess.SY
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has become a critical tool for optimization challenges within automation, leading to significant advancements in several areas. This review article examines the current landscape of RL within automation, with a particular focus on its roles in manufacturing, energy systems, and robotics. I...
2502.09419
On multi-token prediction for efficient LLM inference
cs.CL cs.LG
We systematically investigate multi-token prediction (MTP) capabilities within LLMs pre-trained for next-token prediction (NTP). We first show that such models inherently possess MTP capabilities via numerical marginalization over intermediate token probabilities, though performance is data-dependent and improves wit...
2502.09423
Transformer-Enhanced Variational Autoencoder for Crystal Structure Prediction
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cs.AI
Crystal structure forms the foundation for understanding the physical and chemical properties of materials. Generative models have emerged as a new paradigm in crystal structure prediction(CSP), however, accurately capturing key characteristics of crystal structures, such as periodicity and symmetry, remains a signif...
2502.09425
A 3D Facial Reconstruction Evaluation Methodology: Comparing Smartphone Scans with Deep Learning Based Methods Using Geometry and Morphometry Criteria
cs.CV
Three-dimensional (3D) facial shape analysis has gained interest due to its potential clinical applications. However, the high cost of advanced 3D facial acquisition systems limits their widespread use, driving the development of low-cost acquisition and reconstruction methods. This study introduces a novel evaluatio...
2502.09431
On Usage of Non-Volatile Memory as Primary Storage for Database Management Systems
cs.DB
This paper explores the implications of employing non-volatile memory (NVM) as primary storage for a data base management system (DBMS). We investigate the modifications necessary to be applied on top of a traditional relational DBMS to take advantage of NVM features. As a case study, we modify the storage engine (SE...
2502.09432
Dual Formulation for Non-Rectangular Lp Robust Markov Decision Processes
cs.AI cs.LG
We study robust Markov decision processes (RMDPs) with non-rectangular uncertainty sets, which capture interdependencies across states unlike traditional rectangular models. While non-rectangular robust policy evaluation is generally NP-hard, even in approximation, we identify a powerful class of $L_p$-bounded uncert...
2502.09434
Redistribute Ensemble Training for Mitigating Memorization in Diffusion Models
cs.CV
Diffusion models, known for their tremendous ability to generate high-quality samples, have recently raised concerns due to their data memorization behavior, which poses privacy risks. Recent methods for memory mitigation have primarily addressed the issue within the context of the text modality in cross-modal genera...
2502.09436
Variable Stiffness for Robust Locomotion through Reinforcement Learning
cs.RO cs.AI
Reinforcement-learned locomotion enables legged robots to perform highly dynamic motions but often accompanies time-consuming manual tuning of joint stiffness. This paper introduces a novel control paradigm that integrates variable stiffness into the action space alongside joint positions, enabling grouped stiffness ...
2502.09443
Relational Conformal Prediction for Correlated Time Series
cs.LG cs.AI
We address the problem of uncertainty quantification in time series forecasting by exploiting observations at correlated sequences. Relational deep learning methods leveraging graph representations are among the most effective tools for obtaining point estimates from spatiotemporal data and correlated time series. Ho...
2502.09445
A Differentiable Rank-Based Objective For Better Feature Learning
stat.ML cs.LG
In this paper, we leverage existing statistical methods to better understand feature learning from data. We tackle this by modifying the model-free variable selection method, Feature Ordering by Conditional Independence (FOCI), which is introduced in \cite{azadkia2021simple}. While FOCI is based on a non-parametric c...
2502.09446
Drivers of cooperation in social dilemmas on higher-order networks
physics.soc-ph cs.GT cs.SI q-bio.PE
Understanding cooperation in social dilemmas requires models that capture the complexity of real-world interactions. While network frameworks have provided valuable insights to model the evolution of cooperation, they are unable to encode group interactions properly. Here, we introduce a general higher-order network ...
2502.09447
Pixel-Level Reasoning Segmentation via Multi-turn Conversations
cs.CV cs.CL
Existing visual perception systems focus on region-level segmentation in single-turn dialogues, relying on complex and explicit query instructions. Such systems cannot reason at the pixel level and comprehend dynamic user intent that changes over interaction. Our work tackles this issue by introducing a novel task, P...
2502.09449
Spiking Neural Networks for Temporal Processing: Status Quo and Future Prospects
cs.NE
Temporal processing is fundamental for both biological and artificial intelligence systems, as it enables the comprehension of dynamic environments and facilitates timely responses. Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) excel in handling such data with high efficiency, owing to their rich neuronal dynamics and sparse activi...
2502.09457
The Multilingual Mind : A Survey of Multilingual Reasoning in Language Models
cs.CL
While reasoning and multilingual capabilities in Language Models (LMs) have achieved remarkable progress in recent years, their integration into a unified paradigm, multilingual reasoning, is at a nascent stage. Multilingual reasoning requires language models to handle logical reasoning across languages while address...
2502.09460
Metamorphic Testing for Pose Estimation Systems
cs.SE cs.AI cs.CV
Pose estimation systems are used in a variety of fields, from sports analytics to livestock care. Given their potential impact, it is paramount to systematically test their behaviour and potential for failure. This is a complex task due to the oracle problem and the high cost of manual labelling necessary to build gr...
2502.09471
Wholly-WOOD: Wholly Leveraging Diversified-quality Labels for Weakly-supervised Oriented Object Detection
cs.CV cs.AI
Accurately estimating the orientation of visual objects with compact rotated bounding boxes (RBoxes) has become a prominent demand, which challenges existing object detection paradigms that only use horizontal bounding boxes (HBoxes). To equip the detectors with orientation awareness, supervised regression/classifica...
2502.09473
Learning to Predict Global Atrial Fibrillation Dynamics from Sparse Measurements
cs.LG eess.SP
Catheter ablation of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) consists of a one-size-fits-all treatment with limited success in persistent AF. This may be due to our inability to map the dynamics of AF with the limited resolution and coverage provided by sequential contact mapping catheters, preventing effective patient phenotyping ...
2502.09477
DiffRenderGAN: Addressing Training Data Scarcity in Deep Segmentation Networks for Quantitative Nanomaterial Analysis through Differentiable Rendering and Generative Modelling
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cs.CV cs.LG
Nanomaterials exhibit distinctive properties governed by parameters such as size, shape, and surface characteristics, which critically influence their applications and interactions across technological, biological, and environmental contexts. Accurate quantification and understanding of these materials are essential ...
2502.09479
Assessing Generative AI value in a public sector context: evidence from a field experiment
q-fin.GN cs.LG econ.GN q-fin.EC
The emergence of Generative AI (Gen AI) has motivated an interest in understanding how it could be used to enhance productivity across various tasks. We add to research results for the performance impact of Gen AI on complex knowledge-based tasks in a public sector setting. In a pre-registered experiment, after estab...
2502.09482
Standardisation of Convex Ultrasound Data Through Geometric Analysis and Augmentation
cs.CV
The application of ultrasound in healthcare has seen increased diversity and importance. Unlike other medical imaging modalities, ultrasound research and development has historically lagged, particularly in the case of applications with data-driven algorithms. A significant issue with ultrasound is the extreme variab...
2502.09484
PenTest++: Elevating Ethical Hacking with AI and Automation
cs.CR cs.AI
Traditional ethical hacking relies on skilled professionals and time-intensive command management, which limits its scalability and efficiency. To address these challenges, we introduce PenTest++, an AI-augmented system that integrates automation with generative AI (GenAI) to optimise ethical hacking workflows. Devel...
2502.09487
Objective quantification of mood states using large language models
cs.CL cs.AI cs.LG
Emotional states influence human behaviour and cognition, leading to diverse thought trajectories. Similarly, Large Language Models (LLMs) showcase an excellent level of response consistency across wide-ranging contexts (prompts). We leverage these parallels to establish a framework for quantifying mental states. Our...
2502.09490
Inverse Design with Dynamic Mode Decomposition
cs.LG cs.SY eess.SY math.DS math.OC physics.flu-dyn
We introduce a computationally efficient method for the automation of inverse design in science and engineering. Based on simple least-square regression, the underlying dynamic mode decomposition algorithm can be used to construct a low-rank subspace spanning multiple experiments in parameter space. The proposed inve...
2502.09494
Communicating Likelihoods with Normalising Flows
hep-ph cs.LG hep-ex physics.data-an
We present a machine-learning-based workflow to model an unbinned likelihood from its samples. A key advancement over existing approaches is the validation of the learned likelihood using rigorous statistical tests of the joint distribution, such as the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of the joint distribution. Our method en...
2502.09495
Cracking the Code: Enhancing Development finance understanding with artificial intelligence
econ.GN cs.AI cs.LG q-fin.EC
Analyzing development projects is crucial for understanding donors aid strategies, recipients priorities, and to assess development finance capacity to adress development issues by on-the-ground actions. In this area, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developments (OECD) Creditor Reporting System (CRS) d...
2502.09496
On Agnostic PAC Learning in the Small Error Regime
cs.LG stat.ML
Binary classification in the classic PAC model exhibits a curious phenomenon: Empirical Risk Minimization (ERM) learners are suboptimal in the realizable case yet optimal in the agnostic case. Roughly speaking, this owes itself to the fact that non-realizable distributions $\mathcal{D}$ are simply more difficult to l...
2502.09497
Improve LLM-based Automatic Essay Scoring with Linguistic Features
cs.CL cs.AI
Automatic Essay Scoring (AES) assigns scores to student essays, reducing the grading workload for instructors. Developing a scoring system capable of handling essays across diverse prompts is challenging due to the flexibility and diverse nature of the writing task. Existing methods typically fall into two categories...
2502.09500
Eidetic Learning: an Efficient and Provable Solution to Catastrophic Forgetting
cs.LG
Catastrophic forgetting -- the phenomenon of a neural network learning a task t1 and losing the ability to perform it after being trained on some other task t2 -- is a long-standing problem for neural networks [McCloskey and Cohen, 1989]. We present a method, Eidetic Learning, that provably solves catastrophic forget...
2502.09501
Prior-Constrained Association Learning for Fine-Grained Generalized Category Discovery
cs.CV
This paper addresses generalized category discovery (GCD), the task of clustering unlabeled data from potentially known or unknown categories with the help of labeled instances from each known category. Compared to traditional semi-supervised learning, GCD is more challenging because unlabeled data could be from nove...
2502.09502
Scalable First-order Method for Certifying Optimal k-Sparse GLMs
cs.LG math.OC
This paper investigates the problem of certifying optimality for sparse generalized linear models (GLMs), where sparsity is enforced through an $\ell_0$ cardinality constraint. While branch-and-bound (BnB) frameworks can certify optimality by pruning nodes using dual bounds, existing methods for computing these bound...
2502.09503
AttentionSmithy: A Modular Framework for Rapid Transformer Development and Customization
cs.LG cs.AI
Transformer architectures have transformed AI applications but remain complex to customize for domain experts lacking low-level implementation expertise. We introduce AttentionSmithy, a modular software package that simplifies transformer innovation by breaking down key components into reusable building blocks: atten...
2502.09507
When and How Does CLIP Enable Domain and Compositional Generalization?
cs.LG cs.CV
The remarkable generalization performance of contrastive vision-language models like CLIP is often attributed to the diversity of their training distributions. However, key questions remain unanswered: Can CLIP generalize to an entirely unseen domain when trained on a diverse mixture of domains (domain generalization...
2502.09509
EQ-VAE: Equivariance Regularized Latent Space for Improved Generative Image Modeling
cs.LG
Latent generative models have emerged as a leading approach for high-quality image synthesis. These models rely on an autoencoder to compress images into a latent space, followed by a generative model to learn the latent distribution. We identify that existing autoencoders lack equivariance to semantic-preserving tra...
2502.09511
Diffusion Models for Molecules: A Survey of Methods and Tasks
cs.LG cs.AI cs.CE
Generative tasks about molecules, including but not limited to molecule generation, are crucial for drug discovery and material design, and have consistently attracted significant attention. In recent years, diffusion models have emerged as an impressive class of deep generative models, sparking extensive research an...
2502.09517
Coupled Rendezvous and Docking Maneuver control of satellite using Reinforcement learning-based Adaptive Fixed-Time Sliding Mode Controller
eess.SY cs.SY
Satellite dynamics in unknown environments are inherently uncertain due to factors such as varying gravitational fields, atmospheric drag, and unpredictable interactions with space debris or other celestial bodies. Traditional sliding mode controllers with fixed parameters often struggle to maintain optimal performan...
2502.09520
SQ-GAN: Semantic Image Communications Using Masked Vector Quantization
cs.CV eess.IV
This work introduces Semantically Masked VQ-GAN (SQ-GAN), a novel approach integrating generative models to optimize image compression for semantic/task-oriented communications. SQ-GAN employs off-the-shelf semantic semantic segmentation and a new specifically developed semantic-conditioned adaptive mask module (SAMM...
2502.09525
Robust Learning of Multi-index Models via Iterative Subspace Approximation
cs.LG cs.DS math.ST stat.ML stat.TH
We study the task of learning Multi-Index Models (MIMs) with label noise under the Gaussian distribution. A $K$-MIM is any function $f$ that only depends on a $K$-dimensional subspace. We focus on well-behaved MIMs with finite ranges that satisfy certain regularity properties. Our main contribution is a general robus...
2502.09528
SteROI-D: System Design and Mapping for Stereo Depth Inference on Regions of Interest
cs.CV cs.AR
Machine learning algorithms have enabled high quality stereo depth estimation to run on Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) devices. However, high energy consumption across the full image processing stack prevents stereo depth algorithms from running effectively on battery-limited devices. This paper introduces Ste...
2502.09529
Exact Leader Estimation: A New Approach for Distributed Differentiation
eess.SY cs.MA cs.SY math.OC
A novel strategy aimed at cooperatively differentiating a signal among multiple interacting agents is introduced, where none of the agents needs to know which agent is the leader, i.e. the one producing the signal to be differentiated. Every agent communicates only a scalar variable to its neighbors; except for the l...
2502.09531
Data-Enabled Predictive Control for Flexible Spacecraft
eess.SY cs.SY
Spacecraft are vital to space exploration and are often equipped with lightweight, flexible appendages to meet strict weight constraints. These appendages pose significant challenges for modeling and control due to their inherent nonlinearity. Data-driven control methods have gained traction to address such challenge...
2502.09532
Mind the Gap! Choice Independence in Using Multilingual LLMs for Persuasive Co-Writing Tasks in Different Languages
cs.CL cs.AI cs.HC
Recent advances in generative AI have precipitated a proliferation of novel writing assistants. These systems typically rely on multilingual large language models (LLMs), providing globalized workers the ability to revise or create diverse forms of content in different languages. However, there is substantial evidenc...
2502.09533
Long-Term TalkingFace Generation via Motion-Prior Conditional Diffusion Model
cs.CV
Recent advances in conditional diffusion models have shown promise for generating realistic TalkingFace videos, yet challenges persist in achieving consistent head movement, synchronized facial expressions, and accurate lip synchronization over extended generations. To address these, we introduce the \textbf{M}otion-...
2502.09534
Fast Tensor Completion via Approximate Richardson Iteration
cs.DS cs.LG math.ST stat.TH
We study tensor completion (TC) through the lens of low-rank tensor decomposition (TD). Many TD algorithms use fast alternating minimization methods, which solve highly structured linear regression problems at each step (e.g., for CP, Tucker, and tensor-train decompositions). However, such algebraic structure is lost...
2502.09541
Vortex: Overcoming Memory Capacity Limitations in GPU-Accelerated Large-Scale Data Analytics
cs.DB cs.DC
Despite the high computational throughput of GPUs, limited memory capacity and bandwidth-limited CPU-GPU communication via PCIe links remain significant bottlenecks for accelerating large-scale data analytics workloads. This paper introduces Vortex, a GPU-accelerated framework designed for data analytics workloads th...
2502.09553
SyntheticPop: Attacking Speaker Verification Systems With Synthetic VoicePops
cs.CR cs.LG
Voice Authentication (VA), also known as Automatic Speaker Verification (ASV), is a widely adopted authentication method, particularly in automated systems like banking services, where it serves as a secondary layer of user authentication. Despite its popularity, VA systems are vulnerable to various attacks, includin...
2502.09556
Real-Time Fast Marching Tree for Mobile Robot Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments
cs.RO cs.SY eess.SY
This paper proposes the Real-Time Fast Marching Tree (RT-FMT), a real-time planning algorithm that features local and global path generation, multiple-query planning, and dynamic obstacle avoidance. During the search, RT-FMT quickly looks for the global solution and, in the meantime, generates local paths that can be...
2502.09560
EmbodiedBench: Comprehensive Benchmarking Multi-modal Large Language Models for Vision-Driven Embodied Agents
cs.AI cs.CL cs.CV
Leveraging Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs) to create embodied agents offers a promising avenue for tackling real-world tasks. While language-centric embodied agents have garnered substantial attention, MLLM-based embodied agents remain underexplored due to the lack of comprehensive evaluation frameworks. To...
2502.09561
Enhancing Traffic Safety Analysis with Digital Twin Technology: Integrating Vehicle Dynamics and Environmental Factors into Microscopic Traffic Simulation
eess.SY cs.SY math.OC
Traffic safety is a critical concern in transportation engineering and urban planning. Traditional traffic safety analysis requires trained observers to collect data in the field, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and sometimes inaccurate. In recent years, microscopic traffic simulation, which simulates indiv...
2502.09563
Self-Calibrating Gaussian Splatting for Large Field of View Reconstruction
cs.CV cs.GR
In this paper, we present a self-calibrating framework that jointly optimizes camera parameters, lens distortion and 3D Gaussian representations, enabling accurate and efficient scene reconstruction. In particular, our technique enables high-quality scene reconstruction from Large field-of-view (FOV) imagery taken wi...
2502.09564
Diffusing DeBias: a Recipe for Turning a Bug into a Feature
cs.LG cs.CV
Deep learning model effectiveness in classification tasks is often challenged by the quality and quantity of training data which, whenever containing strong spurious correlations between specific attributes and target labels, can result in unrecoverable biases in model predictions. Tackling these biases is crucial in...
2502.09565
MDCrow: Automating Molecular Dynamics Workflows with Large Language Models
cs.AI physics.chem-ph
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are essential for understanding biomolecular systems but remain challenging to automate. Recent advances in large language models (LLM) have demonstrated success in automating complex scientific tasks using LLM-based agents. In this paper, we introduce MDCrow, an agentic LLM assist...
2502.09566
Zero-shot generation of synthetic neurosurgical data with large language models
cs.CL cs.LG
Clinical data is fundamental to advance neurosurgical research, but access is often constrained by data availability, small sample sizes, privacy regulations, and resource-intensive preprocessing and de-identification procedures. Synthetic data offers a potential solution to challenges associated with accessing and u...
2502.09567
MorphNLI: A Stepwise Approach to Natural Language Inference Using Text Morphing
cs.CL cs.AI
We introduce MorphNLI, a modular step-by-step approach to natural language inference (NLI). When classifying the premise-hypothesis pairs into {entailment, contradiction, neutral}, we use a language model to generate the necessary edits to incrementally transform (i.e., morph) the premise into the hypothesis. Then, u...
2502.09570
Enhancing the Utility of Higher-Order Information in Relational Learning
cs.LG stat.ML
Higher-order information is crucial for relational learning in many domains where relationships extend beyond pairwise interactions. Hypergraphs provide a natural framework for modeling such relationships, which has motivated recent extensions of graph neural network architectures to hypergraphs. However, comparisons...
2502.09571
DiffMS: Diffusion Generation of Molecules Conditioned on Mass Spectra
cs.LG q-bio.QM
Mass spectrometry plays a fundamental role in elucidating the structures of unknown molecules and subsequent scientific discoveries. One formulation of the structure elucidation task is the conditional $\textit{de novo}$ generation of molecular structure given a mass spectrum. Toward a more accurate and efficient sci...
2502.09573
Optimizing GPT for Video Understanding: Zero-Shot Performance and Prompt Engineering
cs.CV cs.CL cs.LG
In this study, we tackle industry challenges in video content classification by exploring and optimizing GPT-based models for zero-shot classification across seven critical categories of video quality. We contribute a novel approach to improving GPT's performance through prompt optimization and policy refinement, dem...
2502.09583
Learning to Coordinate with Experts
cs.LG stat.ML
When deployed in dynamic environments, AI agents will inevitably encounter challenges that exceed their individual capabilities. Leveraging assistance from expert agents-whether human or AI-can significantly enhance safety and performance in such situations. However, querying experts is often costly, necessitating th...
2502.09587
Rolling Ahead Diffusion for Traffic Scene Simulation
cs.LG cs.RO
Realistic driving simulation requires that NPCs not only mimic natural driving behaviors but also react to the behavior of other simulated agents. Recent developments in diffusion-based scenario generation focus on creating diverse and realistic traffic scenarios by jointly modelling the motion of all the agents in t...
2502.09589
Logical forms complement probability in understanding language model (and human) performance
cs.CL cs.LO
With the increasing interest in using large language models (LLMs) for planning in natural language, understanding their behaviors becomes an important research question. This work conducts a systematic investigation of LLMs' ability to perform logical reasoning in natural language. We introduce a controlled dataset ...