LeArning Abstract
Learning, in the context of these papers, encompasses a broad range of research focused on improving the efficiency, robustness, and adaptability of machine learning models across diverse applications. Current efforts concentrate on developing novel self-supervised learning techniques, particularly for structured data like tabular formats, and on leveraging low-rank adaptations for efficient fine-tuning of large language and other foundation models. These advancements are significant because they address key challenges in data efficiency, computational cost, and the generalization capabilities of machine learning systems, impacting fields ranging from personalized medicine to autonomous robotics.
Papers
Accelerating Multi-Block Constrained Optimization Through Learning to Optimize
Ling Liang, Cameron Austin, Haizhao Yang
Learning with Dynamics: Autonomous Regulation of UAV Based Communication Networks with Dynamic UAV Crew
Ran Zhang, Bowei Li, Liyuan Zhang, Jiang (Linda)Xie, Miao Wang
HVT: A Comprehensive Vision Framework for Learning in Non-Euclidean Space
Jacob Fein-Ashley, Ethan Feng, Minh Pham
A Few Hypocrites: Few-Shot Learning and Subtype Definitions for Detecting Hypocrisy Accusations in Online Climate Change Debates
Paulina Garcia Corral, Avishai Green, Hendrik Meyer, Anke Stoll, Xiaoyue Yan, Myrthe Reuver
Is All Learning (Natural) Gradient Descent?
Lucas Shoji, Kenta Suzuki, Leo Kozachkov
REBEL: Rule-based and Experience-enhanced Learning with LLMs for Initial Task Allocation in Multi-Human Multi-Robot Teams
Arjun Gupte, Ruiqi Wang, Vishnunandan L.N. Venkatesh, Taehyeon Kim, Dezhong Zhao, Byung-Cheol Min
Learning To Help: Training Models to Assist Legacy Devices
Yu Wu, Anand Sarwate
Learning with Confidence: Training Better Classifiers from Soft Labels
Sjoerd de Vries, Dirk Thierens
Making Text Embedders Few-Shot Learners
Chaofan Li, MingHao Qin, Shitao Xiao, Jianlyu Chen, Kun Luo, Yingxia Shao, Defu Lian, Zheng Liu
Learning When to Retrieve, What to Rewrite, and How to Respond in Conversational QA
Nirmal Roy, Leonardo F. R. Ribeiro, Rexhina Blloshmi, Kevin Small
Learning from Contrastive Prompts: Automated Optimization and Adaptation
Mingqi Li, Karan Aggarwal, Yong Xie, Aitzaz Ahmad, Stephen Lau
CushionCatch: Compliant Catching Mechanism for Mobile Manipulators via Combined Optimization and Learning
Bingjie Chen, Keyu Fan, Houde Liu, Chongkun Xia, Liang Han, Bin Liang
Learning to Refine Input Constrained Control Barrier Functions via Uncertainty-Aware Online Parameter Adaptation
Taekyung Kim, Robin Inho Kee, Dimitra Panagou
Learning to Localize Actions in Instructional Videos with LLM-Based Multi-Pathway Text-Video Alignment
Yuxiao Chen, Kai Li, Wentao Bao, Deep Patel, Yu Kong, Martin Renqiang Min, Dimitris N. Metaxas
Predicting Coronary Heart Disease Using a Suite of Machine Learning Models
Jamal Al-Karaki, Philip Ilono, Sanchit Baweja, Jalal Naghiyev, Raja Singh Yadav, Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan
A Feature Generator for Few-Shot Learning
Heethanjan Kanagalingam, Thenukan Pathmanathan, Navaneethan Ketheeswaran, Mokeeshan Vathanakumar, Mohamed Afham, Ranga Rodrigo
Learning to Play Video Games with Intuitive Physics Priors
Abhishek Jaiswal, Nisheeth Srivastava
Learning to Simulate Aerosol Dynamics with Graph Neural Networks
Fabiana Ferracina, Payton Beeler, Mahantesh Halappanavar, Bala Krishnamoorthy, Marco Minutoli, Laura Fierce
Stimulus-to-Stimulus Learning in RNNs with Cortical Inductive Biases
Pantelis Vafidis, Antonio Rangel
Learning to Generalize Unseen Domains via Multi-Source Meta Learning for Text Classification
Yuxuan Hu, Chenwei Zhang, Min Yang, Xiaodan Liang, Chengming Li, Xiping Hu