Search Results for author: Gregory W. Wornell

Found 29 papers, 8 papers with code

A Joint Data Compression and Time-Delay Estimation Method For Distributed Systems via Extremum Encoding

no code implementations14 Apr 2024 Amir Weiss, Yuval Kochman, Gregory W. Wornell

Motivated by the proliferation of mobile devices, we consider a basic form of the ubiquitous problem of time-delay estimation (TDE), but with communication constraints between two non co-located sensors.

Data Compression Time Series

Improved Evidential Deep Learning via a Mixture of Dirichlet Distributions

no code implementations9 Feb 2024 J. Jon Ryu, Maohao Shen, Soumya Ghosh, Yuheng Bu, Prasanna Sattigeri, Subhro Das, Gregory W. Wornell

This paper explores a modern predictive uncertainty estimation approach, called evidential deep learning (EDL), in which a single neural network model is trained to learn a meta distribution over the predictive distribution by minimizing a specific objective function.

Variational Inference

Operator SVD with Neural Networks via Nested Low-Rank Approximation

1 code implementation6 Feb 2024 J. Jon Ryu, Xiangxiang Xu, H. S. Melihcan Erol, Yuheng Bu, Lizhong Zheng, Gregory W. Wornell

Computing eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) of a given linear operator, or finding its leading eigenvalues and eigenfunctions, is a fundamental task in many machine learning and scientific computing problems.

On Computationally Efficient Learning of Exponential Family Distributions

no code implementations12 Sep 2023 Abhin Shah, Devavrat Shah, Gregory W. Wornell

While the traditional maximum likelihood estimator for this class of exponential family is consistent, asymptotically normal, and asymptotically efficient, evaluating it is computationally hard.

Gibbs-Based Information Criteria and the Over-Parameterized Regime

no code implementations8 Jun 2023 Haobo Chen, Yuheng Bu, Gregory W. Wornell

Double-descent refers to the unexpected drop in test loss of a learning algorithm beyond an interpolating threshold with over-parameterization, which is not predicted by information criteria in their classical forms due to the limitations in the standard asymptotic approach.

Model Selection

Towards Robust Data-Driven Underwater Acoustic Localization: A Deep CNN Solution with Performance Guarantees for Model Mismatch

no code implementations29 May 2023 Amir Weiss, Andrew C. Singer, Gregory W. Wornell

Key challenges in developing underwater acoustic localization methods are related to the combined effects of high reverberation in intricate environments.

A Bilateral Bound on the Mean-Square Error for Estimation in Model Mismatch

no code implementations14 May 2023 Amir Weiss, Alejandro Lancho, Yuheng Bu, Gregory W. Wornell

A bilateral (i. e., upper and lower) bound on the mean-square error under a general model mismatch is developed.

On Neural Architectures for Deep Learning-based Source Separation of Co-Channel OFDM Signals

1 code implementation11 Mar 2023 Gary C. F. Lee, Amir Weiss, Alejandro Lancho, Yury Polyanskiy, Gregory W. Wornell

We study the single-channel source separation problem involving orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals, which are ubiquitous in many modern-day digital communication systems.

Time Series Time Series Analysis

Group Fairness with Uncertainty in Sensitive Attributes

no code implementations16 Feb 2023 Abhin Shah, Maohao Shen, Jongha Jon Ryu, Subhro Das, Prasanna Sattigeri, Yuheng Bu, Gregory W. Wornell

To overcome this limitation, we propose a bootstrap-based algorithm that achieves the target level of fairness despite the uncertainty in sensitive attributes.

Fairness

On counterfactual inference with unobserved confounding

no code implementations14 Nov 2022 Abhin Shah, Raaz Dwivedi, Devavrat Shah, Gregory W. Wornell

Given an observational study with $n$ independent but heterogeneous units, our goal is to learn the counterfactual distribution for each unit using only one $p$-dimensional sample per unit containing covariates, interventions, and outcomes.

counterfactual Counterfactual Inference +1

Can Shadows Reveal Biometric Information?

no code implementations21 Sep 2022 Safa C. Medin, Amir Weiss, Frédo Durand, William T. Freeman, Gregory W. Wornell

We transfer what we learn from the synthetic data to the real data using domain adaptation in a completely unsupervised way.

Domain Adaptation

Data-Driven Blind Synchronization and Interference Rejection for Digital Communication Signals

1 code implementation11 Sep 2022 Alejandro Lancho, Amir Weiss, Gary C. F. Lee, Jennifer Tang, Yuheng Bu, Yury Polyanskiy, Gregory W. Wornell

We study the potential of data-driven deep learning methods for separation of two communication signals from an observation of their mixture.

Exploiting Temporal Structures of Cyclostationary Signals for Data-Driven Single-Channel Source Separation

1 code implementation22 Aug 2022 Gary C. F. Lee, Amir Weiss, Alejandro Lancho, Jennifer Tang, Yuheng Bu, Yury Polyanskiy, Gregory W. Wornell

We study the problem of single-channel source separation (SCSS), and focus on cyclostationary signals, which are particularly suitable in a variety of application domains.

Direct Localization in Underwater Acoustics via Convolutional Neural Networks: A Data-Driven Approach

no code implementations20 Jul 2022 Amir Weiss, Toros Arikan, Gregory W. Wornell

Direct localization (DLOC) methods, which use the observed data to localize a source at an unknown position in a one-step procedure, generally outperform their indirect two-step counterparts (e. g., using time-difference of arrivals).

Position

A Maximal Correlation Framework for Fair Machine Learning

no code implementations Entropy 2022 Joshua Lee, Yuheng Bu, Prasanna Sattigeri, Rameswar Panda, Gregory W. Wornell, Leonid Karlinsky and Rogerio Schmidt Feris

As machine learning algorithms grow in popularity and diversify to many industries, ethical and legal concerns regarding their fairness have become increasingly relevant.

Fairness

A Computationally Efficient Method for Learning Exponential Family Distributions

no code implementations NeurIPS 2021 Abhin Shah, Devavrat Shah, Gregory W. Wornell

In this work, we propose a computationally efficient estimator that is consistent as well as asymptotically normal under mild conditions.

Selective Regression Under Fairness Criteria

1 code implementation28 Oct 2021 Abhin Shah, Yuheng Bu, Joshua Ka-Wing Lee, Subhro Das, Rameswar Panda, Prasanna Sattigeri, Gregory W. Wornell

Selective regression allows abstention from prediction if the confidence to make an accurate prediction is not sufficient.

Fairness regression

A Semi-Blind Method for Localization of Underwater Acoustic Sources

no code implementations27 Oct 2021 Amir Weiss, Toros Arikan, Hari Vishnu, Grant B. Deane, Andrew C. Singer, Gregory W. Wornell

We also derive the Cram\'er-Rao bound for this model, which can be used to guide the placement of collections of receivers so as to optimize localization accuracy.

What You Can Learn by Staring at a Blank Wall

no code implementations ICCV 2021 Prafull Sharma, Miika Aittala, Yoav Y. Schechner, Antonio Torralba, Gregory W. Wornell, William T. Freeman, Fredo Durand

We present a passive non-line-of-sight method that infers the number of people or activity of a person from the observation of a blank wall in an unknown room.

Blind Modulo Analog-to-Digital Conversion

no code implementations19 Aug 2021 Amir Weiss, Everest Huang, Or Ordentlich, Gregory W. Wornell

In a growing number of applications, there is a need to digitize signals whose spectral characteristics are challenging for traditional Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs).

One-Bit Direct Position Determination of Narrowband Gaussian Signals

no code implementations29 Oct 2020 Amir Weiss, Gregory W. Wornell

One of the main drawbacks of the well-known Direct Position Determination (DPD) method is the requirement that raw signal data be transferred to a common processor.

Position Quantization

On Learning Continuous Pairwise Markov Random Fields

no code implementations28 Oct 2020 Abhin Shah, Devavrat Shah, Gregory W. Wornell

We consider learning a sparse pairwise Markov Random Field (MRF) with continuous-valued variables from i. i. d samples.

regression

Computational Mirrors: Blind Inverse Light Transport by Deep Matrix Factorization

1 code implementation NeurIPS 2019 Miika Aittala, Prafull Sharma, Lukas Murmann, Adam B. Yedidia, Gregory W. Wornell, William T. Freeman, Fredo Durand

We recover a video of the motion taking place in a hidden scene by observing changes in indirect illumination in a nearby uncalibrated visible region.

On Universal Features for High-Dimensional Learning and Inference

no code implementations20 Nov 2019 Shao-Lun Huang, Anuran Makur, Gregory W. Wornell, Lizhong Zheng

We consider the problem of identifying universal low-dimensional features from high-dimensional data for inference tasks in settings involving learning.

Collaborative Filtering regression +1

An Information Theoretic Interpretation to Deep Neural Networks

no code implementations16 May 2019 Shao-Lun Huang, Xiangxiang Xu, Lizhong Zheng, Gregory W. Wornell

It is commonly believed that the hidden layers of deep neural networks (DNNs) attempt to extract informative features for learning tasks.

feature selection

Inferring Light Fields From Shadows

1 code implementation CVPR 2018 Manel Baradad, Vickie Ye, Adam B. Yedidia, Frédo Durand, William T. Freeman, Gregory W. Wornell, Antonio Torralba

We present a method for inferring a 4D light field of a hidden scene from 2D shadows cast by a known occluder on a diffuse wall.

Turning Corners Into Cameras: Principles and Methods

no code implementations ICCV 2017 Katherine L. Bouman, Vickie Ye, Adam B. Yedidia, Fredo Durand, Gregory W. Wornell, Antonio Torralba, William T. Freeman

We show that walls and other obstructions with edges can be exploited as naturally-occurring "cameras" that reveal the hidden scenes beyond them.

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