Search Results for author: Michael Minyi Zhang

Found 16 papers, 4 papers with code

Preventing Model Collapse in Gaussian Process Latent Variable Models

no code implementations2 Apr 2024 Ying Li, Zhidi Lin, Feng Yin, Michael Minyi Zhang

Gaussian process latent variable models (GPLVMs) are a versatile family of unsupervised learning models, commonly used for dimensionality reduction.

Dimensionality Reduction Imputation +1

Online Student-$t$ Processes with an Overall-local Scale Structure for Modelling Non-stationary Data

no code implementations1 Nov 2023 Taole Sha, Michael Minyi Zhang

Time-dependent data often exhibit characteristics, such as non-stationarity and heavy-tailed errors, that would be inappropriate to model with the typical assumptions used in popular models.

Bayesian Non-linear Latent Variable Modeling via Random Fourier Features

1 code implementation14 Jun 2023 Michael Minyi Zhang, Gregory W. Gundersen, Barbara E. Engelhardt

The Gaussian process latent variable model (GPLVM) is a popular probabilistic method used for nonlinear dimension reduction, matrix factorization, and state-space modeling.

Dimensionality Reduction

Sparse Infinite Random Feature Latent Variable Modeling

no code implementations20 May 2022 Michael Minyi Zhang

We propose a non-linear, Bayesian non-parametric latent variable model where the latent space is assumed to be sparse and infinite dimensional a priori using an Indian buffet process prior.

Accelerated Algorithms for Convex and Non-Convex Optimization on Manifolds

no code implementations18 Oct 2020 Lizhen Lin, Bayan Saparbayeva, Michael Minyi Zhang, David B. Dunson

One of the key challenges for optimization on manifolds is the difficulty of verifying the complexity of the objective function, e. g., whether the objective function is convex or non-convex, and the degree of non-convexity.

Latent variable modeling with random features

2 code implementations19 Jun 2020 Gregory W. Gundersen, Michael Minyi Zhang, Barbara E. Engelhardt

By approximating a nonlinear relationship between the latent space and the observations with a function that is linear with respect to random features, we induce closed-form gradients of the posterior distribution with respect to the latent variable.

Dimensionality Reduction

Distributed, partially collapsed MCMC for Bayesian Nonparametrics

no code implementations15 Jan 2020 Avinava Dubey, Michael Minyi Zhang, Eric P. Xing, Sinead A. Williamson

Bayesian nonparametric (BNP) models provide elegant methods for discovering underlying latent features within a data set, but inference in such models can be slow.

Probabilistic Time of Arrival Localization

no code implementations15 Oct 2019 Fernando Perez-Cruz, Pablo M. Olmos, Michael Minyi Zhang, Howard Huang

In this paper, we take a new approach for time of arrival geo-localization.

Sequential Gaussian Processes for Online Learning of Nonstationary Functions

1 code implementation24 May 2019 Michael Minyi Zhang, Bianca Dumitrascu, Sinead A. Williamson, Barbara E. Engelhardt

Many machine learning problems can be framed in the context of estimating functions, and often these are time-dependent functions that are estimated in real-time as observations arrive.

Gaussian Processes Hyperparameter Optimization +3

A New Class of Time Dependent Latent Factor Models with Applications

no code implementations18 Apr 2019 Sinead A. Williamson, Michael Minyi Zhang, Paul Damien

These random, observed responses are typically affected by many unobserved, latent factors (or features) within the building such as the number of individuals, the turning on and off of electrical devices, power surges, etc.

Marketing

Accelerated Parallel Non-conjugate Sampling for Bayesian Non-parametric Models

no code implementations19 May 2017 Michael Minyi Zhang, Sinead A. Williamson, Fernando Perez-Cruz

First, we introduce an accelerated feature proposal mechanism that we show is a valid MCMC algorithm for posterior inference.

Bayesian Inference valid

Embarrassingly Parallel Inference for Gaussian Processes

1 code implementation27 Feb 2017 Michael Minyi Zhang, Sinead A. Williamson

Training Gaussian process-based models typically involves an $ O(N^3)$ computational bottleneck due to inverting the covariance matrix.

Gaussian Processes regression

Robust and Parallel Bayesian Model Selection

no code implementations19 Oct 2016 Michael Minyi Zhang, Henry Lam, Lizhen Lin

Effective and accurate model selection is an important problem in modern data analysis.

Model Selection Variable Selection

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