no code implementations • 11 Jan 2024 • Juni Kim, Zhikang Dong, Pawel Polak
We introduce a novel method that combines differential geometry, kernels smoothing, and spectral analysis to quantify facial muscle activity from widely accessible video recordings, such as those captured on personal smartphones.
no code implementations • 10 Oct 2023 • Zhikang Dong, Bin Chen, Xiulong Liu, Pawel Polak, Peng Zhang
The reasoning module, equipped with the power of Large Language Model (Vicuna-7B) and extended to multi-modal inputs, is able to provide reasonable explanation for the recommended music.
no code implementations • 30 Mar 2023 • Jiaju Miao, Pawel Polak
To capitalize on the strong predictive results of individual models for the performance of different sectors, we develop a novel online ensemble algorithm that learns to optimize predictive performance.
no code implementations • 22 Mar 2023 • Weichuan Deng, Pawel Polak, Abolfazl Safikhani, Ronakdilip Shah
We introduce a unified framework for rapid, large-scale portfolio optimization that incorporates both shrinkage and regularization techniques.
no code implementations • 19 Mar 2023 • Greeshma Balabhadra, El Mehdi Ainasse, Pawel Polak
We propose high-frequency volatility estimators with multiple change points that are $\ell_1$-regularized versions of two classical estimators: quadratic variation and bipower variation.
no code implementations • 1 Nov 2022 • Juni Kim, Zhikang Dong, Eric Guan, Judah Rosenthal, Shi Fu, Miriam Rafailovich, Pawel Polak
Although the original FAN model achieves very high out-of-sample performance on the original CK++ videos, it does not perform so well on hidden emotions videos.
no code implementations • 18 Aug 2022 • Zhikang Dong, Pawel Polak
However, when changepoints are present, our approach yields superior parameter estimation, improved model fitting, and reduced training error compared to the original PINNs model.