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2008
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Shared Segmentation of Natural Scenes Using Dependent Pitman-Yor Processes
We develop a statistical framework for the simultaneous, unsupervised segmentation and discovery of visual object categories from image databases. Examining a large set of manuall...
Erik B. Sudderth, Michael I. Jordan
NIPS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Convergence and Rate of Convergence of a Manifold-Based Dimension Reduction Algorithm
We study the convergence and the rate of convergence of a local manifold learning algorithm: LTSA [13]. The main technical tool is the perturbation analysis on the linear invarian...
Andrew Smith, Xiaoming Huo, Hongyuan Zha
NIPS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Improving on Expectation Propagation
A series of corrections is developed for the fixed points of Expectation Propagation (EP), which is one of the most popular methods for approximate probabilistic inference. These ...
Manfred Opper, Ulrich Paquet, Ole Winther
NIPS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
The Infinite Hierarchical Factor Regression Model
We propose a nonparametric Bayesian factor regression model that accounts for uncertainty in the number of factors, and the relationship between factors. To accomplish this, we pr...
Piyush Rai, Hal Daumé III
NIPS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
From Online to Batch Learning with Cutoff-Averaging
We present cutoff averaging, a technique for converting any conservative online learning algorithm into a batch learning algorithm. Most online-to-batch conversion techniques work...
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