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NIPS
2003
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Laplace Propagation
We present a novel method for approximate inference in Bayesian models and regularized risk functionals. It is based on the propagation of mean and variance derived from the Lapla...
Alexander J. Smola, Vishy Vishwanathan, Eleazar Es...
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
Computing Gaussian Mixture Models with EM Using Equivalence Constraints
Density estimation with Gaussian Mixture Models is a popular generative technique used also for clustering. We develop a framework to incorporate side information in the form of e...
Noam Shental, Aharon Bar-Hillel, Tomer Hertz, Daph...
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
Attractive People: Assembling Loose-Limbed Models using Non-parametric Belief Propagation
The detection and pose estimation of people in images and video is made challenging by the variability of human appearance, the complexity of natural scenes, and the high dimensio...
Leonid Sigal, Michael Isard, Benjamin H. Sigelman,...
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
Online Passive-Aggressive Algorithms
We present a family of margin based online learning algorithms for various prediction tasks. In particular we derive and analyze algorithms for binary and multiclass categorizatio...
Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Koby Crammer, Ofer Dekel, Yor...
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
A Summating, Exponentially-Decaying CMOS Synapse for Spiking Neural Systems
Synapses are a critical element of biologically-realistic, spike-based neural computation, serving the role of communication, computation, and modification. Many different circui...
Rock Z. Shi, Timothy K. Horiuchi
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
Pairwise Clustering and Graphical Models
Significant progress in clustering has been achieved by algorithms that are based on pairwise affinities between the datapoints. In particular, spectral clustering methods have ...
Noam Shental, Assaf Zomet, Tomer Hertz, Yair Weiss
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
GPPS: A Gaussian Process Positioning System for Cellular Networks
In this article, we present a novel approach to solving the localization problem in cellular networks. The goal is to estimate a mobile user’s position, based on measurements of...
Anton Schwaighofer, Marian Grigoras, Volker Tresp,...
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
Learning a Distance Metric from Relative Comparisons
This paper presents a method for learning a distance metric from relative comparison such as “A is closer to B than A is to C”. Taking a Support Vector Machine (SVM) approach,...
Matthew Schultz, Thorsten Joachims
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
On the Dynamics of Boosting
In order to understand AdaBoost’s dynamics, especially its ability to maximize margins, we derive an associated simplified nonlinear iterated map and analyze its behavior in lo...
Cynthia Rudin, Ingrid Daubechies, Robert E. Schapi...
NIPS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
A Nonlinear Predictive State Representation
Predictive state representations (PSRs) use predictions of a set of tests to represent the state of controlled dynamical systems. One reason why this representation is exciting as...
Matthew R. Rudary, Satinder P. Singh