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Publications (63)

stat.CO2015

Sampling, feasibility, and priors in Bayesian estimation

Alexandre J. Chorin, Fei Lu, Robert N. Miller +2

Importance sampling algorithms are discussed in detail, with an emphasis on implicit sampling, and applied to data assimilation via particle filters. Implicit sampling makes it pos…

math.NA2022

NySALT: Nyström-type inference-based schemes adaptive to large time-stepping

Xingjie Li, Fei Lu, Molei Tao +1

Large time-stepping is important for efficient long-time simulations of deterministic and stochastic Hamiltonian dynamical systems. Conventional structure-preserving integrators, w…

math.PR2013

Non-degeneracy of some Sobolev Pseudo-norms of fractional Brownian motion

Yaozhong Hu, Fei Lu, David Nualart

Applying an upper bound estimate for small ball probability for fractional Brownian motion (fBm), we prove the non-degeneracy of some Sobolev pseudo-norms of fBm.

stat.ML2026

Learning interacting particle systems from unlabeled data

Viska Wei, Fei Lu

Learning the potentials of interacting particle systems is a fundamental task across various scientific disciplines. A major challenge is that unlabeled data collected at discrete…

math.NA2019

Joint state-parameter estimation of a nonlinear stochastic energy balance model from sparse noisy data

Fei Lu, Nils Weitzel, Adam H. Monahan

While nonlinear stochastic partial differential equations arise naturally in spatiotemporal modeling, inference for such systems often faces two major challenges: sparse noisy data…

math.NA2020

Data-driven model reduction for stochastic Burgers equations

Fei Lu

We present a class of efficient parametric closure models for 1D stochastic Burgers equations. Casting it as statistical learning of the flow map, we derive the parametric form by…

stat.ML2024

Small noise analysis for Tikhonov and RKHS regularizations

Quanjun Lang, Fei Lu

Regularization plays a pivotal role in ill-posed machine learning and inverse problems. However, the fundamental comparative analysis of various regularization norms remains open.…

stat.ML2022

Unsupervised learning of observation functions in state-space models by nonparametric moment methods

Qingci An, Yannis Kevrekidis, Fei Lu +1

We investigate the unsupervised learning of non-invertible observation functions in nonlinear state-space models. Assuming abundant data of the observation process along with the d…

stat.ML2022

Nonparametric learning of kernels in nonlocal operators

Fei Lu, Qingci An, Yue Yu

Nonlocal operators with integral kernels have become a popular tool for designing solution maps between function spaces, due to their efficiency in representing long-range dependen…

stat.CO2020

Cluster Prediction for Opinion Dynamics from Partial Observations

Zehong Zhang, Fei Lu

We present a Bayesian approach to predict the clustering of opinions for a system of interacting agents from partial observations. The Bayesian formulation overcomes the unobservab…

math.ST2025

Minimax rates for learning kernels in operators

Sichong Zhang, Xiong Wang, Fei Lu

Learning kernels in operators from data lies at the intersection of inverse problems and statistical learning, providing a powerful framework for capturing non-local dependencies i…

math.NA2025

Learning Lévy density via adaptive RKHS regression with bi-level optimization

Luxuan Yang, Fei Lu, Ting Gao +2

We propose a nonparametric method to learn the Lévy density from probability density data governed by a nonlocal Fokker-Planck equation. We recast the problem as identifying the k…

math.NA2025

Automatic reproducing kernel and regularization for learning convolution kernels

Haibo Li, Fei Lu

Learning convolution kernels in operators from data arises in numerous applications and represents an ill-posed inverse problem of broad interest. With scant prior information, ker…

eess.SY2024

A Novel Approach to Evaluating Battery Charger Controller Design with Nonlinear PID Controller in an Extendable CHIL Setup

Shervin Salehi Rad, Micheal Muhlbaier, Oleg Fishman +4

The design and development of power electronics converters pose a multitude of challenges. The evaluation of power electronics converters, particularly when operating at high power…

stat.ML2022

Data adaptive RKHS Tikhonov regularization for learning kernels in operators

Fei Lu, Quanjun Lang, Qingci An

We present DARTR: a Data Adaptive RKHS Tikhonov Regularization method for the linear inverse problem of nonparametric learning of function parameters in operators. A key ingredient…

math.NA2016

Data-based stochastic model reduction for the Kuramoto--Sivashinsky equation

Fei Lu, Kevin Lin, Alexandre J. Chorin

The problem of constructing data-based, predictive, reduced models for the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation is considered, under circumstances where one has observation data only for…

cs.IR2025

From Events to Trending: A Multi-Stage Hotspots Detection Method Based on Generative Query Indexing

Kaichun Wang, Yanguang Chen, Ting Zhang +7

LLM-based conversational systems have become a popular gateway for information access, yet most existing chatbots struggle to handle news-related trending queries effectively. To i…

cs.CV2019

The Unconstrained Ear Recognition Challenge 2019 - ArXiv Version With Appendix

Žiga Emeršič, Aruna Kumar S. V., B. S. Harish +28

This paper presents a summary of the 2019 Unconstrained Ear Recognition Challenge (UERC), the second in a series of group benchmarking efforts centered around the problem of person…

nucl-ex2018

Investigation of the near-threshold cluster resonance in

Hong-Liang Zang, Yan-Lin Ye, Zhi-Huan Li +26

An experiment for , inelastic excitation and decay was performed in inverse kinematics at a beam energy of 25.3…

stat.ML2025

Self-test loss functions for learning weak-form operators and gradient flows

Yuan Gao, Quanjun Lang, Fei Lu

The construction of loss functions presents a major challenge in data-driven modeling involving weak-form operators in PDEs and gradient flows, particularly due to the need to sele…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022

Bias-Independent Subthreshold Swing in Nanoscale Cold-Source Field-Effect Transistors by Drain Density-of-States Engineering

Kunyi Liu, Fei Lu, Yuan Li

We report a strategy to design nanoscale cold-source field-effect transistors (CS-FETs) with bias-independent sub-60 mV/dec subthreshold swing (SS). By first-principles calculation…

math.NA2022

Stochastic Data-Driven Variational Multiscale Reduced Order Models

Fei Lu, Changhong Mou, Honghu Liu +1

Trajectory-wise data-driven reduced order models (ROMs) tend to be sensitive to training data, and thus lack robustness. We propose to construct a robust stochastic ROM closure (S-…

cs.LG2024

Nonlocal Attention Operator: Materializing Hidden Knowledge Towards Interpretable Physics Discovery

Yue Yu, Ning Liu, Fei Lu +3

Despite the recent popularity of attention-based neural architectures in core AI fields like natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision (CV), their potential in modeling…

math.ST2025

Optimal minimax rate of learning nonlocal interaction kernels

Xiong Wang, Inbar Seroussi, Fei Lu

Nonparametric estimation of nonlocal interaction kernels is crucial in various applications involving interacting particle systems. The inference challenge, situated at the nexus o…

stat.ML2024

A Data-Adaptive Prior for Bayesian Learning of Kernels in Operators

Neil K. Chada, Quanjun Lang, Fei Lu +1

Kernels are efficient in representing nonlocal dependence and they are widely used to design operators between function spaces. Thus, learning kernels in operators from data is an…

math.NA2020

Data-driven model reduction, Wiener projections, and the Koopman-Mori-Zwanzig formalism

Kevin K. Lin, Fei Lu

Model reduction methods aim to describe complex dynamic phenomena using only relevant dynamical variables, decreasing computational cost, and potentially highlighting key dynamical…

math.PR2011

Hölder Continuity of the Solution for a Class of Nonlinear SPDE Arising from One Dimensional Superprocesses

Yaozhong Hu, Fei Lu, David Nualart

The Hölder continuity of the solution to a nonlinear stochastic partial differential equation arising from one dimensional super process is obtained. It is proved that the Hölder…

nucl-th2012

The Influence of in-medium NN cross-sections, symmetry potential and impact parameter on the isospin observables

Yingxun Zhang, D. D. S. Coupland, P. Danielewicz +5

We explore the influence of in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section, symmetry potential and impact parameter on isospin sensitive observables in intermediate-energy heavy-ion colli…

eess.SY2024

Gallium Nitride (GaN) based High-Power Multilevel H-Bridge Inverter for Wireless Power Transfer of Electric Vehicles

Javad Chevinly, Shervin Salehi Rad, Elias Nadi +5

This paper presents a design and implementation of a high-power Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based multilevel Hbridge inverter to excite wireless charging coils for the wireless power tra…

hep-ph2023

The -type P-wave bottom baryon states via the QCD sum rules

Qi Xin, Zhi-Gang Wang, Fei Lu

Our study focuses on the -type P-wave bottom baryon states with the spin-parity , . We introduce an explicit P-wave between the two light quar…

cs.LG2019

Nonparametric inference of interaction laws in systems of agents from trajectory data

Fei Lu, Mauro Maggioni, Sui Tang +1

Inferring the laws of interaction between particles and agents in complex dynamical systems from observational data is a fundamental challenge in a wide variety of disciplines. We…

stat.ML2020

Learning interaction kernels in mean-field equations of 1st-order systems of interacting particles

Quanjun Lang, Fei Lu

We introduce a nonparametric algorithm to learn interaction kernels of mean-field equations for 1st-order systems of interacting particles. The data consist of discrete space-time…

stat.ML2020

Learning interaction kernels in heterogeneous systems of agents from multiple trajectories

Fei Lu, Mauro Maggioni, Sui Tang

Systems of interacting particles or agents have wide applications in many disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Economics. These systems are governed by interaction l…

math.NA2021

Shock trace prediction by reduced models for a viscous stochastic Burgers equation

Nan Chen, Honghu Liu, Fei Lu

Viscous shocks are a particular type of extreme events in nonlinear multiscale systems, and their representation requires small scales. Model reduction can thus play an important r…

math.PR2013

Convergence of densities of some functionals of Gaussian processes

Yaozhong Hu, Fei Lu, David Nualart

The aim of this paper is to establish the uniform convergence of the densities of a sequence of random variables, which are functionals of an underlying Gaussian process, to a norm…

hep-ph2023

Analysis of the D-wave -type charmed baryon states with the QCD sum rules

Zhi-Gang Wang, Fei Lu, Yang Liu

We construct the -type currents to investigate the D-wave charmed baryon states with the QCD sum rules systematically. The predicted masses (…

cs.CV2021

Domain Adaptive Monocular Depth Estimation With Semantic Information

Fei Lu, Hyeonwoo Yu, Jean Oh

The advent of deep learning has brought an impressive advance to monocular depth estimation, e.g., supervised monocular depth estimation has been thoroughly investigated. However,…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019

A Low Temperature Functioning CoFeB/MgO Based Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junction for Cryogenic Nonvolatile Random Access Memory

Lili Lang, Yujie Jiang, Fei Lu +4

We investigated the low temperature performance of CoFeB/MgO based perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions (pMTJs) by characterizing their quasi-static switching voltage, high spee…

math.NA2024

Scalable iterative data-adaptive RKHS regularization

Haibo Li, Jinchao Feng, Fei Lu

We present iDARR, a scalable iterative Data-Adaptive RKHS Regularization method, for solving ill-posed linear inverse problems. The method searches for solutions in subspaces where…

math.NA2021

ISALT: Inference-based schemes adaptive to large time-stepping for locally Lipschitz ergodic systems

Xingjie Li, Fei Lu, Felix X. -F. Ye

Efficient simulation of SDEs is essential in many applications, particularly for ergodic systems that demand efficient simulation of both short-time dynamics and large-time statist…

cs.RO2025

Energy-Aware Routing Algorithm for Mobile Ground-to-Air Charging

Bill Cai, Fei Lu, Lifeng Zhou

We investigate the problem of energy-constrained planning for a cooperative system of an Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). In scenarios where the…

cs.LG2025

Transformer learns the cross-task prior and regularization for in-context learning

Fei Lu, Yue Yu

Transformers have shown a remarkable ability for in-context learning (ICL), making predictions based on contextual examples. However, while theoretical analyses have explored this…

math.NA2024

Robust First and Second-Order Differentiation for Regularized Optimal Transport

Xingjie Li, Fei Lu, Molei Tao +1

Applications such as unbalanced and fully shuffled regression can be approached by optimizing regularized optimal transport (OT) distances, such as the entropic OT and Sinkhorn dis…

cs.CV2026

ABot-World-0: Infinite Interactive World Rollout on a Single Desktop GPU

Fan Jiang, Zhaoxu Sun, Mengchao Wang +38

We present ABot-World-0, an action-conditioned video world model for real-time, long-horizon closed-loop interaction, supported by a multi-source data infrastructure spanning AAA g…

nucl-ex2024

Differential cross-section measurements for neutron-induced production reactions on carbon across neutron energy range of 6.2 to 76 MeV

Longxiang Liu, Kang Sun, Han Yi +24

Angle-differential cross sections for neutron-induced production in carbon were determined at thirty discrete neutron energy levels ranging from 6.2 to 76 MeV at the Back-n wh…

stat.ML2023

Identifiability of interaction kernels in mean-field equations of interacting particles

Quanjun Lang, Fei Lu

This study examines the identifiability of interaction kernels in mean-field equations of interacting particles or agents, an area of growing interest across various scientific and…

stat.ML2023

Benchmarking optimality of time series classification methods in distinguishing diffusions

Zehong Zhang, Fei Lu, Esther Xu Fei +3

Statistical optimality benchmarking is crucial for analyzing and designing time series classification (TSC) algorithms. This study proposes to benchmark the optimality of TSC algor…

stat.ML2021

On the coercivity condition in the learning of interacting particle systems

Zhongyang Li, Fei Lu

In the learning of systems of interacting particles or agents, coercivity condition ensures identifiability of the interaction functions, providing the foundation of learning by no…

math.NA2014

Limitations of polynomial chaos expansions in the Bayesian solution of inverse problems

Fei Lu, Matthias Morzfeld, Xuemin Tu +1

Polynomial chaos expansions are used to reduce the computational cost in the Bayesian solutions of inverse problems by creating a surrogate posterior that can be evaluated inexpens…

math.PR2025

Probabilistic cellular automata with local transition matrices: synchronization, ergodicity, and inference

Erhan Bayraktar, Fei Lu, Mauro Maggioni +2

We introduce a new class of probabilistic cellular automata that are capable of exhibiting rich dynamics such as synchronization and ergodicity and can be easily inferred from data…

stat.ML2026

Minimax Rates for Learning Pairwise Interactions in Attention-Style Models

Shai Zucker, Xiong Wang, Fei Lu +1

We study the convergence rate of learning pairwise interactions in single-layer attention-style models, where tokens interact through a weight matrix and a nonlinear activation fun…

cs.CL2024

MathOdyssey: Benchmarking Mathematical Problem-Solving Skills in Large Language Models Using Odyssey Math Data

Meng Fang, Xiangpeng Wan, Fei Lu +2

Large language models (LLMs) have significantly advanced natural language understanding and demonstrated strong problem-solving abilities. Despite these successes, most LLMs still…

physics.chem-ph2013

The Formation and Characteristics of Acrylonitrile/Urea Inclusion Compound

Jun-Ting Zou, Yu-Song Wang, Wen-Min Pang +2

The formation process and composition of the acrylonitrile/urea inclusion compounds (AN/UIC) with different aging times and AN/urea molar feed ratios are studied by differential sc…

math.NA2026

When Rough Data Helps: A Phase Transition in Convergence Rates for Kernel Recovery in Integral Operators

Jihong Wang, Fei Lu, Yue Yu

Learning kernels in operators from data is a fundamental task that arises in nonlocal continuum mechanics, operator learning, and interacting particle systems. A central question i…

stat.ML2026

Interacting Particle Systems on Networks: joint inference of the network and the interaction kernel

Quanjun Lang, Xiong Wang, Fei Lu +1

Modeling multi-agent systems on networks is a fundamental challenge in a wide variety of disciplines. Given data consisting of multiple trajectories, we jointly infer the (weighted…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of completely isotactic polyacrylonitrile

Jun-Ting Zou, Yu-Song Wang, Wen-Min Pang +2

Completely isotactic polyacrylonitrile (i-PAN) has been synthesized successfully by an improved urea inclusion polymerization. The tacticity of prepared samples were confirmed by 1…

math.PR2012

Feynman--Kac formula for the heat equation driven by fractional noise with Hurst parameter

Yaozhong Hu, Fei Lu, David Nualart

In this paper, a Feynman-Kac formula is established for stochastic partial differential equation driven by Gaussian noise which is, with respect to time, a fractional Brownian moti…

stat.ML2026

Learning Multi-type heterogeneous interacting particle systems

Quanjun Lang, Xiong Wang, Fei Lu +1

We propose a framework for the joint inference of network topology, multi-type interaction kernels, and latent type assignments in heterogeneous interacting particle systems from m…

math.NA2023

An adaptive RKHS regularization for Fredholm integral equations

Fei Lu, Miao-Jung Yvonne Ou

Regularization is a long-standing challenge for ill-posed linear inverse problems, and a prototype is the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind with additive Gaussian measur…

math.ST2020

On the identifiability of interaction functions in systems of interacting particles

Zhongyang Li, Fei Lu, Mauro Maggioni +2

We address a fundamental issue in the nonparametric inference for systems of interacting particles: the identifiability of the interaction functions. We prove that the interaction…

math.ST2020

Learning interaction kernels in stochastic systems of interacting particles from multiple trajectories

Fei Lu, Mauro Maggioni, Sui Tang

We consider stochastic systems of interacting particles or agents, with dynamics determined by an interaction kernel which only depends on pairwise distances. We study the problem…

math.NA2015

A discrete approach to stochastic parametrization and dimensional reduction in nonlinear dynamics

Alexandre J. Chorin, Fei Lu

Many physical systems are described by nonlinear differential equations that are too complicated to solve in full. A natural way to proceed is to divide the variables into those th…

math.NA2016

Comparison of continuous and discrete-time data-based modeling for hypoelliptic systems

Fei Lu, Kevin K. Lin, Alexandre J. Chorin

We compare two approaches to the predictive modeling of dynamical systems from partial observations at discrete times. The first is continuous in time, where one uses data to infer…