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Publications (98)

stat.ML2026

On the Eigenvalue Decay Rates of a Class of Neural-Network Related Kernel Functions Defined on General Domains

Yicheng Li, Zixiong Yu, Guhan Chen +1

In this paper, we provide a strategy to determine the eigenvalue decay rate (EDR) of a large class of kernel functions defined on a general domain rather than . This…

math.ST2025

On the Pinsker bound of inner product kernel regression in large dimensions

Weihao Lu, Jialin Ding, Haobo Zhang +1

Building on recent studies of large-dimensional kernel regression, particularly those involving inner product kernels on the sphere , we investigate the Pinsker bou…

math.ST2024

On the Structural Dimension of Sliced Inverse Regression

Dongming Huang, Songtao Tian, Qian Lin

In this work, we address the longstanding puzzle that Sliced Inverse Regression (SIR) often performs poorly for sufficient dimension reduction when the structural dimension (th…

cs.DB2017

Scaling Distributed Transaction Processing and Recovery based on Dependency Logging

Chang Yao, Meihui Zhang, Qian Lin +2

DGCC protocol has been shown to achieve good performance on multi-core in-memory system. However, distributed transactions complicate the dependency resolution, and therefore, an e…

cs.LG2024

Optimal Rates of Kernel Ridge Regression under Source Condition in Large Dimensions

Haobo Zhang, Yicheng Li, Weihao Lu +1

Motivated by the studies of neural networks (e.g.,the neural tangent kernel theory), we perform a study on the large-dimensional behavior of kernel ridge regression (KRR) where the…

cs.AI2026

Implicit Safety Alignment from Crowd Preferences

Qian Lin, Daniel S. Brown

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) can reveal implicit objectives such as safety considerations that go beyond task completion. In this work, we focus on the common…

physics.atom-ph2012

Collective state measurement of mesoscopic ensembles with single-atom resolution

Hao Zhang, Robert McConnell, Senka Ćuk +4

For mesoscopic ensembles containing 100 or more atoms we measure the total atom number and the number of atoms in a specific hyperfine state with single-atom resolution. The measur…

math.PR2011

A BSDE approach to Nash equilibrium payoffs for stochastic differential games with nonlinear cost functionals

Qian Lin

In this paper, we study Nash equilibrium payoffs for nonzero-sum stochastic differential games via the theory of backward stochastic differential equations. We obtain an existence…

cs.LG2025

Neural Tangent Kernel of Neural Networks with Loss Informed by Differential Operators

Weiye Gan, Yicheng Li, Qian Lin +1

Spectral bias is a significant phenomenon in neural network training and can be explained by neural tangent kernel (NTK) theory. In this work, we develop the NTK theory for deep ne…

cs.CV2026

EdgeCompress: Coupling Multidimensional Model Compression and Dynamic Inference for EdgeAI

Hao Kong, Di Liu, Shuo Huai +5

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated encouraging results in image classification tasks. However, the prohibitive computational cost of CNNs hinders the deployment…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

Low-Temperature Eutectic Synthesis of PtTe2 with Weak Antilocalization and Controlled Layer Thinning

Song Hao, Junwen Zeng, Tao Xu +20

Metallic transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have exhibited various exotic physical properties and hold the promise of novel optoelectronic and topological devices applications…

cs.LG2026

Collate: Collaborative Neural Network Learning for Latency-Critical Edge Systems

Shuo Huai, Di Liu, Hao Kong +5

Federated Learning (FL) empowers multiple clients to collaboratively learn a model, enlarging the training data of each client for high accuracy while protecting data privacy. Howe…

cs.CV2025

Emotion Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Shaoyuan Xu, Yang Cheng, Qian Lin +1

Emotion has an important role in daily life, as it helps people better communicate with and understand each other more efficiently. Facial expressions can be classified into 7 cate…

stat.ML2024

On the Impacts of the Random Initialization in the Neural Tangent Kernel Theory

Guhan Chen, Yicheng Li, Qian Lin

This paper aims to discuss the impact of random initialization of neural networks in the neural tangent kernel (NTK) theory, which is ignored by most recent works in the NTK theory…

cs.CV2018

Object-Level Representation Learning for Few-Shot Image Classification

Liangqu Long, Wei Wang, Jun Wen +3

Few-shot learning that trains image classifiers over few labeled examples per category is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose to exploit an additional big dataset with di…

math.PR2011

Backward doubly stochastic differential equations with weak assumptions on the coefficients

Qian Lin

In this paper, we deal with one dimensional backward doubly stochastic differential equations (BDSDEs) where the coefficient is left Lipschitz in y (may be discontinuous) and unifo…

cs.AI2024

Offline Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning via In-Sample Sequential Policy Optimization

Zongkai Liu, Qian Lin, Chao Yu +4

Offline Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) is an emerging field that aims to learn optimal multi-agent policies from pre-collected datasets. Compared to single-agent case, m…

cs.LG2023

On the Asymptotic Learning Curves of Kernel Ridge Regression under Power-law Decay

Yicheng Li, Haobo Zhang, Qian Lin

The widely observed 'benign overfitting phenomenon' in the neural network literature raises the challenge to the 'bias-variance trade-off' doctrine in the statistical learning theo…

stat.ML2023

Generalization Ability of Wide Neural Networks on

Jianfa Lai, Manyun Xu, Rui Chen +1

We perform a study on the generalization ability of the wide two-layer ReLU neural network on . We first establish some spectral properties of the neural tangent kernel…

cs.LG2026

Generalization Error Curves for Analytic Spectral Algorithms under Power-law Decay

Yicheng Li, Weiye Gan, Zuoqiang Shi +1

The generalization error curve of certain kernel regression method aims at determining the exact order of generalization error with various source condition, noise level and choice…

stat.ML2024

Optimal Rate of Kernel Regression in Large Dimensions

Weihao Lu, Haobo Zhang, Yicheng Li +2

We perform a study on kernel regression for large-dimensional data (where the sample size is polynomially depending on the dimension of the samples, i.e., fo…

cs.LG2024

Towards a Statistical Understanding of Neural Networks: Beyond the Neural Tangent Kernel Theories

Haobo Zhang, Jianfa Lai, Yicheng Li +2

A primary advantage of neural networks lies in their feature learning characteristics, which is challenging to theoretically analyze due to the complexity of their training dynamic…

physics.optics2016

Hyperbolic Weyl point in reciprocal chiral metamaterial

Meng Xiao, Qian Lin, Shanhui Fan

We report the existence of Weyl points in a class of non-central symmetric metamaterials, which has time reversal symmetry, but does not have inversion symmetry due to chiral coupl…

math.ST2016

On consistency and sparsity for sliced inverse regression in high dimensions

Qian Lin, Zhigen Zhao, Jun S. Liu

We provide here a framework to analyze the phase transition phenomenon of slice inverse regression (SIR), a supervised dimension reduction technique introduced by \cite{Li:1991}. U…

physics.optics2017

Synthetic space with arbitrary dimensions in a few rings undergoing dynamic modulation

Luqi Yuan, Meng Xiao, Qian Lin +1

We show that a single ring resonator undergoing dynamic modulation can be used to create a synthetic space with an arbitrary dimension. In such a system the phases of the modulatio…

cs.CV2026

Smart Scissor: Coupling Spatial Redundancy Reduction and CNN Compression for Embedded Hardware

Hao Kong, Di Liu, Shuo Huai +5

Scaling down the resolution of input images can greatly reduce the computational overhead of convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which is promising for edge AI. However, as an im…

cs.LG2026

Latency-Constrained DNN Architecture Learning for Edge Systems using Zerorized Batch Normalization

Shuo Huai, Di Liu, Hao Kong +4

Deep learning applications have been widely adopted on edge devices, to mitigate the privacy and latency issues of accessing cloud servers. Deciding the number of neurons during th…

cs.AR2026

On Hardware-Aware Design and Optimization of Edge Intelligence

Shuo Huai, Hao Kong, Xiangzhong Luo +5

Edge intelligence systems, the intersection of edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI), are pushing the frontier of AI applications. However, the complexity of deep learnin…

physics.optics2018

Direction-Dependent Parity-Time Phase Transition and Non-Reciprocal Directional Amplification with Dynamic Gain-Loss Modulation

Alex Y. Song, Yu Shi, Qian Lin +1

We show that a dynamic gain-loss modulation in an optical structure can lead to a direction-dependent parity-time (PT) phase transition. The phase transition can be made thresholdl…

cs.DC2020

Communication-efficient Decentralized Machine Learning over Heterogeneous Networks

Pan Zhou, Qian Lin, Dumitrel Loghin +3

In the last few years, distributed machine learning has been usually executed over heterogeneous networks such as a local area network within a multi-tenant cluster or a wide area…

cs.CV2026

FedTR: Federated Learning Framework with Transfer Learning for Industrial Visual Inspection

Vikash Sathiamoorthy, Shuo Huai, Hao Kong +7

Federated learning (FL) is a collaborative learning scheme to train deep learning models, where collaborating parties can consolidate their models without sharing local data with o…

math.PR2010

Representation of G-martingales as stochastic integrals with respect to the G-Brownian motion

Qian Lin

The objective of this paper is to derive a representation of symmetric G-martingales as stochastic integrals with respect to the G-Brownian motion. For this end, we first study som…

math.DG2010

Quadratic Deformations of Lie-Poisson Structures

Qian Lin, Zhangju Liu, Yunhe Sheng

In this letter, first we give a decomposition for any Lie-Poisson structure associated to the modular vector. In particular, splits into two compatible Lie-Poisson st…

cs.CV2020

The Blessing and the Curse of the Noise behind Facial Landmark Annotations

Xiaoyu Xiang, Yang Cheng, Shaoyuan Xu +2

The evolving algorithms for 2D facial landmark detection empower people to recognize faces, analyze facial expressions, etc. However, existing methods still encounter problems of u…

stat.ME2018

Randomization Inference for Peer Effects

Xinran Li, Peng Ding, Qian Lin +2

Many previous causal inference studies require no interference, that is, the potential outcomes of a unit do not depend on the treatments of other units. However, this no-interfere…

q-fin.PM2014

Optimal consumption and portfolio choice with ambiguity

Qian Lin, Frank Riedel

We consider optimal consumption and portfolio choice in the presence of Knightian uncertainty in continuous-time. We embed the problem into the new framework of stochastic calculus…

stat.ML2025

On the Saturation Effects of Spectral Algorithms in Large Dimensions

Weihao Lu, Haobo Zhang, Yicheng Li +1

The saturation effects, which originally refer to the fact that kernel ridge regression (KRR) fails to achieve the information-theoretical lower bound when the regression function…

stat.ML2023

Generalization Ability of Wide Residual Networks

Jianfa Lai, Zixiong Yu, Songtao Tian +1

In this paper, we study the generalization ability of the wide residual network on with the ReLU activation function. We first show that as the width $m\rightarr…

cs.LG2025

Diagonal Over-parameterization in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces as an Adaptive Feature Model: Generalization and Adaptivity

Yicheng Li, Qian Lin

This paper introduces a diagonal adaptive kernel model that dynamically learns kernel eigenvalues and output coefficients simultaneously during training. Unlike fixed-kernel method…

physics.optics2018

Experimental demonstration of dynamical input isolation in nonadiabatically modulated photonic cavities

Avik Dutt, Momchil Minkov, Qian Lin +3

Modulated optical cavities have been proposed and demonstrated for applications in communications, laser frequency stabilization, microwave-to-optical conversion and frequency comb…

stat.ML2024

On the Saturation Effect of Kernel Ridge Regression

Yicheng Li, Haobo Zhang, Qian Lin

The saturation effect refers to the phenomenon that the kernel ridge regression (KRR) fails to achieve the information theoretical lower bound when the smoothness of the undergroun…

math.ST2016

Signed Support Recovery for Single Index Models in High-Dimensions

Matey Neykov, Qian Lin, Jun S. Liu

In this paper we study the support recovery problem for single index models , where is an unknown link function, $\bo…

physics.optics2014

Passive intrinsic-linewidth narrowing of ultraviolet extended-cavity diode laser by weak optical feedback

Polnop Samutpraphoot, Sophie Weber, Qian Lin +7

We present a simple method for narrowing the intrinsic Lorentzian linewidth of a commercial ultraviolet grating extended-cavity diode laser (TOPTICA DL Pro) using weak optical feed…

q-fin.MF2020

Dynamic indifference pricing via the G-expectation

Qian Lin

We study the dynamic indifference pricing with ambiguity preferences. For this, we introduce the dynamic expected utility with ambiguity via the nonlinear expectation--G-expectatio…

cs.NI2019

The Disruptions of 5G on Data-driven Technologies and Applications

Dumitrel Loghin, Shaofeng Cai, Gang Chen +12

With 5G on the verge of being adopted as the next mobile network, there is a need to analyze its impact on the landscape of computing and data management. In this paper, we analyze…

cs.LG2024

Improving Adaptivity via Over-Parameterization in Sequence Models

Yicheng Li, Qian Lin

It is well known that eigenfunctions of a kernel play a crucial role in kernel regression. Through several examples, we demonstrate that even with the same set of eigenfunctions, t…

cs.LG2024

The phase diagram of kernel interpolation in large dimensions

Haobo Zhang, Weihao Lu, Qian Lin

The generalization ability of kernel interpolation in large dimensions (i.e., for some ) might be one of the most interesting problems in the recent renaissan…

cs.CV2020

Print Defect Mapping with Semantic Segmentation

Augusto C. Valente, Cristina Wada, Deangela Neves +6

Efficient automated print defect mapping is valuable to the printing industry since such defects directly influence customer-perceived printer quality and manually mapping them is…

cs.DB2017

UStore: A Distributed Storage With Rich Semantics

Anh Dinh, Ji Wang, Sheng Wang +9

Today's storage systems expose abstractions which are either too low-level (e.g., key-value store, raw-block store) that they require developers to re-invent the wheels, or too hig…

math.ST2018

Global testing under the sparse alternatives for single index models

Qian Lin, Zhigen Zhao, Jun S. Liu

For the single index model $y=f(β^τx,ε)$ with Gaussian design, %satisfying that rank where is unknown and is a sparse -dimensional unit…

math.ST2025

On the Optimality of Functional Sliced Inverse Regression

Rui Chen, Songtao Tian, Dongming Huang +2

In this paper, we prove that functional sliced inverse regression (FSIR) achieves the optimal (minimax) rate for estimating the central space in functional sufficient dimension red…

stat.ML2026

Learning Curves and Benign Overfitting of Spectral Algorithms in Large Dimensions

Weihao Lu, Qian Lin, Yingcun Xia +1

Existing large-dimensional theory for spectral algorithms resolves either the optimally tuned point or the interpolation limit, but leaves the under-regularized regime unexplored.…

stat.ML2026

Large Dimensional Kernel Ridge Regression: Extending to Product Kernels

Yang Zhou, Yicheng Li, Yuqian Cheng +1

Recent studies have reported and in large dimensional kernel ridge regression (KRR). However, these findings are…

cs.DB2021

Blockchains vs. Distributed Databases: Dichotomy and Fusion

Pingcheng Ruan, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh, Dumitrel Loghin +4

Blockchain has come a long way: a system that was initially proposed specifically for cryptocurrencies is now being adapted and adopted as a general-purpose transactional system. A…

cs.DB2020

ForkBase: Immutable, Tamper-evident Storage Substrate for Branchable Applications

Qian Lin, Kaiyuan Yang, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh +8

Data collaboration activities typically require systematic or protocol-based coordination to be scalable. Git, an effective enabler for collaborative coding, has been attested for…

math.PR2013

Nash equilibrium payoffs for stochastic differential games with reflection

Qian Lin

In this paper, we investigate Nash equilibrium payoffs for nonzero-sum stochastic differential games with reflection. We obtain an existence theorem and a characterization theorem…

cs.CL2018

Otem&Utem: Over- and Under-Translation Evaluation Metric for NMT

Jing Yang, Biao Zhang, Yue Qin +3

Although neural machine translation(NMT) yields promising translation performance, it unfortunately suffers from over- and under-translation is- sues [Tu et al., 2016], of which st…

math.ST2018

Sparse Sliced Inverse Regression Via Lasso

Qian Lin, Zhigen Zhao, Jun S. Liu

For multiple index models, it has recently been shown that the sliced inverse regression (SIR) is consistent for estimating the sufficient dimension reduction (SDR) space if and on…

math.PR2013

Nash equilibrium payoffs for stochastic differential games with jumps and coupled nonlinear cost functionals

Qian Lin

In this paper we investigate Nash equilibrium payoffs for two-player nonzero-sum stochastic differential games whose cost functionals are defined by a system of coupled backward st…

cs.CV2025

Reg3D: Reconstructive Geometry Instruction Tuning for 3D Scene Understanding

Hongpei Zheng, Lintao Xiang, Qijun Yang +2

The rapid development of Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) has led to remarkable progress in 2D visual understanding; however, extending these capabilities to 3D scene understanding r…

cs.CV2019

Multi-View Matching Network for 6D Pose Estimation

Daniel Mas Montserrat, Jianhang Chen, Qian Lin +2

Applications that interact with the real world such as augmented reality or robot manipulation require a good understanding of the location and pose of the surrounding objects. In…

cs.RO2023

SMORES-EP, a Modular Robot with Parallel Self-assembly

Chao Liu, Qian Lin, Hyun Kim +1

Self-assembly of modular robotic systems enables the construction of complex robotic configurations to adapt to different tasks. This paper presents a framework for SMORES types of…

cs.LG2026

Supporting Evidence for the Adaptive Feature Program across Diverse Models

Yicheng Li, Qian Lin

Theoretically exploring the advantages of neural networks might be one of the most challenging problems in the AI era. An adaptive feature program has recently been proposed to ana…

cs.LG2024

Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning with Real-Time Budget Constraints

Qian Lin, Bo Tang, Zifan Wu +5

Aiming at promoting the safe real-world deployment of Reinforcement Learning (RL), research on safe RL has made significant progress in recent years. However, most existing works i…

math.ST2024

On the Optimality of Misspecified Spectral Algorithms

Haobo Zhang, Yicheng Li, Qian Lin

In the misspecified spectral algorithms problem, researchers usually assume the underground true function , a less-smooth interpolation space of a r…

cs.LG2023

Kernel interpolation generalizes poorly

Yicheng Li, Haobo Zhang, Qian Lin

One of the most interesting problems in the recent renaissance of the studies in kernel regression might be whether the kernel interpolation can generalize well, since it may help…

cs.AR2026

CRIMP: Compact & Reliable DNN Inference on In-Memory Processing via Crossbar-Aligned Compression and Non-ideality Adaptation

Shuo Huai, Hao Kong, Xiangzhong Luo +5

Crossbar-based In-Memory Processing (IMP) accelerators achieve high-speed, low-power computing for deep neural networks (DNNs), but face three obstacles. First, floating-point (FP)…

math.PR2012

Local time and Tanaka formula for G-Brownian Motion

Qian Lin

In this paper, we study the notion of local time and Tanaka formula for the G-Brownian motion. Moreover, the joint continuity of the local time of the G-Brownian motion is obtained…

math.ST2017

On the optimality of sliced inverse regression in high dimensions

Qian Lin, Xinran Li, Dongming Huang +1

The central subspace of a pair of random variables is the minimal subspace such that

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Erbium doped yttrium oxide thin films grown by chemical vapour deposition for quantum technologies

Anna Blin, Alexander Kolar, Andrew Kamen +8

The obtention of quantum-grade rare-earth doped oxide thin films that can be integrated with optical cavities and microwave resonators is of great interest for the development of s…

cs.SI2020

LoCEC: Local Community-based Edge Classification in Large Online Social Networks

Chonggang Song, Qian Lin, Guohui Ling +4

Relationships in online social networks often imply social connections in the real world. An accurate understanding of relationship types benefits many applications, e.g. social ad…

cs.DC2019

Towards Scaling Blockchain Systems via Sharding

Hung Dang, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh, Dumitrel Loghin +3

Existing blockchain systems scale poorly because of their distributed consensus protocols. Current attempts at improving blockchain scalability are limited to cryptocurrency. Scali…

cs.CL2022

A Semi-supervised Learning Approach with Two Teachers to Improve Breakdown Identification in Dialogues

Qian Lin, Hwee Tou Ng

Identifying breakdowns in ongoing dialogues helps to improve communication effectiveness. Most prior work on this topic relies on human annotated data and data augmentation to lear…

q-fin.MF2019

Horizon-unbiased Investment with Ambiguity

Qian Lin, Xianming Sun, Chao Zhou

In the presence of ambiguity on the driving force of market randomness, we consider the dynamic portfolio choice without any predetermined investment horizon. The investment criter…

math.RT2011

Highest weight modules at the critical level and noncommutative Springer resolution

Roman Bezrukavnikov, Qian Lin

In arXiv:1001.2562 a certain non-commutative algebra was defined starting from a semi-simple algebraic group, so that the derived category of -modules is equivalent to the d…

cs.LG2024

Policy-regularized Offline Multi-objective Reinforcement Learning

Qian Lin, Chao Yu, Zongkai Liu +1

In this paper, we aim to utilize only offline trajectory data to train a policy for multi-objective RL. We extend the offline policy-regularized method, a widely-adopted approach f…

physics.optics2018

Synthetic Dimension in Photonics

Luqi Yuan, Qian Lin, Meng Xiao +1

The physics of a photonic structure is commonly described in terms of its apparent geometric dimensionality. On the other hand, with the concept of synthetic dimension, it is in fa…

cs.CL2018

Simplifying Neural Machine Translation with Addition-Subtraction Twin-Gated Recurrent Networks

Biao Zhang, Deyi Xiong, Jinsong Su +2

In this paper, we propose an additionsubtraction twin-gated recurrent network (ATR) to simplify neural machine translation. The recurrent units of ATR are heavily simplified to hav…

cs.LG2024

Off-Policy Primal-Dual Safe Reinforcement Learning

Zifan Wu, Bo Tang, Qian Lin +5

Primal-dual safe RL methods commonly perform iterations between the primal update of the policy and the dual update of the Lagrange Multiplier. Such a training paradigm is highly s…

math.NT2014

Isogeny orbits in a family of abelian varieties

Qian Lin, Ming-Xi Wang

We prove that if a curve of a non-isotrivial family of abelian varieties over a curve contains infinitely many isogeny orbits of a finitely generated subgroup of a simple abelian v…

cs.CV2026

Towards Efficient Convolutional Neural Network for Embedded Hardware via Multi-Dimensional Pruning

Hao Kong, Di Liu, Xiangzhong Luo +5

The paper introduces TECO, a framework that jointly prunes depth, width, and input resolution of convolutional neural networks to improve speed and resource usage on embedded devic…

#model compression#pruning#embedded hardware#convolutional neural networks
physics.optics2018

Constructing three-dimensional photonic topological insulator using two-dimensional ring resonator lattice with a synthetic frequency dimension

Qian Lin, Xiao-Qi Sun, Meng Xiao +2

In the development of topological photonics, achieving three dimensional topological insulators is of significant interest since it enables the exploration of new topological physi…

physics.optics2019

Experimental band structure spectroscopy along a synthetic dimension

Avik Dutt, Momchil Minkov, Qian Lin +3

In recent years there has been significant interest in the concepts of synthetic dimensions, where one couples the internal degrees of freedom of a particle to form higher-dimensio…

math.PR2013

Properties of solutions of stochastic differential equations driven by the G-Brownian motion

Qian Lin

In this paper, we study the differentiability of solutions of stochastic differential equations driven by the -Brownian motion with respect to the initial data and the parameter…

cs.LG2024

An Offline Adaptation Framework for Constrained Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning

Qian Lin, Zongkai Liu, Danying Mo +1

In recent years, significant progress has been made in multi-objective reinforcement learning (RL) research, which aims to balance multiple objectives by incorporating preferences…

physics.optics2019

A single photonic cavity with two independent physical synthetic dimensions

Avik Dutt, Qian Lin, Luqi Yuan +3

The concept of synthetic dimensions, which has enabled the study of higher-dimensional physics on lower-dimensional physical structures, has generated significant recent interest i…

math.PR2011

The Tychonoff uniqueness theorem for the G-heat equation

Qian Lin

In this paper, we obtain the Tychonoff uniqueness theorem for the G-heat equation.

cs.LG2023

On the Optimality of Misspecified Kernel Ridge Regression

Haobo Zhang, Yicheng Li, Weihao Lu +1

In the misspecified kernel ridge regression problem, researchers usually assume the underground true function , a less-smooth interpolation space of…

cs.CV2020

Boosting High-Level Vision with Joint Compression Artifacts Reduction and Super-Resolution

Xiaoyu Xiang, Qian Lin, Jan P. Allebach

Due to the limits of bandwidth and storage space, digital images are usually down-scaled and compressed when transmitted over networks, resulting in loss of details and jarring art…

math.PR2020

Optimal control of coupled forward-backward stochastic system with jumps and related Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations

Qian Lin

In this paper we investigate a kind of optimal control problem of coupled forward-backward stochastic system with jumps whose cost functional is defined through a coupled forward-b…

cs.DB2018

ForkBase: An Efficient Storage Engine for Blockchain and Forkable Applications

Sheng Wang, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh, Qian Lin +7

Existing data storage systems offer a wide range of functionalities to accommodate an equally diverse range of applications. However, new classes of applications have emerged, e.g.…

cs.LG2026

Multi-Modal, Multi-Environment Machine Teaching for Robust Reward Learning

Ali Larian, Qian Lin, Chang Zong Wu +1

As autonomous agents are increasingly deployed across diverse operational contexts, aligning their behavior with human intent demands reward functions that remain robust to such ch…

math.ST2026

Optimal Confidence Band for Kernel Gradient Flow Estimator

Yuqian Cheng, Zhuo Chen, Qian Lin

In this paper, we investigate the supremum-norm generalization error and the uniform inference for a specific class of kernel regression methods, namely the kernel gradient flows.…

cs.LG2026

Alignment-Sensitive Minimax Rates for Spectral Algorithms with Learned Kernels

Dongming Huang, Zhifan Li, Yicheng Li +1

We study spectral algorithms in the setting where kernels are learned from data. We introduce the effective span dimension (ESD), an alignment-sensitive complexity measure that dep…

cs.SE2021

MLCask: Efficient Management of Component Evolution in Collaborative Data Analytics Pipelines

Zhaojing Luo, Sai Ho Yeung, Meihui Zhang +7

With the ever-increasing adoption of machine learning for data analytics, maintaining a machine learning pipeline is becoming more complex as both the datasets and trained models e…

cs.DC2018

Overload Control for Scaling WeChat Microservices

Hao Zhou, Ming Chen, Qian Lin +6

Effective overload control for large-scale online service system is crucial for protecting the system backend from overload. Conventionally, the design of overload control is ad-ho…

cs.LG2026

EvoLP: Self-Evolving Latency Predictor for Model Compression in Real-Time Edge Systems

Shuo Huai, Hao Kong, Shiqing Li +5

Edge devices are increasingly utilized for deploying deep learning applications on embedded systems. The real-time nature of many applications and the limited resources of edge dev…

math.ST2024

The Optimality of Kernel Classifiers in Sobolev Space

Jianfa Lai, Zhifan Li, Dongming Huang +1

Kernel methods are widely used in machine learning, especially for classification problems. However, the theoretical analysis of kernel classification is still limited. This paper…