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most citedApproximate Smoothing and Parameter Estimation in High-Dimensional State-Space Models

18 citations · 47 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.CV2026

SUPREME: A Multi-GPU Framework for Reproducible Image Unlearning Method Evaluation

Petros Andreou, Jamie Lanyon, Axel Finke +1

Machine unlearning removes the influence of specific training data from a trained model without retraining it from scratch. Evaluating an unlearning method requires repeating train…

cs.AI2026

RULER: Representation-Level Verification of Machine Unlearning

Georgina Cosma, Axel Finke

Machine unlearning aims to remove the influence of specific training records from a deployed model without retraining from scratch. Current protocols verify this at the output leve…

cs.LG2025

On the importance of multiple training seeds for evaluating machine unlearning

Jamie Lanyon, Axel Finke, Petros Andreou +1

Machine unlearning aims to remove the influence of certain data points from a trained model without costly retraining. Most practical unlearning algorithms are only approximate and…

cs.IR2024

Neural Corrective Machine Unranking

Jingrui Hou, Axel Finke, Georgina Cosma

Machine unlearning in neural information retrieval (IR) systems requires removing specific data whilst maintaining model performance. Applying existing machine unlearning methods t…

cs.IR2024

Neural Machine Unranking

Jingrui Hou, Axel Finke, Georgina Cosma

We address the problem of machine unlearning in neural information retrieval (IR), introducing a novel task termed Neural Machine UnRanking (NuMuR). This problem is motivated by gr…

cs.IR2023

Advancing continual lifelong learning in neural information retrieval: definition, dataset, framework, and empirical evaluation

Jingrui Hou, Georgina Cosma, Axel Finke

Continual learning refers to the capability of a machine learning model to learn and adapt to new information, without compromising its performance on previously learned tasks. Alt…

cs.MM2023

Neural-based Cross-modal Search and Retrieval of Artwork

Yan Gong, Georgina Cosma, Axel Finke

Creating an intelligent search and retrieval system for artwork images, particularly paintings, is crucial for documenting cultural heritage, fostering wider public engagement, and…

cs.LG2023

Identifying Early Help Referrals For Local Authorities With Machine Learning And Bias Analysis

Eufrásio de A. Lima Neto, Jonathan Bailiss, Axel Finke +2

Local authorities in England, such as Leicestershire County Council (LCC), provide Early Help services that can be offered at any point in a young person's life when they experienc…

cs.CV2023

Morphological Image Analysis and Feature Extraction for Reasoning with AI-based Defect Detection and Classification Models

Jiajun Zhang, Georgina Cosma, Sarah Bugby +2

As the use of artificial intelligent (AI) models becomes more prevalent in industries such as engineering and manufacturing, it is essential that these models provide transparent r…

cs.CV2023

VITR: Augmenting Vision Transformers with Relation-Focused Learning for Cross-Modal Information Retrieval

Yan Gong, Georgina Cosma, Axel Finke

The relations expressed in user queries are vital for cross-modal information retrieval. Relation-focused cross-modal retrieval aims to retrieve information that corresponds to the…

stat.AP2022

A Bayesian framework for genome-wide inference of DNA methylation levels

Marcel Hirt, Axel Finke, Alexandros Beskos +4

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark that has been studied extensively for its regulatory role in biological processes and diseases. WGBS allows for genome-wide measurem…

stat.CO2021

Conditional sequential Monte Carlo in high dimensions

Axel Finke, Alexandre H. Thiery

The iterated conditional sequential Monte Carlo (i-CSMC) algorithm from Andrieu, Doucet and Holenstein (2010) is an MCMC approach for efficiently sampling from the joint posterior…

stat.ML2019★ 4 cited

On importance-weighted autoencoders

Axel Finke, Alexandre H. Thiery

The importance weighted autoencoder (IWAE) (Burda et al., 2016) is a popular variational-inference method which achieves a tighter evidence bound (and hence a lower bias) than stan…

stat.CO2018★ 16 cited

Limit theorems for sequential MCMC methods

Axel Finke, Arnaud Doucet, Adam M. Johansen

Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods, also known as particle filters, constitute a class of algorithms used to approximate expectations with respect to a sequence of probability di…

stat.CO2016★ 9 cited

On embedded hidden Markov models and particle Markov chain Monte Carlo methods

Axel Finke, Arnaud Doucet, Adam M. Johansen

The embedded hidden Markov model (EHMM) sampling method is a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique for state inference in non-linear non-Gaussian state-space models which was p…

stat.CO2016★ 18 cited

Approximate Smoothing and Parameter Estimation in High-Dimensional State-Space Models

Axel Finke, Sumeetpal S. Singh

We present approximate algorithms for performing smoothing in a class of high-dimensional state-space models via sequential Monte Carlo methods ("particle filters"). In high dimens…