3 papers
stat.AP2026
Causal Inference with Video Features as Treatments
Kentaro Nakamura, Adam Breuer, Michael H. Crespin +2
We develop the first statistical methodology for causal inference with video features as treatments. Video is the most engaging content modality on the internet. A central causal q…
cs.MM2025
Using AI to Summarize US Presidential Campaign TV Advertisement Videos, 1952-2012
Adam Breuer, Bryce J. Dietrich, Michael H. Crespin +3
This paper introduces the largest and most comprehensive dataset of US presidential campaign television advertisements, available in digital format. The dataset also includes machi…
cs.LG2025
E-LDA: Toward Interpretable LDA Topic Models with Strong Guarantees in Logarithmic Parallel Time
Adam Breuer
In this paper, we provide the first practical algorithms with provable guarantees for the problem of inferring the topics assigned to each document in an LDA topic model. This is t…