Theory · Learning Theory

TitleAuthors
Control Batch Size and Learning Rate to Generalize Well: Theoretical and Empirical EvidenceFengxiang He · Tongliang Liu · Dacheng Tao
Data-dependent Sample Complexity of Deep Neural Networks via Lipschitz AugmentationColin Wei · Tengyu Ma
Exact inference in structured predictionKevin Bello · Jean Honorio
Globally optimal score-based learning of directed acyclic graphs in high-dimensionsBryon Aragam · Arash Amini · Qing Zhou
List-decodable Linear RegressionSushrut Karmalkar · Adam Klivans · Pravesh Kothari
On the Calibration of Multiclass Classification with RejectionChenri Ni · Nontawat Charoenphakdee · Junya Honda · Masashi Sugiyama
On the Hardness of Robust ClassificationPascale Gourdeau · Varun Kanade · Marta Kwiatkowska · James Worrell
Optimal Analysis of Subset-Selection Based L_p Low-Rank ApproximationChen Dan · Hong Wang · Hongyang Zhang · Yuchen Zhou · Pradeep Ravikumar
PAC-Bayes under potentially heavy tailsMatthew Holland
Quantum Entropy Scoring for Fast Robust Mean Estimation and Improved Outlier DetectionYihe Dong · Samuel Hopkins · Jerry Li
Uniform convergence may be unable to explain generalization in deep learningVaishnavh Nagarajan · J. Zico Kolter
A Polynomial Time Algorithm for Log-Concave Maximum Likelihood via Locally Exponential FamiliesBrian Axelrod · Ilias Diakonikolas · Alistair Stewart · Anastasios Sidiropoulos · Gregory Valiant
Dichotomize and Generalize: PAC-Bayesian Binary Activated Deep Neural NetworksGaël Letarte · Pascal Germain · Benjamin Guedj · Francois Laviolette
Finite-time Analysis of Approximate Policy Iteration for the Linear Quadratic RegulatorKarl Krauth · Stephen Tu · Benjamin Recht
Hypothesis Set Stability and GeneralizationDylan Foster · Spencer Greenberg · Satyen Kale · Haipeng Luo · Mehryar Mohri · Karthik Sridharan
Minimizers of the Empirical Risk and Risk MonotonicityMarco Loog · Tom Viering · Alexander Mey
Multiclass Learning from ContradictionsSauptik Dhar · Vladimir Cherkassky · Mohak Shah
On the Correctness and Sample Complexity of Inverse Reinforcement LearningAbi Komanduru · Jean Honorio
On the Power and Limitations of Random Features for Understanding Neural NetworksGilad Yehudai · Ohad Shamir
Robustness to Adversarial Perturbations in Learning from Incomplete DataAmir Najafi · Shin-ichi Maeda · Masanori Koyama · Takeru Miyato
Stability of Graph Scattering TransformsFernando Gama · Alejandro Ribeiro · Joan Bruna
State Aggregation Learning from Markov Transition DataYaqi Duan · Tracy Ke · Mengdi Wang
Toward a Characterization of Loss Functions for Distribution LearningNika Haghtalab · Cameron Musco · Bo Waggoner
An Embedding Framework for Consistent Polyhedral SurrogatesJessica Finocchiaro · Rafael Frongillo · Bo Waggoner
Covariate-Powered Empirical Bayes EstimationNikolaos Ignatiadis · Stefan Wager
Learning Bayesian Networks with Low Rank Conditional Probability TablesAdarsh Barik · Jean Honorio
Learning to ScreenAlon Cohen · Avinatan Hassidim · Haim Kaplan · Yishay Mansour · Shay Moran
Limits of Private Learning with Access to Public DataRaef Bassily · Shay Moran · Noga Alon
Multiclass Performance Metric ElicitationGaurush Hiranandani · Shant Boodaghians · Ruta Mehta · Oluwasanmi Koyejo
On the Value of Target Data in Transfer LearningSteve Hanneke · Samory Kpotufe
Outlier-Robust High-Dimensional Sparse Estimation via Iterative FilteringIlias Diakonikolas · Daniel Kane · Sushrut Karmalkar · Eric Price · Alistair Stewart
Preference-Based Batch and Sequential Teaching: Towards a Unified View of ModelsFarnam Mansouri · Yuxin Chen · Ara Vartanian · Jerry Zhu · Adish Singla
Rates of Convergence for Large-scale Nearest Neighbor ClassificationXingye Qiao · Jiexin Duan · Guang Cheng
What Can ResNet Learn Efficiently, Going Beyond Kernels?Zeyuan Allen-Zhu · Yuanzhi Li
An adaptive nearest neighbor rule for classificationAkshay Balsubramani · Sanjoy Dasgupta · yoav Freund · Shay Moran
Distribution-Independent PAC Learning of Halfspaces with Massart NoiseIlias Diakonikolas · Themis Gouleakis · Christos Tzamos
Fast-rate PAC-Bayes Generalization Bounds via Shifted Rademacher ProcessesJun Yang · Shengyang Sun · Daniel Roy
Generalization Bounds for Neural Networks via Approximate Description LengthAmit Daniely · Elad Granot
Graph-based Discriminators: Sample Complexity and ExpressivenessRoi Livni · Yishay Mansour
Limitations of Lazy Training of Two-layers Neural NetworkSong Mei · Theodor Misiakiewicz · Behrooz Ghorbani · Andrea Montanari
On Making Stochastic Classifiers DeterministicAndrew Cotter · Maya Gupta · Harikrishna Narasimhan
Semi-Parametric Efficient Policy Learning with Continuous ActionsVictor Chernozhukov · Mert Demirer · Greg Lewis · Vasilis Syrgkanis
Small ReLU networks are powerful memorizers: a tight analysis of memorization capacityChulhee Yun · Suvrit Sra · Ali Jadbabaie
The Broad Optimality of Profile Maximum LikelihoodYi Hao · Alon Orlitsky
Time/Accuracy Tradeoffs for Learning a ReLU with respect to Gaussian MarginalsSurbhi Goel · Sushrut Karmalkar · Adam Klivans
A General Framework for Symmetric Property EstimationMoses Charikar · Kirankumar Shiragur · Aaron Sidford
Generalization Bounds in the Predict-then-Optimize FrameworkOthman El Balghiti · Adam Elmachtoub · Paul Grigas · Ambuj Tewari
Generalization Error Analysis of Quantized Compressive LearningXiaoyun Li · Ping Li
Implicit Regularization of Accelerated Methods in Hilbert SpacesNicolò Pagliana · Lorenzo Rosasco
Information-Theoretic Generalization Bounds for SGLD via Data-Dependent EstimatesJeffrey Negrea · Mahdi Haghifam · Gintare Karolina Dziugaite · Ashish Khisti · Daniel Roy
Nearly Tight Bounds for Robust Proper Learning of Halfspaces with a MarginIlias Diakonikolas · Daniel Kane · Pasin Manurangsi
PAC-Bayes Un-Expected Bernstein InequalityZakaria Mhammedi · Peter Grünwald · Benjamin Guedj
Private Testing of Distributions via Sample PermutationsMaryam Aliakbarpour · Ilias Diakonikolas · Daniel Kane · Ronitt Rubinfeld
Regularization Matters: Generalization and Optimization of Neural Nets v.s. their Induced KernelColin Wei · Jason Lee · Qiang Liu · Tengyu Ma
Statistical Analysis of Nearest Neighbor Methods for Anomaly DetectionXiaoyi Gu · Leman Akoglu · Alessandro Rinaldo
Theoretical Analysis of Adversarial Learning: A Minimax ApproachZhuozhuo Tu · Jingwei Zhang · Dacheng Tao
Unified Sample-Optimal Property Estimation in Near-Linear TimeYi Hao · Alon Orlitsky