arXiv Statistics ML

Spectral partitioning for $k$-block averaging kernels of finite Markov chains

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 3

Incremental (k, z)-Clustering on Graphs

arXiv:2602. 08542v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Given a weighted undirected graph, a number of clusters $k$, and an exponent $z$, the goal in the $(k, z)$-clustering problem on graphs is to select $k$ vertices as centers that minimize the sum of the distances raised to the power $z$ of each vertex to its closest center.

By Emilio Cruciani, Sebastian Forster, Antonis Skarlatos
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 2

T-ARC: Topology-Aware Randomized Clustering via Distributionally Robust Stochastic Block Models

The paper introduces T-ARC, a clustering algorithm that integrates topological information into the K‑means objective by coupling a data‑fidelity term with a graph‑cut penalty. The latent graph is modeled as a random realization from a Stochastic Block Model, whose parameter is optimized via Distributionally Robust Optimization, using a persistence‑based similarity matrix derived from zero‑dimensional persistent homology. Experiments on synthetic non‑convex data and Fashion‑MNIST subsets demonstrate that T‑ARC recovers latent topological structures and outperforms K‑means on curved and interleaved clusters while remaining competitive and more stable on real data.

By Serena Grazia De Benedictis, Andersen Ang, Nicoletta Del Buono, Flavia Esposito, Laura Selicato
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 19

Spectral DPPs via NEPv: A Scalable Continuous Relaxation of Determinantal MAP for Diversity-Aware Data Selection

arXiv:2606. 19411v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Selecting a small, diverse, high-quality subset from a massive pool of candidates is a recurring primitive in modern machine learning -- data curation and coreset selection for training and fine-tuning large models, active-learning batch acquisition, prompt and exemplar selection for in-context learning, retrieval diversification, and experimental design.

By Richard Yi Da Xu