arXiv AI

Bayesian Selective Latent Inference for Wastewater-First Influenza Monitoring

arXiv:2606. 09433v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Wastewater influenza surveillance can reveal community circulation before clinical reporting, but wastewater alone is not a fully identifiable proxy for human burden.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 23

Hierarchical Sparse Bayesian Multitask Learning for Disease Prediction in Pooled Microbiome Studies

This paper introduces a hierarchical Bayesian multitask learning model that assumes a shared sparsity structure across different binary classification tasks. The authors develop a variational inference algorithm for efficient posterior approximation and evaluate the method on synthetic data and pooled microbiome studies. Results show superior support recovery in synthetic experiments and robust, well‑calibrated predictions with informative taxa selection in microbiome classification.

By Haonan Zhu, Andre R. Goncalves, Camilo Valdes, Hiranmayi Ranganathan, Boya Zhang, Jose Manuel Mart\'i, Car Reen Kok, Monica K. Borucki, Nisha J. Mulakken, James B. Thissen, Crystal Jaing, Alfred Hero, Nicholas A. Be