arXiv AI

Bridging the Gap Between Hyperdimensional Computing and Kernel Methods via the Nystr\"om Method

arXiv:2608. 06860v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is an approach from the cognitive science literature for solving information processing tasks using data represented as high-dimensional random vectors.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Kernel Neural Operators (KNOs) for Scalable, Memory-efficient, Geometrically-flexible Operator Learning

arXiv:2407. 00809v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper introduces the Kernel Neural Operator (KNO), a provably convergent operator-learning architecture that utilizes compositions of deep kernel-based integral operators for function-space approximation of operators (maps from functions to functions).

By Matthew Lowery, John Turnage, Zachary Morrow, John D. Jakeman, Akil Narayan, Shandian Zhe, Varun Shankar
arXiv AI
Sep 10

Revisiting Thinning Methods for Kernel Learning Problems

The paper introduces Backward Kernel Herding, an algorithm that iteratively removes data points to create representative subsets for kernel learning, achieving performance comparable to state‑of‑the‑art methods while speeding up subsampling when the reduced size is less than half the original dataset. It also proposes Flexible Kernel Thinning, an extension that allows construction of subsets of any size, not just successive halvings, and demonstrates that this method often yields the best predictive performance. Experiments on Gaussian Processes and Kernel Support Vector Machines show that Backward Kernel Herding excels in training‑time efficiency, while Flexible Kernel Thinning offers superior predictive accuracy and competitive memory usage, emphasizing the need to choose a reduction strategy based on the desired trade‑off between performance, cost, and memory.

By Blanca Cano-Camarero, Yago R. Aguado-Carrillo-de-Albornoz, \'Angela Fern\'andez-Pascual, Jos\'e R. Dorronsoro
arXiv AI
3d ago

Derandomizing Dense Binary Hypervector Codebooks for Quantized Scalars

The paper introduces a transition-based derandomization framework for dense binary hypervector codebooks used in hyperdimensional computing. It targets two similarity families—exponential and linear decay with scalar separation—and separates the similarity law, derandomization variant, and generator construction. The authors formalize variants that constrain initial Hamming weight, update-count variability, and update balance, deriving exact finite-dimensional expressions for bias, variance, and RMS error, and validate the theory with simulations to guide practical codebook design.

By Dmitri Rachkovskij, Evgeny Osipov, Olexander Volkov, Denis Kleyko, Vaclav Snasel
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

A General Kernel Framework for Non-CND Distance Measures Using |D|-Dimensional Sparse Landmark Embeddings

The paper introduces the Sparse Landmark Embedding (SLE) kernel, a new framework that removes the need for conditionally negative definite (CND) distance measures in kernel methods and Gaussian Processes. By embedding each input into a sparse feature vector using compactly supported bump functions centered at all training points, any standard positive semi-definite (PSD) kernel can be applied in this embedding space, guaranteeing PSD for arbitrary distance measures. The authors provide theoretical guarantees on PSD, sparsity, stability, and universal approximation, and show through experiments with geodesic and Wasserstein distances that the SLE kernel matches or surpasses domain-specific baselines in predictive accuracy and uncertainty quantification.

By Marcus M. Noack, Maher B. Alghalayini, Mark D. Risser
arXiv AI
Jul 7

Panorama: Fast-Track Nearest Neighbors

arXiv:2510. 00566v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Approximate Nearest-Neighbor Search (ANNS) pipelines for high-dimensional neural embeddings spend the bulk of their query time in candidate verification, making it the primary bottleneck in the search process.

By Vansh Ramani, Alexis Schlomer, Akash Nayar, Sayan Ranu, Jignesh M. Patel, Panagiotis Karras