arXiv Machine Learning

Randomized Algorithms for Learning Partitions with Near Optimal Query Complexity in Constant Rounds

arXiv:2608. 02176v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the round complexity of learning a hidden partition $\mathcal{P}$ of an $n$-element universe using PAIR queries: PAIR($x,y$) tells us whether $x$ and $y$ belong to the same part of the partition or not.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

Clustering with Non-adaptive Subset Queries

arXiv:2409. 10908v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recovering the underlying $k$-clustering of a set $U$ of $n$ points by asking pair-wise same-cluster queries has garnered significant interest in the past few years.

By Hadley Black, Euiwoong Lee, Arya Mazumdar, Barna Saha
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 9

Is Randomness Necessary for Adaptive Data Analysis?

arXiv:2607. 07085v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Adaptive Data Analysis (ADA) problem formalizes the challenge of preventing false discovery and overfitting when a dataset is repeatedly reused.

By Edith Cohen, Haim Kaplan, Yishay Mansour, Shay Sapir, Uri Stemmer
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

Learning Distributions from Multiple Data Providers

arXiv:2607. 24732v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Motivated by learning from heterogeneous and overlapping data providers, we study a stylized model of distribution learning from restricted conditional samples.

By Jon Kleinberg, Amin Saberi, Xizhi Tan, Grigoris Velegkas
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

Actively Learning Halfspaces without Synthetic Data

arXiv:2509. 20848v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In the classic point location problem, one is given an arbitrary dataset $X \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ of $n$ points with query access to an unknown halfspace $f : \mathbb{R}^d \to \{0,1\}$, and the goal is to learn the label of every point in $X$.

By Hadley Black, Kasper Green Larsen, Arya Mazumdar, Barna Saha, Geelon So
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 25

Bandit Multiclass PAC Learning: Corrected Lower Bounds, Exact Families, and a Confidence Direct-Sum Phenomenon

The paper revisits realizable multiclass PAC learning with bandit feedback, correcting a previously claimed lower bound on sample complexity. It introduces a new anchored dimension, “aBDS,” and establishes a constant‑free three‑part lower bound, while also providing tighter upper bounds that eliminate dependence on the total label count. The authors demonstrate that the optimal sample complexity can vary dramatically even among classes with identical dimensional profiles, revealing a confidence direct‑sum phenomenon and a rank‑saturation phase transition.

By Guangjian Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 14

Learning Partition Trees for Nearest Neighbor Search

arXiv:2607. 09909v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study nearest neighbor search from the perspective of data-driven algorithm design: given a dataset $P \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ of size $n$ and sample access to a query distribution over $\mathbb{R}^d$, the goal is to learn a data structure optimized for queries drawn from that specific distribution.

By Sanjeev Khanna, Ashwin Padaki, Erik Waingarten
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

How fast can you find a good hypothesis?

arXiv:2509. 03734v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In the hypothesis selection problem, we are given sample and query access to finite set of candidate distributions (hypotheses), $\mathcal{H} = \{H_1, \ldots, H_n\}$, and samples from an unknown distribution $P$, both over a domain $\mathcal{X}$.

By Anders Aamand, Maryam Aliakbarpour, Justin Y. Chen, Sandeep Silwal
arXiv Machine Learning
4d ago

Optimal Quantum-Classical Separations for Exact Learning

arXiv:2609.38073v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study exact learning with membership queries for concept classes $\mathcal C\subseteq\{0,1\}^N$, focusing on the relationships among their determi...

By Srinivasan Arunachalam, Amin Shiraz Gilani, Nikhil S. Mande
arXiv AI
Jun 2

Fixed Budget is No Harder Than Fixed Confidence in Best-Arm Identification up to Logarithmic Factors

arXiv:2602. 03972v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The best-arm identification (BAI) problem is one of the most fundamental problems in interactive machine learning, which has two flavors: the fixed-budget setting (FB) and the fixed-confidence setting (FC).

By Kapilan Balagopalan, Yinan Li, Yao Zhao, Tuan Nguyen, Anton Daitche, Houssam Nassif, Kwang-Sung Jun