arXiv AI

Discovering Data Structures: Nearest Neighbor Search and Beyond

arXiv:2411. 03253v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We propose a general framework for end-to-end learning of data structures.

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 AI
Jun 9

Projection and Quantisation: A Unifying View of Learning to Hash, from Random Projections to the RAG Era

arXiv:2510. 04127v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Approximate nearest neighbour (ANN) search underpins large-scale retrieval, increasingly within the retrieval-augmented generation pipelines that ground large language models, yet the methods that address it have multiplied across communities until they are seldom read as a single field.

By Sean Moran
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

HNSW with Accuracy Guarantees Using Graph Spanners

arXiv:2607. 02338v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) graphs serve as the industry standard due to their logarithmic complexity and strong empirical performance.

By Minghao Li, Raghav Mittal, Sanjivni Rana, Suraj Shetiya, Gautam Das, Nick Koudas
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