arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 6
Sample Complexity of Multicalibration for Multilevel Properties
arXiv:2608. 04288v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Calibration requires a predictor to be unbiased after conditioning on its own predictions.
Optimal Deterministic Multicalibration and Omniprediction
arXiv:2606. 20557v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A model is multicalibrated on a collection of group weights $G$ if it is calibrated -- i.
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arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 15
A Complexity Measure for Active Learning in Multi-group Mean Estimation
arXiv:2606. 14690v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study a \emph{max-risk} objective for active learning in a multi-group mean estimation $d$-armed bandits: a learner adaptively allocates a budget of $T$ samples across $d$ groups to minimize the worst-case uncertainty index $\max_{k\in[d]}\sigma_k^2/n_k$, where $\sigma_k$ is the standard deviation of the distribution of arm $d$, and $n_k$ is the number of times arm $d$ is sampled.
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 6
Multicalibration Yields Better Matchings
arXiv:2511. 11413v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Consider the problem of finding the best matching in a weighted graph where we only have access to predictions of the actual stochastic weights, based on an underlying context.
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 7
Optimal Rates for Learning with Monotone Adversaries
arXiv:2608. 06337v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A monotone adversary observes an i.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28
Efficient Learning of Truncated Boolean Product Distributions: Influence to the Rescue
arXiv:2607. 22889v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning the natural parameters $z \in \mathbb{R}^n$ of discrete distributions $\mu_z$ from independent samples constrained to a subset $S \subseteq \{0,1\}^n$ is a foundational challenge in high-dimensional statistics.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 17
Tight $L_\infty$ Sample Complexity for Low-Degree and Sparse Boolean Polynomials
arXiv:2606. 17319v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Motivated by the optimization of bounded binary black-box functions, we study the problem of learning polynomial surrogates over the Boolean hypercube.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 9
The Sample Complexity of Parameter-Free Stochastic Convex Optimization
arXiv:2506. 11336v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study the sample complexity of stochastic convex optimization when problem parameters such as the distance to optimality and the Lipschitz constant are unknown.
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 5
An Efficient Black-Box Reduction from Online Learning to Multicalibration, and a New Route to $\Phi$-Regret Minimization
arXiv:2604. 19592v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We give a Gordon-Greenwald-Marks (GGM) style black-box reduction from online learning to online multicalibration.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 20
Testing Distributions Against Bounded Distinguishers
arXiv:2607. 15645v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Motivated by the challenge of testing distributions over high-dimensional or continuous domains, we study distribution testing with respect to bounded classes of distinguishers.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 23
Optimal Recalibration of an Online Predictor
arXiv:2607. 19689v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the problem of recalibrating an online predictor [KE17, OKS24]: given an arbitrary "hint" sequence of forecasts, the learner must output new predictions that are calibrated while incurring small excess error relative to the original forecasts, under a proper loss.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 26
Fast algorithms for learning a Gaussian under halfspace truncation with optimal sample complexity
arXiv:2606. 27298v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the fundamental problem of learning a high-dimensional Gaussian truncated to an unknown halfspace.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 9
Optimal and Provable Calibration in High-Dimensional Binary Classification: Angular Calibration and Platt Scaling
arXiv:2502. 15131v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study the fundamental problem of calibrating a linear binary classifier of the form $\sigma(\hat{w}^\top x)$, where the feature vector $x$ is Gaussian, $\sigma$ is a link function, and $\hat{w}$ is an estimator of the true linear weight $w^\star$.