arXiv Machine Learning

Hypothesis Testing with Conditional Queries: Learnability and the Value of Interaction

arXiv:2608. 06262v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Model evaluations may fix all tests before observing any responses or select later tests using earlier responses.

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 AI
Jun 11

The Power of Test-Time Training for Approximate Sampling

arXiv:2606. 11437v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Efficiently sampling from a complex probability distribution is a fundamental problem which has become increasingly pertinent in recent years with the rise of generative AI, as sophisticated sampling procedures from LLMs have been proposed to solve challenging reasoning problems.

By Noah Golowich, Ankur Moitra, Dhruv Rohatgi
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.

By Mark Bun, Rathin Desai, Renato Ferreira Pinto Jr