Asia
Evaluating_ADA_attacks__Emma_-13
Most work on adaptive data analysis assumes that samples in the dataset are independent. When correlations are allowed, even the non-adaptive setting can become intractable, unless some structural constraints are imposed. To address this, Bassily and Freund [2016] introduced the elegant framework of concentrated queries, which requires the analyst to restrict itself to queries that are concentrated around their expected value. While this assumption makes the problem trivial in the non-adaptive setting, in the adaptive setting it remains quite challenging. In fact, all known algorithms in this framework support significantly fewer queries than in the independent case: At most O(n) queries for a sample of size n, compared to O(n2) in the independent setting. In this work, we prove that this utility gap is inherent under the current formulation of the concentrated queries framework, assuming some natural conditions on the algorithm. Additionally, we present a simplified version of the best-known algorithms that match our impossibility result.
OASIS: One-Shot Federated Graph Learning via Wasserstein Assisted Knowledge Integration
Federated Graph Learning (FGL) offers a promising framework for collaboratively training Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) while preserving data privacy. In resourceconstrained environments, One-shot Federated Learning (OFL) emerges as an effective solution by limiting communication to a single round. Current OFL approaches employing generative models have attracted considerable attention; however, they face unresolved challenges: these methods are primarily designed for traditional image data and fail to capture the fine-grained structural information of local graph data. Consequently, they struggle to integrate the intricate correlations necessary and transfer subtle structural insights from each client to the global model. To address these issues, we introduce OASIS, an innovative one-shot FGL framework. In OASIS, we propose a Synergy Graph Synthesizer designed to generate informative synthetic graphs and introduce a Topological Codebook to construct a structural latent space. Moreover, we propose the WassersteinEnhanced Semantic Affinity Distillation (WESAD) to incorporate rich inter-class relationships and the Wasserstein-Driven Structural Relation Distillation (WDSRD) to facilitate the effective transfer of structural knowledge from the Topological Codebook. Extensive experiments on real-world tasks demonstrate the superior performance and generalization capability of OASIS, with an average improvement of 15.81% over the baseline.
miniF2F-Lean Revisited: Reviewing Limitations and Charting a Path Forward
We perform a thorough analysis of the formal and informal statements in the miniF2F benchmark from the perspective of an AI system that is tasked to participate in a math Olympiad consisting of the problems in miniF2F. In such setting, the model has to read and comprehend the problems in natural language, formalize them in Lean language, then proceed with proving the problems, and it will get credit for each problem if the formal proof corresponds to the original informal statement presented to the model. Our evaluation results reveal that the best accuracy of such pipeline can be about 36% using the SoTA models in the literature, considerably lower than the individual SoTA accuracies, 97% and 69% reported in the autoformalization and theorem proving literature. Analyzing the failure modes, we trace back a considerable portion of this drop to discrepancies between the formal and informal statements for more than half of the problems in miniF2F. We proceed with correcting all the errors, discrepancies and simplifications in formal and informal statements, and present the miniF2F-v2 with fully verified formal and informal statements and proofs. Evaluating the full theorem proving pipeline on miniF2F-v2 leads to the best accuracy of 70%, a significant improvement from the 40% on the original miniF2F, yet indicating considerable misalignment between the autoformalization models and theorem provers. Our deep analysis suggests that a higher quality benchmark can help the community better evaluate progress in the field of formal reasoning and also better diagnose the failure and success modes of autoformalization and theorem proving models.
Apple CEO warns price rises 'unavoidable' amid AI boom
Apple CEO warns price rises'unavoidable' amid AI boom The prices of Apple products will have to increase due to the new demand for memory chips from the artificial intelligence boom, outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook has told The Wall Street Journal. "Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable," he told the newspaper on Wednesday, adding that his company has been "trying to shield customers from the increases" but that it had become "unsustainable." It is also unclear, for instance, how much the price of Apple's iPhone 18, which is expected to launch in September, will be affected. "There's less supply at a time when consumers want devices and the memory guys are passing along huge price increases," Cook said. Citing an estimate from research firm TechInsights, the Journal reported that Apple would need to increase the price of its iPhone Pro model by $270 to maintain its current profit margin .
Contact Map Transfer with Conditional Diffusion Model for Generalizable Dexterous Grasp Generation
Dexterous grasp generation is a fundamental challenge in robotics, requiring both grasp stability and adaptability across diverse objects and tasks. Analytical methods ensure stable grasps but are inefficient and lack task adaptability, while generative approaches improve efficiency and task integration but generalize poorly to unseen objects and tasks due to data limitations. In this paper, we propose a transfer-based framework for dexterous grasp generation, leveraging a conditional diffusion model to transfer high-quality grasps from shape templates to novel objects within the same category. Specifically, we reformulate the grasp transfer problem as the generation of an object contact map, incorporating object shape similarity and task specifications into the diffusion process. To handle complex shape variations, we introduce a dual mapping mechanism, capturing intricate geometric relationship between shape templates and novel objects.
724711fccb09d4519cbbb6d245d3675d-Paper-Conference.pdf
In lar the this ge y paper rely BD. on Ho, we the we quantify v DP' er, s producing information-g the DP' these s information-g athe beha ring viors progress, athering is challenging which progress is in for visible by the estimatPP to the being observ the ations, prediction and uncertainty accordingly of propose privileged the observ frame ations work reconstructed of Uncertainty-Sensiti from partial ve Pri combines PP vile to choose ged re Learning w actions ard transformation (USPL).
NorLow mlearaliznied ng scCapacoreity neuron ratio
Deep reinforcement learning (RL) agents frequently suffer from neuronal activity loss, which impairs their ability to adapt to new data and learn continually. A common method to quantify and address this issue is the ฯ-dormant neuron ratio, which uses activation statistics to measure the expressive ability of neurons. While effective for simple MLP-based agents, this approach loses statistical power in more complex architectures. To address this, we argue that in advanced RL agents, maintaining a neuron's learning capacity, its ability to adapt via gradient updates, is more critical than preserving its expressive ability. Based on this insight, we shift the statistical objective from activations to gradients, and introduce GraMa (Gradient Magnitude Neural Activity Metric), a lightweight, architecture-agnostic metric for quantifying neuron-level learning capacity. We show that GraMaeffectively reveals persistent neuron inactivity across diverse architectures, including residual networks, diffusion models, and agents with varied activation functions. Moreover, resetting neurons guided by GraMa (ReGraMa) consistently improves learning performance across multiple deep RL algorithms and benchmarks, such as MuJoCo and the DeepMind Control Suite. We make our code available2.
Advanced Sign Language Video Generation with Compressed and Quantized Multi Condition
Sign Language Video Generation (SLVG) seeks to generate identity-preserving sign language videos from spoken language texts. Existing methods primarily rely on the single coarse condition (e.g., skeleton sequences) as the intermediary to bridge the translation model and the video generation model, which limits both the naturalness and expressiveness of the generated videos. To overcome these limitations, we propose SignViP, a novel SLVG framework that incorporates multiple fine-grained conditions for improved generation fidelity. Rather than directly translating error-prone high-dimensional conditions, SignViP adopts a discrete tokenization paradigm to integrate and represent fine-grained conditions (i.e., fine-grained poses and 3D hands). SignViP contains three core components.
721dbcfed36ef373f19a03e3e3130729-Paper-Conference.pdf
Federated Continual Learning (FCL) aims to enable sequential privacy-preserving model training on streams of incoming data that vary in edge devices by preserving previous knowledge while adapting to new data. Current FCL literature focuses on restricted data privacy and access to previously seen data while imposing no constraints on the training overhead. This is unreasonable for FCL applications in real-world scenarios, where edge devices are primarily constrained by resources such as storage, computational budget, and label rate. We revisit this problem with a large-scale benchmark and analyze the performance of state-of-the-art FCL approaches under different resource-constrained settings. Various typical FCL techniques and six datasets in two incremental learning scenarios (Class-IL and Domain-IL) are involved in our experiments. Through extensive experiments amounting to a total of over 1,000+ GPU hours, we find that, under limited resource-constrained settings, existing FCL approaches, with no exception, fail to achieve the expected performance. Our conclusions are consistent in the sensitivity analysis. This suggests that most existing FCL methods are particularly too resource-dependent for real-world deployment. Moreover, we study the performance of typical FCL techniques with resource constraints and shed light on future research directions in FCL.
Revealed: The popular UK pet foods that contain the most microplastics - so, is your dog or cat at risk?
Every emotional moment from the Gilgo Beach killer's sentencing: Rex Heuermann's shocking first words... and the chilling exchange that silenced the room Don Trump Jr. says Ted Cruz is'lying through his teeth' as GOP infighting over Iran deal continues to spiral LIZ JONES: The cracks in Harry and Meghan's perfect facade have started to show. It's so obvious he's tiring of her tone-deaf approach... and I predict there's serious trouble in store All my friends are suddenly getting divorced. Mid-life wives share taboo sex confessions about why they really leave... including common position that made one hate her husband: JANA HOCKING Trump says'fools who think I haven't been tough enough on Iran' are'jealous or stupid' after signing widely-criticised deal that includes giving Tehran $300billion Taylor Swift's bottomless thirst for attention, her greed and sheer tackiness are now truly unbearable... this latest stunt has shown her true colors: MAUREEN CALLAHAN The Ring star Daveigh Chase's friends searched for her on LA's Skid Row in months before her shock death at 35 Horrific new videos blow Texas woman's mystery death wide open: Her agonizing'final gasp'... unthinkably vile corpse claims... and sick past of man who saw her last'I can still see you': Princess of Wales shares adorable moment with shy little girl at Royal Ascot Brooklyn Beckham is savaged by fans for yet another'classless' swipe at his estranged family as new DoorDash ad is branded a'giant PR mess' Sensational REAL reason Jelly Roll is divorcing Bunnie XO: Insiders reveal'preacher's wife' bombshell that's the talk of Nashville... truth about legendary rocker cuckolding rumor... and G-string mishap Watch horrifying drone video that follows woman's plunge to death after bungee team threw her from bridge without rope Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet put on VERY affectionate display during NYC bike ride... as it's revealed how the relationship has'changed' the actor Luxury fashion tycoon beloved by the stars hangs her head in shame as she's indicted for allegedly exploiting her workers and stealing $50k from their wages NBA star's fiancee breaks her silence after friend, 26, mysteriously dropped dead at her luxury bachelorette party in St Barts Tragedy as 8-year-old dies during World Cup watch party with cops blaming'accidental drowning' Instead, I lost a stone and dropped a dress size in one MONTH with a meal plan that's not even a diet. It's packed with carbs and so simple - anyone can do it in time for summer Revealed: The popular UK pet foods that contain the most microplastics - so, is your dog or cat at risk? The popular UK pet foods that contain the most microplastics have been revealed in a new study.