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Supplementary Materia: Revisiting Visual Model Robustness: A Frequency Long-Tailed Distribution View Zhiyu Lin

Neural Information Processing Systems

Fan et al. [2021] incorporates high-frequency views into contrastive learning, leading to the transfer However, there are also several works that challenge the validity of this assumption. Yin et al. [2019] proposes a robustness analysis strategy based on Fourier Heatmaps, which utilizes a model's sensitivity to frequency-bases. Maiya et al. [2021] believes that model robustness does not have an intrinsic connection In addition to the perspective on frequency components, Chen et al. [2021] has shown that the CNN model should be consistent with the Human Visual System, with To show the power law distribution of natural images, we select CIFAR-10 Krizhevsky et al. [2009], Tiny-ImageNet Le and Y ang [2015] and ImageNet Deng et al. [2009] to conduct experiments. We show an example of division on ImageNet, as shown in Fig.2, in which the high-and low-frequency components of the image obtained according to the division radius are also in line with our We conduct experiments on naturally trained models. We conduct experiments on test set of CIFAR10, Tiny-ImageNet, ImageNet-1k datasets.


Meta-Learning with Neural Bandit Scheduler

Neural Information Processing Systems

Meta-learning has been proven an effective learning paradigm for training machine learning models with good generalization ability. Apart from the common practice of uniformly sampling the meta-training tasks, existing methods working on task scheduling strategies are mainly based on pre-defined sampling protocols or the assumed task-model correlations, and greedily make scheduling decisions, which can lead to sub-optimal performance bottlenecks of the meta-model. In this paper, we propose a novel task scheduling framework under Contextual Bandits settings, named BASS, which directly optimizes the task scheduling strategy based on the status of the meta-model. By balancing the exploitation and exploration in meta-learning task scheduling, BASS can help tackle the challenge of limited knowledge about the task distribution during the early stage of meta-training, while simultaneously exploring potential benefits for forthcoming meta-training iterations through an adaptive exploration strategy. Theoretical analysis and extensive experiments are presented to show the effectiveness of our proposed framework.


Texas's Water Wars

The New Yorker

As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies. In 2019, Corpus Christi, Texas's eighth-largest city, moved forward with plans to build a desalination plant. The facility, which was expected to be completed by 2023, at a cost of a hundred and forty million dollars, would convert seawater into fresh water to be used by the area's many refineries and chemical plants. The former mayor called it "a pretty significant day in the life of our city." In anticipation of the plant's opening, the city committed to provide tens of millions of gallons of water per day to new industrial operations, including a plastics plant co-owned by ExxonMobil and the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, a lithium refinery for Tesla batteries, and a "specialty chemicals" plant operated by Chemours.


Some of Our Favorite Noise-Canceling Headphones Are 100 Off if You Act Fast

WIRED

The Bose QuietComfort Ultra get a rare discount until the end of the day. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Bose is well known for its noise-canceling headphones and earbuds, and the high-end QuietComfort Ultra (9/10, WIRED Recommends) are currently marked down to just $329 on Amazon, with the same discount at Best Buy . You'll have to move fast, though, as both sites feature countdown timers with less than 24 hours remaining as I write this.



Supplementary Materia: Revisiting Visual Model Robustness: A Frequency Long-Tailed Distribution View Zhiyu Lin

Neural Information Processing Systems

Fan et al. [2021] incorporates high-frequency views into contrastive learning, leading to the transfer However, there are also several works that challenge the validity of this assumption. Yin et al. [2019] proposes a robustness analysis strategy based on Fourier Heatmaps, which utilizes a model's sensitivity to frequency-bases. Maiya et al. [2021] believes that model robustness does not have an intrinsic connection In addition to the perspective on frequency components, Chen et al. [2021] has shown that the CNN model should be consistent with the Human Visual System, with To show the power law distribution of natural images, we select CIFAR-10 Krizhevsky et al. [2009], Tiny-ImageNet Le and Y ang [2015] and ImageNet Deng et al. [2009] to conduct experiments. We show an example of division on ImageNet, as shown in Fig.2, in which the high-and low-frequency components of the image obtained according to the division radius are also in line with our We conduct experiments on naturally trained models. We conduct experiments on test set of CIFAR10, Tiny-ImageNet, ImageNet-1k datasets.


BACHI: Boundary-Aware Symbolic Chord Recognition Through Masked Iterative Decoding on Pop and Classical Music

Yao, Mingyang, Chen, Ke, Dubnov, Shlomo, Berg-Kirkpatrick, Taylor

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Automatic chord recognition (ACR) via deep learning models has gradually achieved promising recognition accuracy, yet two key challenges remain. First, prior work has primarily focused on audio-domain ACR, while symbolic music (e.g., score) ACR has received limited attention due to data scarcity. Second, existing methods still overlook strategies that are aligned with human music analytical practices. To address these challenges, we make two contributions: (1) we introduce POP909-CL, an enhanced version of POP909 dataset with tempo-aligned content and human-corrected labels of chords, beats, keys, and time signatures; and (2) We propose BACHI, a symbolic chord recognition model that decomposes the task into different decision steps, namely boundary detection and iterative ranking of chord root, quality, and bass (inversion). This mechanism mirrors the human ear-training practices. Experiments demonstrate that BACHI achieves state-of-the-art chord recognition performance on both classical and pop music benchmarks, with ablation studies validating the effectiveness of each module.


Moving Out: Physically-grounded Human-AI Collaboration

Kang, Xuhui, Lee, Sung-Wook, Liu, Haolin, Wang, Yuyan, Kuo, Yen-Ling

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

The ability to adapt to physical actions and constraints in an environment is crucial for embodied agents (e.g., robots) to effectively collaborate with humans. Such physically grounded human-AI collaboration must account for the increased complexity of the continuous state-action space and constrained dynamics caused by physical constraints. In this paper, we introduce Moving Out, a new human-AI collaboration benchmark that resembles a wide range of collaboration modes affected by physical attributes and constraints, such as moving heavy items together and maintaining consistent actions to move a big item around a corner. Using Moving Out, we designed two tasks and collected human-human interaction data to evaluate models' abilities to adapt to diverse human behaviors and unseen physical attributes. To address the challenges in physical environments, we propose a novel method, BASS (Behavior Augmentation, Simulation, and Selection), to enhance the diversity of agents and their understanding of the outcome of actions. Our experiments show that BASS outperforms state-of-the-art models in AI-AI and human-AI collaboration. The project page is available at https://live-robotics-uva.github.io/movingout_ai/.


The best portable Bluetooth speakers for 2025, tested and reviewed

Popular Science

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Let's face it: Your phone's built-in sound sucks, so you need a portable Bluetooth speaker. Sure, everything is relative, and those phone speakers are amazing compared to what, say, a 2005 flip phone sounded like. But do we really want to justify our tech based on when people published think-pieces on how texting was the new hotness? So while we can admit you can hear musical cues right out of your pocket, if you want to feel the actual emotional resonance that makes the music special, the speakers on even the best smartphone, the best tablet, the best laptop … ultimately suck. But the best portable Bluetooth speakers--from the compact Bose SoundLink Plus to the more substantial Brane X, for example--do not suck, so we're ready to help you select the right speaker for any situation. We test a lot of Bluetooth speakers throughout the year, giving us deep insight into what's on the marketplace and what's worth your money. Whether you're looking for something budget or audiophile, chances are we've heard at least one model from whatever brand you're considering. We combine these experiences with other users' impressions, then top it all off with extensive research on what you should be looking for: IP rating, frequency range, battery life, Bluetooth range … we've got you! This lets us find the perfect balance of specs and special features from a fairly dense pool of possibilities. From extreme durability to supreme connectivity, we've got you covered when it comes to the best portable Bluetooth speakers. Whether you're always on the go or simply need something to take to the front porch, these speakers will deliver quality sound without any cables or wires weighing you down. Why it made the cut: The Bose SoundLink Plus portable Bluetooth speaker is styled for motion, tuned for emotion, with high cost being the primary shortcoming. New for 2025, the 269 SoundLink Plus is built with a powder-coated steel grille and a shock-resistant chassis wrapped in color-matched silicone.