This research investigates the transferability of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)-robust Natural Language Understanding (NLU) models from controlled experimental conditions to practical, real-world applications. Focused on smart home automation commands in Urdu, the study assesses model performance under diverse noise profiles, linguistic variations, and ASR error scenarios. Leveraging the UrduBERT model, the research employs a systematic methodology involving real-world data collection, cross-validation, transfer learning, noise variation studies, and domain adaptation. Evaluation metrics encompass task-specific accuracy, latency, user satisfaction, and robustness to ASR errors. The findings contribute insights into the challenges and adaptability of ASR-robust NLU models in transcending controlled environments.
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We revisit the well-known Gilbert-Varshamov (GV) bound for constrained systems. In 1991, Kolesnik and Krachkovsky showed that GV bound can be determined via the solution of some optimization problem. Later, Marcus and Roth (1992) modified the optimization problem and improved the GV bound in many instances. In this work, we provide explicit numerical procedures to solve these two optimization problems and hence, compute the bounds. We then show the procedures can be further simplified when we plot the respective curves. In the case where the graph presentation comprise a single state, we provide explicit formulas for both bounds.
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive capabilities across a wide range of tasks. However, their proficiency and reliability in the specialized domain of Data Analysis, particularly with a focus on data-driven thinking, remain uncertain. To bridge this gap, we introduce BIBench, a comprehensive benchmark designed to evaluate the data analysis capabilities of LLMs within the context of Business Intelligence (BI). BIBench assesses LLMs across three dimensions: 1) BI foundational knowledge, evaluating the models' numerical reasoning and familiarity with financial concepts; 2) BI knowledge application, determining the models' ability to quickly comprehend textual information and generate analysis questions from multiple views; and 3) BI technical skills, examining the models' use of technical knowledge to address real-world data analysis challenges. BIBench comprises 11 sub-tasks, spanning three categories of task types: classification, extraction, and generation. Additionally, we've developed BIChat, a domain-specific dataset with over a million data points, to fine-tune LLMs. We will release BIBenchmark, BIChat, and the evaluation scripts at \url{//github.com/cubenlp/BIBench}. This benchmark aims to provide a measure for in-depth analysis of LLM abilities and foster the advancement of LLMs in the field of data analysis.
The growing demand for personalized decision-making has led to a surge of interest in estimating the Conditional Average Treatment Effect (CATE). The intersection of machine learning and causal inference has yielded various effective CATE estimators. However, deploying these estimators in practice is often hindered by the absence of counterfactual labels, making it challenging to select the desirable CATE estimator using conventional model selection procedures like cross-validation. Existing approaches for CATE estimator selection, such as plug-in and pseudo-outcome metrics, face two inherent challenges. Firstly, they are required to determine the metric form and the underlying machine learning models for fitting nuisance parameters or plug-in learners. Secondly, they lack a specific focus on selecting a robust estimator. To address these challenges, this paper introduces a novel approach, the Distributionally Robust Metric (DRM), for CATE estimator selection. The proposed DRM not only eliminates the need to fit additional models but also excels at selecting a robust CATE estimator. Experimental studies demonstrate the efficacy of the DRM method, showcasing its consistent effectiveness in identifying superior estimators while mitigating the risk of selecting inferior ones.
Batch Normalization's (BN) unique property of depending on other samples in a batch is known to cause problems in several tasks, including sequential modeling. Yet, BN-related issues are hardly studied for long video understanding, despite the ubiquitous use of BN in CNNs (Convolutional Neural Networks) for feature extraction. Especially in surgical workflow analysis, where the lack of pretrained feature extractors has led to complex, multi-stage training pipelines, limited awareness of BN issues may have hidden the benefits of training CNNs and temporal models end to end. In this paper, we analyze pitfalls of BN in video learning, including issues specific to online tasks such as a 'cheating' effect in anticipation. We observe that BN's properties create major obstacles for end-to-end learning. However, using BN-free backbones, even simple CNN-LSTMs beat the state of the art {\color{\colorrevtwo}on three surgical workflow benchmarks} by utilizing adequate end-to-end training strategies which maximize temporal context. We conclude that awareness of BN's pitfalls is crucial for effective end-to-end learning in surgical tasks. By reproducing results on natural-video datasets, we hope our insights will benefit other areas of video learning as well. Code is available at: \url{//gitlab.com/nct_tso_public/pitfalls_bn}
Human Activity Recognition (HAR) has been extensively studied, with recent emphasis on the implementation of advanced Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms for accurate classification. This study investigates the efficacy of two ML algorithms, eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and MiniRocket, in the realm of HAR using data collected from smartphone sensors. The experiments are conducted on a dataset obtained from the UCI repository, comprising accelerometer and gyroscope signals captured from 30 volunteers performing various activities while wearing a smartphone. The dataset undergoes preprocessing, including noise filtering and feature extraction, before being utilized for training and testing the classifiers. Monte Carlo cross-validation is employed to evaluate the models' robustness. The findings reveal that both XGBoost and MiniRocket attain accuracy, F1 score, and AUC values as high as 0.99 in activity classification. XGBoost exhibits a slightly superior performance compared to MiniRocket. Notably, both algorithms surpass the performance of other ML and DL algorithms reported in the literature for HAR tasks. Additionally, the study compares the computational efficiency of the two algorithms, revealing XGBoost's advantage in terms of training time. Furthermore, the performance of MiniRocket, which achieves accuracy and F1 values of 0.94, and an AUC value of 0.96 using raw data and utilizing only one channel from the sensors, highlights the potential of directly leveraging unprocessed signals. It also suggests potential advantages that could be gained by utilizing sensor fusion or channel fusion techniques. Overall, this research sheds light on the effectiveness and computational characteristics of XGBoost and MiniRocket in HAR tasks, providing insights for future studies in activity recognition using smartphone sensor data.
The growing availability of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) target datasets allows for the consolidation of different SAR Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) tasks using a foundational model powered by Self-Supervised Learning (SSL). SSL aims to derive supervision signals directly from the data, thereby minimizing the need for costly expert labeling and maximizing the use of the expanding sample pool in constructing a foundational model. This study investigates an effective SSL method for SAR ATR, which can pave the way for building the foundation model. The primary obstacles faced in SSL for SAR ATR are the scale problem of the remote sensing images and speckle noise in SAR images. To overcome these challenges, we present a novel approach called Knowledge-Guided Predictive Architecture (SAR-KPGA), which leverages local masked patches to predict the multi-scale SAR feature representations of unseen context. The key aspect of SAR-KPGA is integrating SAR domain features to ensure high-quality target features for SSL. Furthermore, we employ local masks and multi-scale features to accommodate the large image scale and target scale variations in remote sensing scenarios. By evaluating our framework on three target recognition datasets (vehicle, ship, and aircraft), we demonstrate its outperformance over other SSL methods and its effectiveness with increasing SAR data. This study showcases the potential of SSL for SAR target recognition across diverse targets, scenes, and sensors.
This paper addresses the problem of how to select explanations for XAI (Explainable AI)-based Intelligent Decision Support Systems (IDSSs). IDSSs have shown promise in improving user decisions through XAI-generated explanations along with AI predictions. As the development of XAI made various explanations available, we believe that IDSSs can be greatly improved if they can strategically select explanations that guide users to better decisions. This paper proposes X-Selector, a method for dynamically selecting explanations. X-Selector aims to guide users to better decisions by predicting the impact of different combinations of explanations on user decisions. We compared X-Selector's performance with two naive strategies (all possible explanations and explanations only for the most likely prediction) and two baselines (no explanation and no AI support). The results suggest the potential of X-Selector to guide users to recommended decisions and improve the performance when AI accuracy is high and a challenge when it is low.
Radar Automated Target Recognition (RATR) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) involves transmitting Electromagnetic Waves (EMWs) and performing target type recognition on the received radar echo, crucial for defense and aerospace applications. Previous studies highlighted the advantages of multistatic radar configurations over monostatic ones in RATR. However, fusion methods in multistatic radar configurations often suboptimally combine classification vectors from individual radars probabilistically. To address this, we propose a fully Bayesian RATR framework employing Optimal Bayesian Fusion (OBF) to aggregate classification probability vectors from multiple radars. OBF, based on expected 0-1 loss, updates a Recursive Bayesian Classification (RBC) posterior distribution for target UAV type, conditioned on historical observations across multiple time steps. We evaluate the approach using simulated random walk trajectories for seven drones, correlating target aspect angles to Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurements in an anechoic chamber. Comparing against single radar Automated Target Recognition (ATR) systems and suboptimal fusion methods, our empirical results demonstrate that the OBF method integrated with RBC significantly enhances classification accuracy compared to other fusion methods and single radar configurations.
This paper presents a comprehensive and practical guide for practitioners and end-users working with Large Language Models (LLMs) in their downstream natural language processing (NLP) tasks. We provide discussions and insights into the usage of LLMs from the perspectives of models, data, and downstream tasks. Firstly, we offer an introduction and brief summary of current GPT- and BERT-style LLMs. Then, we discuss the influence of pre-training data, training data, and test data. Most importantly, we provide a detailed discussion about the use and non-use cases of large language models for various natural language processing tasks, such as knowledge-intensive tasks, traditional natural language understanding tasks, natural language generation tasks, emergent abilities, and considerations for specific tasks.We present various use cases and non-use cases to illustrate the practical applications and limitations of LLMs in real-world scenarios. We also try to understand the importance of data and the specific challenges associated with each NLP task. Furthermore, we explore the impact of spurious biases on LLMs and delve into other essential considerations, such as efficiency, cost, and latency, to ensure a comprehensive understanding of deploying LLMs in practice. This comprehensive guide aims to provide researchers and practitioners with valuable insights and best practices for working with LLMs, thereby enabling the successful implementation of these models in a wide range of NLP tasks. A curated list of practical guide resources of LLMs, regularly updated, can be found at \url{//github.com/Mooler0410/LLMsPracticalGuide}.
Deep neural networks (DNNs) are successful in many computer vision tasks. However, the most accurate DNNs require millions of parameters and operations, making them energy, computation and memory intensive. This impedes the deployment of large DNNs in low-power devices with limited compute resources. Recent research improves DNN models by reducing the memory requirement, energy consumption, and number of operations without significantly decreasing the accuracy. This paper surveys the progress of low-power deep learning and computer vision, specifically in regards to inference, and discusses the methods for compacting and accelerating DNN models. The techniques can be divided into four major categories: (1) parameter quantization and pruning, (2) compressed convolutional filters and matrix factorization, (3) network architecture search, and (4) knowledge distillation. We analyze the accuracy, advantages, disadvantages, and potential solutions to the problems with the techniques in each category. We also discuss new evaluation metrics as a guideline for future research.
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