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Ldptrace: Locally Differentially Private Trajectory Synthesis, Yuntao Du, Yujia Hu, Zhikun Zhang, Ziquan Fang, Lu Chen, Baihua Zheng, Yunjun Gao
Ldptrace: Locally Differentially Private Trajectory Synthesis, Yuntao Du, Yujia Hu, Zhikun Zhang, Ziquan Fang, Lu Chen, Baihua Zheng, Yunjun Gao
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Trajectory data has the potential to greatly benefit a wide-range of real-world applications, such as tracking the spread of the disease through people's movement patterns and providing personalized location-based services based on travel preference. However, privacy concerns and data protection regulations have limited the extent to which this data is shared and utilized. To overcome this challenge, local differential privacy provides a solution by allowing people to share a perturbed version of their data, ensuring privacy as only the data owners have access to the original information. Despite its potential, existing point-based perturbation mechanisms are not suitable for real-world scenarios …
Improving The Efficiency Of Exponential Ratio-Type Estimator For Population Median: A Calibration Weight Adjustment Approach, Mathew J. Iseh, Kufre J. Bassey
Improving The Efficiency Of Exponential Ratio-Type Estimator For Population Median: A Calibration Weight Adjustment Approach, Mathew J. Iseh, Kufre J. Bassey
CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS)
This paper modifies the Bahl and Tuteja exponential ratio-type estimator for population median under simple random and stratified sampling schemes using calibration weight adjustment technique with supplementary information to vary the stratum weights. The bias and mean square error of the modified estimator were obtained up to the second-order approximation, which satisfies the necessary conditions for efficiency. The findings show that the new estimator surpasses existing estimators in efficiency gain. This suggests the appropriateness of calibration weight modification in boosting the efficiency of a population parameter estimator under stratified random sampling especially where the population parameter of the auxiliary variable …
Groundnlq @ Ego4d Natural Language Queries Challenge 2023, Zhijian Hou, Lei Ji, Difei Gao, Wanjun Zhong, Kun Yan, Chong-Wah Ngo, Wing-Kwong Chan, Chong-Wah Ngo, Nan Duan, Mike Zheng Shou
Groundnlq @ Ego4d Natural Language Queries Challenge 2023, Zhijian Hou, Lei Ji, Difei Gao, Wanjun Zhong, Kun Yan, Chong-Wah Ngo, Wing-Kwong Chan, Chong-Wah Ngo, Nan Duan, Mike Zheng Shou
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In this report, we present our champion solution for Ego4D Natural Language Queries (NLQ) Challenge in CVPR 2023. Essentially, to accurately ground in a video, an effective egocentric feature extractor and a powerful grounding model are required. Motivated by this, we leverage a two-stage pre-training strategy to train egocentric feature extractors and the grounding model on video narrations, and further fine-tune the model on annotated data. In addition, we introduce a novel grounding model GroundNLQ, which employs a multi-modal multiscale grounding module for effective video and text fusion and various temporal intervals, especially for long videos. On the blind test …
Towards A Smaller Student: Capacity Dynamic Distillation For Efficient Image Retrieval, Yi Xie, Huaidong Zhang, Xuemiao Xu, Jianqing Zhu, Shengfeng He
Towards A Smaller Student: Capacity Dynamic Distillation For Efficient Image Retrieval, Yi Xie, Huaidong Zhang, Xuemiao Xu, Jianqing Zhu, Shengfeng He
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Previous Knowledge Distillation based efficient image retrieval methods employ a lightweight network as the student model for fast inference. However, the lightweight student model lacks adequate representation capacity for effective knowledge imitation during the most critical early training period, causing final performance degeneration. To tackle this issue, we propose a Capacity Dynamic Distillation framework, which constructs a student model with editable representation capacity. Specifically, the employed student model is initially a heavy model to fruitfully learn distilled knowledge in the early training epochs, and the student model is gradually compressed during the training. To dynamically adjust the model capacity, our …
Avoiding Starvation Of Arms In Restless Multi-Armed Bandit, Dexun Li, Pradeep Varakantham
Avoiding Starvation Of Arms In Restless Multi-Armed Bandit, Dexun Li, Pradeep Varakantham
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Restless multi-armed bandits (RMAB) is a popular framework for optimizing performance with limited resources under uncertainty. It is an extremely useful model for monitoring beneficiaries (arms) and executing timely interventions using health workers (limited resources) to ensure optimal benefit in public health settings. For instance, RMAB has been used to track patients' health and monitor their adherence in tuberculosis settings, ensure pregnant mothers listen to automated calls about good pregnancy practices, etc. Due to the limited resources, typically certain individuals, communities, or regions are starved of interventions, which can potentially have a significant negative impact on the individual/community in the …
Towards Explaining Sequences Of Actions In Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Models, Phyo Wai Khaing, Minghong Geng, Budhitama Subagdja, Shubham Pateria, Ah-Hwee Tan
Towards Explaining Sequences Of Actions In Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Models, Phyo Wai Khaing, Minghong Geng, Budhitama Subagdja, Shubham Pateria, Ah-Hwee Tan
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Although Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning (MADRL) has shown promising results in solving complex real-world problems, the applicability and reliability of MADRL models are often limited by a lack of understanding of their inner workings for explaining the decisions made. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel method for explaining MADRL by generalizing the sequences of action events performed by agents into high-level abstract strategies using a spatio-temporal neural network model. Specifically, an interval-based memory retrieval procedure is developed to generalize the encoded sequences of action events over time into short sequential patterns. In addition, two abstraction algorithms are …
An Efficient Strategy For Deploying Deception Technology, Noora Abdulla Alhosani
An Efficient Strategy For Deploying Deception Technology, Noora Abdulla Alhosani
Theses
Implementations of deception technology is crucial in discovering attacks by creating a controlled and monitored environment for detecting malicious activity. This technology involves the deployment of decoys, traps, and honeypots that mimic natural systems and network assets to attract and identify attackers. The use of deception technology provides an early warning system for detecting cyber-attacks, allowing organizations to respond quickly and mitigate damage. This article proposed a framework that focuses on maximizing the efficiency of deception technology in detecting sophisticated attacks. The framework employs multi-layered deception techniques at various levels of the network, system, and application to provide comprehensive coverage …
Lessons Learned From The Hospital To Home Community Care Program In Singapore And The Supporting Ai Multiple Readmissions Prediction Model, John Abisheganaden, Kheng Hock Lee, Lian Leng Low, Eugene Shum, Han Leong Goh, Christine Gia Lee Ang, Adny An Ta Wee, Steven M. Miller
Lessons Learned From The Hospital To Home Community Care Program In Singapore And The Supporting Ai Multiple Readmissions Prediction Model, John Abisheganaden, Kheng Hock Lee, Lian Leng Low, Eugene Shum, Han Leong Goh, Christine Gia Lee Ang, Adny An Ta Wee, Steven M. Miller
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In a prior practice and policy article published in Healthcare Science, we introduced the deployed application of an artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict longer-term inpatient readmissions to guide community care interventions for patients with complex conditions in the context of Singapore's Hospital to Home (H2H) program that has been operating since 2017. In this follow on practice and policy article, we further elaborate on Singapore's H2H program and care model, and its supporting AI model for multiple readmission prediction, in the following ways: (1) by providing updates on the AI and supporting information systems, (2) by reporting on customer …
Catching The Fast Payments Trend: Optimal Designs And Leadership Strategies Of Retail Payment And Settlement Systems, Zhiling Guo, Dan Ma
Catching The Fast Payments Trend: Optimal Designs And Leadership Strategies Of Retail Payment And Settlement Systems, Zhiling Guo, Dan Ma
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Recent financial technologies have enabled fast payments and are reshaping retail payment and settlement systems globally. We developed an analytical model to study the optimal design of a new retail payment system in terms of settlement speed and system capability under both bank and fintech firm heterogeneous participation incentives. We found that three types of payment systems emerge as equilibrium outcomes: batch retail (BR), expedited retail (ER), and real-time retail (RR) payment systems. Although the base value of the payment service positively affects both settlement speed and system capability, the expected liquidity cost negatively impacts settlement speed, and total transaction …
How Does Credit Risk Affect Cost Management Strategies? Evidence On The Initiation Of Credit Default Swap And Sticky Cost Behavior, Jing Dai, Nan Hu, Rong Huang, Yan Yan
How Does Credit Risk Affect Cost Management Strategies? Evidence On The Initiation Of Credit Default Swap And Sticky Cost Behavior, Jing Dai, Nan Hu, Rong Huang, Yan Yan
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In this paper, we examine the effect of credit defaults swaps (CDS) initiation on reference firms' cost management strategies. CDS contracts provide insurance protection for creditors, inducing a shift in bargaining power from borrowers to creditors and an excessive incidence of bankruptcy. Anticipating more intransigent creditors in debt renegotiations and higher bankruptcy risk, CDS firms are incentivized to mitigate risk through decreasing cost stickiness after CDS initiation, as cost stickiness lowers liquidity and triggers early covenant violations. We find that, on average, CDS initiation is associated with a decline in reference firms' cost stickiness. This association is more pronounced for …
Glocal Energy-Based Learning For Few-Shot Open-Set Recognition, Haoyu Wang, Guansong Pang, Peng Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei Wei, Yanning Zhang
Glocal Energy-Based Learning For Few-Shot Open-Set Recognition, Haoyu Wang, Guansong Pang, Peng Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei Wei, Yanning Zhang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Few-shot open-set recognition (FSOR) is a challenging task of great practical value. It aims to categorize a sample to one of the pre-defined, closed-set classes illustrated by few examples while being able to reject the sample from unknown classes. In this work, we approach the FSOR task by proposing a novel energy-based hybrid model. The model is composed of two branches, where a classification branch learns a metric to classify a sample to one of closedset classes and the energy branch explicitly estimates the open-set probability. To achieve holistic detection of openset samples, our model leverages both class-wise and pixelwise …
Class-Incremental Exemplar Compression For Class-Incremental Learning, Zilin Luo, Yaoyao Liu, Bernt Schiele, Qianru Sun
Class-Incremental Exemplar Compression For Class-Incremental Learning, Zilin Luo, Yaoyao Liu, Bernt Schiele, Qianru Sun
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Exemplar-based class-incremental learning (CIL) finetunes the model with all samples of new classes but few-shot exemplars of old classes in each incremental phase, where the "few-shot" abides by the limited memory budget. In this paper, we break this "few-shot" limit based on a simple yet surprisingly effective idea: compressing exemplars by downsampling non-discriminative pixels and saving "many-shot" compressed exemplars in the memory. Without needing any manual annotation, we achieve this compression by generating 0-1 masks on discriminative pixels from class activation maps (CAM). We propose an adaptive mask generation model called class-incremental masking (CIM) to explicitly resolve two difficulties of …
Freestyle Layout-To-Image Synthesis, Han Xue, Zhiwu Huang, Qianru Sun, Li Song, Wenjun Zhang
Freestyle Layout-To-Image Synthesis, Han Xue, Zhiwu Huang, Qianru Sun, Li Song, Wenjun Zhang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Typical layout-to-image synthesis (LIS) models generate images for a close set of semantic classes, e.g., 182 common objects in COCO-Stuff. In this work, we explore the freestyle capability of the model, i.e., how far can it generate unseen semantics (e.g., classes, attributes, and styles) onto a given layout, and call the task Freestyle LIS (FLIS). Thanks to the development of large-scale pre-trained language-image models, a number of discriminative models (e.g., image classification and object detection) trained on limited base classes are empowered with the ability of unseen class prediction. Inspired by this, we opt to leverage large-scale pre-trained text-to-image diffusion …
Improving Quantal Cognitive Hierarchy Model Through Iterative Population Learning, Yuhong Xu, Shih-Fen Cheng, Xinyu Chen
Improving Quantal Cognitive Hierarchy Model Through Iterative Population Learning, Yuhong Xu, Shih-Fen Cheng, Xinyu Chen
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In this paper, we propose to enhance the state-of-the-art quantal cognitive hierarchy (QCH) model with iterative population learning (IPL) to estimate the empirical distribution of agents’ reasoning levels and fit human agents’ behavioral data. We apply our approach to a real-world dataset from the Swedish lowest unique positive integer (LUPI) game and show that our proposed approach outperforms the theoretical Poisson Nash equilibrium predictions and the QCH approach by 49.8% and 46.6% in Wasserstein distance respectively. Our approach also allows us to explicitly measure an agent’s reasoning level distribution, which is not previously possible.
Strategic Planning For Flexible Agent Availability In Large Taxi Fleets, Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Pradeep Varakantham, Shih-Fen Cheng
Strategic Planning For Flexible Agent Availability In Large Taxi Fleets, Rajiv Ranjan Kumar, Pradeep Varakantham, Shih-Fen Cheng
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
In large scale multi-agent systems like taxi fleets, individual agents (taxi drivers) are self interested (maximizing their own profits) and this can introduce inefficiencies in the system. One such inefficiency is with regards to the "required" availability of taxis at different time periods during the day. Since a taxi driver can work for limited number of hours in a day (e.g., 8-10 hours in a city like Singapore), there is a need to optimize the specific hours, so as to maximize individual as well as social welfare. Technically, this corresponds to solving a large scale multi-stage selfish routing game with …
Semantic Scene Completion With Cleaner Self, Fengyun Wang, Dong Zhang, Hanwang Zhang, Jinhui Tang, Qianru Sun
Semantic Scene Completion With Cleaner Self, Fengyun Wang, Dong Zhang, Hanwang Zhang, Jinhui Tang, Qianru Sun
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Semantic Scene Completion (SSC) transforms an image of single-view depth and/or RGB 2D pixels into 3D voxels, each of whose semantic labels are predicted. SSC is a well-known ill-posed problem as the prediction model has to “imagine” what is behind the visible surface, which is usually represented by Truncated Signed Distance Function (TSDF). Due to the sensory imperfection of the depth camera, most existing methods based on the noisy TSDF estimated from depth values suffer from 1) incomplete volumetric predictions and 2) confused semantic labels. To this end, we use the ground-truth 3D voxels to generate a perfect visible surface, …
Unbiased Multiple Instance Learning For Weakly Supervised Video Anomaly Detection, Hui Lyu, Zhongqi Yue, Qianru Sun, Bin Luo, Zhen Cui, Hanwang Zhang
Unbiased Multiple Instance Learning For Weakly Supervised Video Anomaly Detection, Hui Lyu, Zhongqi Yue, Qianru Sun, Bin Luo, Zhen Cui, Hanwang Zhang
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Weakly Supervised Video Anomaly Detection (WSVAD) is challenging because the binary anomaly label is only given on the video level, but the output requires snippet-level predictions. So, Multiple Instance Learning (MIL) is prevailing in WSVAD. However, MIL is notoriously known to suffer from many false alarms because the snippet-level detector is easily biased towards the abnormal snippets with simple context, confused by the normality with the same bias, and missing the anomaly with a different pattern. To this end, we propose a new MIL framework: Unbiased MIL (UMIL), to learn unbiased anomaly features that improve WSVAD. At each MIL training …
Knowledge Compilation For Constrained Combinatorial Action Spaces In Reinforcement Learning, Jiajing Ling, Moritz Lukas Schuler, Akshat Kumar, Pradeep Varakantham
Knowledge Compilation For Constrained Combinatorial Action Spaces In Reinforcement Learning, Jiajing Ling, Moritz Lukas Schuler, Akshat Kumar, Pradeep Varakantham
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Action-constrained reinforcement learning (ACRL), where any action taken in a state must satisfy given constraints, has several practical applications such as resource allocation in supply-demand matching, and path planning among others. A key challenge is to enforce constraints when the action space is discrete and combinatorial. To address this, first, we assume an action is represented using propositional variables, and action constraints are represented using Boolean functions. Second, we compactly encode the set of all valid actions that satisfy action constraints using a probabilistic sentential decision diagram (PSDD), a recently proposed knowledge compilation framework. Parameters of the PSDD compactly encode …
Enhancing Third-Party Software Reliability Through Bug Bounty Programs, Tianlu Zhou, Dan Ma, Nan Feng
Enhancing Third-Party Software Reliability Through Bug Bounty Programs, Tianlu Zhou, Dan Ma, Nan Feng
Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems
Bug Bounty Programs (BBPs) reward external hackers for identifying and reporting software vulnerabilities. As the number of security issues caused by third-party applications has been significantly increased recently, many digital platforms are considering launching BBPs to help enhance the reliability of third-party software. BBPs bring benefits to the platform and vendors, meanwhile impose additional costs on them as well. As a result, the overall impact of using BBP is unclear. In this paper, we present an analytical model to examine the strategic decisions of launching and participating in a BBP for the platform and the third-party vendor, respectively. We find …
Efficient Convoy Routing And Bridge Load Optimization User Interface, Brandon Lacy, Will Heller, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Efficient Convoy Routing And Bridge Load Optimization User Interface, Brandon Lacy, Will Heller, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
How To Select Simple-Yet-Accurate Model Of Bridge Maintenance?, Akshay Kale, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
How To Select Simple-Yet-Accurate Model Of Bridge Maintenance?, Akshay Kale, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Developing Architecture For A Routing System Using Bridge Data And Adversary Avoidance, Will Heller, Brian Ricks, Yonas Kassa, Brandon Lacy, Rahul Kamar Nethakani
Developing Architecture For A Routing System Using Bridge Data And Adversary Avoidance, Will Heller, Brian Ricks, Yonas Kassa, Brandon Lacy, Rahul Kamar Nethakani
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Building Explainable Machine Learning Lifecycle: Model Training, Selection, And Deployment With Explainability, Vidit Singh, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Building Explainable Machine Learning Lifecycle: Model Training, Selection, And Deployment With Explainability, Vidit Singh, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Progress In A New Visualization Strategy For Ml Models, Alex Wissing, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi, Yonas Kassa, Akshay Kale
Progress In A New Visualization Strategy For Ml Models, Alex Wissing, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi, Yonas Kassa, Akshay Kale
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Fair Signposting Profile, Herbert Van De Sompel, Martin Klein, Shawn Jones, Michael L. Nelson, Simeon Warner, Anusuriya Devaraju, Robert Huber, Wilko Steinhoff, Vyacheslav Tykhonov, Luc Boruta, Enno Meijers, Stian Soiland-Reyes, Mark Wilkonson
Fair Signposting Profile, Herbert Van De Sompel, Martin Klein, Shawn Jones, Michael L. Nelson, Simeon Warner, Anusuriya Devaraju, Robert Huber, Wilko Steinhoff, Vyacheslav Tykhonov, Luc Boruta, Enno Meijers, Stian Soiland-Reyes, Mark Wilkonson
Computer Science Faculty Publications
[First paragraph] This page details concrete recipes that platforms that host research outputs (e.g. data repositories, institutional repositories, publisher platforms, etc.) can follow to implement Signposting, a lightweight yet powerful approach to increase the FAIRness of scholarly objects.
Feature Selection From Clinical Surveys Using Semantic Textual Similarity, Benjamin Warner
Feature Selection From Clinical Surveys Using Semantic Textual Similarity, Benjamin Warner
McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations
Survey data collected from human subjects can contain a high number of features while having a comparatively low quantity of examples. Machine learning models that attempt to predict outcomes from survey data under these conditions can overfit and result in poor generalizability. One remedy to this issue is feature selection, which attempts to select an optimal subset of features to learn upon. A relatively unexplored source of information in the feature selection process is the usage of textual names of features, which may be semantically indicative of which features are relevant to a target outcome. The relationships between feature names …
An Analysis And Examination Of Consensus Attacks In Blockchain Networks, Thomas R. Clark
An Analysis And Examination Of Consensus Attacks In Blockchain Networks, Thomas R. Clark
Senior Honors Projects, 2020-current
This paper examines consensus attacks as they relate to blockchain networks. Consensus attacks are a significant threat to the security and integrity of blockchain networks, and understanding these attacks is crucial for developers and stakeholders. The primary contribution of the paper is to present blockchain and consensus attacks in a clear and accessible manner, with the aim of making these complex concepts easily understandable for a general audience. Using literature review, the paper identifies various methods to prevent consensus attacks, including multi-chain networks, proof-of-work consensus algorithms, and network auditing and monitoring. An analysis revealed that these methods for preventing consensus …
Understanding Data Mining And Its Relation To Information Systems, Malak Alammari
Understanding Data Mining And Its Relation To Information Systems, Malak Alammari
Publications and Research
This research project aims to enrich an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook on Introduction to Information Systems/Technology with a focus on data mining and its relation to hardware and software components of information systems. The study will address the following research questions: (1) What is data mining? and (2) How does data relate to the hardware and software components of information systems? To answer these questions, the researcher will conduct research to ascertain the current state of data mining and its relevance in the field of information systems/technology. The results of the research will be incorporated into an existing OER …
Blockchain Security: Double-Spending Attack And Prevention, William Henry Scott Iii
Blockchain Security: Double-Spending Attack And Prevention, William Henry Scott Iii
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis shows that distributed consensus systems based on proof of work are vulnerable to hashrate-based double-spending attacks due to abuse of majority rule. Through building a private fork of Litecoin and executing a double-spending attack this thesis examines the mechanics and principles behind the attack. This thesis also conducts a survey of preventative measures used to deter double-spending attacks, concluding that a decentralized peer-to-peer network using proof of work is best protected by the addition of an observer system whether internal or external.
Digital Dna: The Ethical Implications Of Big Data As The World’S New-Age Commodity, Clark H. Dotson
Digital Dna: The Ethical Implications Of Big Data As The World’S New-Age Commodity, Clark H. Dotson
Honors Theses
In the emerging digital world that we find ourselves in, it becomes apparent that data collection has become a staple of daily life, whether we like it or not. This research discussion aims to bring light to just how much one’s own digital identity is valued in the technologically-infused world of today, with distinct research and local examples to bring awareness to the ethical implications of your online presence. The paper in question examines anecdotal and research evidence of the collection of data, both through true and unjust means, as well as ethical implications of what this information truly represents. …