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 Computer Science , 2015, Abstract: The paradigm of multi-task learning is that one can achieve better generalization by learning tasks jointly and thus exploiting the similarity between the tasks rather than learning them independently of each other. While previously the relationship between tasks had to be user-defined in the form of an output kernel, recent approaches jointly learn the tasks and the output kernel. As the output kernel is a positive semidefinite matrix, the resulting optimization problems are not scalable in the number of tasks as an eigendecomposition is required in each step. \mbox{Using} the theory of positive semidefinite kernels we show in this paper that for a certain class of regularizers on the output kernel, the constraint of being positive semidefinite can be dropped as it is automatically satisfied for the relaxed problem. This leads to an unconstrained dual problem which can be solved efficiently. Experiments on several multi-task and multi-class data sets illustrate the efficacy of our approach in terms of computational efficiency as well as generalization performance.
 Statistics , 2011, Abstract: We present a probabilistic viewpoint to multiple kernel learning unifying well-known regularised risk approaches and recent advances in approximate Bayesian inference relaxations. The framework proposes a general objective function suitable for regression, robust regression and classification that is lower bound of the marginal likelihood and contains many regularised risk approaches as special cases. Furthermore, we derive an efficient and provably convergent optimisation algorithm.
 Luca Citi Computer Science , 2015, Abstract: This report presents an algorithm for the solution of multiple kernel learning (MKL) problems with elastic-net constraints on the kernel weights.
 Statistics , 2015, Abstract: Kernel methods are ubiquitous tools in machine learning. They have proven to be effective in many domains and tasks. Yet, kernel methods often require the user to select a predefined kernel to build an estimator with. However, there is often little reason for the a priori selection of a kernel. Even if a universal approximating kernel is selected, the quality of the finite sample estimator may be greatly effected by the choice of kernel. Furthermore, when directly applying kernel methods, one typically needs to compute a $N \times N$ Gram matrix of pairwise kernel evaluations to work with a dataset of $N$ instances. The computation of this Gram matrix precludes the direct application of kernel methods on large datasets. In this paper we introduce Bayesian nonparmetric kernel (BaNK) learning, a generic, data-driven framework for scalable learning of kernels. We show that this framework can be used for performing both regression and classification tasks and scale to large datasets. Furthermore, we show that BaNK outperforms several other scalable approaches for kernel learning on a variety of real world datasets.
 Computer Science , 2012, Abstract: We study the problem of multiple kernel learning from noisy labels. This is in contrast to most of the previous studies on multiple kernel learning that mainly focus on developing efficient algorithms and assume perfectly labeled training examples. Directly applying the existing multiple kernel learning algorithms to noisily labeled examples often leads to suboptimal performance due to the incorrect class assignments. We address this challenge by casting multiple kernel learning from noisy labels into a stochastic programming problem, and presenting a minimax formulation. We develop an efficient algorithm for solving the related convex-concave optimization problem with a fast convergence rate of $O(1/T)$ where $T$ is the number of iterations. Empirical studies on UCI data sets verify both the effectiveness of the proposed framework and the efficiency of the proposed optimization algorithm.
 Computer Science , 2015, Abstract: We propose a localized approach to multiple kernel learning that, in contrast to prevalent approaches, can be formulated as a convex optimization problem over a given cluster structure. From which we obtain the first generalization error bounds for localized multiple kernel learning and derive an efficient optimization algorithm based on the Fenchel dual representation. Experiments on real-world datasets from the application domains of computational biology and computer vision show that the convex approach to localized multiple kernel learning can achieve higher prediction accuracies than its global and non-convex local counterparts.
 Statistics , 2012, DOI: 10.1214/10-AOS825 Abstract: The problem of multiple kernel learning based on penalized empirical risk minimization is discussed. The complexity penalty is determined jointly by the empirical $L_2$ norms and the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) norms induced by the kernels with a data-driven choice of regularization parameters. The main focus is on the case when the total number of kernels is large, but only a relatively small number of them is needed to represent the target function, so that the problem is sparse. The goal is to establish oracle inequalities for the excess risk of the resulting prediction rule showing that the method is adaptive both to the unknown design distribution and to the sparsity of the problem.
 Francesco Dinuzzo Computer Science , 2010, Abstract: In this paper, the framework of kernel machines with two layers is introduced, generalizing classical kernel methods. The new learning methodology provide a formal connection between computational architectures with multiple layers and the theme of kernel learning in standard regularization methods. First, a representer theorem for two-layer networks is presented, showing that finite linear combinations of kernels on each layer are optimal architectures whenever the corresponding functions solve suitable variational problems in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS). The input-output map expressed by these architectures turns out to be equivalent to a suitable single-layer kernel machines in which the kernel function is also learned from the data. Recently, the so-called multiple kernel learning methods have attracted considerable attention in the machine learning literature. In this paper, multiple kernel learning methods are shown to be specific cases of kernel machines with two layers in which the second layer is linear. Finally, a simple and effective multiple kernel learning method called RLS2 (regularized least squares with two layers) is introduced, and his performances on several learning problems are extensively analyzed. An open source MATLAB toolbox to train and validate RLS2 models with a Graphic User Interface is available.
 Statistics , 2010, Abstract: Despite the recent progress towards efficient multiple kernel learning (MKL), the structured output case remains an open research front. Current approaches involve repeatedly solving a batch learning problem, which makes them inadequate for large scale scenarios. We propose a new family of online proximal algorithms for MKL (as well as for group-lasso and variants thereof), which overcomes that drawback. We show regret, convergence, and generalization bounds for the proposed method. Experiments on handwriting recognition and dependency parsing testify for the successfulness of the approach.
 Computer Science , 2013, Abstract: In this paper, we study the problem of sparse multiple kernel learning (MKL), where the goal is to efficiently learn a combination of a fixed small number of kernels from a large pool that could lead to a kernel classifier with a small prediction error. We develop an efficient algorithm based on the greedy coordinate descent algorithm, that is able to achieve a geometric convergence rate under appropriate conditions. The convergence rate is achieved by measuring the size of functional gradients by an empirical $\ell_2$ norm that depends on the empirical data distribution. This is in contrast to previous algorithms that use a functional norm to measure the size of gradients, which is independent from the data samples. We also establish a generalization error bound of the learned sparse kernel classifier using the technique of local Rademacher complexity.
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