Summary of Scalable Spatiotemporal Prediction with Bayesian Neural Fields, by Feras Saad et al.
Scalable Spatiotemporal Prediction with Bayesian Neural Fields
by Feras Saad, Jacob Burnim, Colin Carroll, Brian Patton, Urs Köster, Rif A. Saurous, Matthew Hoffman
First submitted to arxiv on: 12 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Applications (stat.AP); Methodology (stat.ME)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces the Bayesian Neural Field (BayesNF), a statistical model for inferring spatiotemporal probability distributions in datasets. This is achieved by combining deep neural networks with hierarchical Bayesian inference, allowing for robust predictive uncertainty quantification. BayesNF outperforms prominent baselines on prediction tasks using climate and public health data with tens to hundreds of thousands of measurements. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper presents a new statistical model called the Bayesian Neural Field (BayesNF) that can be used for various applications such as air pollution monitoring, disease tracking, and cloud-demand forecasting. This model uses deep neural networks to estimate complex spatiotemporal dynamics and hierarchical Bayesian inference to provide robust predictive uncertainty. The results show that BayesNF improves prediction accuracy compared to other models when using large datasets. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Bayesian inference * Probability * Spatiotemporal * Statistical model * Tracking
