Summary of Scalable Unsupervised Alignment Of General Metric and Non-metric Structures, by Sanketh Vedula et al.
Scalable unsupervised alignment of general metric and non-metric structures
by Sanketh Vedula, Valentino Maiorca, Lorenzo Basile, Francesco Locatello, Alex Bronstein
First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers tackle the fundamental problem of aligning data from different domains in machine learning, with applications across various fields. Specifically, they focus on aligning experimental readouts in single-cell multiomics. Mathematically, this is formulated as minimizing disagreements between pair-wise quantities like distances, which is related to Gromov-Hausdorff and Gromov-Wasserstein distances. Computationally, it’s a quadratic assignment problem (QAP) that’s known to be NP-hard. Prior works attempted to solve the QAP directly with entropic or low-rank regularization on permutations, but this is only computationally tractable for modest-sized inputs. The researchers propose learning a related well-scalable linear assignment problem (LAP) whose solution minimizes the QAP. They also show a flexible extension of the framework to general non-metric dissimilarities through differentiable ranks. The approach is evaluated on synthetic and real datasets, achieving state-of-the-art performance while being conceptually and computationally simple. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this study, scientists are trying to find a way to match data from different areas together. This is important because it can help us understand how things work in many fields. They’re focusing on a specific problem where we have to match data from single-cell multiomics experiments. Mathematically, this is like finding the closest points between two shapes. Computationally, it’s a hard problem that requires a lot of effort. The researchers are proposing a new way to solve this problem by learning a simpler version of it. They also show how their approach can be used for other types of data. The results look promising and could have big impacts in many areas. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Regularization
