scholarly journals Safety Analysis of Deep Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Guidotti
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
Safety Analysis ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are popular machine learning models which have found successful application in many different domains across computer science. Nevertheless, providing formal guarantees on the behaviour of neural networks is hard and therefore their reliability in safety-critical domains is still a concern. Verification and repair emerged as promising solutions to address this issue. In the following, I will present some of my recent efforts in this area.

414 Deep Neural Networks: A Survey Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prediction

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A164-A164
Author(s):  
Pahnwat Taweesedt ◽  
JungYoon Kim ◽  
Jaehyun Park ◽  
Jangwoon Park ◽  
Munish Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Obstructive Sleep Apnea ◽  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Screening Questionnaires ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Abstract Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep-related breathing disorder with an estimation of one billion people. Full-night polysomnography is considered the gold standard for OSA diagnosis. However, it is time-consuming, expensive and is not readily available in many parts of the world. Many screening questionnaires and scores have been proposed for OSA prediction with high sensitivity and low specificity. The present study is intended to develop models with various machine learning techniques to predict the severity of OSA by incorporating features from multiple questionnaires. Methods Subjects who underwent full-night polysomnography in Torr sleep center, Texas and completed 5 OSA screening questionnaires/scores were included. OSA was diagnosed by using Apnea-Hypopnea Index ≥ 5. We trained five different machine learning models including Deep Neural Networks with the scaled principal component analysis (DNN-PCA), Random Forest (RF), Adaptive Boosting classifier (ABC), and K-Nearest Neighbors classifier (KNC) and Support Vector Machine Classifier (SVMC). Training:Testing subject ratio of 65:35 was used. All features including demographic data, body measurement, snoring and sleepiness history were obtained from 5 OSA screening questionnaires/scores (STOP-BANG questionnaires, Berlin questionnaires, NoSAS score, NAMES score and No-Apnea score). Performance parametrics were used to compare between machine learning models. Results Of 180 subjects, 51.5 % of subjects were male with mean (SD) age of 53.6 (15.1). One hundred and nineteen subjects were diagnosed with OSA. Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUROC) of DNN-PCA, RF, ABC, KNC, SVMC, STOP-BANG questionnaire, Berlin questionnaire, NoSAS score, NAMES score, and No-Apnea score were 0.85, 0.68, 0.52, 0.74, 0.75, 0.61, 0.63, 0,61, 0.58 and 0,58 respectively. DNN-PCA showed the highest AUROC with sensitivity of 0.79, specificity of 0.67, positive-predictivity of 0.93, F1 score of 0.86, and accuracy of 0.77. Conclusion Our result showed that DNN-PCA outperforms OSA screening questionnaires, scores and other machine learning models. Support (if any):

Chapter 15. Human-Centered Concept Explanations for Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Kuan Yeh ◽  
Been Kim ◽  
Pradeep Ravikumar
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Real World ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
The Right ◽  
Concept Activation ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Understanding complex machine learning models such as deep neural networks with explanations is crucial in various applications. Many explanations stem from the model perspective, and may not necessarily effectively communicate why the model is making its predictions at the right level of abstraction. For example, providing importance weights to individual pixels in an image can only express which parts of that particular image is important to the model, but humans may prefer an explanation which explains the prediction by concept-based thinking. In this work, we review the emerging area of concept based explanations. We start by introducing concept explanations including the class of Concept Activation Vectors (CAV) which characterize concepts using vectors in appropriate spaces of neural activations, and discuss different properties of useful concepts, and approaches to measure the usefulness of concept vectors. We then discuss approaches to automatically extract concepts, and approaches to address some of their caveats. Finally, we discuss some case studies that showcase the utility of such concept-based explanations in synthetic settings and real world applications.

scholarly journals A Novel Method for Performance Measurement of Public Educational Institutions Using Machine Learning Models

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 9296
Author(s):  
Talha Mahboob Alam ◽  
Mubbashar Mushtaq ◽  
Kamran Shaukat ◽  
Ibrahim A. Hameed ◽  
Muhammad Umer Sarwar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Feature Selection ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Lack of education is a major concern in underdeveloped countries because it leads to poor human and economic development. The level of education in public institutions varies across all regions around the globe. Current disparities in access to education worldwide are mostly due to systemic regional differences and the distribution of resources. Previous research focused on evaluating students’ academic performance, but less has been done to measure the performance of educational institutions. Key performance indicators for the evaluation of institutional performance differ from student performance indicators. There is a dire need to evaluate educational institutions’ performance based on their disparities and academic results on a large scale. This study proposes a model to measure institutional performance based on key performance indicators through data mining techniques. Various feature selection methods were used to extract the key performance indicators. Several machine learning models, namely, J48 decision tree, support vector machines, random forest, rotation forest, and artificial neural networks were employed to build an efficient model. The results of the study were based on different factors, i.e., the number of schools in a specific region, teachers, school locations, enrolment, and availability of necessary facilities that contribute to school performance. It was also observed that urban regions performed well compared to rural regions due to the improved availability of educational facilities and resources. The results showed that artificial neural networks outperformed other models and achieved an accuracy of 82.9% when the relief-F based feature selection method was used. This study will help support efforts in governance for performance monitoring, policy formulation, target-setting, evaluation, and reform to address the issues and challenges in education worldwide.

scholarly journals Benchmarking Graph Neural Networks for Materials Chemistry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Fung ◽  
Jiaxin Zhang ◽  
Eric Juarez ◽  
Bobby Sumpter
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Materials Chemistry ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
High Data ◽  
Hyperparameter Selection ◽  
Computational Materials ◽  
Conventional Models ◽  
Graph Neural Networks ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Graph neural networks (GNNs) have received intense interest as a rapidly expanding class of machine learning models remarkably well-suited for materials applications. To date, a number of successful GNNs have been proposed and demonstrated for systems ranging from crystal stability to electronic property prediction and to surface chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis. However, a consistent benchmark of these models remains lacking, hindering the development and consistent evaluation of new models in the materials field. Here, we present a workflow and testing platform, MatDeepLearn, for quickly and reproducibly assessing and comparing GNNs and other machine learning models. We use this platform to optimize and evaluate a selection of top performing GNNs on several representative datasets in computational materials chemistry. From our investigations we note the importance of hyperparameter selection and find roughly similar performances for the top models once optimized. We identify several strengths in GNNs over conventional models in cases with compositionally diverse datasets and in its overall flexibility with respect to inputs, due to learned rather than defined representations. Meanwhile several weaknesses of GNNs are also observed including high data requirements, and suggestions for further improvement for applications in materials chemistry are proposed.

Framework for TCAD augmented machine learning on multi- I–V characteristics using convolutional neural network and multiprocessing

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 124101
Author(s):  
Thomas Hirtz ◽  
Steyn Huurman ◽  
He Tian ◽  
Yi Yang ◽  
Tian-Ling Ren
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Sufficient Data ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
New Information

Abstract In a world where data is increasingly important for making breakthroughs, microelectronics is a field where data is sparse and hard to acquire. Only a few entities have the infrastructure that is required to automate the fabrication and testing of semiconductor devices. This infrastructure is crucial for generating sufficient data for the use of new information technologies. This situation generates a cleavage between most of the researchers and the industry. To address this issue, this paper will introduce a widely applicable approach for creating custom datasets using simulation tools and parallel computing. The multi-I–V curves that we obtained were processed simultaneously using convolutional neural networks, which gave us the ability to predict a full set of device characteristics with a single inference. We prove the potential of this approach through two concrete examples of useful deep learning models that were trained using the generated data. We believe that this work can act as a bridge between the state-of-the-art of data-driven methods and more classical semiconductor research, such as device engineering, yield engineering or process monitoring. Moreover, this research gives the opportunity to anybody to start experimenting with deep neural networks and machine learning in the field of microelectronics, without the need for expensive experimentation infrastructure.

Train Deep Learning Models using subsurface geological images datasets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramy Abdallah ◽  
Clare E. Bond ◽  
Robert W.H. Butler
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Structural Interpretation ◽  
Performance Accuracy ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Machine Learning Models

<p>Machine learning is being presented as a new solution for a wide range of geoscience problems. Primarily machine learning has been used for 3D seismic data processing, seismic facies analysis and well log data correlation. The rapid development in technology with open-source artificial intelligence libraries and the accessibility of affordable computer graphics processing units (GPU) makes the application of machine learning in geosciences increasingly tractable. However, the application of artificial intelligence in structural interpretation workflows of subsurface datasets is still ambiguous. This study aims to use machine learning techniques to classify images of folds and fold-thrust structures. Here we show that convolutional neural networks (CNNs) as supervised deep learning techniques provide excellent algorithms to discriminate between geological image datasets. Four different datasets of images have been used to train and test the machine learning models. These four datasets are a seismic character dataset with five classes (faults, folds, salt, flat layers and basement), folds types with three classes (buckle, chevron and conjugate), fault types with three classes (normal, reverse and thrust) and fold-thrust geometries with three classes (fault bend fold, fault propagation fold and detachment fold). These image datasets are used to investigate three machine learning models. One Feedforward linear neural network model and two convolutional neural networks models (Convolution 2d layer transforms sequential model and Residual block model (ResNet with 9, 34, and 50 layers)). Validation and testing datasets forms a critical part of testing the model’s performance accuracy. The ResNet model records the highest performance accuracy score, of the machine learning models tested. Our CNN image classification model analysis provides a framework for applying machine learning to increase structural interpretation efficiency, and shows that CNN classification models can be applied effectively to geoscience problems. The study provides a starting point to apply unsupervised machine learning approaches to sub-surface structural interpretation workflows.</p>

Neural Networks in ECG Classification

2011 ◽  
pp. 81-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Camps-Valls ◽  
J. F. Guerrero-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Feature Selection ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Cardiac Pathology ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Beat Detection ◽  
Machine Learning Models

In this chapter, we review the vast field of application of artificial neural networks in cardiac pathology discrimination based on electrocardiographic signals. We discuss advantages and drawbacks of neural and adaptive systems in cardiovascular medicine and catch a glimpse of forthcoming developments in machine learning models for the real clinical environment. Some problems are identified in the learning tasks of beat detection, feature selection/extraction, and classification, and some proposals and suggestions are given to alleviate the problems of interpretability, overfitting, and adaptation. These have become important problems in recent years and will surely constitute the basis of some investigations in the immediate future.

scholarly journals Effects of Food Contamination on Gastrointestinal Morbidity: Comparison of Different Machine-Learning Methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Song ◽  
Yu-Jun Zheng ◽  
Jun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disease ◽  
Food Contamination ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Central China ◽  
Learning Models

Morbidity prediction can be useful in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of medical services, but accurate morbidity prediction is often difficult because of the complex relationships between diseases and their influencing factors. This study investigates the effects of food contamination on gastrointestinal-disease morbidities using eight different machine-learning models, including multiple linear regression, a shallow neural network, and three deep neural networks and their improved versions trained by an evolutionary algorithm. Experiments on the datasets from ten cities/counties in central China demonstrate that deep neural networks achieve significantly higher accuracy than classical linear-regression and shallow neural-network models, and the deep denoising autoencoder model with evolutionary learning exhibits the best prediction performance. The results also indicate that the prediction accuracies on acute gastrointestinal diseases are generally higher than those on other diseases, but the models are difficult to predict the morbidities of gastrointestinal tumors. This study demonstrates that evolutionary deep-learning models can be utilized to accurately predict the morbidities of most gastrointestinal diseases from food contamination, and this approach can be extended for the morbidity prediction of many other diseases.

scholarly journals Winter Wheat Yield Prediction Using Convolutional Neural Networks from Environmental and Phenological Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Srivast ◽  
Nima Safaei ◽  
Saeed Khaki ◽  
Gina Lopez ◽  
Wenzhi Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Crop Yield ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
Yield Prediction ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Winter Wheat Yield ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Abstract Crop yield forecasting depends on many interactive factors including crop genotype, weather, soil, and management practices. This study analyzes the performance of machine learning and deep learning methods for winter wheat yield prediction using extensive datasets of weather, soil, and crop phenology. We propose a convolutional neural network (CNN) which uses the 1-dimentional convolution operation to capture the time dependencies of environmental variables. The proposed CNN, evaluated along with other machine learning models for winter wheat yield prediction in Germany, outperformed all other models tested. To address the seasonality, weekly features were used that explicitly take soil moisture and meteorological events into account. Our results indicated that nonlinear models such as deep learning models and XGboost are more effective in finding the functional relationship between the crop yield and input data compared to linear models and deep neural networks had a higher prediction accuracy than XGboost. One of the main limitations of machine learning models is their black box property. Therefore, we moved beyond prediction and performed feature selection, as it provides key results towards explaining yield prediction (variable importance by time). As such, our study indicates which variables have the most significant effect on winter wheat yield.

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