Academic Articles & Research Papers

Cryptography and machine learning

Improving Intrusion Detection Model Prediction by Threshold Adaptation

Network traffic exhibits a high level of variability over short periods of time. This variability impacts negatively on the accuracy of anomaly-based network intrusion detection systems (IDS) that are built using predictive models in a batc...

Machine Learning: A Bayesian and Optimization Perspective

This tutorial text gives a unifying perspective on machine learning by covering both probabilistic and deterministic approaches, which rely on optimization techniques, as well as Bayesian inference, which is based on a hierarchy of probabil...

A First Course in Machine Learning

"A First Course in Machine Learning by Simon Rogers and Mark Girolami is the best introductory book for ML currently available. It combines rigor and precision with accessibility, starts from a detailed explanation of the basic foundations ...

Correction: The BCPM method: decoding breast cancer with machine learning

Credit Card Fraud Detection Using AdaBoost and Majority Voting

Credit card fraud is a serious problem in financial services. Billions of dollars are lost due to credit card fraud every year. There is a lack of research studies on analyzing real-world credit card data owing to confidentiality issues. In...

Directional Gaussian Mixture Models of the Gut Microbiome Elucidate Microbial Spatial Structure

ABSTRACT The gut microbiome is spatially heterogeneous, with environmental niches contributing to the distribution and composition of microbial populations. A recently developed mapping technology, MaPS-seq, aims to characterize the spatial...

Mathematics for Machine Learning

The fundamental mathematical tools needed to understand machine learning include linear algebra, analytic geometry, matrix decompositions, vector calculus, optimization, probability and statistics. These topics are traditionally taught in d...

Trinity: In-Database Near-Data Machine Learning Acceleration Platform for Advanced Data Analytics

The ability to perform machine learning (ML) tasks in a database management system (DBMS) is a new paradigm for conventional database systems as it enables advanced data analytics on top of well-established capabilities of DBMSs. However, t...

An ensemble approach for imbalanced multiclass malware classification using 1D-CNN

Dependence on the internet and computer programs demonstrates the significance of computer programs in our day-to-day lives. Such demands motivate malware developers to create more malware, both in terms of quantity and variety. Researchers...

TRIST: TREE RECOGNITION INTELLIGENT SYSTEM

Plant recognition represents a challenging computer vision problem due to the great variations of shape and texture among plant organs, within the same species. This paper proposes a light-weight, but reasonably deep Convolutional Neural Ne...

Machine learning and medical education

Artificial intelligence (AI) driven by machine learning (ML) algorithms is a branch in computer science that is rapidly gaining popularity within the healthcare sector. Recent regulatory approvals of AI-driven companion diagnostics and othe...

Memristor Synapse—A Device-Level Critical Review

The memristor has long been known as a nonvolatile memory technology alternative and has recently been explored for neuromorphic computing, owing to its capability to mimic the synaptic plasticity of the human brain. The architecture of a m...

Evaluation of Predictive Maintenance by Marginal Utility: A Case Study on Offshore Wind

This paper investigates the relationship between the benefits achieved by predictive maintenance implementation and the related costs incurred intentionally or not. Specifically, we seek to establish an evaluation method for predictive main...

Non-linear and probabilistic state discretization functions for enhanced discrete reinforcement learning: Application on wind turbine pitch control

Discrete reinforcement learning (RL) offers interpretability advantages compared to continuous reinforcement learning. Neural networks used in continuous RL behave like black boxes that do not show an obvious relationship between the system...

What is Machine Learning? A Primer for the Epidemiologist

Machine learning is a branch of computer science that has the potential to transform epidemiologic sciences. Amid a growing focus on "Big Data," it offers epidemiologists new tools to tackle problems for which classical methods are not well...

Machine Learning: ECML-98

Feature-driven static analysis for learning-based android malware detection: A review

The extensive embrace of Android has amplified malware risks, resulting in a need for better detection methods. This article investigates the area of static analysis, which analyses applications without execution by examining code and manif...

Unsupervised Machine Learning for Improved Delaunay Triangulation

Physical oceanography models rely heavily on grid discretization. It is known that unstructured grids perform well in dealing with boundary fitting problems in complex nearshore regions. However, it is time-consuming to find a set of unstru...

Information disclosure and funding success of green crowdfunding campaigns: a study on GoFundMe

Abstract Crowdfunding has become important in increasing financial support for the development of green technologies. Self-disclosed information significantly affects supporters’ decisions and is important for the success of green project f...