Advances in Topological Data Analysis and Machine Learning

The field of machine learning and data analysis is moving towards a greater emphasis on understanding the geometric and topological structure of data. Recent research has highlighted the importance of considering the geometry of data in metric spaces, and has proposed new methods for analyzing and enhancing the quality of training data. The use of persistent homology and other topological techniques has been shown to be effective in denoising recurrent signals, tracking the evolution of topological features, and understanding the geometry of text embeddings. Furthermore, the development of new metrics and methods for evaluating the reliability of datasets has the potential to improve the robustness and accuracy of machine learning models. Notable papers in this area include: Predict Training Data Quality via Its Geometry in Metric Space, which proposes a new method for analyzing the geometry of training data using persistent homology. Region-Aware Wasserstein Distances of Persistence Diagrams and Merge Trees, which introduces a new metric for comparing topological features in data. When Annotators Disagree, Topology Explains, which demonstrates the use of topological data analysis in understanding the geometry of text embeddings and resolving ambiguity in natural language processing tasks.

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Predict Training Data Quality via Its Geometry in Metric Space

Benchmarking noisy label detection methods

Region-Aware Wasserstein Distances of Persistence Diagrams and Merge Trees

Filtering of Small Components for Isosurface Generation

Ellipsoidal Filtration for Topological Denoising of Recurrent Signals

Data Reliability Scoring

When Annotators Disagree, Topology Explains: Mapper, a Topological Tool for Exploring Text Embedding Geometry and Ambiguity

Label Indeterminacy in AI & Law

Flow-Aware Ellipsoidal Filtration for Persistent Homology of Recurrent Signals

Time delay embeddings to characterize the timbre of musical instruments using Topological Data Analysis: a study on synthetic and real data

Beyond sparse denoising in frames: minimax estimation with a scattering transform

A Graph Engine for Guitar Chord-Tone Soloing Education

The Shape of Reasoning: Topological Analysis of Reasoning Traces in Large Language Models

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