{"id":253,"date":"2022-11-25T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T23:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yingfengwang.org\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:51:15","slug":"machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yingfengwang.org\/?page_id=253","title":{"rendered":"Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A neural network is model composed of many parameters. Although neural networks have achieved huge success, it is challenging to interpret\/explain a trained neural network. The major focus of our research is to interpret\/explain neural networks and apply the interpretation\/explanation to improve training and solve real-world problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sensitivity Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A trained neural network builds an input-output mapping based on many parameters. We attempt to explain this implicit mapping by using sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity is usually defined as the output change degree due to input\/parameter change. High sensitivity indicates the output is very sensitive to input\/parameter perturbations. Sensitivity analysis provides the tool for adjusting and interpreting neural networks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Xiaoqin Zeng, Jing Shao, Yingfeng Wang, and Shuiming Zhong, \u201cA Sensitivity-based Approach for Pruning Architecture of Madalines\u201d, Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 957-965, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, Daniel So Yeung, and Zhihang Peng, \u201cComputation of Madalines Sensitivity to Input and Weight Perturbations,\u201d Neural Computation, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 2854-2877, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Xiaoqin Zeng, Yingfeng Wang, and Kang Zhang, \u201dComputation of Aadalines Sensitivity to Weight Perturbation,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 515-519, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang and Xiaoqin Zeng, \u201cUsing a Sensitivity Measure to Improve Training Accuracy and Convergence for Madalines,\u201d Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), pp. 1750-1756, Jul. 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, and Daniel S. Yeung, \u201cSensitivity Analysis of Madalines to Weight Perturbation,\u201d Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 3930, pp. 822-831, 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, and Daniel S. Yeung, \u201cAnalysis of Sensitivity Behavior of Madalines,\u201d Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), pp. 4731-4737, Aug. 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, and Lixin Han, \u201cSensitivity of Madalines to Input and Weight Perturbations,\u201d Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), pp.1349-1354, Nov. 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Graph Neural Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We propose a general training strategy to improve graph autoencoder training. This strategy injects noise to training input data. It can fit almost all existing autoencoders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang*, Biyun Xu, Myungjae Kwak, and Xiaoqin Zeng, \u201cA Noise Injection Strategy for Graph Autoencoder Training,\u201d Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 4807-4814, 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Yingfeng Wang, Biyun Xu, Myungjae Kwak, and Xiaoqin Zeng, \u201cA Simple Training Strategy for Graph Autoencoder,\u201d Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC), pp 341-345, Feb. 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Uncertainty Quantification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Machine learning models can predict\/classify well on many cases but very badly on some cases. Therefore, we need to measure uncertainty of specific predictions\/classifications, which can not be replaced by the overall accuracy. However, most conventional machine learning models do not allow us to directly measure uncertainties. Here, we present a strategy for uncertainty quantification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Kuan Huang, Meng Xu, and Yingfeng Wang*, &#8220;Using Adversarial Training to Improve Uncertainty Quantification,&#8221; <em>IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence<\/em>, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 522-533, 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Meng Hsiu Tsai, Nicole Marie Ely, and Yingfeng Wang*, \u201cUncertainty Estimation for Twitter Inference,\u201d Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), pp. 1437-1440, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A neural network is model composed of many parameters. Although neural networks have achieved huge success, it is challenging to interpret\/explain a trained neural network. 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