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A Characterization of Deterministic Sampling Patterns for Low-Rank Matrix Completion
Low-rank matrix completion (LRMC) problems arise in a wide variety of
applications. Previous theory mainly provides conditions for completion under
missing-at-random samplings. This paper studies deterministic conditions for
completion. An incomplete matrix is finitely rank- completable
if there are at most finitely many rank- matrices that agree with all its
observed entries. Finite completability is the tipping point in LRMC, as a few
additional samples of a finitely completable matrix guarantee its unique
completability. The main contribution of this paper is a deterministic sampling
condition for finite completability. We use this to also derive deterministic
sampling conditions for unique completability that can be efficiently verified.
We also show that under uniform random sampling schemes, these conditions are
satisfied with high probability if entries per column are
observed. These findings have several implications on LRMC regarding lower
bounds, sample and computational complexity, the role of coherence, adaptive
settings and the validation of any completion algorithm. We complement our
theoretical results with experiments that support our findings and motivate
future analysis of uncharted sampling regimes.Comment: This update corrects an error in version 2 of this paper, where we
erroneously assumed that columns with more than r+1 observed entries would
yield multiple independent constraint
Detection of Very-High Energy Gamma-Rays from the BL Lac Object PG 1553+113 with the MAGIC Telescope
The MAGIC telescope has observed very-high energy gamma-ray emission from the
BL Lac object PG 1553+113 in 2005 and 2006 at an overall significance is 8.8
sigma. The light curve shows no significant flux variations on a daily
timescale. The flux level during 2005 was, however, significantly higher as
compared to 2006. The differential energy spectrum between approx. 90 GeV and
500 GeV is well described by a power law with a spectral index of -4.2+-0.3.
The photon energy spectrum and spectral modeling allow to pose upper limits of
z=0.74 and z=0.56, respectively, on the yet undetermined redshift of PG
1553+113. Recent VLT observations of this blazar show featureless spectra in
the near-IR, thus no direct redshift could be determined from these
measurements.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 30th
International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, July 200
The first record of Macrobiotus vladimiri Bertolani, Biserov, Rebecchi & Cesari, 2011 (Tardigrada : Eutardigrada : Macrobiotidae : hufelandi group) from Poland
Tardigrade studies in Poland have been carried out for more than a century and to date, 102 species have been reported from this central European country. This constitutes nearly 9% of all known species within the phylum. Although previous studies have been thorough, a number of taxa now known to belong to species complexes have been treated in only a very general way. One such complex is the Macrobiotus hufelandi group, which has a worldwide distribution. To date, only three hufelandi group species have been recorded from Poland: M. hufelandi hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1834; M. macrocalix Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993; and M. polonicus Pilato, Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Lisi, 2003. Here we first report M. vladimiri Bertolani, Biserov, Rebecchi & Cesari, 2011 from Poland. Moreover, we provide new morphometric data for the type series of the species
Synchronization of dynamical hypernetworks: dimensionality reduction through simultaneous block-diagonalization of matrices
We present a general framework to study stability of the synchronous solution
for a hypernetwork of coupled dynamical systems. We are able to reduce the
dimensionality of the problem by using simultaneous block-diagonalization of
matrices. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for stability of the
synchronous solution in terms of a set of lower-dimensional problems and test
the predictions of our low-dimensional analysis through numerical simulations.
Under certain conditions, this technique may yield a substantial reduction of
the dimensionality of the problem. For example, for a class of dynamical
hypernetworks analyzed in the paper, we discover that arbitrarily large
networks can be reduced to a collection of subsystems of dimensionality no more
than 2. We apply our reduction techique to a number of different examples,
including a class of undirected unweighted hypermotifs of three nodes.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Predicting the outcomes of treatment to eradicate the latent reservoir for HIV-1
Massive research efforts are now underway to develop a cure for HIV
infection, allowing patients to discontinue lifelong combination antiretroviral
therapy (ART). New latency-reversing agents (LRAs) may be able to purge the
persistent reservoir of latent virus in resting memory CD4+ T cells, but the
degree of reservoir reduction needed for cure remains unknown. Here we use a
stochastic model of infection dynamics to estimate the efficacy of LRA needed
to prevent viral rebound after ART interruption. We incorporate clinical data
to estimate population-level parameter distributions and outcomes. Our findings
suggest that approximately 2,000-fold reductions are required to permit a
majority of patients to interrupt ART for one year without rebound and that
rebound may occur suddenly after multiple years. Greater than 10,000-fold
reductions may be required to prevent rebound altogether. Our results predict
large variation in rebound times following LRA therapy, which will complicate
clinical management. This model provides benchmarks for moving LRAs from the
lab to the clinic and can aid in the design and interpretation of clinical
trials. These results also apply to other interventions to reduce the latent
reservoir and can explain the observed return of viremia after months of
apparent cure in recent bone marrow transplant recipients and an
immediately-treated neonate.Comment: 8 pages main text (4 figures). In PNAS Early Edition
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/08/05/1406663111. Ancillary files: SI,
24 pages SI (7 figures). File .htm opens a browser-based application to
calculate rebound times (see SI). Or, the .cdf file can be run with
Mathematica. The most up-to-date version of the code is available at
http://www.danielrosenbloom.com/reboundtimes
Breaking the Architecture Barrier: A Method for Efficient Knowledge Transfer Across Networks
Transfer learning is a popular technique for improving the performance of
neural networks. However, existing methods are limited to transferring
parameters between networks with same architectures. We present a method for
transferring parameters between neural networks with different architectures.
Our method, called DPIAT, uses dynamic programming to match blocks and layers
between architectures and transfer parameters efficiently. Compared to existing
parameter prediction and random initialization methods, it significantly
improves training efficiency and validation accuracy. In experiments on
ImageNet, our method improved validation accuracy by an average of 1.6 times
after 50 epochs of training. DPIAT allows both researchers and neural
architecture search systems to modify trained networks and reuse knowledge,
avoiding the need for retraining from scratch. We also introduce a network
architecture similarity measure, enabling users to choose the best source
network without any training.Comment: 23 pages, 16 figure
Integracyjna rola muzyki w Kościele na podstawie nauczania papieży Benedykta XVI i Franciszka
In the liturgy of the Church, music, among other things, is a factor that supports a living
relationship with God and unites believers.
Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis for the modern Church are guides and supreme
guardians who point out the sense of maintaining the proper level of music in the
Church. In his search for the right ways of church music, Benedict XVI does not deal thoroughly
with musicological issues, but from the point of view of a theologian, he looks for
points of contact between faith and art. For the pope, the musical expression of praise to God
remains in harmony with the Christian dogma of the incarnation, which is realized in the
Church and the sacraments. Music is one of the elements that create a space for the continuation
of the events of the incarnation. Submitting to integration, it purifies the human being,
liberates and inclines thoughts towards God.
The current Pope Francis constantly recognizes music in the Church as a unifying element
of the community and as a means of proclaiming the faith. He considers it necessary to
constantly renew liturgical music and chant, especially in terms of quality, so that Church
music is fully inculturated in the artistic and musical language of today. Getting to know the
richness of music and traditions of different parts of the world helps to preserve the tradition
of the Church in the modern world and to enrich it with what the modern times bring.
Such an updating builds a living community which by listening or performing music unites
diversity in one song of praise to God. The theological perspective on the meaning of sacred music and its qualities allows for the
proper use of music as an integrating factor for both the individual believer and the whole
community. The theological perspective on the importance of sacred music and its qualities
helps to make the right use of music as an integrating factor for the individual believer and
the community
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