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Katharina Eggensperger

7 accepted papers

2026

Is One Layer Enough? Understanding Inference Dynamics in Tabular Foundation Models

ICML 2026poster

Transformer-based tabular foundation models (TFMs) dominate small to medium tabular predictive benchmark tasks, yet their inference mechanisms remain largely unexplored. We present the first large-scale mechanistic study of layerwise dynamics in 6 state-of-the-art tabular in-context learning models.…

Cited by 0SourceScholar
2025

Put CASH on Bandits: A Max K-Armed Problem for Automated Machine Learning

NeurIPS 2025poster

The Combined Algorithm Selection and Hyperparameter optimization (CASH) is a challenging resource allocation problem in the field of AutoML. We propose MaxUCB, a max $k$-armed bandit method to trade off exploring different model classes and conducting hyperparameter optimization. MaxUCB is specific…

Cited by 0SourcecodeScholar
2024

Position: Why We Must Rethink Empirical Research in Machine Learning

ICML 2024poster

We warn against a common but incomplete understanding of empirical research in machine learning that leads to non-replicable results, makes findings unreliable, and threatens to undermine progress in the field. To overcome this alarming situation, we call for more awareness of the plurality of ways…

Cited by 11SourcePDFScholar
2023

TabPFN: A Transformer That Solves Small Tabular Classification Problems in a Second

ICLR 2023top-25%

We present TabPFN, a trained Transformer that can do supervised classification for small tabular datasets in less than a second, needs no hyperparameter tuning and is competitive with state-of-the-art classification methods. TabPFN is fully entailed in the weights of our network, which accepts train…

2021

HPOBench: A Collection of Reproducible Multi-Fidelity Benchmark Problems for HPO

NeurIPS 2021poster

To achieve peak predictive performance, hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a crucial component of machine learning and its applications. Over the last years, the number of efficient algorithms and tools for HPO grew substantially. At the same time, the community is still lacking realistic, diverse…

Cited by 105SourcecodeScholar
2016

Automatic bone parameter estimation for skeleton tracking in optical motion capture

ICRA 2016

Motion analysis is important in a broad range of contexts, including animation, bio-mechanics, robotics and experiments investigating animal behavior. For applications, in which tracking accuracy is one of the main requirements, passive optical motion capture systems are widely used. Many skeleton t

Cited by 17SourceScholar
2015

Efficient and Robust Automated Machine Learning

NeurIPS 2015poster

The success of machine learning in a broad range of applications has led to an ever-growing demand for machine learning systems that can be used off the shelf by non-experts. To be effective in practice, such systems need to automatically choose a good algorithm and feature preprocessing steps for a…