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Niek Tax

5 accepted papers

2026

Multicalibration Yields Better Matchings

ICML 2026poster

Consider the problem of finding the best matching in a weighted graph where we only have access to predictions of the actual stochastic weights, based on an underlying context. If the predictor is the Bayes optimal one, then computing the best matching based on the predicted weights is optimal. Howe…

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2024

On the Convergence of Loss and Uncertainty-based Active Learning Algorithms

NeurIPS 2024poster

We investigate the convergence rates and data sample sizes required for training a machine learning model using a stochastic gradient descent (SGD) algorithm, where data points are sampled based on either their loss value or uncertainty value. These training methods are particularly relevant for act…

2024

Online Learning with Sublinear Best-Action Queries

NeurIPS 2024poster

In online learning, a decision maker repeatedly selects one of a set of actions, with the goal of minimizing the overall loss incurred. Following the recent line of research on algorithms endowed with additional predictive features, we revisit this problem by allowing the decision maker to acquire a…

Cited by 1SourcePDFScholar
2023

Explaining Predictive Uncertainty with Information Theoretic Shapley Values

NeurIPS 2023poster

Researchers in explainable artificial intelligence have developed numerous methods for helping users understand the predictions of complex supervised learning models. By contrast, explaining the $\textit{uncertainty}$ of model outputs has received relatively little attention. We adapt the popular Sh…

2023

TCE: A Test-Based Approach to Measuring Calibration Error

UAI 2023poster

This paper proposes a new metric to measure the calibration error of probabilistic binary classifiers, called test-based calibration error (TCE). TCE incorporates a novel loss function based on a statistical test to examine the extent to which model predictions differ from probabilities estimated fr…