IEEE

Leveraging Simplex Gradient Variance and Bias Reduction for Black-Box Optimization of Noisy and Costly Functions

Gradient variance errors in gradient-based search methods are largely mitigated using momentum, however the bias gradient errors may fail the numerical search methods in reaching the true optimum. We ...
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At least 10 found dead in NYC cold weather as mayor says Code Blue isn’t enough

At least 10 people were found dead outdoors during a weekend snowstorm as wind chills dropped as low as 15 below zero, according to the mayor. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city’s Code Blue protocol ...
IEEE

Gradient-Leaks: Enabling Black-Box Membership Inference Attacks Against Machine Learning Models

Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) techniques have been applied to many real-world applications to perform a wide range of tasks. In practice, ML models are typically deployed as the black-box APIs to ...