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Single-Instruction, Multiple-Data (SIMD) random number generators (RNGs) take advantage of vector units to offer significant performance gain over non-vectorized libraries, but they often rely on batch production of deviates from…

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Gaussian processes (GPs) are a widely used regression tool, but the cubic complexity of exact solvers limits their scalability. To address this challenge, we extend the GPRat library by incorporating a fully GPU-resident GP prediction…

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gsplat is an open-source library designed for training and developing Gaussian Splatting methods. It features a front-end with Python bindings compatible with the PyTorch library and a back-end with highly optimized CUDA kernels. gsplat…

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In this paper, we propose a StochAstic Recursive grAdient algoritHm (SARAH), as well as its practical variant SARAH+, as a novel approach to the finite-sum minimization problems. Different from the vanilla SGD and other modern stochastic…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-09-08 Lam M. Nguyen , Jie Liu , Katya Scheinberg , Martin Takáč

In this work, we argue that the implications of Pseudo and Quantum Random Number Generators (PRNG and QRNG) inexplicably affect the performances and behaviours of various machine learning models that require a random input. These…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-11 Jordan J. Bird , Anikó Ekárt , Diego R. Faria

Standard Gaussian Process (GP) regression, a powerful machine learning tool, is computationally expensive when it is applied to large datasets, and potentially inaccurate when data points are sparsely distributed in a high-dimensional…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-03-08 Z. Zhang , K. Duraisamy , N. A. Gumerov

We present results of an extensive test program of a group of pseudorandom number generators which are commonly used in the applications of physics, in particular in Monte Carlo simulations. The generators include public domain programs,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-22 I. Vattulainen , K. Kankaala , J. Saarinen , T. Ala-Nissila

Pseudo-Random Number Generators (PRNGs) have become ubiquitous in machine learning technologies because they are interesting for numerous methods. The field of machine learning holds the potential for substantial advancements across various…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Benjamin Antunes , David R. C Hill

Although GAN-based methods have received many achievements in the last few years, they have not been entirelysuccessful in generating discrete data. The most crucial challenge of these methods is the difficulty of passing the gradientfrom…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-16 Ehsan Montahaei , Danial Alihosseini , Mahdieh Soleymani Baghshah

In PDE-constrained optimization, one aims to find design parameters that minimize some objective, subject to the satisfaction of a partial differential equation. A major challenges is computing gradients of the objective to the design…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-19 Emil Løvbak , Frédéric Blondeel , Adam Lee , Lander Vanroye , Andreas Van Barel , Giovanni Samaey

The Java programming language contains many features that aid component-based software development (CBSD), such as interfaces, visibility levels, and strong support for encapsulation. However, component evolution often causes so-called…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2011-06-10 Johan Nyström-Persson , Shinichi Honiden

The goal of this project is to design a digital dice that displays dice numbers in real-time. The number is generated by a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) using XORshift algorithm that is implemented in Verilog HDL on an FPGA. The…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Michael Lim Kee Hian , Ten Wei Lin , Zachary Wu Xuan , Stephanie-Ann Loy , Maoyang Xiang , T. Hui Teo

In the present study, we delineate a strategy focused on non-parametric quantum circuits for the generation of Gaussian random variables (GRVs). This quantum-centric approach serves as a substitute for conventional pseudorandom number…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-29 Shlomo Kashani

Stochastic gradient descent~(SGD) and its variants have become more and more popular in machine learning due to their efficiency and effectiveness. To handle large-scale problems, researchers have recently proposed several parallel SGD…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-08-25 Shen-Yi Zhao , Wu-Jun Li

High-performance streams of (pseudo) random numbers are crucial for the efficient implementation for countless stochastic algorithms, most importantly, Monte Carlo simulations and molecular dynamics simulations with stochastic thermostats.…

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Symbolic regression (SR) is a data analysis problem where we search for the mathematical expression that best fits a numerical dataset. It is a global optimization problem. The most popular approach to SR is by genetic programming (SRGP).…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Sohrab Towfighi

Source polar coding is a potential solution for short blocklength-based low-latency key generation with limited sources, which is a critical aspect of six generation (6G) Internet of things. However, existing source coding schemes still…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Lulu Song , Di Zhang , Tingting Zhang

Multi-Pivot Quicksort refers to variants of classical quicksort where in the partitioning step $k$ pivots are used to split the input into $k + 1$ segments. For many years, multi-pivot quicksort was regarded as impractical, but in 2009 a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-06-01 Martin Aumüller , Martin Dietzfelbinger , Pascal Klaue

We present results of extensive statistical and bit level tests on three implementations of a pseudorandom number generator algorithm using the lagged Fibonacci method with an occasional addition of an extra bit. First implementation is the…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2008-02-03 I. Vattulainen , K. Kankaala , J. Saarinen , T. Ala-Nissila

Random numbers are an essential resource to many applications, including cryptography and Monte Carlo simulations. Quantum random number generators (QRNGs) represent the ultimate source of randomness, as the numbers are obtained by sampling…