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We consider the problem of sparse normal means estimation in a distributed setting with communication constraints. We assume there are $M$ machines, each holding $d$-dimensional observations of a $K$-sparse vector $\mu$ corrupted by…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-02-15 Chen Amiraz , Robert Krauthgamer , Boaz Nadler

We consider a power-constrained sensor network, consisting of multiple sensor nodes and a fusion center (FC), that is deployed for the purpose of estimating a common random parameter of interest. In contrast to the distributed framework,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-16 Swarnendu Kar , Pramod K. Varshney

The training of large models demands substantial computational resources, typically available only in data centers with high-bandwidth interconnects. However, reducing the reliance on high-bandwidth interconnects between nodes enables the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Sasho Nedelkoski , Alexander Acker , Odej Kao , Soeren Becker , Dominik Scheinert

This work studies optimal detection for communication over diffusion-based molecular timing (DBMT) channels. The transmitter simultaneously releases multiple information particles, where the information is encoded in the time of release.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Yonathan Murin , Nariman Farsad , Mainak Chowdhury , Andrea Goldsmith

We study cost-effective communication strategies that can be used to improve the performance of distributed learning systems in resource-constrained environments. For distributed learning in sequential decision making, we propose a new…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-15 Udari Madhushani , Naomi Ehrich Leonard

We consider a multi-object detection problem over a sensor network (SNET) with limited range multi-modal sensors. Limited range sensing environment arises in a sensing field prone to signal attenuation and path losses. The general problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-09-12 E. Ermis , V. Saligrama

We propose and analyse a model predictive control (MPC) strategy tailored for networks of underwater agents tasked with maintaining formation while following a shared path and using acoustic communication channels. The strategy accommodates…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-22 Emil Wengle , Damiano Varagnolo

Distributed sensor networks often include a multitude of sensors, each measuring parts of a process state space or observing the operations of a system. Communication of measurements between the sensor nodes and estimator(s) cannot…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-02 Sanjay Chandrasekaran , Vishnu Varadan , Siva Vignesh Krishnan , Florian Dörfler , Mohammad H. Mamduhi

This paper studies the difficulty of discriminating between an arbitrary quantum channel and a "replacer" channel that discards its input and replaces it with a fixed state. We show that, in this particular setting, the most general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-07 Tom Cooney , Milán Mosonyi , Mark M. Wilde

This paper provides a general framework for Stein's density method for multivariate continuous distributions. The approach associates to any probability density function a canonical operator and Stein class, as well as an infinite…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-04-27 Guillaume Mijoule , Martin Raič , Gesine Reinert , Yvik Swan

This paper uses the generator approach of Stein's method to analyze the gap between steady-state distributions of Markov chains and diffusion processes. Until now, the standard way to invoke Stein's method for this problem was to use the…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Anton Braverman

A central server needs to perform statistical inference based on samples that are distributed over multiple users who can each send a message of limited length to the center. We study problems of distribution learning and identity testing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-02 Jayadev Acharya , Clément L. Canonne , Himanshu Tyagi

We formulate a model for intermittent communication that can capture bursty transmissions or a sporadically available channel, where in either case the receiver does not know a priori when the transmissions will occur. Focusing on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Mostafa Khoshnevisan , J Nicholas Laneman

The constantly increasing number of power generation devices based on renewables is calling for a transition from the centralized control of electrical distribution grids to a distributed control scenario. In this context, distributed…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-11-28 Riccardo Bonetto , Stefano Tomasin , Michele Rossi

We consider data transmission across discrete memoryless channels (DMCs) using variable-length codes with feedback. We consider the family of such codes whose rates are $\rho_N$ below the channel capacity $C$, where $\rho_N$ is a positive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-17 Lan V. Truong , Vincent Y. F. Tan

Spectrum resources management of growing demands is a challenging problem and Cognitive Radio (CR) known to be capable of improving the spectrum utilization. Recently, Power Spectral Density (PSD) map is defined to enable the CR to reuse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-17 Mohammad Eslami , Seyed Hamid Safavi , Farah Torkamani-Azar , Esfandiar Mehrshahi

This paper is concerned with decentralized estimation of a Gaussian source using multiple sensors. We consider a diversity scheme where only the sensor with the best channel sends their measurements over a fading channel to a fusion center,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-02-25 Alex S. Leong , Subhrakanti Dey

Distributionally robust control (DRC) aims to effectively manage distributional ambiguity in stochastic systems. While most existing works address inaccurate distributional information in fully observable settings, we consider a partially…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-23 Astghik Hakobyan , Insoon Yang

When maximum likelihood estimation is infeasible, one often turns to score matching, contrastive divergence, or minimum probability flow to obtain tractable parameter estimates. We provide a unifying perspective of these techniques as…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-07 Alessandro Barp , Francois-Xavier Briol , Andrew B. Duncan , Mark Girolami , Lester Mackey

In this work, we study the problem of distributed mean estimation with $1$-bit communication constraints when the variance is unknown. We focus on the specific case where each user has access to one i.i.d. sample drawn from a distribution…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Ritesh Kumar , Shashank Vatedka