ML: Distributed

Machine-learning ideas tagged Distributed in the ML taxonomy of the Math2NN corpus.

Unverified 2026

Noise-Aware Soft ECOC Decoding

Treat the binary outputs of the hyperplane head as a noisy channel and decode with reliability-weighted likelihood rather than unweighted Hamming distance. Estimate each bit's flip probability on validation data and give unreliable hyperplanes less influence, while retaining the logarithmic code-length scaling.

Useful6/10
Difficulty3/10
Novelty6/10
Paper: Fundamental limits of distributed multiclass classification from simple binary decisions arXiv:2607.19334
✗ Failed on benchmark 2026

Delay-Budget Controller for Coupled Training

Treat a coupled neural training loop as a delayed feedback system with two hard delays and two first-order implementation filters. Estimate the dominant coupled Jacobian mode and use the characteristic equation to distinguish a recoverable delay-induced oscillation from a filter-induced instability; then reduce stale-gradient delay only in the former case, and slow or retune EMA or relaxation filters in the latter.

Useful6/10
Difficulty5/10
Novelty6/10
Paper: Implementation Filters and Delay-Budget Instability in Coupled Replicator--Mutator Dynamics arXiv:2607.00227