Patents by Inventor Kexin Nie

Kexin Nie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11204847
    Abstract: Technologies for monitoring performance of a machine learning model include receiving, by an unsupervised anomaly detection function, digital time series data for a feature metric; where the feature metric is computed for a feature that is extracted from an online system over a time interval; where the machine learning model is to produce model output that relates to one or more users' use of the online system; using the unsupervised anomaly detection function, detecting anomalies in the digital time series data; labeling a subset of the detected anomalies in response to a deviation of a time-series prediction model from a predicted baseline model exceeding a predicted deviation criterion; creating digital output that identifies the feature as associated with the labeled subset of the detected anomalies; causing, in response to the digital output, a modification of the machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kexin Nie, Yanbin Jiang, Yang Yang, Boyi Chen, Shilpa Gupta, Zheng Li
  • Publication number: 20200201727
    Abstract: Technologies for monitoring performance of a machine learning model include receiving, by an unsupervised anomaly detection function, digital time series data for a feature metric; where the feature metric is computed for a feature that is extracted from an online system over a time interval; where the machine learning model is to produce model output that relates to one or more users' use of the online system; using the unsupervised anomaly detection function, detecting anomalies in the digital time series data; labeling a subset of the detected anomalies in response to a deviation of a time-series prediction model from a predicted baseline model exceeding a predicted deviation criterion; creating digital output that identifies the feature as associated with the labeled subset of the detected anomalies; causing, in response to the digital output, a modification of the machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kexin Nie, Yanbin Jiang, Yang Yang, Boyi Chen, Shilpa Gupta, Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 10600003
    Abstract: Techniques for auto-tuning anomaly detection are provided. In one technique, training data is stored that comprises training instances, each of which comprises a severity-duration pair and a label that indicates whether the severity-duration pair represents an anomaly. A model is trained based on a first subset of the training data. A second subset of the training data is identified where each training instance includes a positive label that indicates that that training instance represents an anomaly. Based on the second subset of the training data, the model generates multiple scores, each of which corresponds to a different training instance. A minimum score is identified that ensures a particular recall rate of the model. In response to receiving a particular severity-duration pair, the model generates a particular score for the particular severity-duration pair. A notification of an anomaly is generated if the particular score is greater than the minimum score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kexin Nie, Yang Yang, Baolei Li
  • Publication number: 20200005193
    Abstract: Techniques for auto-tuning anomaly detection are provided. In one technique, training data is stored that comprises training instances, each of which comprises a severity-duration pair and a label that indicates whether the severity-duration pair represents an anomaly. A model is trained based on a first subset of the training data. A second subset of the training data is identified where each training instance includes a positive label that indicates that that training instance represents an anomaly. Based on the second subset of the training data, the model generates multiple scores, each of which corresponds to a different training instance. A minimum score is identified that ensures a particular recall rate of the model. In response to receiving a particular severity-duration pair, the model generates a particular score for the particular severity-duration pair. A notification of an anomaly is generated if the particular score is greater than the minimum score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kexin Nie, Yang Yang, Baolei Li