Time-Frequency Learning Machines

Over the last decade, the theory of reproducing kernels has made a major breakthrough in the field of pattern recognition. It has led to new algorithms, with improved performance and lower computational cost, for nonlinear analysis in high dimensional feature spaces. Our paper is a further contribution which extends the framework of the so-called kernel learning machines to time-frequency analysis, showing that some specific reproducing kernels allow these algorithms to operate in the time-frequency domain. This link offers new perspectives in the field of non-stationary signal analysis, which can benefit from the developments of pattern recognition and statistical learning theory.