Paper learns latent and hierarchical structures in CDMs from data.
problem Jointly learning latent and hierarchical structures in CDMs from observed data.
method Penalized likelihood approach for selecting attributes and estimating structures; EM and latent structure recovery algorithms.
result Good performance demonstrated by simulation and real data applications.
This paper addresses identifiability issues in HLAMs with hierarchical constraints.
problem Identifiability of HLAMs with hierarchical constraints.
method Developed sufficient and necessary identifiability conditions.
result Characterizes impacts of different attribute types in the graph on identifiability.
VLAC clusters data hierarchically, outperforming GMM.
problem Clustering with multiple attributes or hierarchies.
method Disentangled latent representations for hierarchical clustering.
result VLAC outperforms Gaussian Mixture Models in clustering accuracy.
Latent representations are the essence of deep generative models and determine their usefulness and power. For latent representations to be useful as generative concept representations, their latent space must support latent space interpolation, attribute vectors and concept vectors, among other things. We investigate …
Paper proposes a new model for speech synthesis with better interpretability.
problem Improving interpretability in speech synthesis models.
method Hierarchical, fine-grained latent variable model with conditional variational auto-encoder (VAE).
result The new model allows better interpretability without degrading performance.
MTNPs jointly model multiple correlated tasks from various sources.
problem Naive NPs can only model a single stochastic process and infer tasks independently.
method MTNPs are a hierarchical extension of NPs that jointly infer tasks from multiple stochastic processes, considering inter-task correlation and handling incomplete data.
result MTNPs successfully model multiple tasks jointly, discovering and exploiting their correlations in various real-world data.
We propose a novel hierarchical generative model with a simple Markovian structure and a corresponding inference model. Both the generative and inference model are trained using the adversarial learning paradigm. We demonstrate that the hierarchical structure supports the learning of progressively more abstract represe…
A new method for disentangled latent spaces in VAEs that can manipulate attributes.
problem Disentangled representation of attributes in latent spaces of VAEs.
method Attribute-based regularization loss to enforce monotonic relationships between attributes and latent codes.
result Manipulation of attributes in latent spaces post-training.
Structured latent attribute models (SLAMs) are a special family of discrete latent variable models widely used in social and biological sciences. This paper considers the problem of learning significant attribute patterns from a SLAM with potentially high-dimensional configurations of the latent attributes. We address …
Concept modulation models unify identifiability and extrapolation in conditional latent variable models.
problem Reliable generalization in conditional latent variable models
method Concept modulation models (CMMs) with structure AoΛoCoX result Lifts identifiability to conditional settings and controls extrapolation through attribute potentials.
Latent variable models for network data extract a summary of the relational structure underlying an observed network. The simplest possible models subdivide nodes of the network into clusters; the probability of a link between any two nodes then depends only on their cluster assignment. Currently available models can b…
Algorithm uncovers latent attribute graph from molecular data.
problem Learning latent representations and interpreting them for limited data.
method Perturbation experiments on latent codes of a generative autoencoder.
result Effective graphical model of latent codes and attributes.
Paper develops a new model for dynamic graph representation learning.
problem Learning over dynamic graphs with changing topology and node attributes.
method Hierarchical variational model with latent random variables and semi-implicit variational inference.
result SI-VGRNN and VGRNN outperform existing methods in dynamic link prediction.
Representation of human actions as a sequence of human body movements or action attributes enables the development of models for human activity recognition and summarization. We present an extension of the low-rank representation (LRR) model, termed the clustering-aware structure-constrained low-rank representation (CS…
Enhances topic models to better handle polysemous words.
problem Lack of polysemy handling in Gaussian latent Dirichlet allocation.
method Introduces a hierarchical structure to capture polysemy in Gaussian latent Dirichlet allocation.
result Significantly improves polysemy detection and provides more parsimonious topic representations.
Researchers identify latent variables and causal structures from nonlinear hierarchical models.
problem Challenging task of identifying latent variables and causal structures from observational data, especially when relationships are nonlinear.
method Investigated nonlinear latent hierarchical causal models, developed identification criterion, and constructed an estimation procedure.
result Identifiability of causal structures and latent variables achieved under mild assumptions.
SLOGAN improves GANs' conditional generation by balancing latent attribute distributions.
problem Imbalanced latent attribute distributions in GANs.
method Stein latent optimization with a Gaussian mixture prior and contrastive loss.
result SLOGAN achieves state-of-the-art unsupervised conditional generation performance.
Deep neural network algorithms are difficult to analyze because they lack structure allowing to understand the properties of underlying transforms and invariants. Multiscale hierarchical convolutional networks are structured deep convolutional networks where layers are indexed by progressively higher dimensional attrib…
This paper improves neural network explanations by quantifying and visualizing semantic compositions.
problem Improving neural network explanations for natural language processing tasks.
method Proposes a formal way to quantify word and phrase importance, introduces SCD and SOC algorithms.
result Our algorithms outperform prior methods in explaining neural network predictions.
Improved deep hierarchical VAE with diffusion-based VampPrior.
problem Latent variable generative modeling challenges.
method Hierarchical VAE with amortized diffusion-based VampPrior.
result Better performance with fewer parameters and improved stability.
GraphVRNN generates graphs with latent variables and node attributes.
problem Generating diverse and complex graph structures.
method Probabilistic autoregressive model for graph generation.
result GraphVRNN can model complicated distributions and generate plausible structures and node attributes.
The performance of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems can be significantly compromised by previously unseen conditions, which is typically due to a mismatch between training and testing distributions. In this paper, we address robustness by studying domain invariant features, such that domain information become…
Simpler method for separating and manipulating latent attributes in autoencoders.
problem Separating and manipulating latent attributes in autoencoders.
method Matrix subspace projection
result Our method allows for changing selected attributes while preserving other information.
Improved hierarchical discrete VAEs for better stability and performance.
problem Training stable and efficient hierarchical discrete VAEs with numerous latent variables.
method Introducing Relaxed-Responsibility Vector-Quantisation to parameterise discrete latent variables in a hierarchical structure.
result Achieved state-of-the-art bits-per-dim results for various standard datasets.
Paper uses HGNN to predict stock types from relationships and temporal data.
problem Predicting stock types from complex market data.
method Integrates stock relationships and temporal data using HGNN.
result Effective prediction of stock types with HGNN model.
Paper detects hierarchical changes in latent variable models from data streams.
problem Detecting changes at three levels: data distribution, latent variables, and number of latent variables.
method Information-theoretic framework using MDL and DNML for change detection.
result Effective in detecting changes with good interpretability.
Diffusion models reveal latent hierarchical structure in data.
problem Quantitative measurement of data's hierarchical structure.
method Forward-backward experiments in diffusion models.
result Changes in latent variables manifest as correlated chunks in data.
Fractal Flow enhances normalizing flows with interpretable latent space and hierarchical modeling.
problem High-dimensional density estimation and generative modeling challenges.
method Integrates topic modeling (LDA) and fractal strategy into normalizing flows.
result Achieves latent clustering, controllable generation, and superior estimation accuracy.
New algorithm disentangles latent space in GANs using video sequences.
problem Learning disentangled latent spaces in GANs without supervision.
method Adversarial training with video sequences, modifying standard GAN algorithm.
result Disentangled latent space into content and motion attributes.
Facial attribute editing aims to manipulate single or multiple attributes of a face image, i.e., to generate a new face with desired attributes while preserving other details. Recently, generative adversarial net (GAN) and encoder-decoder architecture are usually incorporated to handle this task with promising results.…
Formalizes concepts as latent variables in hierarchical models for high-dimensional data.
problem Lack of formalization and theoretical insights for learning discrete concepts from high-dimensional data.
method Formalizes concepts as latent causal variables in a hierarchical model, formulates conditions for concept identification.
result Conditions for identifying latent hierarchical models in unsupervised data, handling complex structures and high-dimensional data.
The bits-back argument suggests that latent variable models can be turned into lossless compression schemes. Translating the bits-back argument into efficient and practical lossless compression schemes for general latent variable models, however, is still an open problem. Bits-Back with Asymmetric Numeral Systems (BB-A…
LION generates high-quality 3D shapes using hierarchical latent diffusion models.
problem Creating high-quality 3D shapes for digital artists.
method Hierarchical Latent Point Diffusion Model (LION) with a global shape latent and point-structured latent space.
result LION achieves state-of-the-art generation performance on ShapeNet benchmarks.
Proposes EM-HRNN model for better hierarchical language representation.
problem Learning hierarchical representations in natural language processing.
method Introduces latent indicator layer and EM algorithm for training.
result EM-HRNN model outperforms other RNN-based models in document classification.
In this work, we take a representation learning perspective on hierarchical reinforcement learning, where the problem of learning lower layers in a hierarchy is transformed into the problem of learning trajectory-level generative models. We show that we can learn continuous latent representations of trajectories, which…
HCL learns shared and modality-specific latent representations for multimodal data.
problem Binary shared-private decomposition inadequately represents shared information across subsets of modalities.
method Hierarchical Contrastive Learning framework combining latent-variable formulation, structural sparsity, and contrastive objective.
result HCL accurately recovers hierarchical structure and improves predictive performance on multimodal data.
Deep neural networks have been shown to be very successful at learning feature hierarchies in supervised learning tasks. Generative models, on the other hand, have benefited less from hierarchical models with multiple layers of latent variables. In this paper, we prove that hierarchical latent variable models do not ta…
New method predicts dynamic relationships in terrorist networks.
problem Dynamic co-evolution of multiplex graphs and nodal attributes in terrorism networks.
method Time-varying stochastic latent factor models with neural network Gaussian processes.
result Superior performance in predicting unobserved dynamic relationships.
New model for fair clustering ensures balanced representation of protected attributes.
problem Ensuring fair representation in clustering for protected attributes.
method Model-based formulation of fair clustering, balancing protected attributes across clusters.
result Demonstrates improved fairness in clustering through a new model.
Bayesian framework uses unlabeled data to improve fairness assessment.
problem Reliable fairness assessment with limited labeled data.
method Hierarchical latent variable model with Bayesian inference.
result Significant reduction in estimation error for fairness metrics.
Bayes-Factor-VAE models improve disentanglement of latent factors in data.
problem Disentangling latent factors in data using standard Gaussian priors is suboptimal.
method Introduced hierarchical Bayesian deep auto-encoder models with hyper-priors on latent variances.
result Bayes-Factor-VAEs outperform existing methods in latent disentanglement.
New model generates unseen attribute combinations from limited data.
problem Lack of generalization in deep generative models for unseen attribute combinations.
method Introduces multilinear latent conditioning to capture multiplicative interactions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on MNIST, Fashion-MNIST, and CelebA datasets.
A new framework quantifies how model explanations influence each other.
problem Understanding how different model explanations interact and influence each other.
method Introducing the metagame, a conceptual framework for measuring second-order interaction effects of model explanations using Shapley values.
result Meta-attributions provide directional insights into how feature interactions influence model explanations.
This paper introduces a general Bayesian non- parametric latent feature model suitable to per- form automatic exploratory analysis of heterogeneous datasets, where the attributes describing each object can be either discrete, continuous or mixed variables. The proposed model presents several important properties. First…
APo-VAE generates text in hyperbolic space for better hierarchical representation.
problem Lack of hierarchical structure in Euclidean embeddings for natural language.
method Adversarial Poincare Variational Autoencoder (APo-VAE) in hyperbolic latent space.
result APo-VAE outperforms Euclidean VAEs in capturing latent language hierarchies.
VAEs (Variational AutoEncoders) have proved to be powerful in the context of density modeling and have been used in a variety of contexts for creative purposes. In many settings, the data we model possesses continuous attributes that we would like to take into account at generation time. We propose in this paper GLSR-V…
Embed nodes with multi-scale attributes for robust network analysis.
problem Capturing complex node attributes across different scales.
method Multi-scale attributed node embedding (AE & MUSAE) using Skip-gram approach.
result Proves node-feature mutual information is implicitly factorized by embeddings.
This work tackles posterior collapse in conditional and hierarchical VAEs.
problem Posterior collapse in VAEs leads to poor latent variable representations.
method Theoretical analysis of linear conditional and hierarchical VAEs, empirical validation.
result Theoretical and empirical evidence of posterior collapse causes in conditional and hierarchical VAEs.