HL-VAE extends VAE for heterogeneous temporal and longitudinal data.
problem Handling heterogeneous data in temporal and longitudinal datasets.
method Proposes HL-VAE, an extension of existing VAEs for temporal and longitudinal data, incorporating likelihood models for various data types.
result HL-VAE achieves competitive performance in missing value imputation and predictive accuracy.
Temporal VAE improves VaR estimation for financial portfolios.
problem Estimating VaR for large asset portfolios in finance.
method Temporal VAE with annealing regularization to avoid posterior collapse.
result Temporal VAE outperforms classical VaR estimation methods on real data.
Develops SGP-VAE for efficient sparse GP inference in multi-dimensional datasets.
problem Sparse GP approximations and missing data in multi-dimensional spatio-temporal datasets.
method Leverages partial inference networks for sparse GP approximations and amortized variational inference.
result Outperforms multi-output GPs and structured VAEs in various experiments.
Proposes a method to learn conditional VAEs from datasets with missing covariates.
problem Learning conditional VAEs from datasets with missing covariates.
method Augments conditional VAEs with a prior distribution for missing covariates and estimates their posterior using amortised variational inference.
result The proposed method outperforms previous methods in learning conditional VAEs from non-temporal, temporal, and longitudinal datasets.
SKR-VAE improves VAEs for ICA with reduced computational cost.
problem Efficiently performing ICA in VAEs with large datasets.
method Structured kernel functions to avoid costly GP kernel matrix inversion.
result SKR-VAE achieves greater computational efficiency and reduced resource consumption.
To act and plan in complex environments, we posit that agents should have a mental simulator of the world with three characteristics: (a) it should build an abstract state representing the condition of the world; (b) it should form a belief which represents uncertainty on the world; (c) it should go beyond simple step-…
This paper reviews and benchmarks DVAEs for sequential data.
problem Processing sequential data with temporal dependencies.
method Dynamical Variational Autoencoders (DVAEs) for sequential data.
result Experimental benchmark on speech analysis-resynthesis task.
AR-Flow VAE improves blind source separation with flexible autoregressive priors.
problem Unsupervised blind source separation of latent signals from mixtures.
method AR-Flow VAE uses autoregressive flows to model latent sources, enhancing flexibility and capturing complex dependencies.
result AR-Flow VAE effectively separates latent sources, demonstrating improved performance over conventional methods.
ES-VAE models skeletal pose trajectories by removing nuisance factors.
problem Handling camera orientation, subject scale, viewpoint, and execution speed in skeletal data.
method ES-VAE uses TSRVF representation on Kendall's shape manifold to isolate shape dynamics.
result ES-VAE outperforms standard VAEs and sequence modeling baselines in gait cycle prediction and action recognition.
This paper benchmarks speech LVMs against deterministic models and adapts a video model to speech.
problem Speech generation models are inferior to deterministic models.
method Developed a speech benchmark of LVMs and compared them against deterministic models.
result The Clockwork VAE outperforms previous LVMs and reduces the gap to deterministic models.
ExNODE uses ODE to model sets with permutation equivariance.
problem Capturing intra-set dependencies in unordered sets.
method Exchangeable Neural ODE (ExNODE) using ODE.
result ExNODE achieves permutation equivariance for set modeling.
Unified framework evaluates synthetic financial data models.
problem Data scarcity and confidentiality in finance hinder model development and testing.
method Multi-criteria evaluation of three generative paradigms: ARIMA-GARCH, VAEs, and TimeGAN.
result TimeGAN achieves the best balance between realism and temporal coherence.
Variational autoencoders were proven successful in domains such as computer vision and speech processing. Their adoption for modeling user preferences is still unexplored, although recently it is starting to gain attention in the current literature. In this work, we propose a model which extends variational autoencoder…
LMMVAE improves VAE for correlated data by separating latent variables into fixed and random parts.
problem Correlated data in tabular and image datasets.
method Integrates random effects into VAE architecture, separating latent variables into fixed and random parts.
result Significant improvement in reconstruction error and likelihood loss on unseen data.
Paper proposes a new method to handle missing data in medical records using sequential variational autoencoders.
problem Missing data in medical records due to sensor off-times and uneven data collection.
method Sequential variational autoencoders (VAEs) with a new methodology called Shi-VAE.
result Shi-VAE achieves the best performance in terms of both metrics compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Proposes TNCM-VAE for generating causal financial time series.
problem Lack of causal reasoning in market generators.
method Combines VAE with structural causal models, enforcing causal constraints through DAGs and using causal Wasserstein distance.
result Superior performance in counterfactual probability estimation, L1 distances as low as 0.03-0.10.
LEAP identifies latent causal variables from temporal data.
problem Recovering time-delayed latent causal variables from general temporal data.
method Proposes LEAP, a framework that extends VAEs with constraints for temporally causal latent processes.
result Successfully identifies temporally causal latent processes from observed variables under various dependency structures.
Long-term human motion can be represented as a series of motion modes---motion sequences that capture short-term temporal dynamics---with transitions between them. We leverage this structure and present a novel Motion Transformation Variational Auto-Encoders (MT-VAE) for learning motion sequence generation. Our model j…
The usage of deep generative models for image compression has led to impressive performance gains over classical codecs while neural video compression is still in its infancy. Here, we propose an end-to-end, deep generative modeling approach to compress temporal sequences with a focus on video. Our approach builds upon…
A new DVAE architecture improves channel estimation by incorporating temporal correlations.
problem Improving the estimation of time-varying channels.
method Introducing k-MemoryMarkovVAE (k-MMVAE) architecture to learn temporal correlations.
result The k-MMVAE aided channel estimator outperforms other ML aided estimators.
Proposes an ensemble framework combining VAE, Transformer, and LSTM for stock price prediction.
problem Predicting stock prices with high accuracy and reliability.
method Combines VAE, Transformer, and LSTM models to capture both linear and non-linear relationships in stock price movements.
result The ensemble framework outperforms individual models and classical methods in stock price prediction accuracy.
SAHMM-VAE separates sources adaptively using hidden Markov priors.
problem Unsupervised blind source separation.
method Source-wise adaptive Hidden Markov prior variational autoencoder.
result Different latent dimensions align with different source-specific temporal organizations.
In this paper, we integrate VAEs and flow-based generative models successfully and get f-VAEs. Compared with VAEs, f-VAEs generate more vivid images, solved the blurred-image problem of VAEs. Compared with flow-based models such as Glow, f-VAE is more lightweight and converges faster, achieving the same performance und…
This paper uses deep generative models to create synthetic financial data for portfolio and risk modeling.
problem Challenges in empirical research due to privacy, accessibility, and reproducibility issues in financial data.
method Investigates the use of Time-series Generative Adversarial Networks (TimeGAN) and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) to generate synthetic financial return series.
result Synthetic data from TimeGAN closely mimics real financial data in distributional shapes, volatility, and autocorrelation.
DualVDT improves time-series forecasting with a novel dual reparametrized structure.
problem Time-series forecasting with improved performance and analytical rigor.
method Dual reparametrized variational mechanisms on VAE, latent score based generative model, reverse time stochastic differential equation, variational ancestral sampling, KL divergence reduction.
result Advanced performance in time-series forecasting with reduced KL divergence.
VDA improves disentanglement of latent representations in complex signals.
problem Learning disentangled and interpretable representations in nonstationary, high-dimensional time-evolving signals.
method Variational decomposition autoencoding (VDA) framework, incorporating signal decomposition, contrastive self-supervised task, and variational prior approximation.
result DecVAEs surpass state-of-the-art VAE-based methods in disentanglement quality and generalization.
A new method scales Gaussian process variational autoencoders to handle high-dimensional time series.
problem Scalability issue in Gaussian process variational autoencoders (GPVAEs).
method Introducing Markovian GPs and using Kalman filtering and smoothing for linear time training.
result MGPVAE outperforms existing approaches in various tasks with high scalability.
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.
BS-VAE separates decoder variance and beta to improve VAE performance.
problem Blurriness in VAE outputs and difficulty in analyzing model performance.
method Explicitly separates beta and decoder variance in Beta-Sigma VAE.
result Superior performance in natural image synthesis and controllable parameters.
A tutorial on VAEs explaining its derivation and applications.
problem Understanding the VAE model and its limitations.
method Explains VAE through probabilistic and information theoretic perspectives.
result Identifies two common misconceptions and their practical consequences.
New system for i-vector speaker recognition based on variational autoencoder (VAE) is investigated. VAE is a promising approach for developing accurate deep nonlinear generative models of complex data. Experiments show that VAE provides speaker embedding and can be effectively trained in an unsupervised manner. LLR est…
The paper provides convergence guarantees for VAEs using SGD and Adam.
problem Understanding theoretical convergence guarantees for VAEs.
method Derives non-asymptotic convergence rates for VAEs trained with SGD and Adam.
result Convergence rate of \(\mathcal{O}(\log n / \sqrt{n})\) with explicit hyperparameter dependencies.
It is well established that temporal organization is critical to memory, and that the ability to temporally organize information is fundamental to many perceptual, cognitive, and motor processes. While our understanding of how the brain processes the spatial context of memories has advanced considerably, our understand…
VAEs help in learning latent variables for cryo-EM applications.
problem Learning latent variables for cryo-EM data.
method Used VAEs for latent variable learning, focusing on the encoder's role.
result The encoder of the VAE in cryo-EM applications resembles traditional latent variable representations.
A novel model learns from limited data using physics constraints and GPVAE to generate realistic samples.
problem Limited data for effective generative AI training.
method Physics-informed Gaussian Process Variational Autoencoder (PIGPVAE) incorporating physical models and discrepancy terms.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on indoor temperature data.
PRI-VAE learns disentangled representations by optimizing principle-of-relevant-information.
problem Learning disentangled representations under VAE framework remains unknown.
method Proposes PRI-VAE, a novel learning objective to optimize disentanglement.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of PRI-VAE on four benchmark datasets.
C2VAE learns disentangled and coupled representations without prior knowledge.
problem Learning disentangled and coupled representations in latent space.
method Introduces C2VAE, a self-supervised VAE that factorizes posterior and uses Gaussian copula for dependencies. result Demonstrates strong effect in enhancing disentangled representation learning.
Variational autoencoders (VAEs) have ushered in a new era of unsupervised learning methods for complex distributions. Although these techniques are elegant in their approach, they are typically not useful for representation learning. In this work, we propose a simple yet powerful class of VAEs that simultaneously resul…
NE-VAE prevents posterior collapse in VAEs by embedding neighbors in latent space.
problem Posterior collapse in VAEs when strong decoders are used.
method Neighbor embedding in latent space to prevent collapse.
result NE-VAE produces qualitatively different latent representations with active latent dimensions.
The variational autoencoder (VAE) framework remains a popular option for training unsupervised generative models, especially for discrete data where generative adversarial networks (GANs) require workaround to create gradient for the generator. In our work modeling US postal addresses, we show that our discrete VAE wit…
q-VAE extracts disentangled latent spaces for robot control and dynamic systems.
problem Disentangled representation learning for latent spaces in robotics.
method Proposes q-VAE based on Tsallis statistics, improving disentanglement and latent dynamics.
result Improves disentangled representation while maintaining data reconstruction accuracy.
Single training run learns optimal VAE parameters for various β values.
problem Training VAEs with varying β values for optimal trade-off between distortion and rate.
method Introduced Multi-Rate VAE (MR-VAE) using hypernetworks to map β to optimal parameters.
result MR-VAEs can construct the full rate-distortion curve without additional training.
Topological anomaly scores predict return curves in S&P 500 stocks
problem Detecting anomalies in financial time series
method BallMapper, decoder-conditional VAE, Function-on-Function regression
result Anomaly history carries predictive content for return curves
VAEs analyzed using harmonic analysis, showing how variance controls frequency content and robustness.
problem Understanding and optimizing VAEs for robustness and frequency control.
method Viewing VAE latent space as Gaussian space, deriving results on variance and frequency content, and demonstrating soft Lipschitz constraints.
result Increasing encoder variance reduces high frequency content and improves adversarial robustness.
VAE improves anomaly detection for jet tagging at the LHC.
problem Anomaly detection in jet tagging at the LHC.
method Variational Autoencoder (VAE) trained on background QCD jets, with latent space learning for anomaly detection.
result Outlier Exposed VAE (OE-VAE) achieves excellent results in both sensitivity and decorrelation of jet mass.
High-dimensional VAEs inevitably collapse to prior, requiring large datasets for good performance.
problem Posterior collapse in VAEs leads to poor representation learning quality.
method Analyzed a minimal VAE in a high-dimensional limit, evaluating conditions for posterior collapse with respect to beta and dataset size.
result VAEs face 'inevitable posterior collapse' beyond a certain beta threshold, regardless of dataset size.
NeRF-VAE generates 3D scenes with geometric structure from few images.
problem Generating 3D scenes from few images with geometric consistency.
method Combines NeRF and VAE, incorporating shared geometric structure.
result NeRF-VAE can infer and render geometrically-consistent scenes from unseen environments.
Flexible VAEs using FIFs improve model likelihood on image datasets.
problem Limitations of diagonal Gaussian posteriors in VAEs.
method Regularized Free-form Injective Flow (FIF) for flexible posterior.
result Full covariance VAEs outperform diagonal Gaussian posteriors.