Study compares geometric approaches for shape and deformation statistics.
problem Characterizing statistical models of shapes and deformations.
method Information geometry and Wasserstein geometry.
result Wasserstein estimator is robust against waveform perturbation.
Paper introduces a generalized Bures-Wasserstein geometry for SPD matrices.
problem Understanding the geometry of SPD matrices for machine learning.
method Proposes a generalized Bures-Wasserstein geometry parameterized by a symmetric positive definite matrix.
result The GBW geometry outperforms the BW geometry in machine learning applications.
New geometry for optimal transport cost based on Bregman divergences.
problem Optimal transport cost calculation with Bregman divergences.
method Established properties, defined interpolations, constructed dualistic geometry.
result Derived generalized Pythagorean inequality and Bregman-Wasserstein barycenters.
New KL-divergence for Gaussian distributions based on Wasserstein geometry.
problem Computing KL-divergence for Gaussian distributions efficiently.
method Introducing WKL-divergence based on Wasserstein geometry.
result WKL-divergence evaluates to squared distance between points for Dirac measures.
Study shows one-dimensional location-scale-shape models are flat in Wasserstein geometry.
problem Investigating curvature in location-scale-shape models under Wasserstein metric.
method Introduced location-scale-shape model and investigated its geometry.
result Location-scale-shape model is intrinsically flat but extrinsically curved in Wasserstein geometry.
Paper explores geometry of covariance matrices using associated bundles.
problem Geometry of fixed-rank covariance matrices.
method Associated bundle approach to Bures--Wasserstein geometry.
result Established a one-to-one correspondence between geodesics.
This work explores gradient flows and Riemannian structure in Gromov-Wasserstein geometry for data with global structure.
problem Suitable geometry for tasks requiring preservation of global data structure.
method Study of gradient flows and Riemannian structure in Gromov-Wasserstein geometry for distributions on \(\mathbb{R}^d\).
result Established a Benamou-Brenier-like formula for IGW and derived the IGW gradient.
Develops calculus on Wasserstein spaces for Riemannian manifolds.
problem Characterizing and understanding the geometry of Wasserstein spaces.
method Intrinsic formalism for topology, smooth structure, and Riemannian geometry of Wasserstein spaces.
result Wasserstein spaces of closed manifolds are geodesically convex.
This paper develops GPCA for probability distributions using Otto-Wasserstein geometry.
problem Analyzing modes of variation in datasets of probability measures.
method Geodesic Principal Component Analysis (GPCA) on Wasserstein space with neural networks.
result Identification of geodesic curves that capture modes of variation in probability distributions.
A new algorithm computes Wasserstein barycenters without entropic regularization.
problem Computing Wasserstein barycenters efficiently and accurately.
method Free-support algorithm based on particle flow and Riemannian geometry.
result The algorithm avoids entropic regularization and is computationally tractable.
The space of Gaussian measures on a Euclidean space is geodesically convex in the L2-Wasserstein space. This space is a finite dimensional manifold since Gaussian measures are parameterized by means and covariance matrices. By restricting to the space of Gaussian measures inside the L2-Wasserstein space, we manag…
New method speeds up optimization over probability measures.
problem High computational overhead in optimizing probability measures.
method Randomized coordinate descent on Wasserstein space.
result Significant speedups over full-gradient methods.
The paper studies the geometry of probability measures on the unit circle.
problem Understanding the Riemannian geometry of probability measures on the unit circle.
method Developed an intrinsic framework using the Peter-Weyl Theorem to study the differential geometry of Wasserstein spaces of compact Lie groups.
result Explicitly demonstrated that the Wasserstein space of the unit circle is flat with vanishing curvature.
This work studies Gaussian geometry under entropy-regularized 2-Wasserstein distance.
problem Understanding Gaussian distributions in uncertainty quantification and diffusivity.
method Entropy-regularized 2-Wasserstein distance, closed-form solutions, fixed-point characterization.
result Closed-form expressions for the 2-Sinkhorn divergence and fixed-point barycenter.
Paper introduces geometry-aware normalizing flows for improved causal inference.
problem Disparity between sample and population distributions in causal inference.
method Integrates continuous normalizing flows with parametric submodels, employing Wasserstein gradient flows and optimal transport.
result Significantly reduces parameter estimation bias and variance in finite-sample settings.
New theory of sensitivity for unbiased estimators using Wasserstein geometry.
problem Estimating the instability of estimators under small perturbations.
method Developed a new theory based on Wasserstein geometry, analogous to classical Cramér-Rao theory.
result Wasserstein-Cramér-Rao lower bound for sensitivity of unbiased estimators.
The Wasserstein probability metric has received much attention from the machine learning community. Unlike the Kullback-Leibler divergence, which strictly measures change in probability, the Wasserstein metric reflects the underlying geometry between outcomes. The value of being sensitive to this geometry has been demo…
A new dynamical formulation of log-PCA captures local principal modes of geodesic variations.
problem Learning principal variations of random probability measures under Wasserstein geometry.
method Introducing a new dynamical formulation of log-PCA as a variational approach.
result Deriving a general statistical convergence rate for empirical WT-PCA.
This work tightens generalization error bounds using Wasserstein distance.
problem Improving expected generalization error bounds in machine learning.
method Introduces bounds based on Wasserstein distance for various settings.
result New, tighter bounds based on relative entropy and other information measures.
New method uses Cantor embeddings and Wasserstein distances to analyze predictive states in time series data.
problem Analyzing predictive states in stochastic processes using time series data.
method Wasserstein distances for detecting predictive equivalences in symbolic data, using Cantor embeddings for finite-dimensional representation.
result Exploratory analysis of temporal structure in various processes reveals insights.
Neural Local Wasserstein Regression models distribution-on-distribution regression with flexible, localized transport maps.
problem Estimating distribution-on-distribution regression with global optimal transport maps or linearization limitations.
method Proposes Neural Local Wasserstein Regression, a flexible nonparametric framework using locally defined transport maps in Wasserstein space.
result Demonstrates effective capture of nonlinear and high-dimensional distributional relationships.
New metric for probability measures connects physics and geometry.
problem Developing a new metric for probability measures.
method Transport Hessian metric, formulated dynamical systems.
result Connections to physics equations and mathematical models.
Proposes Gromov-Wasserstein methods for multi-view embedding.
problem Integrating multiple representations of the same samples in heterogeneous geometries.
method Gromov-Wasserstein optimal transport for multi-view embedding.
result Preserves intrinsic relational structure across views effectively.
Proposes a new Sliced-Wasserstein distance for covariance matrices in M/EEG signals.
problem Efficiently dealing with distributions of covariance matrices in M/EEG multivariate time series.
method Defines a Sliced-Wasserstein distance for symmetric positive definite matrices and applies it to brain-age prediction and Brain Computer Interface applications.
result Demonstrates computational efficiency and strong theoretical guarantees for the proposed distance.
New algorithm computes optimal transport barycenter efficiently.
problem Computing optimal transport barycenter for high-dimensional probability distributions.
method Wasserstein-Descent H˙1-Ascent (WDHA) algorithm. result Exact barycenter computation in nearly linear time and linear space complexity.
High-dimensional models trained on smooth manifolds achieve optimal rates in Wasserstein metrics.
problem Training score-based generative models on complex, low-dimensional manifolds.
method Proves optimal rates for SGMs on smooth manifolds, separating into noise regimes and using ReLU nearest-projection coordinates.
result Optimal intrinsic Wasserstein rates are achieved, with polynomial ambient dependence for families with controlled geometry and density.
A new spherical Sliced-Wasserstein distance for data on spheres.
problem Defining Wasserstein distance on manifolds, especially spheres.
method Closed-form solutions of the Wasserstein distance on the circle and a new spherical Radon transform.
result A novel spherical Sliced-Wasserstein (SW) discrepancy for data on spheres.
Convex PCA improves Euclidean PCA for convex data subsets.
problem Improving PCA for convex data subsets.
method Developed new theoretical results and a numerical implementation for finite dimensional convex PCA.
result Finite dimensional convex PCA approximates Wasserstein GPCA and ranked compositional data.
New Sliced-Wasserstein distances for non-Euclidean data.
problem Computational burden of Wasserstein distance on non-Euclidean manifolds.
method Derive Sliced-Wasserstein distances and flows on Cartan-Hadamard manifolds.
result General constructions and non-parametric schemes for minimizing new distances.
Study geodesic properties of time series data using Wasserstein metric.
problem Modeling nonlinear time series with transport-based metrics.
method Generalized Wasserstein metric and signed cumulative distribution transforms.
result Geodesic properties provide added interpretability and robustness in time series classifiers.
A method for learning embeddings from multi-view data using Gromov-Wasserstein.
problem Challenges in learning low-dimensional representations from multi-view relational data with differing geometries.
method Bary-GWMDS and Mean-GWMDS-C, Gromov-Wasserstein-based methods operating on distance matrices.
result Stable and geometrically meaningful embeddings learned from synthetic and real-world datasets.
New algorithm for fitting Gaussian mixtures using Wasserstein-Fisher-Rao geometry.
problem Hard problem of fitting Gaussian mixture models to data computationally.
method Gradient descent over Wasserstein-Fisher-Rao geometry for probability measures.
result Established convergence guarantees for the proposed algorithm.
Study on volume of tubes and concentration in Riemannian geometry.
problem Understanding concentration loci in Riemannian manifolds and their relation to tube volumes.
method Provided a general formula for tube volumes, specialized to totally geodesic submanifolds, and investigated concentration loci.
result Explicitly proved concentration for codimension one cases and explored characterizations in Wasserstein and Box distances.
A new sliced IGW distance for Gromov-Wasserstein alignment.
problem Scalability issues in Gromov-Wasserstein alignment for high-dimensional problems.
method Proposed a sliced IGW distance with rotational invariance.
result Natural rotational invariance of the sliced IGW distance.
New estimators for intrinsic dimension and Wasserstein distance improve OT accuracy.
problem Intrinsic dimension estimation and Wasserstein distance estimation in large-scale OT.
method Introduces novel estimators for intrinsic dimension and Wasserstein distance.
result Simple, tuning-free estimator of OT and fast intrinsic dimension estimator.
This paper studies geometric properties of Wasserstein metric on SPD(n).
problem Understanding the geometry of symmetric positive-definite matrices under Wasserstein metric.
method Using fiber bundles, the paper derives explicit geometric quantities and proves global properties.
result The manifold is globally geodesic convex with non-negative curvatures but no conjugate pair and cut locus.
Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks (WGANs) provide a versatile class of models, which have attracted great attention in various applications. However, this framework has two main drawbacks: (i) Wasserstein-1 (or Earth-Mover) distance is restrictive such that WGANs cannot always fit data geometry well; (ii) It …
Revises SWK for persistence diagrams using Figalli-Gigli distance.
problem Efficiently embedding persistence diagrams in a Hilbert space.
method Directly use Figalli-Gigli distance to build a positive definite kernel.
result SFGK shares properties with SWK and performs similarly on benchmarks.
New gradient flows improve high-dimensional sampling.
problem Sampling from high-dimensional target densities.
method Introducing Radon--Wasserstein gradient flows.
result Linear scaling in particles and dimensions.
A new tree-Wasserstein distance for high-dimensional data with latent feature hierarchy.
problem Finding meaningful distances between high-dimensional data samples with latent feature hierarchy.
method Proposes a new tree-Wasserstein distance (TWD) for high-dimensional data with a latent feature hierarchy, using diffusion geometry and tree decoding.
result The proposed TWD effectively recovers the latent feature hierarchy and is efficient and scalable.
Quantum field theory connects Riemannian geometry to quantum fluctuations.
problem Generating Riemannian structures from quantum fluctuations.
method QFT approach to Riemannian Geometry, focusing on Ricci curvature.
result Ricci curvature is crucial in generating Riemannian structures.
Extends subspace detour method to Gromov-Wasserstein problem.
problem Matching shapes using Gromov-Wasserstein distance.
method Project measures onto a subspace, then compute optimal transport plan.
result Connections with Knothe-Rosenblatt rearrangement.
A scalable algorithm approximates Wasserstein Barycenters using neural networks.
problem Representing the weighted mean of probability distributions in high dimensions.
method Input Convex Neural Networks (ICNNs) for Kantorovich dual formulation of Wasserstein-2 distance.
result Generative model representation of the Barycenter with infinite samples.
Our attacks are stronger and faster under Wasserstein metric.
problem Vulnerability of deep models to adversarial attacks.
method Developed an exact yet efficient projection operator and used the Frank-Wolfe method.
result Generated much stronger attacks and improved model robustness.
The paper connects tempering and entropic mirror descent for sampling.
problem Sampling from a target distribution with known unnormalized density.
method Establishes the connection between tempering SMC and entropic mirror descent, deriving convergence rates and geometric insights.
result Tempering SMC iterates correspond to entropic mirror descent on the reverse KL divergence, providing new optimization perspectives.
Unified theory of optimal transport for random measures.
problem Statistical uncertainty in optimal transport.
method Constructing L2 over Wasserstein space for random probability measures. result Unified treatment of random optimal transport and principled inference.
The paper proposes a new method to approximate Wasserstein-Fisher-Rao flows using Monte Carlo techniques.
problem Sampling from probability distributions and minimizing Kullback-Leibler divergence.
method Sequential Monte Carlo approximations of Wasserstein-Fisher-Rao gradient flows.
result The proposed method outperforms other Monte Carlo algorithms in certain conditions.
We propose Gaussian optimal transport for Image style transfer in an Encoder/Decoder framework. Optimal transport for Gaussian measures has closed forms Monge mappings from source to target distributions. Moreover interpolates between a content and a style image can be seen as geodesics in the Wasserstein Geometry. Usi…