The paper uses differentiable rendering to generate semantic counterexamples for improving neural network robustness.
problem Neural networks' brittleness to semantic transformations.
method Differentiable rendering for generating realistic images that model semantic changes, combined with adversarial machine learning attacks.
result Semantic counterexamples improve generalization, robustness, and transferability of neural networks.
A new method for adversarial attacks using physical parameters like lighting and geometry.
problem Vulnerability of machine learning image classifiers to adversarial attacks.
method Directly perturbs physical parameters (lighting and geometry) instead of pixel colors, using a differentiable renderer.
result Proposes parametric norm-balls for evaluating adversarial attacks, enabling physically-based attacks.
Improves spline quality and accuracy in computational microscopy.
problem Detecting slender, overlapping structures in microscopy images.
method Differentiable rendering approach for spline refinement.
result Achieves high reliability and sub-pixel accuracy.
Automates hair color digitization using imaging and deep learning.
problem Challenges in capturing and rendering realistic hair colors.
method Combines imaging, path-tracing, and self-supervised machine learning.
result Accurately captures and renders hair color with synthetic images.
Paper proposes meshAdv to generate adversarial 3D meshes for visual recognition.
problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to adversarial examples.
method Differentiable renderer to manipulate shape and texture of 3D meshes.
result 3D meshes effectively attack classifiers and object detectors.
3D adversarial logos can fool object detectors in real-world settings.
problem Creating robust adversarial attacks in 3D rendering views.
method Constructing 3D adversarial logos via texture mapping and differentiable rendering.
result 3D adversarial logos are more versatile and robust than traditional adversarial patches.
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.
AutoSimulate efficiently optimizes synthetic data generation.
problem Optimizing synthetic data generation for machine learning.
method Differentiable approximation of the objective function for efficient optimization.
result Significantly faster (up to 50x) and more efficient (up to 30x) synthetic data generation.
Worldsheet wraps a 3D mesh sheet onto a single image to synthesize novel views.
problem Synthesizing novel views from a single image with large viewpoint changes.
method Shrink-wrapping a planar mesh sheet onto the input image, consistent with learned depth.
result Worldsheet consistently outperforms prior methods on single-image view synthesis.
Improves synthetic data for deep model training and adaptation.
problem Evaluating and improving synthetic data for deep learning models.
method Proposes a novel learned synthesis technique using generative models for shading and rendering, and uses an ensemble of models to generate datasets.
result Improves classifier performance on real data compared to state-of-the-art methods.
We generalize stochastic smoothing for gradient estimation of non-differentiable functions.
problem Gradient estimation for non-differentiable functions.
method Developed a general framework for relaxation and gradient estimation of non-differentiable black-box functions using stochastic smoothing with reduced assumptions.
result Empirically validated the effectiveness of variance reduction strategies for various non-differentiable tasks.
Pix2Shape learns 3D scene representations from single images without supervision.
problem Learning 3D scene information from a single image without supervision.
method Pix2Shape uses an encoder, decoder, and critic network to generate 2.5D surfel-based reconstructions.
result Pix2Shape can generate complex 3D scenes from a single image, scaling with on-screen resolution.
Stabilized neural differential equations enforce constraints on dynamical systems.
problem Ensuring dynamical systems preserve known constraints like conservation laws.
method SNDEs with a stabilization term to enforce manifold constraints.
result SNDEs outperform existing methods and broaden constraint types.
ORRB enables fast, customizable rendering of robotics environments.
problem Fast and customizable rendering of robotics environments.
method Based on Unity3d and MuJoCo, optimized for cloud deployment.
result Visual domain randomization for improved simulation.
DSRGAN learns independent structure and rendering without tuple supervision.
problem Learning disentangled representation for natural image generation without tuple supervision.
method Introducing an auxiliary domain with a common underlying-structure space, and designing a parallel generative network with a common Progressive Rendering Architecture.
result DSRGAN significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in disentanglability.
Describes rendering scenes in Nil geometry.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Expository account of rendering real-time scenes in Nil geometry.
result Interesting geometric phenomena observed.
Enhances neural rendering with geometry-aware attention.
problem Efficiently modeling complex 3D scenes.
method Introduces Epipolar Cross Attention (ECA) for non-local operations.
result Significant improvement in Generative Query Networks (GQN) performance.
A neural scene representation framework enforcing 3D transformations.
problem Learning 3D scene representations from images without 3D supervision.
method Introducing a loss enforcing equivariance of the scene representation with 3D transformations.
result Real-time neural rendering with comparable results to models requiring minutes for inference.
Differential privacy is a statistical concept that can be explained through hypothesis testing.
problem Formalizing differential privacy as a statistical concept.
method Using David Blackwell's informativeness theorem, the paper shows differential privacy can be understood through hypothesis testing.
result The definition of f-differential privacy provides a unified framework for analyzing privacy bounds. Newton's method tackles nonlinear mappings into vector bundles with connections and retractions.
problem Finding zeros of mappings from a manifold into a vector bundle.
method Local convergence using differentiability concepts, Banach space Riemannian distance, and affine covariant damping strategy.
result Illustrated application to generalized non-symmetric eigenvalue problems.
Model predicts multi-agent trajectories using a differentiable simulator.
problem Predicting future positions of multiple interacting agents.
method Conditional recurrent variational neural networks (CVRNNs) with a kinematic bicycle model.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results on INTERACTION dataset.
We create real-time geodesic rendering for non-isotropic geometries.
problem Challenging visualization of non-isotropic geometries.
method Novel methods for real-time native geodesic rendering.
result Methods can be applied to visualization, machine learning, and video games.
Proposes a model to generate 3D-aware images from 2D images.
problem Generating 3D-aware images from 2D images.
method Likelihood-based top-down model using Neural Radiance Fields and energy-based latent variables.
result Model can infer 3D object structures from 2D images and generate novel views.
Automatically identifies geometric flat outputs for robotic systems.
problem Lack of systematic and practical means to identify flat outputs for arbitrary robotic systems.
method Casts the search for a globally valid, equivariant flat output as an optimization problem using Riemannian geometry, Lie group theory, and differential forms.
result Approximate transcription of continuum formulation to a quadratic program achieves precise agreement with known closed-form flat outputs.
We analyze the Kozachenko--Leonenko (KL) nearest neighbor estimator for the differential entropy. We obtain the first uniform upper bound on its performance over Hölder balls on a torus without assuming any conditions on how close the density could be from zero. Accompanying a new minimax lower bound over the Hölder ba…
ROOTS learns to represent and render 3D scenes with object-centric models.
problem Learning to represent and render 3D scenes with object-centric compositionality.
method Probabilistic generative model for learning object representations and scene rendering from partial observations.
result The model can infer 3D object representations and render scenes from arbitrary viewpoints.
A scalable PyTorch framework for non-crossing quantile regression.
problem Non-crossing quantile regression to avoid impossible negative probability densities.
method CJQR-ALM combining Augmented Lagrangian Method, differentiable pinball loss, and L-BFGS optimization.
result Achieves near-zero crossing rates on large datasets within minutes.
This paper improves anomaly detection in lane rendering images for safer navigation.
problem Anomalies in lane rendering images can mislead drivers, posing safety risks.
method Proposes a four-phase pipeline using Transformer models, self-supervised pre-training, and fine-tuning.
result The pipeline enhances detection accuracy and reduces training time.
AR-GANs learn depth and DoF from unlabeled images using aperture rendering and focus cues.
problem Learning depth and DoF from unlabeled natural images with diverse viewpoints and shapes.
method Aperture rendering and focus cues to learn depth and DoF from unlabeled images.
result AR-GANs effectively learn depth and DoF from various datasets, including flower, bird, and face images.
New method reconstructs hidden structures from noisy data.
problem Resurrecting hidden structures from incomplete or distorted data.
method Integrates Atiyah--Molino framework and Hantjies tensor.
result Exceptional robustness in noisy conditions with error-bounded reconstructions.
ProGen improves spatiotemporal forecasting with SDEs and diffusion models.
problem Complex spatial and temporal dependencies in spatiotemporal data.
method ProGen uses Stochastic Differential Equations and diffusion-based generative models.
result ProGen outperforms state-of-the-art models on traffic datasets.
Stella Nera accelerates matrix multiplications with a hash-based approach, achieving high energy efficiency and accuracy.
problem High computational and energy demands due to matrix multiplications in AI models.
method Stella Nera uses Maddness, a hash-based product quantization, to eliminate multipliers and achieve lookups and additions.
result Achieved an energy efficiency of 161 TOp/s/W@0.55V, 25x better than conventional MatMul accelerators.
BPQP improves efficiency of differentiable optimization layers for deep learning.
problem Efficiency in differentiating optimization problems for deep learning models.
method Reformulates optimization problems as quadratic programming, enabling efficient gradient calculation.
result Significant improvement in efficiency (order of magnitude faster) compared to other differentiable optimization layers.
DVAO predicts volumetric ambient occlusion for real-time volume rendering.
problem Predicting per-voxel ambient occlusion in volumetric data sets.
method Deep learning neural network that considers global information through transfer function.
result DVAO supports real-time volume interaction and generalizes to various modalities.
Paper proposes a neural network for learning better importance sampling.
problem Improving variance reduction in Monte Carlo rendering.
method Uses a neural network to learn desired densities in the primary sample space of a rendering algorithm.
result Effective variance reduction demonstrated in practical scenarios.
Paper introduces a modified Allen-Cahn equation for better energy equipartition.
problem Improving energy equipartition in mean curvature flow.
method Developed a modified Allen-Cahn equation (MAC) by time-dependent parameter and Z-transform.
result Improved estimate on discrepancy energy for better equipartition.
Automates UI implementation from designer images.
problem Automating UI implementation from designer images.
method Generative model training and imitation learning.
result 92.5% accuracy on Android Button attribute inference.
New algorithms approximate state similarity in large MDPs.
problem Computing exact bisimulation metrics in large MDPs is expensive and impractical.
method Developed a new metric tied to behavior policy, and two algorithms for approximating it.
result Presented algorithms that can approximate bisimulation metrics in large, deterministic MDPs.
Method tracks finger movements to render shapes on display devices.
problem Designing touchless user interfaces for electronic devices.
method Leap Motion controller tracks finger movements, analyzes trajectories, and uses HMM for gesture recognition.
result Method achieves 92.87% accuracy in rendering shapes on display devices.
New method finds efficient low-rank neural networks during training.
problem High memory and computational demands of neural networks.
method Restricts weight matrices to a low-rank manifold and updates low-rank factors.
result Significantly reduced time and memory resources required for training and evaluation.
The aim of this work is to provide fast and accurate approximation schemes for the Monte Carlo pricing of derivatives in LIBOR market models. Standard methods can be applied to solve the stochastic differential equations of the successive LIBOR rates but the methods are generally slow. Our contribution is twofold. Firs…
We propose a systematic learning-based approach to the generation of massive quantities of synthetic 3D scenes and arbitrary numbers of photorealistic 2D images thereof, with associated ground truth information, for the purposes of training, benchmarking, and diagnosing learning-based computer vision and robotics algor…
Graphical models have gained a lot of attention recently as a tool for learning and representing dependencies among variables in multivariate data. Often, domain scientists are looking specifically for differences among the dependency networks of different conditions or populations (e.g. differences between regulatory …
Gradient-free method solves infinite-dimensional optimization problems.
problem Optimizing functions in infinite-dimensional spaces.
method Uses directional derivatives and a pre-basis for Hilbert space.
result Proves convergence for solving PDEs using PINNs.
Semi-supervised learning algorithms reduce the high cost of acquiring labeled training data by using both labeled and unlabeled data during learning. Deep Convolutional Networks (DCNs) have achieved great success in supervised tasks and as such have been widely employed in the semi-supervised learning. In this paper we…
We present a technique for efficiently synthesizing images of atmospheric clouds using a combination of Monte Carlo integration and neural networks. The intricacies of Lorenz-Mie scattering and the high albedo of cloud-forming aerosols make rendering of clouds---e.g. the characteristic silverlining and the "whiteness" …
Two formulae estimate sensitivity of random vectors to distributional parameters.
problem Estimating sensitivity of random vectors to distributional parameters.
method Two analytical formulae and four numerical algorithms.
result Validated numerical algorithms and demonstrated effectiveness.
Probabilistic numerics expands numerical tasks with black box methods.
problem Difficult conditioning of random variables in numerical tasks.
method Construct probabilistic numerical methods based on final outputs, extrapolating limiting quantities.
result Higher orders of convergence achieved in various numerical tasks.