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48 results for geometric latent subspaces

A new method for generative modeling of discrete data using geometric latent subspaces.

problem Learning generative models for discrete data with statistical dependencies.
method Geometric latent-subspace framework in exponential parameter space of product manifolds of categorical distributions.
result Low-dimensional latent space encodes statistical dependencies and accurately models high-dimensional discrete data.

LASER compresses recursive model activations by exploiting their low-dimensional structure.

problem Understanding and optimizing the geometric structure of recursive reasoning trajectories.
method Dynamic low-rank basis tracking via matrix-free subspace tracking with a fidelity-triggered reset mechanism.
result Recursive activations occupy a linear, low-dimensional subspace that can be compressed efficiently.

IntroVAC learns interpretable latent subspaces for better image quality.

problem Difficulties in interpreting latent spaces and limitations in image generation.
method Introspective Variational Classifier (IntroVAC) using additional labels and adversarial training.
result Improved image quality and meaningful latent directions for fine-grained manipulation.

Variational autoencoders (VAEs) are widely used deep generative models capable of learning unsupervised latent representations of data. Such representations are often difficult to interpret or control. We consider the problem of unsupervised learning of features correlated to specific labels in a dataset. We propose a …

2018-12-14abs ↗pdf ↗

GAME improves matrix completion by considering subgroup-specific latent structures.

problem Heterogeneous data with overlapping categories, smoothing away subgroup-specific variation.
method Group-Aware Matrix Estimation (GAME) with overlapping nuclear-norm penalties.
result GAME outperforms global low-rank estimators in structured missingness regimes.

Study on reliability of latent reuse in diffusion models under distribution shift.

problem When can latent spaces from a source dataset be reused for a target dataset with different distributions?
method Considered a source-target setting with approximately low-dimensional datasets near different subspaces. Analyzed the target-domain score error due to principal-angle misalignment and target ambient noise.
result Latent reuse is reliable only if the source and target subspaces are close and the target ambient noise is not too amplified.

We propose a neural network for unsupervised anomaly detection with a novel robust subspace recovery layer (RSR layer). This layer seeks to extract the underlying subspace from a latent representation of the given data and removes outliers that lie away from this subspace. It is used within an autoencoder. The encoder …

2019-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

New method disentangles latent subspaces under correlation shifts.

problem Correlations between factors of variation make disentanglement models less robust.
method Enforces independence between subspaces conditioned on available attributes using adversarial CMI minimization.
result Models are disentangled and robust under correlation shifts, including in weakly supervised settings.

Multi-view subspace clustering has been applied to applications such as image processing and video surveillance, and has attracted increasing attention. Most existing methods learn view-specific self-representation matrices, and construct a combined affinity matrix from multiple views. The affinity construction process…

2019-12-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Subspace clustering aims to cluster unlabeled data that lies in a union of low-dimensional linear subspaces. Deep subspace clustering approaches based on auto-encoders have become very popular to solve subspace clustering problems. However, the training of current deep methods converges slowly, which is much less effic…

2019-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Reconstruction based subspace clustering methods compute a self reconstruction matrix over the samples and use it for spectral clustering to obtain the final clustering result. Their success largely relies on the assumption that the underlying subspaces are independent, which, however, does not always hold in the appli…

2012-06-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Two types of nonidentifiability in latent position graphs identified and characterized.

problem Identifying and characterizing nonidentifiability in latent position random graph models.
method Defined and examined subspace nonidentifiability and model-based nonidentifiability, providing examples and characterizing limits.
result Characterized the limits of model-based nonidentifiability and obtained additional limiting results for specific graph models.

Geometric framework for SPD matrices preserving subspace structures.

problem Processing SPD-valued data with preserved subspace structures.
method Thompson geometry of the semidefinite cone, extreme generalized eigenvalues, geodesic space structure.
result Novel inductive mean of SPD matrices based on Thompson geometry.

EXoN creates an explainable latent space for semi-supervised learning.

problem Creating an explainable latent space for semi-supervised learning.
method EXoN combines VAE with SCI (Soft-label Consistency Interpolation) to create an explainable latent space.
result EXoN reduces the cost of investigating representation patterns on the latent space.

The high-dimensional data setting, in which p >> n, is a challenging statistical paradigm that appears in many real-world problems. In this setting, learning a compact, low-dimensional representation of the data can substantially help distinguish signal from noise. One way to achieve this goal is to perform subspace le…

2018-08-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New method neutralizes gender bias in word embeddings without losing semantic information.

problem Gender biases in word embeddings trained on human-generated corpora.
method Latent Disentanglement and Counterfactual Generation with siamese auto-encoder and gradient reversal layer.
result Our method outperforms existing debiasing methods in preserving semantic information and neutralizing gender biases.

Unified framework for disentangled representations using mechanistic independence.

problem Identifiability of disentangled latent factors under statistical dependencies.
method Introduces mechanistic independence to characterize latent factors by their actions on observed variables, proposing various independence criteria.
result Establishes conditions for identifiability of latent subspaces without statistical assumptions.

Researchers analyze the structure of token spaces in large language models.

problem Understanding the geometric and topological structure of token spaces in large language models.
method Developed estimators for the dimension and Ricci scalar curvature of the token subspace and applied them to three large language models.
result The token subspace is not a manifold but a stratified manifold with significantly negative Ricci curvature.

In this paper we consider the problem of group invariant subspace clustering where the data is assumed to come from a union of group-invariant subspaces of a vector space, i.e. subspaces which are invariant with respect to action of a given group. Algebraically, such group-invariant subspaces are also referred to as su…

2015-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformers infer tasks from context via two modes, geometrically shaped task vectors explain their behavior.

problem Understanding how transformers infer tasks from context and the geometric properties of task vectors.
method Synthetic setting to train small transformers, mathematical characterization of task-vector geometry and inference modes.
result Task-vector geometry shapes in-distribution and out-of-distribution behavior of transformers.

Symmetry transformations induce invariances which are frequently described with deep latent variable models. In many complex domains, such as the chemical space, invariances can be observed, yet the corresponding symmetry transformation cannot be formulated analytically. We propose to learn the symmetry transformation …

2020-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Studying a softmax-attention model, we show that the learned query converges to the latent signal subspace spanned by the informative direction.

problem Understanding the theoretical principles of attention mechanisms in large-scale token collections.
method Deriving a population objective and analyzing the limiting ordinary differential equation of the learning dynamics.
result The learned query asymptotically recovers the latent signal up to the intrinsic sign ambiguity.

This paper considers the problem of clustering a collection of unlabeled data points assumed to lie near a union of lower-dimensional planes. As is common in computer vision or unsupervised learning applications, we do not know in advance how many subspaces there are nor do we have any information about their dimension…

2011-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

A geometric string solution has background fields in overlapping coordinate patches related by diffeomorphisms and gauge transformations, while for a non-geometric background this is generalised to allow transition functions involving duality transformations. Non-geometric string backgrounds arise from T-duals and mirr…

2004-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes PredVAR model for reduced-dimensional dynamics from noisy data.

problem Extracting low-dimensional dynamics from high-dimensional noisy data.
method Probabilistic reduced-dimensional vector autoregressive model with oblique projection.
result Iterative algorithm yields dynamic latent variables with rank-ordered predictability.

We study the geometry of an important class of generic curves in the Grassmannian manifolds of nn-dimensional subspaces and Lagrangian subspaces of R2nR^{2n} under the action of the linear and linear symplectic group.

2005-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Subspace clustering is the unsupervised grouping of points lying near a union of low-dimensional linear subspaces. Algorithms based directly on geometric properties of such data tend to either provide poor empirical performance, lack theoretical guarantees, or depend heavily on their initialization. We present a novel …

2017-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances Gaussian process regression with multi-fidelity models and active subspaces for high-dimensional problems.

problem Data scarcity and high-dimensional input spaces with low intrinsic dimensionality.
method Employ Gaussian processes in a Bayesian setting, augmenting with low-fidelity models, and exploiting active subspaces.
result Improves model accuracy through multi-fidelity Gaussian process regression with active subspaces.

We present a simple and fast geometric method for modeling data by a union of affine subspaces. The method begins by forming a collection of local best-fit affine subspaces, i.e., subspaces approximating the data in local neighborhoods. The correct sizes of the local neighborhoods are determined automatically by the Jo…

2010-10-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Subspace clustering refers to the task of finding a multi-subspace representation that best fits a collection of points taken from a high-dimensional space. This paper introduces an algorithm inspired by sparse subspace clustering (SSC) [In IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR (2009) 2790-27…

2013-01-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms use offline data to improve online decision-making with latent states.

problem Accelerating online sequential decision-making with latent states in offline data.
method Design end-to-end latent bandit algorithms for linear latent contextual bandits, learning latent subspace offline and using it online.
result Proves minimax optimal regret guarantees for online algorithms and practical efficiency.

We assume i.i.d. data sampled from a mixture distribution with K components along fixed d-dimensional linear subspaces and an additional outlier component. For p>0, we study the simultaneous recovery of the K fixed subspaces by minimizing the l_p-averaged distances of the sampled data points from any K subspaces. Under…

2011-04-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes PLS-SVD in high-dimensional data integration, revealing its strengths and limitations.

problem Understanding the behavior of PLS-SVD in high-dimensional data integration.
method Analysis using random matrix theory and singular value decomposition.
result PLS-SVD exhibits counter-intuitive or limiting behavior in certain regimes and outperforms PCA when detecting common latent subspace.

This paper improves spectral embedding for multipartite networks, revealing latent subspaces and providing consistent node representations.

problem Improving spectral embedding for multipartite networks to better represent node types.
method Developed a follow-on step to spectral embedding that recovers node representations in their intrinsic rather than ambient dimension, proving consistency under a specific model.
result Node representations in multipartite networks lie near type-specific subspaces, and the proposed method recovers these representations consistently.