The paper improves generalization bounds using interpolation between various divergences.
problem Improving generalization bounds in machine learning.
method Derives new PAC-Bayes generalization bounds based on (f,Γ)-divergence and interpolates between various divergences. result Connects derived bounds to earlier statistical learning results and provides practical training objectives.
New principle controls graph-informed adversarial discrepancies.
problem Graph-informed adversarial learning for interpolative divergences.
method Proves infimal subadditivity for interpolative divergences.
result Graph-informed adversarial learning is justified for interpolative divergences.
New method estimates velocity fields for minimizing f-divergences without overfitting.
problem Minimizing statistical discrepancies between target and particle distributions.
method Directly estimate velocity fields using interpolation techniques, proving consistency under mild conditions.
result Consistent estimators of velocity fields improve accuracy in applications like domain adaptation and missing data imputation.
Matrix SMD converges to unique solution minimizing Bregman divergence.
problem High-dimensional multi-output classification and matrix completion problems.
method Stochastic Mirror Descent with matrix parameters and matrix mirror functions.
result Matrix SMD converges exponentially to the unique solution minimizing Bregman divergence.
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.
Method generates intermediate domains to align source and target domains.
problem Challenges of domain adaptation with significant domain divergence.
method Progressive domain augmentation via domain interpolation and multiple subspace alignment.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on multiple domain adaptation tasks.
Unified framework for robust, stable, and efficient density ratio estimation.
problem Density-chasm and support-chasm problems in density ratio estimation.
method Dequantified diffusion-Schrödinger bridge (D3RE) framework with DDBI and DSBI.
result Offers uniform approximation and bounded time scores in theory and empirical performance.
Optimizes diffusion processes for target distributions.
problem Efficiently generating target distributions from point masses.
method Stochastic interpolant framework with conditional expectation drift.
result Optimal diffusion coefficient minimizes path-space KL divergence.
RNGI model bridges two probability densities on Riemannian manifolds efficiently.
problem Limited applicability of Euclidean stochastic interpolants to Riemannian manifolds.
method Introduces RNGI model interpolating between Riemannian manifold probability densities along geodesics.
result Proves temporal marginal density solves transport equation on Riemannian manifold.
A semi-supervised framework using stochastic interpolation and latent representations.
problem Challenges in conditional generative modeling with scarce labeled data.
method Combines conditional stochastic interpolation with low-dimensional latent representations.
result Significantly improves sample complexity and achieves faster convergence rate.
SLERP interpolation optimizes dynamic weight rebalancing in AMMs.
problem Optimizing dynamic weight rebalancing in automated market makers (AMMs).
method Riemannian geometry and SLERP interpolation.
result SLERP interpolation minimizes the KL divergence loss in dynamic weight rebalancing.
This paper provides guarantees for DFM models using KL divergence.
problem Ensuring generative models match target distributions efficiently.
method Using KL divergence and Brownian motion bridge for generative models.
result Non-asymptotic guarantees for DFM models under specific conditions.
This paper introduces a variational approximation framework using direct optimization of what is known as the {\it scale invariant Alpha-Beta divergence} (sAB divergence). This new objective encompasses most variational objectives that use the Kullback-Leibler, the R{é}nyi or the gamma divergences. It also gives access…
Develops a new divergence framework that combines f-divergences and IPMs.
problem Comparing distributions that are not absolutely continuous.
method Introduces (f,Γ)-divergences as a two-stage mass-redistribution/mass-transport process. result Improves estimation, learning, and uncertainty quantification in GANs for heavy-tailed distributions.
This work extends alpha-beta divergences to complex data and finds closed-form solutions.
problem Approximating complex random vectors.
method Extending alpha-beta divergences to complex data and optimizing the alpha-beta mean distortion.
result Closed-form expression for the centroid of complex random vectors.
A study on α-GANs proving convergence and estimation guarantees.
problem Analyzing the convergence and estimation guarantees of α-GANs. method Proved a correspondence between α-GANs and f-divergences, and provided estimation bounds. result Estimation bounds indicate diverse GAN behavior as a function of α. Paper improves differential privacy analysis for machine learning.
problem Quantifying privacy leakage in noisy gradient descent.
method Shifted interpolation in f-differential privacy. result First exact privacy analysis for strongly convex optimization.
Study shows gap between uniform convergence and test error in random feature models.
problem Understanding the gap between uniform convergence and test error in random feature models.
method Analytical expressions for uniform convergence over norm balls, interpolators, and minimum norm interpolator risk derived and proved.
result Uniform convergence over interpolators still gives a non-trivial bound of test error even when classical uniform convergence is vacuous.
We address the problem of imitation learning with multi-modal demonstrations. Instead of attempting to learn all modes, we argue that in many tasks it is sufficient to imitate any one of them. We show that the state-of-the-art methods such as GAIL and behavior cloning, due to their choice of loss function, often incorr…
This paper introduces the variational Rényi bound (VR) that extends traditional variational inference to Rényi's alpha-divergences. This new family of variational methods unifies a number of existing approaches, and enables a smooth interpolation from the evidence lower-bound to the log (marginal) likelihood that is co…
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.
Unified view of KL-divergence and IPMs via DRE, with new DRM metrics.
problem Unified understanding of KL-divergence and IPMs.
method Unified representation via maximum likelihood density-ratio estimation (DRE).
result Unified form of IPMs and novel DRM metrics.
New divergences improve estimation and GAN training performance.
problem Improving estimation and training in machine learning models.
method Function-space regularized Rényi divergences.
result New divergences reduce variance and improve training performance.
Introduces a new divergence measure for optimal transport.
problem Optimal transport distances and information divergences.
method Infimal convolution formulation of proximal optimal transport divergence.
result Establishes connections to dynamic formulations and partial differential equations.
Paper proposes SinkhornDRL for distributional RL using Sinkhorn divergence and regularized Wasserstein loss.
problem Improving distributional reinforcement learning by minimizing Bellman return distribution differences.
method Introduces SinkhornDRL, a distributional RL algorithm using Sinkhorn divergence and regularized Wasserstein loss.
result SinkhornDRL consistently outperforms or matches existing algorithms on Atari games, especially in multi-dimensional reward settings.
We introduce several techniques for sampling and visualizing the latent spaces of generative models. Replacing linear interpolation with spherical linear interpolation prevents diverging from a model's prior distribution and produces sharper samples. J-Diagrams and MINE grids are introduced as visualizations of manifol…
Proposes a new loss function for learning with noisy labels.
problem Improving model learnability with noisy labels.
method Uses generalized Jensen-Shannon divergence as a noise-robust loss function.
result Shows state-of-the-art results on noisy data.
Black-box alpha (BB-α) is a new approximate inference method based on the minimization of α-divergences. BB-α scales to large datasets because it can be implemented using stochastic gradient descent. BB-α can be applied to complex probabilistic models with little effort since it only requires as input the likel…
Study calibrates high-dimensional binary classifiers using angle between estimator and true weights.
problem Calibrating high-dimensional binary classifiers with provable properties.
method Interpolates with a chance classifier to construct well-calibrated predictor based on angle between estimator and true weights.
result Angular calibration approach is provably well-calibrated in high dimensions, minimizing Bregman divergence.
The paper optimizes interpolation schedules in generative models to improve sampling accuracy.
problem Improving sampling accuracy in generative models with fewer resources.
method Minimizing the averaged squared Lipschitzness of the drift field, using transfer formulas.
result Designed schedules yield more accurate fine-scale statistics at fixed integrator budget.
The paper introduces a new divergence measure for variational autoencoders to improve reconstruction and generation.
problem Balancing reconstruction and generalizability in latent space of variational autoencoders.
method Presented a regularisation mechanism based on skew-geometric Jensen-Shannon divergence.
result The skew-geometric Jensen-Shannon divergence leads to better reconstruction and generation in variational autoencoders.
Study shows interpolating predictor's risk is optimal in low-dimensional factor regression models.
problem Understanding the risk of interpolating predictors in high-dimensional factor regression models.
method Detailed finite-sample analysis of minimum-norm interpolating predictor's risk in factor regression models.
result The risk of the minimum-norm interpolating predictor approaches optimal benchmarks in low-dimensional factor regression models.
A new training method for normalizing flows without samples.
problem Training normalizing flows without samples but with energy functions.
method Interpolates energy functions to find a transport vector field.
result Optimizes transport vector field and energy function to satisfy continuity equation.
CR-AIS improves AIS efficiency by constant rate annealing.
problem Efficiently sample from intractable distributions.
method Constant rate annealing schedule for AIS.
result CR-AIS outperforms existing Adaptive AIS methods.
Inflating the minimum norm interpolator improves linear regression generalization error.
problem Highly anisotropic covariances and diverging d/n in linear regression. method Inflating the minimum ℓ2 norm interpolator by a constant greater than one. result Inflating the minimum norm interpolator improves generalization error.
A new method interpolates between sampling and variational inference using stochastic mixtures.
problem Combining the strengths of sampling and variational inference methods.
method Develops a framework using stochastic mixtures of simple component distributions to interpolate between sampling and variational inference.
result Improves on both sampling and variational inference methods by reducing bias and variance.
Two popular classes of methods for approximate inference are Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and variational inference. MCMC tends to be accurate if run for a long enough time, while variational inference tends to give better approximations at shorter time horizons. However, the amount of time needed for MCMC to exceed…
Sparse RSP routing improves graph exploration and classification.
problem Optimal randomized routing and distance measures on weighted graphs.
method Tsallis divergence regularization for sparse RSP.
result Sparse random walk converges to least-cost graph as temperature decreases.
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.
A new GAN model α-GAN with tunable loss function addresses gradient vanishing and mode collapse issues.
problem Addressing vanishing gradients and mode collapse in GANs.
method Introduced a tunable GAN α-GAN using a supervised α-loss function. result Holistic understanding of α-GAN related to Arimoto divergence and convergence properties. CNFs learn on manifolds using PPD, improving likelihood and sample quality.
problem Training CNFs on manifolds efficiently and accurately.
method Minimizing PPD, a novel divergence, to train CNFs on manifolds.
result CNFs trained with PPD achieve state-of-the-art results on manifold benchmarks.
New neural network enforces mass conservation for better ice flow predictions.
problem Reliably project future sea level rise by improving ice sheet model inputs.
method Proposes divergence-free neural networks (dfNNs) enforcing local mass conservation.
result dfNNs yield more reliable ice flux estimates compared to other models.
Deep learning models can have low bias and variance, contrary to classical theory.
problem Understanding the performance of deep learning models at high complexity.
method Developed a fine-grained bias-variance decomposition for random feature kernel regression, analyzing the effects of sampling, initialization, and labels.
result The variance terms exhibit non-monotonic behavior and can diverge at the interpolation boundary, even in the absence of label noise.
A function is exponentially concave if its exponential is concave. We consider exponentially concave functions on the unit simplex. In a previous paper we showed that gradient maps of exponentially concave functions provide solutions to a Monge-Kantorovich optimal transport problem and give a better gradient approximat…
A novel stepwise VI method using vine copulas for complex latent dependence.
problem Modeling complex latent dependence structures in probabilistic models.
method Stepwise estimation of vine copula parameters using Rényi divergence and a stopping criterion.
result Our method outperforms mean-field VI and is more parsimonious in complex applications.
LFM learns a sequence of smaller models to generate data from noise.
problem Learning continuous, invertible flows between distributions.
method Stepwise Local Flow Matching (LFM) model, matching diffusion processes up to time-step size.
result LFM achieves competitive generative performance compared to Flow Matching.
KALE flow approximates KL divergence for distributions with disjoint support.
problem Approximating KL divergence for distributions with disjoint support.
method Relaxed KL gradient flow using RKHS, continuously interpolating between KL and MMD.
result Global convergence of KALE flow under sufficient smoothness assumptions.
This paper presents a novel generative model to synthesize fluid simulations from a set of reduced parameters. A convolutional neural network is trained on a collection of discrete, parameterizable fluid simulation velocity fields. Due to the capability of deep learning architectures to learn representative features of…