New method uses Diffusion Maps for latent space modeling of dynamical systems.
problem Building reduced dynamical models from time series data.
method Two rounds of Diffusion Maps on latent coordinates, with lifting back to ambient space.
result Approximation of full state functions in reduced coordinates.
New particle algorithms optimize latent variable models.
problem Optimizing latent variable models for maximum likelihood estimation.
method Identify gradient flows associated with free energy functional and discretize them to create particle-based algorithms.
result Novel particle algorithms scale to high-dimensional settings and perform well in experiments.
We introduce the Locally Linear Latent Variable Model (LL-LVM), a probabilistic model for non-linear manifold discovery that describes a joint distribution over observations, their manifold coordinates and locally linear maps conditioned on a set of neighbourhood relationships. The model allows straightforward variatio…
As deep Variational Auto-Encoder (VAE) frameworks become more widely used for modeling biomolecular simulation data, we emphasize the capability of the VAE architecture to concurrently maximize the timescale of the latent space while inferring a reduced coordinate, which assists in finding slow processes as according t…
We solve continuous-time latent SDE identifiability using diffusion shifts.
problem Identifiability of latent SDEs in continuous-time time series.
method Environment-induced shifts in diffusion covariance for additive-noise latent SDEs.
result Two diagonal diffusion regimes with distinct variance ratios identify latent coordinates up to permutation and scaling.
Improves GANs by sampling meaningful points from latent manifold.
problem Lack of semantic information in GANs' prior distribution.
method Local Coordinate Coding (LCC) for sampling and improved generator approximation.
result Improves GANs' performance in generating realistic data.
I-BBS identifies latent sub-manifolds from distance matrices, robust to noise.
problem Identifying latent sub-manifolds from distance matrices in high-dimensional spaces.
method Coordinate-free inference using random distance matrix theory and generative noise models.
result Recovering latent geometry from integer-stable signatures of eigenvalues.
In representation learning and non-linear dimension reduction, there is a huge interest to learn the 'disentangled' latent variables, where each sub-coordinate almost uniquely controls a facet of the observed data. While many regularization approaches have been proposed on variational autoencoders, heuristic tuning is …
Prediction and interpolation for long-range video data involves the complex task of modeling motion trajectories for each visible object, occlusions and dis-occlusions, as well as appearance changes due to viewpoint and lighting. Optical flow based techniques generalize but are suitable only for short temporal ranges. …
LOCA learns standardized data coordinates from measurements.
problem Learning invariant data coordinates from non-linearly deformed manifolds.
method LOCA, a LOcal Conformal Autoencoder, learns an isometric embedding.
result LOCA preserves geometric information while learning invariant coordinates.
Improved SINDy autoencoder for identifying noisy dynamical systems.
problem Robust identification of noisy dynamical systems from data.
method Incorporates noise-separating neural network structures into SINDy autoencoder architecture.
result Accurately recovers latent dynamics and estimates measurement noise from noisy observations.
Conformal Autoencoders infer intrinsic dimensionality and impose invariance.
problem Detecting intrinsic dimensionality and imposing invariance in nonlinear manifold data.
method Imposing orthogonality conditions on latent variables to infer intrinsic dimensionality and build coordinate invariance.
result The method can infer intrinsic dimensionality and build coordinate invariance on submanifolds.
AI learns to classify and represent univariate distributions in a 2D latent space.
problem Classifying and representing univariate empirical distributions.
method Unsupervised beta variational autoencoder (beta-VAE) to separate and represent distributions in a 2D latent space.
result The latent space representation separates distributions of different shapes while overlapping similar ones.
Constructing VAE Latent Spaces with Prescribed Topology
problem Resolving topological mismatch in VAEs for non-Euclidean data
method A constructive framework for product covering spaces
result Topology-aware latent representations with closed-form KL divergences
HLTF generates chemically valid 3D molecules with improved topology control.
problem Generating chemically valid 3D molecules is challenging due to bond topology errors.
method HLTF uses a latent multi-scale plan for global context and a constraint-aware sampler to suppress topology-driven failures.
result HLTF achieves high validity and uniqueness on QM9 and GEOM-DRUGS datasets.
Canonical transformation plays a fundamental role in simplifying and solving classical Hamiltonian systems. We construct flexible and powerful canonical transformations as generative models using symplectic neural networks. The model transforms physical variables towards a latent representation with an independent harm…
Optimizes variational inference for dynamic network models.
problem Estimating pairwise inner products and intercepts in dynamic latent space models.
method Structured mean-field variational inference with block coordinate ascent algorithm.
result Variational risk attains minimax optimal rate with logarithmic factor under certain conditions.
Novel deep learning method predicts reaction coordinates and future MD trajectories.
problem Identifying optimal reaction coordinates for chemical reactions.
method Regularized Sparse Autoencoder (RSE) for discovering reaction coordinates and predicting MD trajectory evolution.
result RSE helps in choosing a small but important set of reaction coordinates.
Model learns collective and individual dynamics in time series data.
problem Lack of models capturing system-level collective behavior in individual time series.
method Hierarchical switching-state model with latent system-level and entity-level Markov chains.
result Model improves interpretability and forecasting accuracy compared to larger models.
Bayesian autoencoders discover physics from noisy data.
problem Challenges in identifying governing equations and coordinates from noisy, low-data real-world data.
method Bayesian SINDy autoencoders with hierarchical Bayesian sparsifying prior and adaptive empirical Bayesian method.
result Better physics discovery with lower data and fewer training epochs, along with valid uncertainty quantification.
New spectral clustering method for graphs with uneven node degrees.
problem Challenges in community detection for graphs with heterogeneous degree distributions.
method Spectral clustering on spherical coordinates with degree correction.
result Improved performance in representing computer networks.
New algorithm for low-rank optimal transport with improved interpretability and efficiency.
problem Quadratic scaling of optimal transport coupling matrix for massive datasets.
method Factor Relaxation with Latent Coupling (FRLC) algorithm.
result Superior performance on diverse applications including graph clustering and spatial transcriptomics.
New method identifies latent components in PNL mixtures without strong assumptions.
problem Identifying latent components in PNL mixtures under unknown nonlinear functions.
method Carefully designed UML criterion to identify a null space associated with the mixing system.
result Identification/removal of unknown nonlinearity under minimal conditions.
New method reconstructs hidden dynamics from low-dimensional time series.
problem Reconstructing hidden dynamics from limited experimental data.
method Autoencoder trained with a novel latent-space loss function.
result Reconstructs strange attractors better than existing techniques.
A new method for analyzing latent space models without reference configurations.
problem Posterior summaries of latent coordinates in Euclidean latent space models are not canonical due to likelihood invariance.
method Quotient-based posterior analysis using the centered Gram map.
result Intrinsic posterior summaries of mean structure and uncertainty can be computed directly from posterior samples.
Novel approach detects early warning indicators in complex systems.
problem Detecting abrupt transitions in complex systems.
method Directed anisotropic diffusion map and latent stochastic dynamical systems.
result Early warning indicators can detect tipping points in state transitions.
Generative model disentangles dark matter halo properties.
problem Entangling physical factors in generative model latent spaces.
method Auxiliary-variable-guided framework with halo mass and concentration.
result Reveals mass-concentration scaling relation and identifies unusual halo formation.
DiPCA algorithm improves scalability and solution quality for time-dependent data.
problem Analyzing time-dependent multivariate data with dynamic latent variables.
method Solves a large-scale, dense, nonconvex NLP using a scalable decomposition algorithm.
result The decomposition algorithm is a specialized coordinate maximization algorithm, explaining its performance and guiding improvements.
Symmetric binary matrices representing relations among entities are commonly collected in many areas. Our focus is on dynamically evolving binary relational matrices, with interest being in inference on the relationship structure and prediction. We propose a nonparametric Bayesian dynamic model, which reduces dimension…
Proposes LAE-EnKF for improved nonlinear data assimilation.
problem Performance of EnKF deteriorates for strongly nonlinear dynamics.
method Reformulates assimilation in a learned latent space with linear dynamics.
result LAE-EnKF yields more accurate and stable assimilation.
In X-ray binary star systems consisting of a compact object that accretes material from an orbiting secondary star, there is no straightforward means to decide if the compact object is a black hole or a neutron star. To assist this classification, we develop a Bayesian statistical model that makes use of the fact that …
A new gradient estimator reduces variance near boundaries for binary latent variables.
problem Explosive gradient variance near boundaries in binary latent variable models.
method Introduces a new gradient estimator (bitflip-1) and an aggregated estimator (UGC) that uses either bitflip-1 or DisARM for each coordinate.
result UGC has uniformly lower variance than DisARM and achieves optimal optimization objectives.
VBphenoR uses variational Bayes for EHR-based patient phenotyping.
problem Phenotyping patients from EHR data for targeted treatments.
method Variational Bayes Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) and logistic regression.
result Closed-form inference for efficient patient phenotype determination.
Conditional Generative Models are now acknowledged an essential tool in Machine Learning. This paper focuses on their control. While many approaches aim at disentangling the data through the coordinate-wise control of their latent representations, another direction is explored in this paper. The proposed CompVAE handle…
Generative AutoEncoders require a chosen probability distribution in latent space, usually multivariate Gaussian. The original Variational AutoEncoder (VAE) uses randomness in encoder - causing problematic distortion, and overlaps in latent space for distinct inputs. It turned out unnecessary: we can instead use determ…
Study tackles nonlinear factor models with unknown monotone links from incomplete and noisy data.
problem Learning nonlinear factor models with unknown monotone links from incomplete and noisy data.
method Formulated as joint recovery of low-rank factors, loadings, and nonlinear link function; proposed BCD algorithm with regularization.
result Established convergence guarantees and sublinear regret bounds for link-function updates.
New method generates geolocated synthetic populations from real data.
problem Generating synthetic populations with explicit geographic coordinates.
method Mapping coordinates into a latent space using Normalizing Flows (NF), then combining with other features in a Variational Autoencoder (VAE).
result NF+VAE architecture outperforms existing methods in generating geolocated synthetic populations.
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.
Discover equations of motion from distorted video frames.
problem Learning equations of motion from unlabeled, distorted video.
method Train an autoencoder to map frames into latent space, then use symbolic regression to find differential equations.
result The method can discover motion equations even when video is distorted.
Cryo-em images are found to be low-dimensional.
problem Understanding the geometric structure of cryo-em data.
method Applied manifold learning techniques to CryoSBI representations.
result Cryo-em data inherently populate low-dimensional manifolds.
The paper characterizes brain states and transitions using functional MRI data.
problem Characterizing the dynamic reconfiguration of neural systems in brain states.
method Bayesian model-based characterization of latent brain states and posterior predictive discrepancy using the latent block model.
result The model detects transitions between latent brain states and identifies distinctive community patterns in task-fMRI data.
Dimensionality reduction (DR) is often used as a preprocessing step in classification, but usually one first fixes the DR mapping, possibly using label information, and then learns a classifier (a filter approach). Best performance would be obtained by optimizing the classification error jointly over DR mapping and cla…
We present a simple neural rendering architecture that helps variational autoencoders (VAEs) learn disentangled representations. Instead of the deconvolutional network typically used in the decoder of VAEs, we tile (broadcast) the latent vector across space, concatenate fixed X- and Y-"coordinate" channels, and apply a…
Improved sample complexity for Gaussian process approximations.
problem Efficiently approximating Gaussian processes with sparse spectrum.
method Improved sample complexity analysis and auto-encoding algorithm.
result Gaussian process predictions and model evidence can be well-approximated with low sample complexity.
A novel algorithm converges for solving a specific matrix decomposition problem.
problem Nonlinear matrix decomposition with ReLU function for sparse data.
method Introduced a reparametrization of the Latent-RMD model and developed eBCD for convergence proof.
result eBCD converges and outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various data sets.
Unsupervised mesh disentanglement separates identity and pose.
problem Geometric disentanglement for 3D deformable models.
method CFAN-VAE architecture using conformal factor and normal features.
result CFAN-VAE achieves state-of-the-art performance on unsupervised geometric disentanglement.
Few ideas have enjoyed as large an impact on deep learning as convolution. For any problem involving pixels or spatial representations, common intuition holds that convolutional neural networks may be appropriate. In this paper we show a striking counterexample to this intuition via the seemingly trivial coordinate tra…
Generative networks are analyzed using spline operators to understand their properties and limitations.
problem Understanding and optimizing the properties of deep generative networks.
method Characterizing latent space partition, manifold dimension, and disentanglement using spline operators.
result Characterized the latent space partition, manifold dimension, and disentanglement of GDNs.