This work discovers latent field effects governing interacting dynamical systems.
problem Discovering field effects governing interacting dynamical systems.
method Proposes neural fields to learn latent force fields from observed dynamics, disentangling local object interactions and global field effects.
result Accurately discovers latent field effects in various dynamical systems.
In this paper we propose a unified framework for structured prediction with latent variables which includes hidden conditional random fields and latent structured support vector machines as special cases. We describe a local entropy approximation for this general formulation using duality, and derive an efficient messa…
New framework models neural systems with random architecture on manifolds.
problem Complex, uncertain systems with non-Gaussian outputs.
method Latent random field on compact manifold generates neural architecture and weights.
result Synthetic neural systems can produce stochastic outputs for deterministic inputs.
New algorithm for learning RBMs with sparse latent variables.
problem Learning RBMs with sparse latent variables efficiently.
method Algorithm with time complexity O(n^(2^s+1)) for sparse RBMs.
result Improves learning time for RBMs with sparse latent variables.
VecMol generates 3D molecules as continuous vector fields, overcoming modality and geometry constraints.
problem Challenges in generating 3D molecules, especially in drug discovery and materials science.
method VecMol reimagines molecular representation by modeling 3D molecules as continuous vector fields over Euclidean space, parameterized by a neural field and generated using a latent diffusion model.
result Vector-field-based representations show promise for 3D molecular generation, validated on benchmarks.
Paper introduces TSSDMN for modeling dynamic multilayer networks.
problem Capturing temporal and cross-layer dynamics in multilayer networks.
method Tensor State Space Model (TSSDMN) using symmetric Tucker decomposition.
result TSSDMN uniquely captures temporal dynamics within and across layers.
Reduced order modeling of energetic materials using physics-aware neural networks.
problem Simulating complex spatiotemporal dynamics in energetic materials.
method Physics-aware recurrent convolutions (PARC) combined with latent space projection to accelerate model training and inference.
result Significant decrease in training and inference time with comparable accuracy.
New bidirectional model predicts magnetohydrodynamics fields and estimates uncertainty.
problem Predicting multiple fields in magnetohydrodynamics with uncertainty.
method Bidirectional autoregressive latent diffusion approach.
result Model can estimate uncertainty without ground truth using self-supervised consistency.
Adaptive tuning of latent space for non-stationary data.
problem Learning from large, non-stationary systems with quick characteristic changes.
method Adaptive tuning of low-dimensional latent space based on real-time feedback.
result Improved prediction of time-varying charged particle beam properties.
Beta process is the standard nonparametric Bayesian prior for latent factor model. In this paper, we derive a structured mean-field variational inference algorithm for a beta process non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) model with Poisson likelihood. Unlike the linear Gaussian model, which is well-studied in the non…
We conduct non-asymptotic analysis on the mean-field variational inference for approximating posterior distributions in complex Bayesian models that may involve latent variables. We show that the mean-field approximation to the posterior can be well-approximated relative to the Kullback-Leibler divergence discrepancy m…
We study the problem of learning graphical models with latent variables. We give the first algorithm for learning locally consistent (ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic) Restricted Boltzmann Machines (or RBMs) with {\em arbitrary} external fields. Our algorithm has optimal dependence on dimension in the sample complexi…
A new Latent Diffusion Model generates realistic reservoir facies.
problem Creating accurate reservoir facies from limited measurements.
method Proposes a Latent Diffusion Model for conditional facies generation.
result Significantly outperforms GAN-based alternatives in fidelity and realism.
This text explores strategies for learning discrete latent structures in neural networks.
problem Learning discrete latent structures in neural networks is challenging.
method Continuous relaxation, surrogate gradients, and probabilistic estimation.
result Many latent structure learning strategies use the same fundamental building blocks but apply them differently.
Method interprets GAN latent space via latent variable correlation analysis.
problem Understanding the inner workings of GANs.
method Analyzing correlation between latent variables and semantic contents in generated images.
result A method for controllable semantic content generation in GANs.
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.
This paper uses Factored Latent Analysis (FLA) to learn a factorized, segmental representation for observations of tracked objects over time. Factored Latent Analysis is latent class analysis in which the observation space is subdivided and each aspect of the original space is represented by a separate latent class mod…
Complex textual information extraction tasks are often posed as sequence labeling or \emph{shallow parsing}, where fields are extracted using local labels made consistent through probabilistic inference in a graphical model with constrained transitions. Recently, it has become common to locally parametrize these models…
Improved latent dynamics identification framework reduces training time and improves accuracy.
problem Accurate numerical solutions of partial differential equations require computationally expensive solvers.
method Sequential decoder training (mLaSDI) to correct residual errors from previous stages.
result mLaSDI consistently outperforms standard LaSDI, achieving lower prediction errors and reduced training time.
We develop a general variational inference method that preserves dependency among the latent variables. Our method uses copulas to augment the families of distributions used in mean-field and structured approximations. Copulas model the dependency that is not captured by the original variational distribution, and thus …
RVGP learns vector fields over unknown manifolds, preserving singularities.
problem Learning vector fields over unknown non-Euclidean manifolds.
method RVGP uses positional encoding with eigenfunctions of the connection Laplacian.
result RVGP preserves singularities in vector fields over unknown manifolds.
A scalable factorized Gaussian process VAE for faster inference.
problem Inference bottlenecks in Gaussian process VAEs.
method Factorizes latent kernel across auxiliary features, leveraging independence.
result Significant speed-up in inference time (in theory and practice).
ACE models allow flexible conditioning and prediction of latent variables.
problem Lack of flexibility in conditioning and prediction of latent variables in probabilistic models.
method Introduces Amortized Conditioning Engine (ACE) that explicitly represents latent variables and allows runtime conditioning and prediction.
result ACE models outperform existing methods in diverse tasks like image completion, classification, Bayesian optimization, and simulation-based inference.
Paper improves variational inference for complex models.
problem Improving statistical accuracy of variational inference in high-dimensional models.
method Developed a general framework for MFVI and proposed a partially grouped VI algorithm.
result Proposed algorithm works and outperforms vanilla MFVI in mixed membership stochastic blockmodel.
A new model for latent class analysis with weighted responses.
problem Limitation of latent class model for real-world data with continuous or negative responses.
method Proposed a novel generative model, the weighted latent class model (WLCM).
result The proposed WLCM is more realistic and general than the latent class model.
Generative model for high-dimensional categorical data using Gaussian-Dirichlet fields.
problem Efficiently modeling and predicting high-dimensional categorical data.
method Combines Dirichlet and Gaussian processes for spatio-temporal modeling.
result Model accurately approximates categorical data in unobserved locations.
During the past decades, the Ising distribution has attracted interest in many applied disciplines, as the maximum entropy distribution associated to any set of correlated binary (`spin') variables with observed means and covariances. However, numerically speaking, the Ising distribution is unpractical, so alternative …
LDTA expands LDA's topic modeling capacity with tree-structured priors.
problem Limited expressiveness of Dirichlet priors in LDA for complex topic relationships.
method Introduces Latent Dirichlet-Tree Allocation (LDTA) with Dirichlet-Tree (DT) priors, and develops universal mean-field variational inference and Expectation Propagation.
result LDTA enables expressive, tree-structured priors over topic proportions, expanding modeling capacity of LDA.
This paper generalizes graph representation for diverse data types.
problem Representing and querying hybrid data types in a unified way.
method Introducing a directed Tensor-Typed Multi-Graph with embeddings.
result Unified representation for visual, linguistic, and auditory data.
The paper provides convergence guarantees for ODE-based generative models using transformers.
problem Theoretical guarantees for ODE-based generative models.
method A pre-trained autoencoder maps inputs to a latent space, and a transformer predicts the velocity field.
result The distribution of samples generated via estimated ODE flow converges to the target distribution in Wasserstein-2 distance.
New score-based methods identify causal structures with latent variables.
problem Identifying causal structures involving latent variables.
method Score-based methods with identifiability guarantees.
result Score equivalence and consistency for latent variable causal models.
Gaussian conditional random fields (GCRF) are a well-known used structured model for continuous outputs that uses multiple unstructured predictors to form its features and at the same time exploits dependence structure among outputs, which is provided by a similarity measure. In this paper, a Gaussian conditional rando…
We identify a new variational inference scheme for dynamical systems whose transition function is modelled by a Gaussian process. Inference in this setting has either employed computationally intensive MCMC methods, or relied on factorisations of the variational posterior. As we demonstrate in our experiments, the fact…
This paper tackles sampling issues in latent space EBMs by introducing diffusion-based amortization.
problem Degenerate MCMC sampling quality hinders latent space EBM learning and generation quality.
method Introduces diffusion-based amortization for long-run MCMC sampling.
result The learned amortization of MCMC is a valid long-run MCMC sampler.
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…
New approach to meta-learning with variational Bayes for unlabeled data.
problem Improving machine learning systems' adaptability to small data.
method Generative meta-learning using AEVB and mean-field variational Bayes.
result Relevant VB updates do not depend on generative neural networks for certain models.
A novel disentangled graph autoencoder improves treatment effect estimation from networked observational data.
problem Treatment effect estimation from observational data is challenging due to unconfoundedness assumption and latent confounders.
method Proposes a disentangled variational graph autoencoder to disentangle latent factors and enforce factor independence.
result Extensive experiments show superior performance compared to state-of-the-art approaches.
tvGP-VAE models tensor-valued latent variables with Gaussian processes for better data structure representation.
problem Agnostic latent variables in VAEs ignore data structure correlations.
method Proposes tensor-variate Gaussian process prior for variational autoencoder.
result Explicitly modeling correlation structures improves model performance in reconstruction.
Anomalies in the ambient magnetic field can be used as features in indoor positioning and navigation. By using Maxwell's equations, we derive and present a Bayesian non-parametric probabilistic modeling approach for interpolation and extrapolation of the magnetic field. We model the magnetic field components jointly by…
Proposes a new model to handle latent structure methods.
problem Lack of model inference, generative form, and unidentifiable parameters in latent structure methods.
method Generative Flexible Latent Structure Regression (GFLSR) model structure.
result Proposed model allows for model inference and leads to potential probabilistic model.
Conditional Random Fields (CRF) are frequently applied for labeling and segmenting sequence data. Morency et al. (2007) introduced hidden state variables in a labeled CRF structure in order to model the latent dynamics within class labels, thus improving the labeling performance. Such a model is known as Latent-Dynamic…
Proposes a geometry-aware VAE for better latent space modeling.
problem Lack of meaningful latent space structure in VAEs for small datasets.
method Introduces a Riemannian Hamiltonian VAE with a learned metric.
result Improves latent space structure leading to better interpolations and data generation.
New framework TDRL identifies latent causal variables from sequential data.
problem Identify latent causal variables from sequential data.
method Proposes TDRL framework to recover time-delayed latent causal variables and identify their relations from measured sequential data.
result Identifies latent causal variables reliably from sequential data.
cMCA uses contrastive learning to identify latent subgroups in political party data.
problem Identifying latent subgroups within political party data.
method Contrastive learning applied to multiple correspondence analysis (MCA).
result cMCA identifies latent subgroups not seen by traditional methods.
Adaptive framework for learning latent space dimensions in GANs.
problem Inadequate latent space dimensions lead to poor generative models for complex data.
method Proposes a novel framework (LWGAN) that adaptively learns latent dimensions of data manifolds.
result Proves that the estimated intrinsic dimension is a consistent estimate of the true data manifold dimension.
Novel method separates astrophysical components from noisy data.
problem Separating and reconstructing astrophysical components from noisy data.
method Latent-space field tension for automated component separation.
result High accuracy in reconstructing astrophysical components.
Testing whether a probability distribution is compatible with a given Bayesian network is a fundamental task in the field of causal inference, where Bayesian networks model causal relations. Here we consider the class of causal structures where all correlations between observed quantities are solely due to the influenc…
Structured Nonparametric Variational Inference for Dependent Latent Modeling
problem Approximating posterior distributions with complex dependencies among latent variables
method Structured Nonparametric Variational Inference (SN-VI)
result Flexible and accurate posterior approximation with arbitrary shapes