New method improves image generation for inverse problems using text prompts.
problem Suboptimal performance of existing latent diffusion models for inverse problems.
method Prompt tuning and latent variable projection to optimize text embeddings.
result P2L method outperforms existing methods on various inverse problem tasks.
Paper introduces Latent-CLIP for efficient text-image comparison in latent space.
problem Efficiently compare text and images in latent space without costly decoding.
method Trains CLIP model in latent space, uses Latent-CLIP rewards for noise optimization, and guides generation away from harmful content.
result Latent-CLIP matches CLIP performance on text-image classification and harmful content detection.
VISION-XL improves HD video quality using latent image diffusion models.
problem Improving high-definition video quality and resolution.
method Latent image diffusion models and pseudo-batch consistent sampling.
result State-of-the-art video reconstruction across various inverse problems.
Pixel-space diffusion models outperform latent models on high-resolution image synthesis.
problem Efficiency and quality trade-off in high-resolution image synthesis.
method Sigmoid loss-weighting, simplified architecture, and resolution scaling.
result Achieved 1.5 FID on ImageNet512, new SOTA results on other datasets.
Boomerang generates nonidentical images similar to input on image manifolds.
problem Generating nonidentical images similar to input on image manifolds.
method Adding noise to input image, moving closer to latent space, and mapping back through partial reverse diffusion.
result Boomerang generates nonidentical images similar to input on image manifolds.
CSDM integrates compressed sensing into diffusion models for faster data generation.
problem Efficiently generating synthetic data in high-dimensional spaces.
method Integrating compressed sensing into diffusion models (CSDM) to reduce dimensionality and accelerate inference.
result Achieves provably faster convergence and better latent space dimension selection.
Diffusion models reveal latent hierarchical structure in data.
problem Quantitative measurement of data's hierarchical structure.
method Forward-backward experiments in diffusion models.
result Changes in latent variables manifest as correlated chunks in data.
DDPM encoder matches optimal transport for natural images.
problem Understanding theoretical properties of DDPM latent space.
method Showed DDPM encoder matches optimal transport for common distributions.
result DDPM encoder map coincides with optimal transport map for natural images.
This paper uses diffusion models for lossy image compression, improving perceptual metrics and practicality.
problem Lossy image compression with improved perceptual metrics and practicality.
method End-to-end optimized lossy image compression using conditional diffusion models.
result The model yields stronger FID scores and competitive performance in distortion metrics.
Generative models use latent abstractions to create images.
problem Understanding how generative models create high-dimensional data like images.
method Developed a theoretical framework using SDE and information theory.
result Diffusion models can be seen as a non-linear filter driven by latent abstractions.
New methods create counterfactuals for image regression models.
problem Creating interpretable explanations for regression models in images.
method Two methods using diffusion-based generative models to create counterfactuals.
result Diffusion-based methods produce realistic, semantic, and smooth counterfactuals.
Paper introduces STSL, a second-order Tweedie sampler for efficient posterior sampling in inverse problems.
problem Computational challenges in sampling from posterior distributions using latent diffusion models.
method Introduces STSL, a novel second-order Tweedie sampler with tractable reverse process.
result STSL achieves 4X and 8X reduction in neural function evaluations compared to state-of-the-art solvers.
Improved DMs with DP-SGD for generating private images.
problem Low privacy of DMs and lack of good privacy-utility tradeoff.
method Adopt LDMs with DP-SGD on attention modules of LDMs.
result Generates high-quality DP images with reduced parameters.
Improved image translation using asymmetric gradient guidance.
problem Trade-off between style transformation and content preservation in diffusion models.
method Asymmetric gradient guidance to guide reverse diffusion sampling.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art models in image translation tasks.
This paper simplifies diffusion models for high resolution images.
problem Applying diffusion models to high resolution images is challenging.
method Adjust noise schedule, scale specific parts, add dropout, and use downsampling.
result Achieved state-of-the-art image generation performance.
Improved image synthesis with user scribbles and text prompts.
problem Inadequate details in generated images due to domain shift.
method Optimization problem formulation and cross-attention for control.
result Significant improvement in user satisfaction (85.32% higher).
LVTINO improves high-definition video restoration with consistent temporal details.
problem Restoring high-definition video with fine spatial detail and temporal consistency.
method LVTINO uses Video Consistency Models to bypass frame-by-frame image-based LDMs, achieving perceptual quality and computational efficiency.
result Significant perceptual improvements over current methods, achieving state-of-the-art quality with minimal evaluations.
New model generates images by reversing heat equation, revealing disentanglement.
problem Image generation without considering image structure.
method Stochastically reverses the heat equation to generate images, using variational approximation.
result Emergent disentanglement of overall colour and shape in images.
PaGoDA reduces diffusion model training costs by 64x.
problem Diffusion models are computationally expensive during training.
method Three-stage pipeline: downsampled training, distillation, progressive super-resolution.
result PaGoDA achieves state-of-the-art performance with reduced training costs.
CADD improves generative quality by augmenting discrete diffusion with continuous latent space.
problem Loss of semantic information between denoising steps in discrete diffusion models.
method Introduces a framework that augments discrete state space with a continuous latent space, allowing for graded, informative masked tokens.
result CADD improves generative quality across text generation, image synthesis, and code modeling.
New algorithm clusters hyperspectral images at multiple scales.
problem Clustering hyperspectral images at various scales.
method M-SRDL algorithm using spectral-spatial diffusion distances.
result More accurate clustering labels achieved with spatial regularization.
A new diffusion model improves cryo-EM structure sampling.
problem Gaussian prior in VAE fails to match approximate posterior in cryo-EM data.
method Train a diffusion model as an expressive, learnable prior in cryoDRGN framework.
result Samples accurately follow the data distribution, not the VAE prior.
Improved image generation quality using closed-form discriminator guidance in diffusion models.
problem Enhancing the quality of images generated by diffusion models.
method Theoretical framework to analyze GAN discriminator's effect on Langevin sampling, proposing IPM-GAN optimization as smoothed score-matching.
result Closed-form kernel-based discriminator guidance improves metrics like CLIP-FID and KID.
New diffusion models improve counterfactual image generation with semantic control.
problem Challenges in preserving identity, maintaining quality, and ensuring causal model faithfulness in counterfactual image generation.
method Integrates semantic representations into diffusion models through Pearlian causality, introducing spatial, semantic, and dynamic abduction.
result Demonstrates high-level semantic identity preservation and principled trade-offs between faithful causal control and identity preservation.
This paper proposes a method to improve VAEs by extracting latent spaces from pre-trained diffusion models.
problem VAEs struggle with generating high-quality images due to unrealistic Gaussian assumptions.
method Optimizes an encoder to maximize marginal data log-likelihood and derives a decoder analytically.
result The method enhances VAE performance by discarding Gaussian assumptions and training a separate decoder network.
ED-NeRF efficiently edits 3D scenes using latent space NeRF and improved loss functions.
problem Slow training speeds and inadequate editing loss functions in existing NeRF editing techniques.
method Embedding real-world scenes into latent space of LDM, using a unique refinement layer and an improved loss function.
result ED-NeRF achieves faster editing speed and improved output quality compared to state-of-the-art models.
SAMI learns disentangled representations from data.
problem Learning disentangled representations from data.
method Combines diffusion models and VAEs to learn disentangled representations.
result SAMI learns disentangled representations that are interpretable and useful.
High-quality image synthesis with diffusion models, achieving state-of-the-art FID score.
problem Generating high-quality images from latent variables.
method Training diffusion probabilistic models with a weighted variational bound, inspired by denoising score matching and Langevin dynamics.
result State-of-the-art FID score of 3.17 on CIFAR10 dataset.
A new method uses string method to explore diffusion models.
problem Understanding the geometry of learned distributions in diffusion models.
method String method to compute continuous paths between samples.
result The string method identifies realistic morphing sequences and transition pathways.
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.
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.
Generates coherent storybooks from plain text using diffusion models.
problem Ensuring coherency in a sequence of images for storytelling applications.
method Combines pre-trained LLM and text-guided Latent Diffusion Model for zero-shot generation.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art image editing baselines in generating coherent storybooks.
Residual Prior Diffusion integrates coarse latent priors with diffusion models for better generative tasks.
problem Diffusion models struggle with representing both large-scale and fine-scale details in data distributions.
method Two-stage framework: first a coarse prior model captures large-scale structure, then a diffusion model represents the residual.
result RPD accurately captures fine-scale details while preserving large-scale structure, outperforming standard diffusion models.
LION generates high-quality 3D shapes using hierarchical latent diffusion models.
problem Creating high-quality 3D shapes for digital artists.
method Hierarchical Latent Point Diffusion Model (LION) with a global shape latent and point-structured latent space.
result LION achieves state-of-the-art generation performance on ShapeNet benchmarks.
Unified framework reduces NFEs for inverse problems.
problem High computational costs and degraded reconstruction quality in existing LDM-based inverse solvers.
method Consistency Regularised Gradient Flows for posterior sampling and prompt optimization.
result Significantly reduced computational cost with state-of-the-art performance.
Method generates anatomically-controllable medical images with segmentation guidance.
problem Challenging to enforce anatomical constraints in generated medical images.
method Segmentation-guided diffusion models with random mask ablation training.
result New state-of-the-art in faithfulness to input anatomical masks.
A new method uses hyperspherical latent spaces to disentangle data with periodic structures.
problem Disentangling data with periodic or cyclic underlying factors in Euclidean space.
method Diffusion Variational Autoencoder with a modified Evidence Lower Bound.
result The method can recover periodic true factors effectively.
Two parallel samplers enhance image quality in limited denoising steps.
problem Limited denoising steps in diffusion models reduce image quality.
method Two parallel samplers denoise at successive times, integrating their information.
result Two parallel samplers improve image quality compared to a single sampler.
Diffusion models generate music sequences without autoregressive loops.
problem Generating music sequences from symbolic data using diffusion models.
method Parameterize discrete symbolic data in continuous latent space, train diffusion model, generate sequences through reverse process.
result Strong unconditional generation and post-hoc conditional infilling compared to autoregressive models.
Discrete diffusion samplers improve sampling from unnormalised densities.
problem Sampling from discrete unnormalised densities efficiently.
method Introduce off-policy training techniques and data-to-energy Schrödinger bridge training for discrete diffusion samplers.
result Improved performance on synthetic and new benchmarks.
Few-Shot Diffusion Models generate new samples from small image sets.
problem Generating new samples from a few images.
method Conditional Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPM) with patch-based input set information.
result FSDM can generate samples from previously unseen classes conditioned on as few as 5 samples.
Improved text-to-image alignment using iterative VQA feedback.
problem Misalignment between text prompts and generated images, especially for complex inputs.
method Decompose complex prompts into assertions, evaluate each using VQA, combine scores iteratively.
result Significantly higher correlation with human ratings compared to CLIP, BLIP scores.
LADD models improve discrete diffusion for faster language generation.
problem Practical discrete diffusion models ignore cross-token dependencies, degrading performance.
method Introduces a learnable auxiliary latent channel, diffusing over the joint (token, latent) space.
result LADD models yield improvements on unconditional generation metrics.
A new method uses mixture approximations to improve diffusion models for Bayesian inverse problems.
problem Approximating posterior distributions in Bayesian inverse problems with intractable likelihoods.
method Proposes a mixture-based approximation of intermediate posterior distributions and uses Gibbs sampling for practical sampling.
result Validated the approach on image inverse problems and audio source separation, demonstrating improved performance.
VADD enhances discrete diffusion models by capturing inter-dimensional correlations, improving sample quality.
problem Limited modeling of inter-dimensional dependencies in MDMs degrades performance with few denoising steps.
method Introduces an auxiliary recognition model for latent variable modeling, enabling stable training via variational lower bounds maximization and amortized inference.
result VADD consistently outperforms MDM baselines in sample quality with few denoising steps.
Infinite-dimensional SBDMs improve image generation across multiple resolutions.
problem Efficient image generation at high resolutions and across different levels.
method Developed SBDMs in infinite-dimensional setting, using trace class operators and operator networks.
result Improved efficiency and generalization across resolution levels.
Latent diffusion improves robustness in missing data imputation.
problem Missing data imputation under MCAR corruption.
method Two-stage framework: VAE for latent feature learning, diffusion model in latent space.
result Latent diffusion maintains high quality and stability up to 50% missingness.
Paper proposes efficient image inversion and editing using rectified stochastic differential equations.
problem Inversion and editing of real images using generative models.
method Proposes RF inversion using dynamic optimal control and a linear quadratic regulator, extending to stochastic sampler for Flux.
result Allows state-of-the-art performance in zero-shot inversion and editing, outperforming prior works.