Unified framework for disentangled VAEs improves latent space interpretability.
problem Challenges in evaluating and interpreting latent representations, especially for diverse data types.
method Unified bfVAE framework, FVH-LT, DBSR-LS, GAS, LSSI.
result bfVAE provides more favorable trade-off between disentanglement and reconstruction.
New framework aligns latent representations over-the-air using intelligent metasurfaces.
problem Heterogeneous transmitter-receiver models produce misaligned latent representations in semantic communication.
method Intelligent metasurfaces (SIM) emulate supervised and zero-shot semantic aligners directly in the wave domain.
result SIMs achieve up to 90% task accuracy in high SNR regimes, robust to low SNR.
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.
SEMASIA provides a large dataset of latent representations for model comparison.
problem Difficulty in comparing semantic structures across different neural network models.
method Collection of latent representations from 1700 pretrained models across various benchmarks.
result Consistent semantic organization across models and datasets.
New method flattens decision boundary by targeting shortcut-aligned axes in disentangled latent space.
problem Shortcut learning in neural networks, leading to poor out-of-distribution generalization.
method Injects targeted anisotropic noise to regularize classifier sensitivity along shortcut-aligned axes.
result Achieves state-of-the-art OOD performance without shortcut labels or conflicting samples.
Proposes ACCA for better alignment of multiple data perspectives.
problem Unclear alignment between multiple data perspectives.
method Iteratively solves alignment and multi-view embedding.
result Improved alignment and embedding of multiple data perspectives.
Paper proposes a probabilistic alignment method for domain adaptation.
problem Latent distribution mismatch and miscalibrated uncertainty in adapting large-scale models.
method Bayesian latent transport framework with PAC-Bayesian regularization.
result Reduction in latent manifold discrepancy and improved uncertainty calibration.
Method evaluates disentanglement in DLVMs, including those not aligned with latent axes.
problem Evaluate disentanglement in DLVMs, especially those not aligned with latent axes.
method Proposes a statistical method to discover generative factors of a dataset.
result Empirically demonstrates the advantage of the method on two datasets.
We address the problem of severe class imbalance in unsupervised domain adaptation, when the class spaces in source and target domains diverge considerably. Till recently, domain adaptation methods assumed the aligned class spaces, such that reducing distribution divergence makes the transfer between domains easier. Su…
In this paper, we study the problem of locating a predefined sequence of patterns in a time series. In particular, the studied scenario assumes a theoretical model is available that contains the expected locations of the patterns. This problem is found in several contexts, and it is commonly solved by first synthesizin…
LLM safety alignment explained as divergence estimation.
problem Aligning large language models to avoid harmful outputs.
method Presented a theoretical framework showing alignment methods as divergence estimators.
result KLDO method improves safety alignment using compliance-refusal datasets.
Neural attention has become central to many state-of-the-art models in natural language processing and related domains. Attention networks are an easy-to-train and effective method for softly simulating alignment; however, the approach does not marginalize over latent alignments in a probabilistic sense. This property …
Paper proposes Adversarial CCA for multi-view alignment and generation.
problem Aligning multiple views in cross-view data analysis problems.
method Bayesian perspective, adversarial training for consistent latent encodings.
result ACCA model achieves superior performance in multi-view alignment and generation.
Latent Noise Injection improves synthetic data generation for privacy and statistical alignment.
problem Slow convergence of generative models in high-dimensional settings.
method Latent Noise Injection using Masked Autoregressive Flows (MAF).
result Synthetic data closely reflects the underlying distribution, especially in high-dimensional settings.
TALBO optimizes latent spaces for evolving design objectives.
problem Temporal drift in design objectives.
method GP-prior variational autoencoder for time-varying latent space.
result Consistently outperforms LSBO baselines across varying drift speeds and objectives.
A new TTS method uses diffusion and VAE for better speech synthesis.
problem Improving text-to-speech synthesis for better speech quality and robustness.
method Combines diffusion probabilistic model and variational autoencoder for latent variable conversion.
result The method is robust to poor orthography and alignment errors.
A new mathematical framework for multimodal learning.
problem Linking different data modalities for better understanding.
method Interpreting contrastive learning as optimizing encoders for conditional probability distributions.
result Novel probabilistic loss functions and metrics for alignment in latent space.
LeJEPA learns latent variables from nonlinear observations.
problem Learning latent variables from nonlinear observations.
method Proves linear identifiability of Gaussian latent distributions.
result Gaussian distribution uniquely guarantees linear identifiability.
New framework transfers latent knowledge from weak to strong models.
problem Aligning superhuman LLMs with human feedback.
method Transfer learning framework using refinement approach.
result Proves weak-to-strong generalization is possible.
Study improves interpretability in generative models by disentangling latent variables in scientific datasets.
problem Extracting generative factors from complex, high-dimensional datasets in unsupervised or semi-supervised settings.
method Introducing Aux-VAE, a novel architecture within the VAE framework, which disentangles latent variables by guiding them with auxiliary variables.
result Aux-VAE achieves disentanglement with minimal modifications to the standard VAE loss function, validated on multiple datasets.
MetFA aligns source and target domains for cross-device image classification.
problem Learning discriminative class boundaries across different domains.
method Distance metric guided feature alignment (MetFA) for domain-invariant and discriminative feature extraction.
result MetFA outperforms state-of-the-art methods in cross-device image classification.
In this work we propose a method to compute continuous embeddings for kmers from raw RNA-seq data, without the need for alignment to a reference genome. The approach uses an RNN to transform kmers of the RNA-seq reads into a 2 dimensional representation that is used to predict abundance of each kmer. We report that our…
A new method for aligning multiple distributions efficiently.
problem Aligning multiple distributions in a shared latent space.
method Iterative alignment of variational approximations of distribution divergences using invertible alignment maps.
result Our method achieves competitive distribution alignment at low computational cost.
End-to-end optimization has achieved state-of-the-art performance on many specific problems, but there is no straight-forward way to combine pretrained models for new problems. Here, we explore improving modularity by learning a post-hoc interface between two existing models to solve a new task. Specifically, we take i…
Unified framework for self-supervised learning via latent distribution matching.
problem Lack of a unifying theoretical framework for diverse SSL methods.
method Casting SSL as latent distribution matching (LDM): maximizing alignment and uniformity.
result Derives a Bayesian filtering model and proves identifiable latent representations.
This paper improves probabilistic latent models on hyperbolic spaces.
problem Uncertainty in predictions due to geodesics crossing low-data regions.
method Augmenting hyperbolic manifold with a pullback metric for probabilistic pullback metrics.
result Geodesics on pullback metric respect both geometry and data distribution, reducing uncertainty.
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.
In this work we approach the task of learning multilingual word representations in an offline manner by fitting a generative latent variable model to a multilingual dictionary. We model equivalent words in different languages as different views of the same word generated by a common latent variable representing their l…
We propose a novel Bayesian approach to modelling nonlinear alignments of time series based on latent shared information. We apply the method to the real-world problem of finding common structure in the sensor data of wind turbines introduced by the underlying latent and turbulent wind field. The proposed model allows …
LOL-BO improves latent space Bayesian optimization over structured inputs.
problem Optimizing complex functions over high-dimensional, structured search spaces.
method Adapting trust regions from high-dimensional to structured settings, using a DAE to map inputs into a latent space.
result Achieves up to 20x improvement over state-of-the-art methods.
XLVINs improve data efficiency in implicit planning by leveraging latent space.
problem Improving data efficiency in implicit planning algorithms.
method XLVINs use a high-dimensional latent space to perform planning computations, breaking the algorithmic bottleneck.
result XLVINs significantly improve data efficiency across various settings compared to value iteration-based implicit planners and model-free baselines.
SARA uses similarity to learn rewards robustly and adaptively.
problem Robustness to labeler errors and adaptability to diverse feedback formats.
method Contrastive framework that learns latent representations and computes rewards as similarities.
result Strong performance on offline RL benchmarks and diverse applications.
Unified approach for learning state representations from streaming data.
problem Learning reusable state representations from high-dimensional, non-stationary data.
method Unified mathematical formulation for learning latent relations, enabling flexible and principled shaping of latent space.
result Improved understanding and evaluation of existing unsupervised learning approaches.
Framework fine-tunes foundation models with semi-supervised learning for downstream tasks and latent spaces.
problem Training foundation models with limited labelled data.
method Mutual information decomposition for downstream and latent spaces, semi-supervised fine-tuning.
result Significant improvements in classification tasks under low-labelled conditions.
A new deep generative model captures global dependencies without supervision.
problem Global modeling in deep generative models.
method Non-i.i.d. variational autoencoders with mixture model and global Gaussian latent variable.
result Captures interpretable disentangled representations and domain alignment.
HSACC improves multi-view clustering of incomplete data.
problem Challenges in clustering incomplete multi-view data.
method Hierarchical Semantic Alignment and Cooperative Completion framework.
result HSACC outperforms state-of-the-art methods on benchmark datasets.
Unified Latent Dynamics unifies model-free and model-based reinforcement learning.
problem Combining the efficiency of model-free methods with the representational strengths of model-based approaches.
method Embedding state-action pairs into a latent space where the true value function is approximately linear, using synchronized updates of encoder, value, and policy networks.
result ULD achieves cross-domain competence with minimal tuning and a fraction of the parameter footprint.
Proposes EOT eigenmaps for aligning and embedding multiple datasets.
problem Aligning and embedding multiple datasets with shared structures but individual distortions.
method Entropic Optimal Transport (EOT) eigenmaps, leveraging leading singular vectors of EOT plan matrix.
result Proves theoretical guarantees and favorable properties for aligning and embedding datasets.
Word embedding models offer continuous vector representations that can capture rich contextual semantics based on their word co-occurrence patterns. While these word vectors can provide very effective features used in many NLP tasks such as clustering similar words and inferring learning relationships, many challenges …
NLGS optimizes latent geometry for better model performance.
problem Improving machine learning model performance by aligning latent space geometry with data structure.
method NLGS uses product manifolds with Gromov-Hausdorff distance for latent geometry search.
result NLGS finds optimal latent geometry with query-efficient Bayesian optimization.
Mitigates biases in reward models using variational inference.
problem Spurious correlations in reward models that align large language models with human preferences.
method Formulates data-generating process, identifies non-spurious latent variables, and uses variational inference to recover them.
result Effective mitigation of spurious correlation issues, yielding more robust reward models.
We propose a novel geometric approach for learning bilingual mappings given monolingual embeddings and a bilingual dictionary. Our approach decouples learning the transformation from the source language to the target language into (a) learning rotations for language-specific embeddings to align them to a common space, …
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.
HCL learns shared and modality-specific latent representations for multimodal data.
problem Binary shared-private decomposition inadequately represents shared information across subsets of modalities.
method Hierarchical Contrastive Learning framework combining latent-variable formulation, structural sparsity, and contrastive objective.
result HCL accurately recovers hierarchical structure and improves predictive performance on multimodal data.
X-VAE uses data-adaptive Gaussian priors to improve latent space modeling.
problem Limitations of standard Gaussian priors in complex datasets.
method Data-adaptive Gaussian prior derived from pretrained autoencoder latent codes.
result Improved latent space modeling and generation quality.
Paper presents a method to align unpaired samples across different modalities.
problem Challenges in collecting paired samples for multimodal representation learning.
method Uses propensity score alignment based on Rubin's framework to estimate a common space for unpaired samples.
result Optimal transport matching significantly improves alignment in real-world data.
New method uses differential equations for better counterfactual analysis.
problem Estimating counterfactual outcomes for policy analysis.
method Continuous-time approach to synthetic controls using controlled differential equations.
result Improves counterfactual estimation for irregularly aligned multivariate time series.
A new method learns manifold-valued latents without an encoder.
problem Distorting data with intrinsic non-Euclidean structure.
method Riemannian generative decoder that learns latents directly.
result Learned representations respect the prescribed geometry and capture intrinsic non-Euclidean structure.