Model predicts video factors independently without cross-factor interference.
problem Predicting video factors without cross-factor interference.
method Unsupervised variational model for disentangling video into independent factors.
result Often learns interpretable factors like objects in a scene.
DIVE learns video representations even with missing data.
problem Missing data in video sequences.
method Disentangled Imputed Video autoEncoder (DIVE) with missingness latent variable.
result DIVE outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in imputing and predicting missing video frames.
Our goal is to predict future video frames given a sequence of input frames. Despite large amounts of video data, this remains a challenging task because of the high-dimensionality of video frames. We address this challenge by proposing the Decompositional Disentangled Predictive Auto-Encoder (DDPAE), a framework that …
New algorithm disentangles latent space in GANs using video sequences.
problem Learning disentangled latent spaces in GANs without supervision.
method Adversarial training with video sequences, modifying standard GAN algorithm.
result Disentangled latent space into content and motion attributes.
A framework disentangles controllable objects from visual signals for improved RL.
problem Improving sample efficiency and game performance in vision-based RL.
method Action-conditioned video prediction to disentangle controllable objects.
result Improved sample efficiency and game performance in Atari games.
We present a new model DrNET that learns disentangled image representations from video. Our approach leverages the temporal coherence of video and a novel adversarial loss to learn a representation that factorizes each frame into a stationary part and a temporally varying component. The disentangled representation can …
We present a deformable generator model to disentangle the appearance and geometric information for both image and video data in a purely unsupervised manner. The appearance generator network models the information related to appearance, including color, illumination, identity or category, while the geometric generator…
Model learns disentangled representations from natural videos.
problem Disentangling factors of variation in natural data.
method Sparse prior on temporally adjacent observations.
result Model reliably learns disentangled representations on natural data.
Jointly trains images and videos using residual vectors.
problem Generating high-quality videos from images and vice versa.
method Simultaneously learns latent variables for images and videos using residual vectors.
result Improves sample quality and diversity in video generation and image generation.
Model learns disentangled static and dynamic data representations.
problem Learning disentangled representations from unordered data.
method Factorized graphical model exploiting sequential data regularities.
result Well-organized latent space for data dynamics.
FAVAE learns disentangled representations from sequential data.
problem Learning disentangled and interpretable representations from sequential data.
method FAVAE uses the information bottleneck principle without supervision.
result FAVAE can disentangle multiple dynamic factors.
Limited annotated data available for the recognition of facial expression and action units embarrasses the training of deep networks, which can learn disentangled invariant features. However, a linear model with just several parameters normally is not demanding in terms of training data. In this paper, we propose an el…
A new method uses PDEs to predict spatiotemporal phenomena.
problem Predicting high-dimensional spatiotemporal data.
method Partial differential equations (PDEs) for spatiotemporal disentanglement.
result The method outperforms existing models in accuracy and applicability.
This paper takes a step towards temporal reasoning in a dynamically changing video, not in the pixel space that constitutes its frames, but in a latent space that describes the non-linear dynamics of the objects in its world. We introduce the Kalman variational auto-encoder, a framework for unsupervised learning of seq…
A method for disentangling text representations without supervision.
problem Challenges in learning disentangled representations of natural language.
method Information-theoretic guidance to induce independent style and content embeddings.
result High quality disentangled representations in terms of content and style preservation.
DSSM separates domain-invariant dynamics from domain-specifics in sequential data.
problem Learning cross-domain sequence representations from diverse data domains.
method Introduce disentangled state space models (DSSM) using unsupervised VAE-based training.
result Improves knowledge transfer and robust prediction across domains.
The problem of feature disentanglement has been explored in the literature, for the purpose of image and video processing and text analysis. State-of-the-art methods for disentangling feature representations rely on the presence of many labeled samples. In this work, we present a novel method for disentangling factors …
There are many forms of feature information present in video data. Principle among them are object identity information which is largely static across multiple video frames, and object pose and style information which continuously transforms from frame to frame. Most existing models confound these two types of represen…
A new model separates persistence and transition priors in HDP-HMM.
problem Limitation of sticky HDP-HMM in expressing different persistence strengths.
method Developed a disentangled sticky HDP-HMM (DS-HDP-HMM) with novel Gibbs sampling algorithms.
result DS-HDP-HMM outperforms sticky HDP-HMM and HDP-HMM on synthetic and real data.
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.
Intelligent agents can learn to represent the action spaces of other agents simply by observing them act. Such representations help agents quickly learn to predict the effects of their own actions on the environment and to plan complex action sequences. In this work, we address the problem of learning an agent's action…
New metric proposed to accurately measure disentanglement.
problem Lack of theoretical guarantees and consistent correlation for existing disentanglement metrics.
method Analysis and creation of a new metric.
result Proposed metric satisfies two desirable properties for disentanglement.
Model integrates multi-view temporal data for better understanding of latent dynamics.
problem Understanding time-dependent heterogeneous properties from multi-view data.
method Generative model using variational autoencoder and recurrent neural network.
result Identifies disentangled latent embeddings across views while accounting for time factor.
Unified method for disentangling classes and content improves AI representation learning.
problem Current methods struggle with disentangling class and content variations.
method LORD: Latent Optimization for Representation Disentanglement with asymmetric noise regularization.
result LORD achieves superior disentanglement performance compared to existing methods.
Improved disentanglement in VAEs using aggregated feature maps.
problem Improving disentanglement in Variational Autoencoders (VAEs).
method Regionally aggregated feature maps extracted from pre-trained CNNs on ImageNet.
result 2nd place in NeurIPS 2019 disentanglement challenge.
New technique learns causally disentangled representations for better generation.
problem Learning disentangled representations for accurate generation.
method Causally Disentangled Generation (CDG) approach with supervised regularization.
result CDG is necessary and sufficient for accurate disentangled generation.
Disentangled representations, where the higher level data generative factors are reflected in disjoint latent dimensions, offer several benefits such as ease of deriving invariant representations, transferability to other tasks, interpretability, etc. We consider the problem of unsupervised learning of disentangled rep…
Improved disentanglement through learned feature aggregation.
problem Disentangling latent factors in images.
method Variational autoencoder trained on regionally aggregated feature maps from ImageNet.
result 2nd place in NeurIPS 2019 disentanglement challenge.
We analyze disentangled representations under a causal generative process, proposing new metrics and datasets.
problem Addressing fairness and interpretability through disentangled representations with a causal perspective.
method Work under a causal generative process, proposing new metrics and datasets to study disentanglement.
result Proposed metrics capture the desiderata of disentangled causal process.
New framework for disentangling graph node and edge features.
problem Learning disentangled representations for attributed graphs with node and edge features.
method Proposes a novel variational objective and architecture for node and edge deconvolutions to disentangle latent factors.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of the proposed model and its extensions on synthetic and real-world datasets.
A new method for unsupervised disentanglement in GANs.
problem Learning disentangled representations in generative models.
method Regularizing GANs by aligning Jacobian vectors with coordinate axes.
result Unsupervised disentanglement achieved in GANs through spectral regularization.
UDR selects disentangled models without labels.
problem Unsupervised disentangled model selection.
method UDR leverages variational autoencoder disentanglement theory to rank models.
result UDR performs comparably to supervised methods and correlates with task performance.
New framework learns disentangled causal representations from observed labels.
problem Learning meaningful disentangled causal representations from observed data.
method ICM-VAE framework using flow-based diffeomorphic functions and causal disentanglement prior.
result Induces highly disentangled causal factors and improves robustness.
Ground-A-Video edits videos without training, preserving intended changes.
problem Complex multi-attribute video editing with omitted or wrong changes.
method Grounding-guided video-to-video translation with Cross-Frame Gated Attention.
result Zero-shot multi-attribute video editing with improved accuracy and frame consistency.
Proposes a new method for disentangling data representations using topological analysis.
problem Learning disentangled representations for better model explainability and robustness.
method Integrates a multi-scale topological loss term into the training of deep learning models.
result Improves disentanglement scores compared to state-of-the-art methods.
A new method for disentangling action sequences improves model stability.
problem Challenges in unsupervised disentanglement learning due to incomplete theories and abstract notions.
method Introducing disentangling action sequences and a novel fractional variational autoencoder (FVAE) framework.
result FVAE improves the stability of disentanglement for action sequences.
GCAE uses density estimation to achieve reliable disentanglement in latent space.
problem Disentangled learning representations suffer from reliability issues.
method GCAE uses Gaussian Channel Autoencoder with Dual Total Correlation (DTC) to avoid the curse of dimensionality.
result GCAE achieves highly competitive and reliable disentanglement scores.
The paper connects disentanglement to manifold charts and commutativity.
problem Discovering local charts of the data manifold for disentanglement.
method Interpreting disentanglement as local charts of the data manifold and studying commutativity.
result Commutativity is a central property in disentanglement, as shown in manifold, group theoretic, and probabilistic frameworks.
The paper defines metrics for evaluating disentangled representations in learning models.
problem Evaluating disentangled representations in learning models.
method Defining semantics and metrics for disentanglement learning.
result Proposed metrics correctly characterize representations learned by different methods.
Improved VAE learns disentangled representations with less supervision.
problem Learning disentangled representations is challenging.
method Semi-supervised disentanglement learning with label replacement.
result Significant improvement in disentanglement with minimal supervision.
New metric for disentangling multivariate representations, accounting for more complex entanglements.
problem Current disentanglement metrics fail to detect entanglements involving more than two variables.
method Partial Information Decomposition framework to analyze information sharing and propose a new disentanglement metric.
result The proposed metric correctly identifies entanglements in high-dimensional spaces.
This work proposes a model to disentangle image factors effectively and control their manipulation.
problem Controlling disentanglement during image editing while preserving object identity.
method Encoder-decoder architecture with decorrelation regularization and soft target representations.
result The model successfully disentangles image factors and manipulates them effectively.
Paper introduces Wasserstein total correlation for disentangled representation learning.
problem Learning disentangled representations from data.
method Adversarial training of a critic to estimate Wasserstein total correlation in variational and Wasserstein autoencoders.
result Proposed method achieves comparable disentanglement performance with less reconstruction loss.
This paper tackles disentanglement in image editing and reconstruction.
problem Learning disentangled image representations and balancing disentanglement strength and reconstruction quality.
method Distance covariance based decorrelation regularization for disentanglement, soft target representation for reconstruction, and collapsing AE decoder and GAN generator.
result The proposed model improves the disentanglement strength and perceptual quality of generated images.
Improved disentanglement of data factors using recursive training.
problem Current unsupervised disentanglement methods are inconsistent and fail to achieve levels of disentanglement seen in supervised approaches.
method Introduced PBT for VAEs, used UDR for heuristic scoring, and developed recursive rPU-VAE approach.
result Recursive training leads to robust disentanglement of data factors across multiple datasets.
Disentanglement-PyTorch library facilitates disentangled representation learning.
problem Unsupervised learning of disentangled representations.
method Modular library for variational algorithms, decoupling architectures, latent space, and training algorithms.
result Achieved 3rd rank in NeurIPS 2019 Disentanglement Challenge.
Paper proposes InfoAE for disentangled representation learning.
problem Learning disentangled representations from unlabeled data.
method InfoAE learns disentangled representation by maximizing mutual information.
result Achieved 98.9% test accuracy on MNIST with unsupervised training.
We define and address the problem of unsupervised learning of disentangled representations on data generated from independent factors of variation. We propose FactorVAE, a method that disentangles by encouraging the distribution of representations to be factorial and hence independent across the dimensions. We show tha…