Summary of Latent Space Characterization Of Autoencoder Variants, by Anika Shrivastava et al.
Latent Space Characterization of Autoencoder Variants
by Anika Shrivastava, Renu Rameshan, Samar Agnihotri
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Information Theory (cs.IT)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Autoencoders have been instrumental in representation learning, with various regularization techniques and training principles developed to enhance their ability to learn compact and robust representations. This paper characterizes the structure of latent spaces learned by different autoencoders, including convolutional autoencoders (CAEs), denoising autoencoders (DAEs), and variational autoencoders (VAEs). By analyzing the matrix manifolds corresponding to the latent spaces, researchers provide an explanation for why CAE and DAE latent spaces form non-smooth manifolds, while VAE forms a smooth manifold. The study also maps points on the matrix manifold to a Hilbert space using distance-preserving transforms, offering an alternative view of the subspaces generated as a function of input distortion. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Autoencoders are special kinds of computer models that help us understand how other computer models think about data. These models are really good at learning patterns in pictures and sounds, but we don’t always know what they’re thinking. This paper tries to figure out how different types of autoencoders work and why some make smooth maps while others make bumpy ones. By looking at the math behind these models, researchers found that some autoencoders create bumpy maps because they focus on small parts of pictures, while others create smooth maps because they look at the whole picture. This is important because it helps us understand how computer models work and might even help us improve their performance. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Regularization » Representation learning
