Summary of Inverse Problems with Diffusion Models: a Map Estimation Perspective, by Sai Bharath Chandra Gutha et al.
Inverse Problems with Diffusion Models: A MAP Estimation Perspective
by Sai Bharath Chandra Gutha, Ricardo Vinuesa, Hossein Azizpour
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach is presented for solving inverse problems in computer vision, specifically for image restoration tasks like inpainting, deblurring, and super-resolution. By leveraging pre-trained unconditional diffusion models without task-specific training, recent methods have shown promise. However, a significant challenge arises when determining the conditional score function during reverse diffusion, leading to approximations that affect performance. The proposed MAP estimation framework addresses this issue by modeling the reverse conditional generation process as an optimization problem with a tractable gradient term. This framework can be applied to solve general inverse problems using gradient-based methods, although the highly non-convex nature of the loss objective poses challenges. Empirically effective algorithms are developed for image restoration tasks and validated through extensive experiments on multiple datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new way is found to fix broken images by making a computer model better at guessing what an image should look like. This works by using a special type of AI that doesn’t need extra training for each specific task, but instead uses something it already knows. The challenge was figuring out how the computer could change its idea of what an image should look like based on the broken part. To solve this, scientists came up with a new way to think about the problem that lets them use a special formula to find the right answer. This new method can be used for many different types of problems and is tested by fixing real images that are broken or blurry. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Diffusion * Optimization * Super resolution
