Summary of Aspire: Iterative Amortized Posterior Inference For Bayesian Inverse Problems, by Rafael Orozco et al.
ASPIRE: Iterative Amortized Posterior Inference for Bayesian Inverse Problems
by Rafael Orozco, Ali Siahkoohi, Mathias Louboutin, Felix J. Herrmann
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The abstract presents a machine learning solution called ASPIRE (Amortized posteriors with Summaries that are Physics-based and Iteratively REfined) that addresses the limitations of existing amortized variational inference (VI) methods. These methods, which learn from examples, suffer from suboptimal inference results due to generalizing to many observed datasets. In contrast, non-amortized VI techniques produce better posterior approximations but are slower at inference. The proposed ASPIRE method iteratively refines amortized posteriors using physics-hybrid methods and summary statistics, enabling a trade-off between speed and accuracy. The authors validate their approach on a stylized problem and demonstrate its practical use in high-dimensional transcranial medical imaging. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about finding the best way to solve complex problems by combining different approaches. It’s like trying to find the best recipe for making cookies – you need to mix together the right ingredients, bake them at the right temperature, and make sure they’re not too hard or too soft. The authors are proposing a new method called ASPIRE that can help us find better solutions by learning from examples and using physics-hybrid methods. They tested this method on some problems and showed it works well. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference » Machine learning » Temperature
