Summary of Calibrating Bayesian Generative Machine Learning For Bayesiamplification, by Sebastian Bieringer et al.
Calibrating Bayesian Generative Machine Learning for Bayesiamplification
by Sebastian Bieringer, Sascha Diefenbacher, Gregor Kasieczka, Mathias Trabs
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); High Energy Physics – Phenomenology (hep-ph)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The recent combination of generative and Bayesian machine learning in particle physics has led to improved detector simulation and inference tasks. Neural networks aim to quantify uncertainty from limited training statistics, but interpreting distribution-wide uncertainty remains unclear. This paper proposes a clear scheme for calibrating Bayesian generative models using Continuous Normalizing Flows on low-dimensional toy examples. Calibration is evaluated through mean-field Gaussian weight posterior or Monte Carlo sampling network weights, with implications for data amplification and truth sample estimation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This research combines machine learning techniques to improve particle physics simulations and inference tasks. Scientists are trying to understand how certain their predictions are, but there’s still a lot of uncertainty (get it?) about what that means. This paper helps solve this problem by showing how to make sure the predictions are accurate and reliable. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Inference * Machine learning
