Summary of Implicit Dynamical Flow Fusion (idff) For Generative Modeling, by Mohammad R. Rezaei et al.
Implicit Dynamical Flow Fusion (IDFF) for Generative Modeling
by Mohammad R. Rezaei, Rahul G. Krishnan, Milos R. Popovic, Milad Lankarany
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Conditional Flow Matching (CFM) models excel at generating high-quality samples from a non-informative prior, but they can be slow due to the need for hundreds of network evaluations (NFE). To address this, we propose Implicit Dynamical Flow Fusion (IDFF), which learns a new vector field with an additional momentum term, allowing for longer steps during sample generation while maintaining the fidelity of the generated distribution. This reduces NFEs by a factor of ten relative to CFMs without sacrificing sample quality, making IDFF ideal for rapid sampling and efficient handling of image and time-series data generation tasks. We evaluate IDFF on standard benchmarks such as CIFAR-10 and CelebA for image generation, achieving likelihood and quality performance comparable to CFMs and diffusion-based models with fewer NFEs. Additionally, IDFF shows superior performance on time-series datasets modeling, including molecular simulation and sea surface temperature (SST) datasets, highlighting its versatility and effectiveness across different domains. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine you have a superpower that lets you create realistic images or patterns. This power is based on something called Conditional Flow Matching (CFM), which can be very good at creating these things. However, it’s not the fastest process and might take hundreds of steps to get what you want. To speed this up, we came up with a new idea called Implicit Dynamical Flow Fusion (IDFF). IDFF learns how to make bigger steps in generating these patterns while still keeping them looking real. This makes it much faster than CFM and works well for creating images or patterns from things like pictures of animals or temperature changes in the ocean. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Image generation » Likelihood » Temperature » Time series
