Summary of Nonlinear Denoising Score Matching For Enhanced Learning Of Structured Distributions, by Jeremiah Birrell et al.
Nonlinear denoising score matching for enhanced learning of structured distributions
by Jeremiah Birrell, Markos A. Katsoulakis, Luc Rey-Bellet, Benjamin Zhang, Wei Zhu
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary We present a novel method for training score-based generative models that leverages nonlinear noising dynamics to improve learning of structured distributions. This approach generalizes to a nonlinear drift, allowing the incorporation of additional structure into the dynamics, which is particularly effective in multimodal or approximately symmetric data. To address the challenges introduced by nonlinear dynamics, we develop a new nonlinear denoising score matching (NDSM) method and introduce neural control variates to reduce variance in the NDSM training objective. Our method demonstrates effectiveness on various examples, including low-dimensional datasets for clustering in latent space and high-dimensional images addressing mode collapse, small training sets, and approximate symmetries, a challenge for equivariant neural networks requiring exact symmetries. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine trying to create realistic pictures or sounds from random noise. We’ve developed a new way to make this process better by using special rules that help the computer learn from structured data like images or music. This approach is helpful when dealing with complex data, such as images of faces or music with different rhythms. Our method shows promise in creating more realistic and diverse output compared to existing techniques. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Clustering » Latent space
