Summary of Simple Reflow: Improved Techniques For Fast Flow Models, by Beomsu Kim and Yu-guan Hsieh and Michal Klein and Marco Cuturi and Jong Chul Ye and Bahjat Kawar and James Thornton
Simple ReFlow: Improved Techniques for Fast Flow Models
by Beomsu Kim, Yu-Guan Hsieh, Michal Klein, Marco Cuturi, Jong Chul Ye, Bahjat Kawar, James Thornton
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed ReFlow procedure aims to accelerate sampling in diffusion-based generative models by straightening generation trajectories. However, this iterative approach often requires training on simulated data and can lead to reduced sample quality. To address these limitations, the authors explore the design space of ReFlow and identify potential pitfalls in prior heuristic practices. They then introduce seven improvements for training dynamics, learning, and inference, which are validated through thorough ablation studies on various datasets, including CIFAR10, AFHQv2, FFHQ, and ImageNet-64. The resulting techniques achieve state-of-the-art FID scores for fast generation via neural ODEs, outperforming previous methods with mere 9 neural function evaluations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Diffusion models are super powerful at generating new images, but they can be slow and not great at producing high-quality results. To fix this, researchers developed a technique called ReFlow that helps speed up the process. However, this method has some limitations, like needing lots of practice data and sacrificing image quality. The authors of this paper looked into how to make ReFlow better by trying different approaches and tested them on several datasets. They found that combining their techniques produced amazing results, beating previous methods in just 9 steps! |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Diffusion » Inference
