Principled Interpolation in Normalizing Flows

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

Authors

Generative models based on normalizing flows are very successful in modeling complex data distributions using simpler ones. However, straightforward linear interpolations show unexpected side effects, as interpolation paths lie outside the area where samples are observed. This is caused by the standard choice of Gaussian base distributions and can be seen in the norms of the interpolated samples as they are outside the data manifold. This observation suggests that changing the way of interpolating should generally result in better interpolations, but it is not clear how to do that in an unambiguous way. In this paper, we solve this issue by enforcing a specific manifold and, hence, change the base distribution, to allow for a principled way of interpolation. Specifically, we use the Dirichlet and von Mises-Fisher base distributions on the probability simplex and the hypersphere, respectively. Our experimental results show superior performance in terms of bits per dimension, Frechet Inception Distance (FID), and Kernel Inception Distance (KID) scores for interpolation, while maintaining the generative performance
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases. Research Track : European Conference, ECML PKDD 2021, Bilbao, Spain, September 13–17, 2021, Proceedings, Part II
EditorsNuria Oliver, Fernando Pérez-Cruz, Stefan Kramer, Jesse Read, Jose A. Lozano
Number of pages16
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature
Publication date09.2021
Pages116-131
ISBN (print)978-3-030-86519-1
ISBN (electronic)978-3-030-86520-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 09.2021
EventEuropean Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - ECML PKDD 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 13.09.202117.09.2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was financed in part by the Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES), Brazil, Finance Code 001 and by FAPESP (grants 2017/24005-2 and 2018/19350-5).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Recently viewed

Activities

  1. Digital Capitalism meets Leberkaspeppi: Temporal Orientations in Business Models as a Source of Platform Power in Mature Industries
  2. Wien Depot: Podiumsdiskussion
  3. CEP Labour Market Workshop 2008
  4. Academic Space
  5. On the measuring accuracy of the “Vehrs-Hebel”, a scaling apparatus for nonverbal real-time assessment of perceived quantity
  6. Internet-based guided self-help to reduce depressive symptoms in teachers: Results from a randomized controlled trial
  7. Probleme mit zukünftigen Generationen
  8. The Sustainable State.
  9. Beyond the ius in bello: On the Discursive Preconditions of the Dissociative Mentality of Total War
  10. What remains to be done to achieve open, global science
  11. 7th Space, Creativity, and Organization Workshop - SCO 2022
  12. Anders Schreiben
  13. Corporate Responsibility Evolution Models: Concepts, Evidence and Implications
  14. The Pressure to Improve: A probabilistic Approach for Modeling Local School Markets
  15. Co-creating transformative processes - a designerly approach
  16. Extending Working Lives in Organizations: The Later Life Workplace Index for Successful Management of an Aging Workforce
  17. Eigenzeiten of Creativity: Challenges for Temporal Coordination in Creative Projects in Arts and Science
  18. 15th International Conference on Sensors and Measurement Technology - SENSOR 2011
  19. Emerging Visions of Seamless Travel: (En)Countering Camouflaged Sovereignty at the Frictionless Border
  20. "Crowds and Party" Reading Workshop with Jody Dean - 2019
  21. Building Collective Institutional Infrastructures for Decent Platform Work: The Development of a Crowdwork Agreement in Germany
  22. How is Research Creation as Other Knowledge?

Publications

  1. Towards Computer Simulations of Virtue Ethics
  2. A Stacked Planar Sensor Concept for Minimally Invasive Plasma Monitoring
  3. Policy implementation through multi-level governance
  4. Adapting videogame interfaces for the visually impaired
  5. Facing Up to Third Party Liability for Space Activities
  6. Learning with summaries
  7. Exploring the Unknown
  8. A cascade regulator using Lyapunov's PID-PID controllers for an aggregate actuator in automotive applications
  9. BUSINESS MODELS IN BANKING: A CLUSTER ANALYSIS USING ARCHIVAL DATA
  10. Encoding the law of State responsibility with courage and resolve
  11. Do children with deficits in basic cognitive functions profit from mixed age primary schools?
  12. A Multilab Replication of the Ego Depletion Effect
  13. Perception of Space and Time in a Created Environment
  14. Decoding evidence-based entrepreneurship
  15. Mechanical properties and microstructures of nano SiC reinforced ZE10 composites prepared with ultrasonic vibration
  16. Other spaces
  17. German Utilities and distributed PV
  18. Introduction
  19. Telecoupling as a framework to support a more nuanced understanding of causality in land system science
  20. A robust model predictive control using a feedforward structure for a hybrid hydraulic piezo actuator in camless internal combustion engines
  21. Assessing authenticity in modelling test items: deriving a theoretical model
  22. Discourse of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ in Newspaper Editorials on Insecurity in Nigeria
  23. Usage pattern-based exposure screening as a simple tool for the regional priority-setting in environmental risk assessment of veterinary antibiotics