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We introduce a new framework for training deep generative models for high-dimensional conditional density estimation. The Bottleneck Conditional Density Estimator (BCDE) is a variant of the conditional variational autoencoder (CVAE) that…

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This paper presents Hyper-VIB, a hypernetwork-enhanced information bottleneck (IB) approach designed to enable efficient task-oriented communications in 6G collaborative intelligent systems. Leveraging IB theory, our approach enables an…

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Math Word Problems (MWP) aims to automatically solve mathematical questions given in texts. Previous studies tend to design complex models to capture additional information in the original text so as to enable the model to gain more…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Jing Xiong , Chengming Li , Min Yang , Xiping Hu , Bin Hu

We propose parameter optimization techniques for weighted ensemble sampling of Markov chains in the steady-state regime. Weighted ensemble consists of replicas of a Markov chain, each carrying a weight, that are periodically resampled…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-22 David Aristoff , Daniel M. Zuckerman

Machine learning has emerged as a promising approach to path loss prediction, yet its effectiveness often degrades when measurement data are scarce. To address this limitation, we propose an ensemble-based machine learning framework that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Ahmed P. Mohamed , Byunghyun Lee , Yaguang Zhang , Christopher R. Anderson , David J. Love , James V. Krogmeier

The Information Bottleneck (IB) principle has emerged as a promising approach for enhancing the generalization, robustness, and interpretability of deep neural networks, demonstrating efficacy across image segmentation, document clustering,…

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Deep learning has revolutionized modern society but faces growing energy and latency constraints. Deep physical neural networks (PNNs) are interconnected computing systems that directly exploit analog dynamics for energy-efficient,…

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In the last few years, compression of deep neural networks has become an important strand of machine learning and computer vision research. Deep models require sizeable computational complexity and storage, when used for instance for Human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Ayush Srivastava , Oshin Dutta , Prathosh AP , Sumeet Agarwal , Jigyasa Gupta

Here we propose the Reweighted Autoencoded Variational Bayes for Enhanced Sampling (RAVE) method, a new iterative scheme that uses the deep learning framework of variational autoencoders to enhance sampling in molecular simulations. RAVE…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-02-13 Joao Marcelo Lamim Ribeiro , Pablo Bravo Collado , Yihang Wang , Pratyush Tiwary

We investigate crystal nucleation in supersaturated colloid suspensions using enhanced molecular dynamics simulations augmented with machine learning techniques. The simulations reveal that crystallization in the model colloidal system…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-04-30 Vanessa J. Meraz , Ziyue Zou , Pratyush Tiwary

Integrated communication and control serves as a critical ingredient in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. However, partial observability limitations will impair collaboration effectiveness, and a potential solution is to establish…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Ziqiong Wang , Xiaoxue Yu , Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao

We present a variational approximation to the information bottleneck of Tishby et al. (1999). This variational approach allows us to parameterize the information bottleneck model using a neural network and leverage the reparameterization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-25 Alexander A. Alemi , Ian Fischer , Joshua V. Dillon , Kevin Murphy

We apply the "weighted ensemble" (WE) simulation strategy, previously employed in the context of molecular dynamics simulations, to a series of systems-biology models that range in complexity from one-dimensional to a system with 354…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2015-03-11 Rory M. Donovan , Andrew J. Sedgewick , James R. Faeder , Daniel M. Zuckerman

Deep learning enables the modelling of high-resolution histopathology whole-slide images (WSI). Weakly supervised learning of tile-level data is typically applied for tasks where labels only exist on the patient or WSI level (e.g. patient…

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To effectively study complex causal systems, it is often useful to construct abstractions of parts of the system by discarding irrelevant details while preserving key features. The Information Bottleneck (IB) method is a widely used…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Francisco N. F. Q. Simoes , Mehdi Dastani , Thijs van Ommen

Clustering mixed-type tabular data is fundamental for exploratory analysis, yet remains challenging due to misaligned numerical-categorical representations, uneven and context-dependent feature relevance, and disconnected and post-hoc…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Lehao Li , Qiang Huang , Yihao Ang , Bryan Kian Hsiang Low , Anthony K. H. Tung , Xiaokui Xiao

Many biological processes occur on time scales longer than those accessible to molecular dynamics simulations. Identifying collective variables (CVs) and introducing an external potential to accelerate them is a popular approach to address…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-10-24 Enrico Trizio , Andrea Rizzi , Pablo M. Piaggi , Michele Invernizzi , Luigi Bonati

In the field of machine learning, ensemble learning is widely recognized as a pivotal strategy for pushing the boundaries of predictive performance. Traditional static ensemble methods typically assign weights by treating each base learner…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Yanxin Liu , Yunqi Zhang

The weighted ensemble (WE) simulation strategy provides unbiased sampling of non-equilibrium processes, such as molecular folding or binding, but the extraction of rate constants relies on characterizing steady state behavior.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-10-02 Jeremy Copperman , Daniel Zuckerman

Information Bottleneck (IB) is a generalization of rate-distortion theory that naturally incorporates compression and relevance trade-offs for learning. Though the original IB has been extensively studied, there has not been much…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Thanh T. Nguyen , Jaesik Choi