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We introduce a new family of physics-inspired generative models termed PFGM++ that unifies diffusion models and Poisson Flow Generative Models (PFGM). These models realize generative trajectories for $N$ dimensional data by embedding paths…

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We present a simple method for assessing the predictive performance of high-dimensional models directly in data space when only samples are available. Our approach is to compare the quantiles of observables predicted by a model to those of…

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Symmetric positive definite~(SPD) matrices have shown important value and applications in statistics and machine learning, such as FMRI analysis and traffic prediction. Previous works on SPD matrices mostly focus on discriminative models,…

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Perceiving the shape and material of an object from a single image is inherently ambiguous, especially when lighting is unknown and unconstrained. Despite this, humans can often disentangle shape and material, and when they are uncertain,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Xinran Nicole Han , Ko Nishino , Todd Zickler

A deep generative model is developed for representation and analysis of images, based on a hierarchical convolutional dictionary-learning framework. Stochastic {\em unpooling} is employed to link consecutive layers in the model, yielding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-12-25 Yunchen Pu , Xin Yuan , Andrew Stevens , Chunyuan Li , Lawrence Carin

I review the current state of our understanding of the galaxy formation and evolution process from the modeler's perspective. With the advent of the cold dark matter model and the support of fast computers and advanced simulation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthias Steinmetz

Galaxy formation and evolution is one of the most active areas of research in astronomy. In recent times there have been several developments on the observational fronts particularly with the discovery of several relations between galaxy…

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Deep learning (DL) models in medical imaging face challenges in generalizability and robustness due to variations in image acquisition parameters (IAP). In this work, we introduce a novel method using conditional denoising diffusion…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-01 Pedro Morão , Joao Santinha , Yasna Forghani , Nuno Loução , Pedro Gouveia , Mario A. T. Figueiredo

Galaxy models are fundamental to exploiting surveys of our Galaxy. There is now a significant body of work on axisymmetric models. A model can be defined by giving the DF of each major class of stars and of dark matter. Then the…

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Deep generative models have significantly advanced medical imaging analysis by enhancing dataset size and quality. Beyond mere data augmentation, our research in this paper highlights an additional, significant capacity of deep generative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-18 Xiaodan Xing , Junzhi Ning , Yang Nan , Guang Yang

Models of structure formation in the universe postulate that matter distributions observed today in galaxy catalogs arise, through a complex non-linear dynamics, by gravitational evolution from a very uniform initial state. Dark matter…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Luciano Pietronero , Francesco Sylos Labini

A key yet unresolved question in modern-day astronomy is how galaxies formed and evolved under the paradigm of the $\Lambda$CDM model. A critical limiting factor lies in the lack of robust tools to describe the merger history through a…

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We study the lensing magnification effect on background galaxies. Differential magnification due to different magnifications of different source regions of a galaxy will change the lensed composite spectra. The derived properties of the…

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The absence of guidance from fundamental physics about the mechanism behind cosmic acceleration has given rise to a number of alternative cosmological scenarios. These are based either on modifications of general relativistic gravitation…

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Creation of Cold Dark Matter (CCDM), in the context of Einstein Field Equations, leads to a negative creation pressure, which can be used to explain the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Recently, it has been shown that the dynamics of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 J. F. Jesus , F. Andrade-Oliveira

In light of the widespread success of generative models, a significant amount of research has gone into speeding up their sampling time. However, generative models are often sampled multiple times to obtain a diverse set incurring a cost…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Gabriele Corso , Yilun Xu , Valentin de Bortoli , Regina Barzilay , Tommi Jaakkola

Maps of cosmic structure produced by galaxy surveys are one of the key tools for answering fundamental questions about the Universe. Accurate theoretical predictions for these quantities are needed to maximize the scientific return of these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Noah Kasmanoff , Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro , Jeremy Tinker , Shirley Ho

The machine learning community has mainly relied on real data to benchmark algorithms as it provides compelling evidence of model applicability. Evaluation on synthetic datasets can be a powerful tool to provide a better understanding of a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Florence Regol , Anja Kroon , Mark Coates

Measuring the statistics of galaxy peculiar velocities using redshift-space distortions is an excellent way of probing the history of structure formation. Because galaxies are expected to act as test particles within the flow of matter,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-22 Yong-Seon Song , Will J. Percival

Deep learning based generative models such as deepfake have been able to generate amazing images and videos. However, these models may need significant transformation when applied to generate crystal materials structures in which the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-15 Yong Zhao , Edirisuriya MD Siriwardane , Jianjun Hu