arXiv Machine Learning

Generative Models on Analog Hardware with Dynamics

arXiv:2606. 27294v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Analog hardware platforms such as coupled oscillators and Analog Ising Machines naturally solve differential equations at a fraction of the energy cost of digital computation, making them attractive for low-power generative modeling, yet a fundamental mismatch exists: modern generative models assume flexible, software-defined dynamics, whereas analog hardware imposes fixed, physics-determined differential equations with limited approximation capacity.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 20

A Blueprint for Equilibrium-Based Differentiable Continuous-Variable Thermodynamic Computing

arXiv:2607. 16183v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: To address the escalating energy and latency demands of machine-learning workloads, we introduce a blueprint for an energy-efficient and fast thermodynamic computing stack that leverages stochastic analog processes in physical hardware.

By Owen Lockwood, J\'er\'emy B\'ejanin, Joost Bus, Christopher Chamberland, Patrick Huembeli, Frank Sch\"afer, Guillaume Verdon
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 30

Physical Analogue Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks based on Reconfigurable Nonlinear-Processing Units

arXiv:2602. 07518v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) shift neural computation from linear layers to learnable nonlinear edge functions, but implementing these nonlinearities efficiently in hardware remains an open challenge.

By Manuel Escudero, Mohamadreza Zolfagharinejad, Sjoerd van den Belt, Nikolaos Alachiotis, Wilfred G. van der Wiel
arXiv AI
Jun 9

Optimizing Energy-based Neural Network Training with Coherent Ising Machine

arXiv:2606. 09117v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: While Ising machines serve as advanced physical solvers for the Ising model,enabling applications in combinatorial optimization and neural network training,their scalability for large-scale neural networks remains constrained by hardware connectivity limitations and suboptimal training methodologies.

By Chen-Rui Fan, Bo Lu, Zhi-Hong Zhang, Run-Qing Zhang, Jing-Wei Wen, Chuan Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

Beyond Noise: Understanding and Overcoming Temperature Effects in Analog DNN Inference

The paper investigates how temperature affects analog deep neural network (DNN) inference, focusing on both stochastic and systematic non‑idealities in analog hardware. Experiments show that temperature‑induced performance loss is mainly driven by systematic errors rather than random noise. The study evaluates various mitigation techniques, finding that noise‑aware training and temperature‑aware calibration—especially hardware‑in‑the‑loop training—best preserve inference accuracy across different thermal conditions.

By Niklas Summ, Xiao Wang, Hendrik Borras, Bernhard Klein, Holger Fr\"oning
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 7

Kastor: An efficient fine-tuning strategy for generative emulation of PDE simulations

arXiv:2608. 06107v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Machine learning offers a promising avenue to accelerate physical simulations by replacing computationally expensive traditional Partial Differential Equation (PDE) solvers with fast, differentiable surrogate models.

By Guillaume Couairon, Alexis Jacq, Yu-Han Wu, Renu Singh, Yana Hasson, Quentin Berthet, Romuald Elie
arXiv AI
Jul 28

All in One: Generative Modeling as Mean-Field Game Design

arXiv:2607. 23026v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mean-field games (MFGs) offer a unifying lens on continuous-time generative modeling: a cost tuple recovering twelve prominent models---Continuous Normalizing Flows, OT-Flow, Score-based Models, Schr\"{o}dinger Bridges, and more---as special cases of one variational problem.

By Kun Zhao, Xu Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 14

Structure-preserving uncertainty quantification for GENERIC dynamics

arXiv:2608. 12624v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Structure-preserving machine learning embeds physical structure directly into model architectures, yet uncertainty quantification (UQ) for such hard-constrained models remains limited because standard UQ methods may violate the encoded admissibility conditions, require architectural modifications, or impose substantial computational costs.

By Zequn He, Celia Reina