arXiv Machine Learning

MAD: Manifold Attracted Diffusion

arXiv:2509. 24710v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Score-based diffusion models are a highly effective method for generating samples from a distribution of images.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 10

Convergence of Diffusion Models Under the Manifold Hypothesis in High-Dimensions

arXiv:2409. 18804v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPM) are powerful state-of-the-art methods used to generate synthetic data from high-dimensional data distributions and are widely used for image, audio, and video generation as well as many more applications in science and beyond.

By Iskander Azangulov, George Deligiannidis, Judith Rousseau
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 5

Intrinsic-Hybrid Latent Diffusion Models for Generative Modeling on Unknown Manifolds

We introduce the Intrinsic Hybrid Latent Diffusion Model (ILDM), a generative framework that integrates probabilistic dimensionality reduction with geometry-aware diffusion on unknown manifolds. While diffusion models (DMs) have achieved state-of-the-art results in high-dimensional data synthesis, they rely on large training datasets and ignore intrinsic geometric structure.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 11

Smoothing the Score Function to Enhance Generalization in Diffusion Models

The paper investigates memorization in diffusion models, showing that the empirical score function is a weighted sum of Gaussian score functions with sharp softmax weights, causing individual training samples to dominate and lead to sampling collapse. By approximating this function with a neural network, the authors obtain a smoother representation that generalizes better. They introduce two techniques—Noise Unconditioning and Temperature Smoothing—to further reduce single‑sample dominance, and demonstrate improved generalization across multiple datasets while preserving generation quality.

By Xinyu Zhou, Jiawei Zhang, Stephen J. Wright
arXiv Machine Learning
2d ago

Manifold-Aware Perturbations for Constrained Generative Modeling

The paper introduces a new method for perturbing data distributions in a way that respects equality constraints, allowing generative models to better handle constrained data. By adjusting the distribution while preserving the manifold geometry, the approach ensures support matches the ambient space dimension. Experiments with diffusion models and normalizing flows demonstrate improved data recovery and stable sampling across several tasks.

By Katherine Keegan, Lars Ruthotto