arXiv Machine Learning

Learning smooth dynamics via Kinematic Interpolants

The paper introduces Kinematic Interpolants (KI), a new framework that extends stochastic interpolants to infer nonlinear dynamics from multiple snapshots in phase space, incorporating both position and velocity measurements. KI addresses the ambiguity in dynamics inference from real-world data and is scalable without simulation or unnecessary approximations. Experiments on various scientific datasets show that KI reconstructs underlying dynamics more accurately than existing baselines while requiring significantly less training time.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 5

Trajectory inference via Acceleration Matching

arXiv:2608. 03916v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Trajectory inference is a fundamental problem in many scientific domains: given a collection of unpaired snapshots of observations at discrete time points, the goal is to generate smooth trajectories that best resemble and interpolate the data.

By Bartolo Dazzini, Giovanni Conforti, Alain Durmus, Aram-Alexandre Pooladian
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 5

Simulation-Free Learning of Population Dynamics with Wasserstein Lagrangian Residuals

The paper introduces Double‑Stitch, a simulation‑free method for learning population dynamics in Wasserstein space. It penalizes the residual of the equation of motion along a learned path, derived from a Clebsch variational principle that avoids gradient velocities. Experiments on synthetic, single‑cell, and ocean vortex data show that Double‑Stitch matches or surpasses gradient‑flow and simulation‑based methods while training 4–14 times faster.

By Fedor Sergeev, Markus Heinonen, Daniel Waxman, Tim Cooijmans, Ricardo Baptista, Dmitry Batenkov, Eli Bingham
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 2

Efficient Adaptation of ROMs for Unsteady Flows Using Data Assimilation

The paper presents a lightweight retraining strategy for a parameterized Reduced Order Model (ROM) that achieves full‑model accuracy using only a fraction of the computational effort and sparse observations. The ROM architecture combines a Variational Autoencoder for dimensionality reduction with a transformer network that evolves latent states while accounting for the Reynolds number as an external control variable. By leveraging the probabilistic VAE, the method generates trajectory ensembles and uncertainty estimates, and adapts to out‑of‑sample parameters through sparse data assimilation with an ensemble Kalman filter, focusing retraining on the autoencoder to correct latent manifold distortions.

By Isma\"el Zighed, Andrea N\'ovoa, Luca Magri, Taraneh Sayadi
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 21

PACE: Geometry-Aware Bridge Transport for Single-Cell Trajectory Inference

PACE is a trajectory inference framework that reconstructs continuous transport dynamics from destructive single‑cell time‑course snapshots. It uses a state‑ and time‑dependent anisotropic Riemannian metric to guide transport along tangent directions, alternates between refining cross‑time couplings and fitting neural bridges, and distills the learned dynamics into a global velocity field. Across multiple datasets, PACE outperforms existing methods, reducing key distance metrics by an average of 23.7% and improving RNA‑velocity alignment by 15.4%.

By Chenglei Yu, Chuanrui Wang, Bangyan Liao, Tailin Wu
arXiv AI
Oct 9

Finsler Flow Matching: Dynamics-Aware Geodesic Interpolation for Single-Snapshot Trajectory Inference

The paper introduces Finsler Flow Matching (FFM), a method for learning continuous stochastic dynamics from discrete Markov transition graphs in single‑cell snapshot data. FFM constructs a Finsler geometry using first and second local moments, learns directed geodesics via neural networks, and employs these to build geometry‑aware stochastic paths that can be simulated without explicit score or flow matching. Benchmark tests show that FFM better recovers intermediate cellular states, especially when dynamics are directional or anisotropic.

By Niklas Canova, Jonas Simon Fleck
arXiv AI
Jul 2

A Multi-Resolution Finite-Volume Inspired Deep Learning Framework for Spatiotemporal Dynamics Prediction

arXiv:2607. 00460v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Predicting complex spatiotemporal dynamics in physical processes often demands computationally expensive numerical methods or data-driven neural networks that suffer from high training costs, error accumulation, and limited generalizability to unseen parameters.

By Xin-Yang Liu, Xiantao Fan, Jian-Xun Wang