arXiv Machine Learning

Random Projection Flows for Efficient Manifold Density Estimation

arXiv:2509. 25228v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Accurate density estimation is crucial for understanding complex high-dimensional data, but it becomes challenging when the data lies on or near low-dimensional manifolds.

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Jun 29

Simplifying Flow Matching Transformations with Low-Rank Mixture Models

Normalizing flows are powerful generative models that learn an invertible mapping between complex data distributions and simple latent distributions, typically a standard normal density. However, this choice of latent density can impose unnecessary complexity on the learned flow transformation due to the topological mismatch between the latent and data densities, leading to slower training and suboptimal performance.

arXiv Machine Learning
1d ago

Beyond Unimodal Bases: Pullback Geometry for Multimodal Data

The paper introduces a pullback Riemannian geometry tailored for multimodal data by employing a latent Gaussian mixture model. It defines a smooth, positive‑definite metric based on responsibility‑weighted component precision, extending the standard single‑Gaussian construction. Experiments on synthetic, multi‑view image, and MNIST datasets demonstrate reduced transport distortion, accurate trajectory recovery, and more realistic interpolation.

By Honglei Brinkmann, Lucas Ng, Georgios Batzolis, Mark Girolami, Carola-Bibiane Sch\"onlieb, Willem Diepeveen
arXiv AI
Aug 24

SPD Matrix Learning for Neuroimaging Analysis: Perspectives, Methods, and Challenges

This review discusses how neuroimaging data can be represented as symmetric positive-definite (SPD) matrices and analyzed using the Riemannian geometry of the SPD manifold. It surveys the evolution from modality-specific SPD representations to geometric shallow and deep learning methods, emphasizing how these approaches maintain structural constraints while integrating modern AI techniques. The paper frames SPD matrix learning as a bridge between classical geometric statistics and contemporary machine learning in neuroimaging and brain‑computer interface research.

By Ce Ju, Reinmar Kobler, Antoine Collas, Motoaki Kawanabe, Cuntai Guan, Bertrand Thirion
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Low-rank Distributional Matrix Completion

arXiv:2606. 04176v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study a distributional generalization of the matrix completion problem in which each entry of the target matrix is a probability distribution rather than a scalar.

By Jiayi Wang, Raymond K. W. Wong