arXiv AI

Adaptive Symmetry Discovery for Dynamical System Identification

arXiv:2608. 08091v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Dynamical systems model trajectory data generated by fixed underlying dynamics, with applications ranging from biology to physics.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

Loss Landscape Geometry of Partial Differential Equation Emulators: Or, Symmetry Learning via Gradient Alignment

The paper introduces a diagnostic tool that measures how neural emulators of partial differential equations capture physical symmetries by evaluating the overlap of loss gradients along symmetry-related states. This metric probes the local geometry of the learned loss landscape and goes beyond traditional equivariance tests by directly assessing learning dynamics. Applied to autoregressive fluid flow emulators, the study shows that orbit-wise gradient coherence enables generalization over symmetry transformations and reveals when training selects a symmetry-compatible basin.

By James Amarel, Robyn Miller, Nicolas Hengartner, Benjamin Migliori, Emily Casleton, Alexei Skurikhin, Earl Lawrence, Gerd J. Kunde
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

Simultaneous inference of environmental and interaction forces in collective dynamics

The paper presents a variational learning framework that simultaneously infers non‑parametric interaction kernels and environmental or intra‑agent forces in collective dynamics. It extends existing methods to handle both interaction and environmental components, validating the approach on benchmark models such as synchronization, alignment, and attraction‑repulsion systems. A model‑selection procedure is also introduced to identify the best explanatory framework from trajectory data, enabling direct recovery of mechanistic interaction mechanisms.

By Nipuni de Silva, Ming Zhong, James M. Greene
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 1

Automated Discovery of Operable Dynamics from Videos

arXiv:2410. 11894v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Dynamical systems form the foundation of scientific discovery, traditionally modeled with predefined state variables such as the angle and angular velocity, and differential equations such as the equation of motion for a single pendulum.

By Kuang Huang, Dong Heon Cho, Boyuan Chen
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 12

Reducing Symmetry Increase in Equivariant Neural Networks

Equivariant Neural Networks (ENNs) have empowered numerous applications in scientific fields. Despite their remarkable capacity for representing geometric structures, ENNs suffer from degraded expressivity when processing symmetric inputs: the output representations are invariant to transformations that extend beyond the input's symmetries.