arXiv Machine Learning

Adversarial Dependence Minimization

arXiv:2502. 03227v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Minimally redundant representations are typically learned by minimizing feature covariance.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

A solvable high-dimensional model where nonlinear autoencoders learn structure invisible to PCA while test loss misaligns with generalization

arXiv:2602. 10680v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Many real-world datasets contain hidden structure that cannot be detected by simple linear correlations between input features.

By Vicente Conde Mendes, Lorenzo Bardone, C\'edric Koller, Jorge Medina Moreira, Vittorio Erba, Emanuele Troiani, Lenka Zdeborov\'a
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 22

EmbeddGAN: A Novel GAN Framework Using an Embedding Network and Gini Distance Correlation

EmbeddGAN introduces a new GAN framework that replaces the traditional discriminator with an embedding network trained to maximize statistical dependence between embeddings and real/fake labels using Gini distance correlation (gCor). The generator simultaneously minimizes this dependence, encouraging real and generated samples to become indistinguishable in the learned low‑dimensional embedding space. Experiments on MNIST, CIFAR‑10, and CelebA show competitive performance and notably more stable training dynamics compared to established baselines.

By MaTais Caldwell, Yixin Chen, Xin Dang, Charles Walter