arXiv Machine Learning

A Geometric Lens on Physics-Aligned Data Compression

arXiv:2606. 03279v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In AI for Science, physics-informed losses are increasingly used to train learned compressors for scientific data, but their rate-distortion implications remain poorly understood.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 22

Neural Residual Modeling for Scientific Data Compression under Guaranteed Error Bounds

The paper introduces a new compression pipeline for scientific simulation data that combines Residual Vector Quantization (RVQ) with a U‑Net post‑processing network to correct pixel‑space residuals, followed by a Guaranteed Autoencoder (GAE) that enforces block‑wise error bounds. The U‑Net is trained to predict spatially structured residuals, addressing limitations of latent‑space only approaches. Experiments on S3D, JHTDB, and E3SM datasets show improved NRMSE and compression ratios compared to RVQ alone while maintaining strict error guarantees.

By Surya Majumder, Liangji Zhu, Sanjay Ranka, Anand Rangarajan
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8

ScatterPrism: convergence for generative simulation and inverse problems in particle and nuclear physics

arXiv:2604. 01313v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: High-fidelity simulations and complex inverse problems, such as detector modeling and unfolding, are computationally intensive bottlenecks across subatomic physics, yet essential for accurate physical interpretation.

By Zeyu Xia, Tyler Kim, Trevor Reed, Judy Fox, Geoffrey Fox, Adam Szczepaniak
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 2

How Neural Losses Shape VAE Latents

arXiv:2606. 00635v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern VAEs are rarely trained with the pointwise likelihood implied by the standard $\beta$-VAE objective.

By Giorgio Strano, Luca Cerovaz, Michele Mancusi, Tommaso Mencattini, Emanuele Rodol\`a
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 25

Beyond Compression: Training Latent Representations for Stable Long-Horizon Rollout in Neural Surrogate Solvers

The paper investigates why latent neural surrogate solvers, which compress physical system dynamics into a lower‑dimensional space, often fail during long‑horizon autoregressive rollouts. It demonstrates that training the latent representation only for reconstruction leads to instability, and proposes a set of training interventions—Koopman operator learning, Hamming noise injection, and multi‑step rollout fine‑tuning—that align the latent space with long‑horizon forecasting. These interventions reduce long‑rollout error by about 40 % and achieve accuracy comparable to full‑resolution models while using far fewer floating‑point operations and GPU memory, enabling stable extrapolation in mesoscale crystal‑plasticity simulations of high‑cycle fatigue.

By Andreas E. Robertson, Ashley T. Lenau, John D. Shimanek, Benjamin A. Jasperson, Vivek Oommen, David L. Damm, Krishna Garikipati, Remi Dingreville