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Variational Flow Graphical Model
Shaogang Ren, Belhal Karimi, Dingcheng Li +1
This paper introduces a novel approach to embed flow-based models with hierarchical structures. The proposed framework is named Variational Flow Graphical (VFG) Model. VFGs learn t…
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On Distributed Adaptive Optimization with Gradient Compression
Xiaoyun Li, Belhal Karimi, Ping Li
We study COMP-AMS, a distributed optimization framework based on gradient averaging and adaptive AMSGrad algorithm. Gradient compression with error feedback is applied to reduce th…
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A Class of Two-Timescale Stochastic EM Algorithms for Nonconvex Latent Variable Models
Belhal Karimi, Ping Li
The Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm is a popular choice for learning latent variable models. Variants of the EM have been initially introduced, using incremental updates to…