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20192026
most citedConvolutional Proximal Neural Networks and Plug-and-Play Algorithms

52 citations · 270 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

math.NA2026

Neural Sampling with Reweighted Normalizing Flows via the Wasserstein--Fisher--Rao JKO Scheme

Chenguang Duan, Johannes Hertrich, Gabriele Steidl

We propose a neural algorithm for sampling from distributions specified by unnormalized Boltzmann densities. Our approach is based on the Jordan--Kinderlehrer--Otto scheme for the…

cs.LG2026

Tessellations of Semi-Discrete Flow Matching

Emile Pierret, Johannes Hertrich, Samuel Hurault +1

We study Flow Matching in a semi-discrete setting where a Gaussian source is transported toward a discrete target supported on finitely many points. This semi-discrete regime is th…

eess.IV2025

DeepInverse: A Python package for solving imaging inverse problems with deep learning

Julián Tachella, Matthieu Terris, Samuel Hurault +24

DeepInverse is an open-source PyTorch-based library for solving imaging inverse problems. The library covers all crucial steps in image reconstruction from the efficient implementa…

cs.LG2024

Generative Feature Training of Thin 2-Layer Networks

Johannes Hertrich, Sebastian Neumayer

We consider the approximation of functions by 2-layer neural networks with a small number of hidden weights based on the squared loss and small datasets. Due to the highly non-conv…

math.AP2024

Wasserstein Gradient Flows of MMD Functionals with Distance Kernel and Cauchy Problems on Quantile Functions

Richard Duong, Viktor Stein, Robert Beinert +2

We give a comprehensive description of Wasserstein gradient flows of maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) functionals towards given target measu…

cs.LG2024

Mixed Noise and Posterior Estimation with Conditional DeepGEM

Paul Hagemann, Johannes Hertrich, Maren Casfor +2

Motivated by indirect measurements and applications from nanometrology with a mixed noise model, we develop a novel algorithm for jointly estimating the posterior and the noise par…

cs.CV2023

Learning from small data sets: Patch-based regularizers in inverse problems for image reconstruction

Moritz Piening, Fabian Altekrüger, Johannes Hertrich +3

The solution of inverse problems is of fundamental interest in medical and astronomical imaging, geophysics as well as engineering and life sciences. Recent advances were made by u…

stat.ML2023★ 1 cited

Posterior Sampling Based on Gradient Flows of the MMD with Negative Distance Kernel

Paul Hagemann, Johannes Hertrich, Fabian Altekrüger +3

We propose conditional flows of the maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) with the negative distance kernel for posterior sampling and conditional generative modeling. This MMD, which is…

cs.LG2023★ 2 cited

Generative Sliced MMD Flows with Riesz Kernels

Johannes Hertrich, Christian Wald, Fabian Altekrüger +1

Maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) flows suffer from high computational costs in large scale computations. In this paper, we show that MMD flows with Riesz kernels $K(x,y) = - \|x-y\|^…

cs.LG2023★ 2 cited

Manifold Learning by Mixture Models of VAEs for Inverse Problems

Giovanni S. Alberti, Johannes Hertrich, Matteo Santacesaria +1

Representing a manifold of very high-dimensional data with generative models has been shown to be computationally efficient in practice. However, this requires that the data manifo…

math.OC2023★ 6 cited

Wasserstein Gradient Flows of the Discrepancy with Distance Kernel on the Line

Johannes Hertrich, Robert Beinert, Manuel Gräf +1

This paper provides results on Wasserstein gradient flows between measures on the real line. Utilizing the isometric embedding of the Wasserstein space in…

cs.LG2023★ 5 cited

Neural Wasserstein Gradient Flows for Maximum Mean Discrepancies with Riesz Kernels

Fabian Altekrüger, Johannes Hertrich, Gabriele Steidl

Wasserstein gradient flows of maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) functionals with non-smooth Riesz kernels show a rich structure as singular measures can become absolutely continuous o…

cs.LG2022★ 1 cited

Proximal Residual Flows for Bayesian Inverse Problems

Johannes Hertrich

Normalizing flows are a powerful tool for generative modelling, density estimation and posterior reconstruction in Bayesian inverse problems. In this paper, we introduce proximal r…

math.OC2022★ 10 cited

Wasserstein Steepest Descent Flows of Discrepancies with Riesz Kernels

Johannes Hertrich, Manuel Gräf, Robert Beinert +1

The aim of this paper is twofold. Based on the geometric Wasserstein tangent space, we first introduce Wasserstein steepest descent flows. These are locally absolutely continuous c…

cs.LG2022★ 26 cited

PatchNR: Learning from Very Few Images by Patch Normalizing Flow Regularization

Fabian Altekrüger, Alexander Denker, Paul Hagemann +3

Learning neural networks using only few available information is an important ongoing research topic with tremendous potential for applications. In this paper, we introduce a power…

cs.CV2022★ 12 cited

WPPNets and WPPFlows: The Power of Wasserstein Patch Priors for Superresolution

Fabian Altekrüger, Johannes Hertrich

Exploiting image patches instead of whole images have proved to be a powerful approach to tackle various problems in image processing. Recently, Wasserstein patch priors (WPP), whi…

cs.LG2021★ 15 cited

Generalized Normalizing Flows via Markov Chains

Paul Hagemann, Johannes Hertrich, Gabriele Steidl

Normalizing flows, diffusion normalizing flows and variational autoencoders are powerful generative models. This chapter provides a unified framework to handle these approaches via…

cs.CV2021★ 19 cited

Wasserstein Patch Prior for Image Superresolution

Johannes Hertrich, Antoine Houdard, Claudia Redenbach

In this paper, we introduce a Wasserstein patch prior for superresolution of two- and three-dimensional images. Here, we assume that we have given (additionally to the low resoluti…

cs.LG2021★ 30 cited

Stochastic Normalizing Flows for Inverse Problems: a Markov Chains Viewpoint

Paul Hagemann, Johannes Hertrich, Gabriele Steidl

To overcome topological constraints and improve the expressiveness of normalizing flow architectures, Wu, Köhler and Noé introduced stochastic normalizing flows which combine deter…

math.ST2021★ 3 cited

Sparse Mixture Models inspired by ANOVA Decompositions

Johannes Hertrich, Fatima Antarou Ba, Gabriele Steidl

Inspired by the analysis of variance (ANOVA) decomposition of functions we propose a Gaussian-Uniform mixture model on the high-dimensional torus which relies on the assumption tha…

math.OC2020★ 52 cited

Convolutional Proximal Neural Networks and Plug-and-Play Algorithms

Johannes Hertrich, Sebastian Neumayer, Gabriele Steidl

In this paper, we introduce convolutional proximal neural networks (cPNNs), which are by construction averaged operators. For filters of full length, we propose a stochastic gradie…

stat.ML2020★ 2 cited

PCA Reduced Gaussian Mixture Models with Applications in Superresolution

Johannes Hertrich, Dang Phoung Lan Nguyen, Jean-Fancois Aujol +4

Despite the rapid development of computational hardware, the treatment of large and high dimensional data sets is still a challenging problem. This paper provides a twofold contrib…

math.OC2020★ 13 cited

Inertial Stochastic PALM (iSPALM) and Applications in Machine Learning

Johannes Hertrich, Gabriele Steidl

Inertial algorithms for minimizing nonsmooth and nonconvex functions as the inertial proximal alternating linearized minimization algorithm (iPALM) have demonstrated their superior…

math.NA2019★ 50 cited

Parseval Proximal Neural Networks

Marzieh Hasannasab, Johannes Hertrich, Sebastian Neumayer +3

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we show that a certain concatenation of a proximity operator with an affine operator is again a proximity operator on a suitable Hilbert sp…