collaborators

7 papers

cs.LG2026

ART for Diffusion Sampling: Continuous-Time Control and Actor-Critic Learning

Yilie Huang, Wenpin Tang, Xun Yu Zhou

We study timestep allocation for score-based diffusion sampling, where a learned reverse-time dynamics is discretized on a finite grid. Uniform and hand-crafted schedules are stand…

cs.CV2026

Amortized Guidance for Image Inpainting with Pretrained Diffusion Models

Yilie Huang, Xun Yu Zhou

We study image inpainting with generative diffusion models. Existing methods typically either train dedicated task-specific models, or adapt a pretrained diffusion model separately…

cs.LG2026

ART for Diffusion Sampling: A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Timestep Schedule

Yilie Huang, Wenpin Tang, Xunyu Zhou

We consider time discretization for score-based diffusion models to generate samples from a learned reverse-time dynamic on a finite grid. Uniform and hand-crafted grids can be sub…

q-fin.PM2026

Mean--Variance Portfolio Selection by Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning: Algorithms, Regret Analysis, and Empirical Study

Yilie Huang, Yanwei Jia, Xun Yu Zhou

We study continuous-time mean--variance portfolio selection in markets where stock prices are diffusion processes driven by observable factors that are also diffusion processes, ye…

cs.LG2025

Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning for Asset-Liability Management

Yilie Huang

This paper proposes a novel approach for Asset-Liability Management (ALM) by employing continuous-time Reinforcement Learning (RL) with a linear-quadratic (LQ) formulation that inc…

cs.LG2025

Sublinear Regret for a Class of Continuous-Time Linear-Quadratic Reinforcement Learning Problems

Yilie Huang, Yanwei Jia, Xun Yu Zhou

We study reinforcement learning (RL) for a class of continuous-time linear-quadratic (LQ) control problems for diffusions, where states are scalar-valued and running control reward…