Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and consistent sampling for score matching based generative modeling
This thesis presents pertinent analysis around generative modeling of the Denoising Score Matching family with the goals of better understanding how they work and improving existing methods. These methods work by gradually reducing noise in images using deep neural networks. While the first chapters contextualize the problem of Denoising Score Matching, the following chapters focus on reformulating the training objective of the neural network and analysing the iterative generative process. I introduce the founding concepts of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) for Hamiltonian Dynamics and adapt them to our framework of image synthesis by annealing of Gaussian noise. While Langevin Dynamics have thus far dominated generative processes in the Denoising Score Matching literature, Hamiltonian Dynamics sustained interest from their superior convergence rate. I demonstrate their efficiency in the next chapters and elaborate on the contexts in which their use is advantageous to complex image generation. In a complete ablation study, I present the independent and coupled gains from every proposed improvements and thereby elevate our comprehension of Denoising Score Matching methods.
Generative Modeling Denoising Score Matching Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Langevin Dynamics Hamiltonian Dynamics