Kavli Affiliate: Matthew Fisher | First 5 Authors: Vikas Thamizharasan, Nikitas Chatzis, Iliyan Georgiev, Matthew Fisher, Evangelos Kalogerakis | Summary: We present mean-shift distillation, a novel diffusion distillation technique that provides a provably good proxy for the gradient of the diffusion output distribution. This is derived directly from mean-shift mode seeking on the distribution, and […]
Kavli Affiliate: David Gross | First 5 Authors: Fabian Henze, Viet Tran, Birte Ostermann, Richard Kueng, Timo de Wolff | Summary: Quantum computers can solve semidefinite programs (SDPs) using resources that scale better than state-of-the-art classical methods as a function of the problem dimension. At the same time, the known quantum algorithms scale very unfavorably […]
Kavli Affiliate: Mark J. Bowick | First 5 Authors: Fridtjof Brauns, Myles O’Leary, Arthur Hernandez, Mark J. Bowick, M. Cristina Marchetti | Summary: The self-propulsion of +1/2 topological defects is a hallmark of active nematic fluids, where the defects are advected by the flow field they themselves generate. In this paper we propose a minimal […]
Kavli Affiliate: John E. Bowers | First 5 Authors: Sadra Rahimi Kari, Paolo Pintus, John E. Bowers, Matt Robbins, Nathan Youngblood | Summary: We present a compact, resonant-based coherent modulator on a thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform, addressing the growing demand for high-speed, energy-efficient modulators in modern telecommunications. The design incorporates Mach-Zehnder Interferometers (MZIs) with […]
Kavli Affiliate: Matthew Fisher | First 5 Authors: Nissim Maruani, Wang Yifan, Matthew Fisher, Pierre Alliez, Mathieu Desbrun | Summary: This paper proposes ShapeShifter, a new 3D generative model that learns to synthesize shape variations based on a single reference model. While generative methods for 3D objects have recently attracted much attention, current techniques often […]
Kavli Affiliate: Matthew Fisher | First 5 Authors: Nissim Maruani, Wang Yifan, Matthew Fisher, Pierre Alliez, Mathieu Desbrun | Summary: This paper proposes ShapeShifter, a new 3D generative model that learns to synthesize shape variations based on a single reference model. While generative methods for 3D objects have recently attracted much attention, current techniques often […]
Kavli Affiliate: Lars Bildsten | First 5 Authors: Logan J. Prust, Gabriel Kumar, Lars Bildsten, , | Summary: Type Ia supernovae are triggered by accretion onto a white dwarf from a companion which is most likely Roche lobe-filling at the time of the explosion. The collision between the ejecta and a surviving companion carves out […]
Kavli Affiliate: Matthew Fisher | First 5 Authors: Sanghyun Son, Matheus Gadelha, Yang Zhou, Matthew Fisher, Zexiang Xu | Summary: Recent probabilistic methods for 3D triangular meshes capture diverse shapes by differentiable mesh connectivity, but face high computational costs with increased shape details. We introduce a new differentiable mesh processing method in 2D and 3D […]
Kavli Affiliate: John E. Bowers | First 5 Authors: Yiming Pang, Joshua E. Castro, Trevor J. Steiner, Liao Duan, Noemi Tagliavacche | Summary: Integrated photonic microresonators have become an essential resource for generating photonic qubits for quantum information processing, entanglement distribution and networking, and quantum communications. The pair generation rate is enhanced by reducing the […]
Kavli Affiliate: Matthew Fisher | First 5 Authors: Aditya Ganeshan, Thibault Groueix, Paul Guerrero, Radomír Měch, Matthew Fisher | Summary: Pattern images are everywhere in the digital and physical worlds, and tools to edit them are valuable. But editing pattern images is tricky: desired edits are often programmatic: structure-aware edits that alter the underlying program […]