Kavli Affiliate: David Gross | First 5 Authors: Birte Ostermann, Taylor Garnowski, Fabian Henze, Vaibhavnath Jha, Asra Dia | Summary: Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization problems (QUBOs) are intensively discussed in the realm of quantum computing and polynomial optimization. We provide a vast experimental study of semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations of QUBOs using sums of squares […]

Kavli Affiliate: Matthew Fisher | First 5 Authors: Vikas Thamizharasan, Nikitas Chatzis, Iliyan Georgiev, Matthew Fisher, Difan Liu | 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: 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 […]