Statistics Seminar - Guanyang Wang (Rutgers) "Strong Performance from “Weak” Diffusion Models"
Oct 15, 2026 3:30 pm
106B1 Engineering Hall
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Title: Strong Performance from “Weak” Diffusion Models
Abstract: Can a diffusion model trained on bedrooms recover a face? Starting from this surprising example, I will explore how seemingly weak diffusion models can still be useful for reconstruction and generation—from using mismatched priors to unlocking faithful previews with just a few sampling steps. Joint work with Jing Jia, and other collaborators including Sifan Liu and Liyue Shen.
Paper:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22443 (ICML26)