Brendan Ross

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[2403.18910] A Geometric Explanation of the Likelihood OOD Detection Paradox

Mar 27, 2024 | arxiv.org | Brendan Leigh |Brendan Ross |Jesse C. Cresswell |Anthony L. Caterini

[Submitted on 27 Mar 2024] Title:A Geometric Explanation of the Likelihood OOD Detection Paradox View a PDF of the paper titled A Geometric Explanation of the Likelihood OOD Detection Paradox, by Hamidreza Kamkari and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Likelihood-based deep generative models (DGMs) commonly exhibit a puzzling behaviour: when trained on a relatively complex dataset, they assign higher likelihood values to out-of-distribution (OOD) data from simpler sources.
Indigenous Taiwanese are reviving their culture, and finding their identity

Oct 21, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Brendan Ross

October 22, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDTTribal community members encircle Kulas Umo, a prominent sikawasay, or spiritual healer, in ritual dance and song as he spits rice wine to cleanse the ceremony and commune with ancestral spirits in the village of Fata’an in Taiwan's Hualien County. (Nathaniel Brown for The Washington Post) CommentSaveFATA’AN,Taiwan— Kulas Umo lights a cigarette against the fire, takes a short drag, then places it on the low wooden altar inside a hut in the forest.