Introduction to Normalizing Flow

Presentation for the Machine Learning Seminar at Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University.

Contents

• Definition of normalizing flow
• How to construct a normalizing flow
  1. Linear flow
  2. Autoregressive flow
  3. Others
• Applications
  1. Useful python packages: nflows, zuko; code examples
  2. Application in astronomy: photometric redshift, galaxy & stellar property inference, gravitational wave, etc.

References

• My slides: click here
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