EfficientML.ai Lecture 16: Diffusion Models & Acceleration (MIT 6.5940) 59 chars

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DDPM Basics
Model Training
Conditional Generation
Latent Diffusion
Image Editing
Model Personalization
Fast Sampling
Efficiency Methods

DDPM Basics

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    Introduces the forward and reverse processes of Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models.

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    Explains the mathematical framework for adding and predicting noise.

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    Highlights the core objective is to predict the noise added to an image.

Basic understanding of generative deep learning models, such as Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).
Probability and statistics fundamentals, specifically Markov chains, Gaussian noise addition, and conditional probability.
Core concepts of model compression, including basic neural network pruning, quantization, and knowledge distillation.
Familiarity with attention mechanisms and transformer-based architectures used for text and image feature extraction.
Advanced latent diffusion architectures, such as Stable Diffusion, and their application to video or 3D generation.
Hands-on implementation of parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) methods for diffusion models, such as LoRA and ControlNet.
Deploying accelerated diffusion models on edge devices and resource-constrained hardware using specialized engines like TensorRT or CoreML.
Exploring emerging alternative paradigms in generative modeling, such as Flow Matching and Consistency Models.
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Diffusion models generate images by iteratively predicting and removing noise from random noise, where the forward process gradually adds noise to data and the reverse process learns to denoise step-by-step; conditional generation is achieved through scalar conditions (class labels), text conditions (cross-attention), and pixelwise conditions (ControlNet), while acceleration techniques like DDIM, progressive distillation, and sparsity reduce computational cost by enabling fewer sampling steps or selective computation on edited regions.