Variance-Aware Adaptive Weighting for Diffusion Model Training
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| author | Sun, Nanlong Shi, Lei |
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| contents | Diffusion models have recently achieved remarkable success in generative modeling, yet their training dynamics across different noise levels remain highly imbalanced, which can lead to inefficient optimization and unstable learning behavior. In this work, we investigate this imbalance from the perspective of loss variance across log-SNR levels and propose a variance-aware adaptive weighting strategy to address it. The proposed approach dynamically adjusts training weights based on the observed variance distribution, encouraging a more balanced optimization process across noise levels. Extensive experiments on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 demonstrate that the proposed method consistently improves generative performance over standard training schemes, achieving lower Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) while also reducing performance variance across random seeds. Additional analysis, including loss-log-SNR visualization, variance heatmaps, and ablation studies, further reveal that the adaptive weighting effectively stabilizes training dynamics. These results highlight the potential of variance-aware training strategies for improving diffusion model optimization. |
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| spellingShingle | Variance-Aware Adaptive Weighting for Diffusion Model Training Sun, Nanlong Shi, Lei Machine Learning Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Diffusion models have recently achieved remarkable success in generative modeling, yet their training dynamics across different noise levels remain highly imbalanced, which can lead to inefficient optimization and unstable learning behavior. In this work, we investigate this imbalance from the perspective of loss variance across log-SNR levels and propose a variance-aware adaptive weighting strategy to address it. The proposed approach dynamically adjusts training weights based on the observed variance distribution, encouraging a more balanced optimization process across noise levels. Extensive experiments on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 demonstrate that the proposed method consistently improves generative performance over standard training schemes, achieving lower Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) while also reducing performance variance across random seeds. Additional analysis, including loss-log-SNR visualization, variance heatmaps, and ablation studies, further reveal that the adaptive weighting effectively stabilizes training dynamics. These results highlight the potential of variance-aware training strategies for improving diffusion model optimization. |
| title | Variance-Aware Adaptive Weighting for Diffusion Model Training |
| topic | Machine Learning Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10391 |