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Local Diagnostics of Continuous Normalizing Flow for Out-of-Distribution Detection

Xinwei Cao, Mengxuan Lu, Torbjørn Svendsen, Giampiero Salvi · May 30, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space. Using continuous normalizing flows (CNFs), we propose a Lagrangian sub-flow (LSF) framework designed to isolate and estimate the density for the relevant components in the representation and using the remaining components as context. Through experimentation with models for speech synthesis, we show that CNFs, similarly to other deep generative models (DGMs), are susceptible to the "likelihood paradox", where high likelihood is erroneously assigned to OOD samples. This is attributed to the inductive bias of DGMs that prioritize low-level structural details over high-level semantic coherence. To mitigate this phenomenon, we propose a number of geometric diagnostic signals based on the velocity field over the sub-flow trajectory. Based on these signals, we design metrics for the challenging task of zero-shot phoneme-level mispronunciation detection. Finally, we demonstrate the superiority of these metrics compared to likelihood-based methods on a real-world mispronunciation detection benchmark.

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"We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space."

Evaluation Modes

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"We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space."

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"We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space."

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"We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space."

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"This is attributed to the inductive bias of DGMs that prioritize low-level structural details over high-level semantic coherence."

Human Feedback Details

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  • Feedback types: None
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  • Unit of annotation: Trajectory (inferred)
  • Expertise required: General

Evaluation Details

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  • Agentic eval: Long Horizon
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Research Brief

Metadata summary

We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space.

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Key Takeaways

  • We address the problem of out-of-distribution (OOD) detection for target observations embedded in a subspace of the high dimensional data space.
  • Using continuous normalizing flows (CNFs), we propose a Lagrangian sub-flow (LSF) framework designed to isolate and estimate the density for the relevant components in the representation and using the remaining components as context.
  • Through experimentation with models for speech synthesis, we show that CNFs, similarly to other deep generative models (DGMs), are susceptible to the "likelihood paradox", where high likelihood is erroneously assigned to OOD samples.

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Research Summary

Contribution Summary

  • Using continuous normalizing flows (CNFs), we propose a Lagrangian sub-flow (LSF) framework designed to isolate and estimate the density for the relevant components in the representation and using the remaining components as context.
  • Through experimentation with models for speech synthesis, we show that CNFs, similarly to other deep generative models (DGMs), are susceptible to the "likelihood paradox", where high likelihood is erroneously assigned to OOD samples.
  • Finally, we demonstrate the superiority of these metrics compared to likelihood-based methods on a real-world mispronunciation detection benchmark.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • Finally, we demonstrate the superiority of these metrics compared to likelihood-based methods on a real-world mispronunciation detection benchmark.

Researcher Checklist

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  • Pass: Metric reporting is present

    Detected: coherence

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