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Lionel Blondé

4 accepted papers

2026

Noise-Guided Transport: Imitation Learning from Random Priors

ICML 2026poster

We consider imitation learning in the low-data regime, where only a limited number of expert demonstrations are available. In this setting, methods that rely on large-scale pretraining or high-capacity architectures can be difficult to apply, and efficiency with respect to demonstration data becomes…

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2026

Stein Diffusion Guidance: Training-Free Posterior Correction for Sampling Beyond High-Density Regions

ICML 2026poster

Training-free diffusion guidance offers a flexible framework for leveraging off-the-shelf classifiers without additional training. Yet, current approaches hinge on posterior approximations via Tweedie’s formula, which often yield unreliable guidance, particularly in low-density regions. Stochastic o…

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2024

Mimicking Better by Matching the Approximate Action Distribution

ICML 2024poster

In this paper, we introduce MAAD, a novel, sample-efficient on-policy algorithm for Imitation Learning from Observations. MAAD utilizes a surrogate reward signal, which can be derived from various sources such as adversarial games, trajectory matching objectives, or optimal transport criteria. To co…

2019

Sample-Efficient Imitation Learning via Generative Adversarial Nets

AISTATS 2019poster

GAIL is a recent successful imitation learning architecture that exploits the adversarial training procedure introduced in GANs. Albeit successful at generating behaviours similar to those demonstrated to the agent, GAIL suffers from a high sample complexity in the number of interactions it has to c…