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Stick-breaking variational autoencoder example

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#1,339 opened on Aug 26, 2018

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I'd like to add a new example for Nalisnick and Smyth's Stick-Breaking Variational Autoencoder.

Since @fritzo and @martinjankowiak have implemented pathwise gradients for the beta distribution, what would be a good first step in this direction?

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Familiarize yourself with the stick breaking VAE paper and identify the key components (e.g., beta distribution, pathwise gradients). Then explore existing examples in Pyro to understand the structure.
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