[PRE REVIEW]: Surjectors: surjective normalizing flows for density estimation

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Submitting author: !--author-handle-->@dirmeier<!--end-author-handle-- (Simon Dirmeier) Repository: https://github.com/dirmeier/surjectors Branch with paper.md (empty if default branch): joss Version: v0.0.3 Editor: !--editor-->@arfon<!--end-editor-- Reviewers: @sandeshkatakam, @animikhaich Managing EiC: Arfon Smith

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[arfon]

@dirmeier – thanks for your submission to JOSS. We're currently managing a large backlog of submissions and the editor most appropriate for your area is already rather busy.

For now, we will need to waitlist this paper and process it as the queue reduces. Thanks for your patience!

[dirmeier]

Hey, thanks for the info. There are several potential reviewers:

• VincentStimper,
• thomaspinder,
• animikhaich,
• sandeshkatakam,
• Uddiptaatwork

No conflict of interest exists with any of these.

[arfon]

@dirmeier – in order to help me find an editor for this submission, could you help me understand what sorts of academic fields these methods are typically applied in? Skimming your paper, it's not obvious.

[dirmeier]

Hello @arfon , I think either generative modelling or neural density estimation which I would subsume under probabilistic deep learning or more generally machine learning.

Normalizing flows are ubiquitous in ML, for instance, for Bayesian inference (i.e., variational inference), for generative modelling (e.g., for images or audio), for density estimation (and outlier detection), ...

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@editorialbot assign me as editor

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:wave: @VincentStimper @thomaspinder @animikhaich @sandeshkatakam @Uddiptaatwork – would any of you be willing to review this submission for JOSS? The submission under consideration is Surjectors: surjective normalizing flows for density estimation

The review process at JOSS is unique: it takes place in a GitHub issue, is open, and author-reviewer-editor conversations are encouraged. You can learn more about the process in these guidelines: https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reviewer_guidelines.html

Based on your experience, we think you might be able to provide a great review of this submission. Please let me know if you think you can help us out!

Many thanks Arfon

[sandeshkatakam]

Sure. I can review this submission. Let me know any further details

[animikhaich]

Sure. Would be happy to review it.

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OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/6188.

[arfon]

@sandeshkatakam, @animikhaich, @dirmeier – see you all over in #6188 where the actual review will take place.