# An Introduction to Variational Autoencoders

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.02691 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1906.02691/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1,000 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 6 Jun 2019.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

Variational autoencoders provide a principled framework for learning deep latent-variable models and corresponding inference models. In this work, we provide an introduction to variational autoencoders and some important extensions.