A Contrastive Diffusion-based Network (CDNet) for Time Series Classification

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21357v1
• Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:56:17 GMT
• Title: A Contrastive Diffusion-based Network (CDNet) for Time Series Classification
• Authors: Yaoyu Zhang, Chi-Guhn Lee,
• Abstract summary: CDNet is a Contrastive Diffusion-based Network that enhances existing classifiers by generating informative positive and negative samples.<n>We introduce a theoretically grounded CNN-based mechanism to enable both denoising and mode coverage, and incorporate an uncertainty-weighted composite loss for robust training.
• Score: 10.282274843007796
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Deep learning models are widely used for time series classification (TSC) due to their scalability and efficiency. However, their performance degrades under challenging data conditions such as class similarity, multimodal distributions, and noise. To address these limitations, we propose CDNet, a Contrastive Diffusion-based Network that enhances existing classifiers by generating informative positive and negative samples via a learned diffusion process. Unlike traditional diffusion models that denoise individual samples, CDNet learns transitions between samples--both within and across classes--through convolutional approximations of reverse diffusion steps. We introduce a theoretically grounded CNN-based mechanism to enable both denoising and mode coverage, and incorporate an uncertainty-weighted composite loss for robust training. Extensive experiments on the UCR Archive and simulated datasets demonstrate that CDNet significantly improves state-of-the-art (SOTA) deep learning classifiers, particularly under noisy, similar, and multimodal conditions.

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