How not to Train your Neural ODE

Optimisation
Differential Equations
Author

RD2N

Published

September 7, 2026

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Many people have told me that Neural ODEs don’t work (Xinguyuan). This is to understand why, and offer practical advice on how to avoid common pitfalls when training Neural ODEs and derived methods (CNF, etc.). The goal is to help researchers and practitioners achieve better performance and stability in their models.