For graphs generated from stochastic blockmodels, adjacency spectral embedding is asymptotically consistent. Further, adjacency spectral embedding composed with universally consistent classifiers is universally consistent to achieve the Bayes error. However when the graph contains private or sensitive information, trea…
Vertex clustering in a stochastic blockmodel graph has wide applicability and has been the subject of extensive research. In thispaper, we provide a short proof that the adjacency spectral embedding can be used to obtain perfect clustering for the stochastic blockmodel and the degree-corrected stochastic blockmodel. We…
The paper proves limit theorems for graph embeddings out-of-sample.
problem Proving limit theorems for graph embeddings out-of-sample.
method Least-squares and maximum-likelihood objectives for adjacency and Laplacian spectral embeddings.
result Out-of-sample extensions based on these objectives obey central limit theorems and concentration inequalities.
LASE improves local network structure visualization by targeting locally low-dimensional regions.
problem Global spectral embedding fails to capture local geometric features in sparse, transitive networks.
method Local Adjacency Spectral Embedding (LASE) using weighted spectral decomposition.
result LASE reveals locally low-dimensional structure, improving local reconstruction and visualization.
Paper explores embedding methods for detecting pseudo-cliques in random graphs, showing limitations and potential.
problem Detecting planted pseudo-cliques in random dot product graphs.
method Adjacency Spectral Embedding (ASE) and Graph Encoder Embedding (GEE).
result These methods can localize pseudo-cliques with additional clean network data, but not without it.
This paper characterizes and explains the disagreement between two graph embedding methods.
problem Understanding why two popular graph embedding methods produce different results.
method End-to-end analysis of ASE-LSE latent subspaces, proving conditions for agreement and disagreement.
result No maximal-disagreement graph exists; disagreement is strictly below its theoretical ceiling.
Regularization improves spectral embedding by focusing on the largest blocks.
problem Improving the quality of spectral embedding for graph data.
method Explained the impact of complete graph regularization on spectral embedding of a block model.
result Regularization forces spectral embedding to focus on the largest blocks, making it less sensitive to noise or outliers.
SPARC tackles cold-start nodes in graphs by using spectral embeddings.
problem Cold-start nodes in graphs lacking initial connections.
method Introduces SPARC, a framework utilizing spectral embeddings to predict on cold-start nodes.
result SPARC outperforms existing models on cold-start nodes across tasks.
The random dot product graph (RDPG) is an independent-edge random graph that is analytically tractable and, simultaneously, either encompasses or can successfully approximate a wide range of random graphs, from relatively simple stochastic block models to complex latent position graphs. In this survey paper, we describ…
Clustering is concerned with coherently grouping observations without any explicit concept of true groupings. Spectral graph clustering - clustering the vertices of a graph based on their spectral embedding - is commonly approached via K-means (or, more generally, Gaussian mixture model) clustering composed with either…
Graph convolutional networks fail to use eigenvectors beyond the first, unlike spectral embedding.
problem Understanding when graph convolutional networks fail compared to spectral embedding.
method Presented a simple generative model to illustrate failure.
result Graph convolutional networks fail to use eigenvectors beyond the first in certain graphs.
Many popular dimensionality reduction procedures have out-of-sample extensions, which allow a practitioner to apply a learned embedding to observations not seen in the initial training sample. In this work, we consider the problem of obtaining an out-of-sample extension for the adjacency spectral embedding, a procedure…
Spectral clustering for geometric graphs achieves strong consistency in community recovery.
problem Community recovery in dense geometric graphs.
method Spectral clustering algorithm using eigenvectors of adjacency matrix.
result Strong consistency in community recovery proved.
This paper proposes a discrimination technique for vertices in a weighted network. We assume that the edge weights and adjacencies in the network are conditionally independent and that both sources of information encode class membership information. In particular, we introduce a edge weight distribution matrix to the s…
For random graphs distributed according to stochastic blockmodels, a special case of latent position graphs, adjacency spectral embedding followed by appropriate vertex classification is asymptotically Bayes optimal; but this approach requires knowledge of and critically depends on the model dimension. In this paper, w…
A fast graph embedding method for large graphs.
problem Efficiently embedding large graphs for various applications.
method One-hot graph encoder embedding with linear complexity.
result Graph encoder embedding is approximately normally distributed and converges to its mean.
LASE learns graph embeddings by unrolling GD iterations into a neural network.
problem Learning graph embeddings from graph inputs.
method Truncating and interpreting GD iterations as layers in a GNN.
result LASE outperforms eigendecomposition routines and GNNs in link prediction and node classification.
New algorithms improve community detection and parameter estimation for PABM.
problem Improving community detection and parameter estimation for PABM.
method Connecting PABM to GRDPG, constructing new algorithms, and deriving asymptotic properties.
result Absolute number of community detection errors tends to zero as graph vertices increase.
ULES embeds dynamic networks with stability guarantees.
problem Stability of time-varying node embeddings in evolving networks.
method Unfolded Laplacian Spectral Embedding (ULSE) using normalized Laplacian operators.
result ULES satisfies cross-sectional and longitudinal stability under dynamic stochastic block model.
AUASE embeds dynamic networks with stability guarantees for node comparison.
problem Stability in dynamic network embeddings for comparing nodes across time.
method Attributed unfolded adjacency spectral embedding (AUASE) for stable unsupervised learning.
result AUASE provides significant improvements in link prediction and node classification.
New method embeds dynamic networks with stability for node behavior.
problem Embed time-evolving node representations with stability.
method Unfolded adjacency spectral embedding for dynamic networks.
result Method satisfies cross-sectional and longitudinal stability.
The paper corrects for node degree in spectral clustering using random walk Laplacian.
problem Node degree heterogeneity in spectral clustering.
method Graph spectral embedding using the random walk Laplacian.
result The embedding provides uniformly consistent estimates of degree-corrected latent positions.
Survey of Laplacian-based methods for data dimensionality reduction and embedding.
problem Efficiently reducing high-dimensional data to lower dimensions while preserving important features and structures.
method Laplacian-based methods including spectral clustering, Laplacian eigenmap, locality preserving projection, graph embedding, and diffusion map.
result Comprehensive overview of various optimization variants and applications of Laplacian-based techniques.
Spectral embedding of adjacency or Laplacian matrices of undirected graphs is a common technique for representing a network in a lower dimensional latent space, with optimal theoretical guarantees. The embedding can be used to estimate the community structure of the network, with strong consistency results in the stoch…
We present semiparametric spectral modeling of the complete larval Drosophila mushroom body connectome. Motivated by a thorough exploratory data analysis of the network via Gaussian mixture modeling (GMM) in the adjacency spectral embedding (ASE) representation space, we introduce the latent structure model (LSM) for n…
Two spectral clustering methods for multi-layer networks are analyzed and compared.
problem Community detection in multi-layer networks.
method Sum and debiased sum of squared adjacency matrices for spectral clustering.
result Debiased sum of squared adjacency matrices outperforms sum of adjacency matrices.
We present a method to estimate block membership of nodes in a random graph generated by a stochastic blockmodel. We use an embedding procedure motivated by the random dot product graph model, a particular example of the latent position model. The embedding associates each node with a vector; these vectors are clustere…
New algorithm updates eigenvectors of evolving graphs efficiently.
problem Updating eigenvectors of dynamic graphs.
method Subspace projection based on Rayleigh-Ritz projections.
result Strong performance in eigenvector approximation and downstream tasks.
Spectral embedding is a procedure which can be used to obtain vector representations of the nodes of a graph. This paper proposes a generalisation of the latent position network model known as the random dot product graph, to allow interpretation of those vector representations as latent position estimates. The general…
Inference for the stochastic blockmodel is currently of burgeoning interest in the statistical community, as well as in various application domains as diverse as social networks, citation networks, brain connectivity networks (connectomics), etc. Recent theoretical developments have shown that spectral embedding of gra…
Proposes a new algorithm to estimate invariant subspaces across multilayer networks.
problem Estimating invariant subspaces across heterogeneous multiple networks.
method Bias-corrected joint spectral embedding algorithm that recursively calibrates diagonal bias and iteratively updates the subspace estimator.
result Established entrywise subspace perturbation bound and entrywise eigenvector central limit theorem for the algorithm.
Graph neural networks refine speaker embeddings for better session-level diarization.
problem Local speaker distinction in meeting sessions using deep embeddings.
method Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) refine speaker embeddings using session-level structural information.
result Spectral clustering on refined embeddings outperforms original embeddings significantly.
EPINE enhances network embedding by improving adjacency matrix-based high-order proximity.
problem Inaccurate and poorly designed calculation of high-order proximity in network embedding.
method EPINE redefines high-order proximity intuitively and proposes a scalable algorithm for accurate calculation.
result EPINE outperforms existing methods in network reconstruction, link prediction, and node classification.
New method embeds correlation networks to reveal underlying time series patterns.
problem Analyzing correlation networks derived from time series data.
method Spectral embedding of noisy correlation networks, leveraging Fourier basis elements.
result Spectral embedding recovers true vertex-level latent representations under suitable assumptions.
New spectral clustering method for multi-layer networks improves accuracy.
problem Detecting community structure in multi-layer networks.
method Integrative spectral clustering based on adaptive layer aggregation.
result Our methods minimize mis-clustering error and outperform existing methods.
We consider spectral clustering algorithms for community detection under a general bipartite stochastic block model (SBM). A modern spectral clustering algorithm consists of three steps: (1) regularization of an appropriate adjacency or Laplacian matrix (2) a form of spectral truncation and (3) a k-means type algorithm…
We prove a central limit theorem for the components of the eigenvectors corresponding to the d largest eigenvalues of the normalized Laplacian matrix of a finite dimensional random dot product graph. As a corollary, we show that for stochastic blockmodel graphs, the rows of the spectral embedding of the normalized La…
A new model clusters networks with community-specific submanifold structures.
problem Clustering networks with community-specific submanifold structures.
method Latent Structure Block Models (LSBM) for Bayesian spectral graph clustering.
result LSBM correctly recovers underlying communities in one-dimensional manifold structures.
Two new methods improve graph embedding without needing a complete graph structure.
problem Graph autoencoders' performance depends on the adjacency matrix quality.
method BAGE and VBAGE: unsupervised graph embedding via adaptive graph learning.
result The methods expand GAEs' applicability to datasets without graph structure.
This paper considers *-graphs in which all vertices have degree 4 or 6, and studies the question of calculating the genus of orientable 2-surfaces into which such graphs may be embedded. A *-graph is a graph endowed with a formal adjacency structure on the half-edges around each vertex, and an embedding of a *-graph is…
Spectral algorithm recovers community structure in sparse hypergraphs.
problem Community detection in sparse random hypergraphs with community structure and higher-order interactions.
method Spectral algorithm with three steps: hyperedge selection, spectral partition, and correction/merging.
result Weak consistency achieved for weak signal-to-noise ratio.
New centrality-based graph shift operators improve graph neural networks.
problem Improving graph neural networks by enhancing graph shift operators.
method Proposed Centrality Graph Shift Operators (CGSOs) using global centrality metrics.
result CGSOs lead to improved performance in graph neural networks on real-world datasets.
We present a simple combinatorial model for quasipositive surfaces and positive braids, based on embedded bipartite graphs. As a first application, we extend the well-known duality on standard diagrams of torus links to twisted torus links. We then introduce a combinatorial notion of adjacency for bipartite graph links…
Study spectral settings of generalized Laplacians on homogeneous spaces.
problem Understanding the spectral properties of generalized Laplacians on compact homogeneous spaces.
method Investigates the generic spectral configuration of operators on G-invariant metrics on M=G/K. result The spectral setting depends on G-isometries and hidden symmetries. Model place cells as spatial embeddings for efficient path planning and cognitive map construction.
problem Encoding spatial navigation in the hippocampus.
method Model place cells using spectral decomposition of multi-step random walk transition kernels, inducing sparsity and adjacency.
result Place cells encode spatial information through non-negativity and inner-product structure, forming a cognitive map.
The paper computes an approximation to the sample Frechet mean of graph sets using spectral information.
problem Characterizing the location of a set of graphs in a metric space.
method The Frechet mean is computed for sets of large graphs using the pseudometric defined by the norm between eigenvalues of adjacency matrices.
result An algorithm to approximate the sample Frechet mean of undirected unweighted graphs is described.
Two spectral algorithms for community detection in graphs with covariates are compared.
problem Detecting community structure in graphs with covariates.
method Two model-based spectral algorithms are presented and compared.
result The second algorithm often better estimates block assignments by accounting for vertex covariates.
Extends random dot product graph model to handle multiple graphs.
problem Modeling and analyzing multiple graphs with shared nodes.
method Jointly embed adjacency matrices into a latent space.
result Node representations converge to latent positions with Gaussian error.