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The paper proves lower bounds for Gaussian-weighted curvature integrals of self-shrinkers.

problem Proving lower bounds for Gaussian-weighted \(L^2\)-curvature integrals of self-shrinkers.
method Combining normal coordinate functions with weighted Poincaré inequalities and first-eigenvalue estimates.
result Explicit lower bounds in terms of entropy for closed self-shrinkers, leading to curvature gaps.

The paper proves cohomology vanishing for a specific type of minimal submanifolds in a weighted Euclidean ball.

problem Proving cohomology vanishing for free boundary ff-minimal submanifolds in Gaussian-weighted Euclidean balls.
method The proof uses a weighted Hardy inequality, cancellation in the weighted Weitzenböck curvature operator, and a boundary reduction.
result The space of tangential ff-harmonic pp-forms vanishes, leading to Hp(M;R)=0H^p(M;\R)=0.

Large deviation principle for deep neural networks with ReLU activation.

problem Understanding the behavior of deep neural networks with ReLU activation.
method Proving a large deviation principle for networks with Gaussian weights and ReLU activation functions.
result Simplified expressions and power-series expansions for the ReLU case.

Bayes-optimal learning of deep random networks with Gaussian weights is studied.

problem Learning a target function corresponding to a deep, extensive-width, non-linear neural network with random Gaussian weights.
method Closed-form expressions for Bayes-optimal test error, ridge regression, kernel and random features regression are computed.
result Optimally regularized ridge regression and kernel regression achieve Bayes-optimal performances, while logistic loss yields a near-optimal test error for classification.

Study examines noise sensitivity of DNNs for binary classification.

problem Understanding non-robustness of DNN classifiers under noise.
method Defined and extended noise sensitivity and stability concepts for Boolean functions, applied to DNN models.
result Sorted out the relation between definitions and properties of DNN architectures under noise.

Quantitative CLTs show neural network distributions converge to Gaussian as width increases.

problem Understanding the distribution of fully connected neural networks with random weights and biases.
method Analyzing the distribution of a fully connected neural network with random Gaussian weights and biases, proving quantitative bounds on normal approximations.
result The distance between a random fully connected network and the corresponding infinite width Gaussian process scales like nγn^{-γ} for γ>0γ>0.

An interesting approach to analyzing neural networks that has received renewed attention is to examine the equivalent kernel of the neural network. This is based on the fact that a fully connected feedforward network with one hidden layer, a certain weight distribution, an activation function, and an infinite number of…

2017-11-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Wide deep neural networks with Gaussian weights approximate Gaussian processes closely.

problem Understanding the approximation of deep neural networks with Gaussian weights to Gaussian processes.
method Established novel rates for the Gaussian approximation of random deep neural networks with Gaussian parameters and Lipschitz activation functions in the wide limit.
result The distance between the network output and the Gaussian approximation scales inversely with the width of the network.

This short note aims at (re)proving that the symmetrically normalized graph Laplacian $L=\Id - D^{-1/2}WD^{-1/2}$ (from a graph defined from a Gaussian weighting kernel on a sampled smooth manifold) converges towards the continuous Manifold Laplacian when the sampling become infinitely dense. The convergence rate with …

2011-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

We establish the Gaussian Double-Bubble Conjecture: the least Gaussian-weighted perimeter way to decompose Rn\mathbb{R}^n into three cells of prescribed (positive) Gaussian measure is to use a tripod-cluster, whose interfaces consist of three half-hyperplanes meeting along an (n2)(n-2)-dimensional plane at 120120^{\circ}

2018-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

We establish the Gaussian Multi-Bubble Conjecture: the least Gaussian-weighted perimeter way to decompose Rn\mathbb{R}^n into qq cells of prescribed (positive) Gaussian measure when 2qn+12 \leq q \leq n+1, is to use a "simplicial cluster", obtained from the Voronoi cells of qq equidistant points. Moreover, we prove that…

2018-05-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Graph semi-supervised learning classifies points on manifold using variational autoencoders and GNN.

problem Classifying points on low-dimensional manifolds using limited labeled data.
method Model data as points on a manifold, approximate manifold with VAE, construct geometric graph, solve semi-supervised node classification with GNN.
result Generalization gap diminishes with graph size and training procedure, vanishing asymptotically.

Independent Component Analysis (ICA) - one of the basic tools in data analysis - aims to find a coordinate system in which the components of the data are independent. In this paper we present Multiple-weighted Independent Component Analysis (MWeICA) algorithm, a new ICA method which is based on approximate diagonalizat…

2019-05-31abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work we study the properties of deep neural networks (DNN) with random weights. We formally prove that these networks perform a distance-preserving embedding of the data. Based on this we then draw conclusions on the size of the training data and the networks' structure. A longer version of this paper with more…

2014-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate deep Bayesian neural networks with Gaussian weight priors and a class of ReLU-like nonlinearities. Bayesian neural networks with Gaussian priors are well known to induce an L2, "weight decay", regularization. Our results characterize a more intricate regularization effect at the level of the unit activat…

2018-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

We study λλ-hypersurfaces that are critical points of a Gaussian weighted area functional Σex24dA\int_Σ e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4}}dA for compact variations that preserve weighted volume. First, we prove various gap and rigidity theorems for complete λλ-hypersurfaces in terms of the norm of the second fundamental form A|A|. Sec…

2014-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We study random Morse functions on a Riemann manifold (Mm,g)(M^m,g) defined as a random Gaussian weighted superpositions of eigenfunctions of the Laplacian of the metric gg. The randomness is determined by a fixed Schwartz function ww and a small parameter ε>0\varepsilon>0. We first prove that as ε0\varepsilon\to 0 the ex…

2012-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning relies on good initialization schemes and hyperparameter choices prior to training a neural network. Random weight initializations induce random network ensembles, which give rise to the trainability, training speed, and sometimes also generalization ability of an instance. In addition, such ensembles pro…

2018-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Constructing eigenfunctions for finite-time singularities in Lagrangian mean curvature flow

problem Constructing eigenfunctions for finite-time singularities in Lagrangian mean curvature flow
method Constructing eigenfunctions for finite-time singularities in Lagrangian mean curvature flow
result Identifying the lowest eigenfunction with the scaling mode of the special Lagrangian desingularization

Study infinite-depth limits of neural networks with fixed width.

problem Understanding the behavior of neural networks as depth increases with fixed width.
method Analyzing finite-width residual networks with random Gaussian weights, focusing on the infinite-depth limit.
result The pre-activations converge to a zero-drift diffusion process, differing from the infinite-width limit.

We investigate the use of bootstrapping in the bandit setting. We first show that the commonly used non-parametric bootstrapping (NPB) procedure can be provably inefficient and establish a near-linear lower bound on the regret incurred by it under the bandit model with Bernoulli rewards. We show that NPB with an approp…

2018-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

New insights on how weight structure affects generalization in deep Gaussian feature models.

problem Understanding how weight structure impacts generalization in deep learning models.
method Using the replica trick from statistical physics to derive learning curves for models with structured Gaussian features.
result Allowing correlations between the rows of the first layer of features can aid generalization, while structure in later layers is generally detrimental.

Bayesian optimization (BO) is a widely-used method for optimizing expensive (to evaluate) problems. At the core of most BO methods is the modeling of the objective function using a Gaussian Process (GP) whose covariance is selected from a set of standard covariance functions. From a weight-space view, this models the o…

2018-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

A new algorithm enhances minority class representation in imbalanced datasets.

problem Improving classification performance on imbalanced datasets.
method PO-QG algorithm using Proxima-Orion neighbors and q-Gaussian weighting.
result The PO-QG algorithm improves overall classification performance.

The study proves the existence and properties of isoperimetric clusters in Riemannian manifolds with bounded geometry.

problem Proving the existence and properties of isoperimetric clusters in Riemannian manifolds with bounded geometry.
method Proved the existence of isoperimetric clusters and compactness theorem for sequence of clusters, introduced Holder continuity of multi-isoperimetric profile.
result Existence and properties of isoperimetric clusters in Riemannian manifolds with bounded geometry.

The paper studies deep neural networks with Gaussian weights and finds their asymptotic behavior.

problem Understanding the behavior of deep neural networks with large width.
method Function-space perspective, Gaussian process analysis, weak convergence in large-width limit.
result Deep neural networks with large width converge to a continuous Gaussian process.

We improve deep threshold networks' memorization capacity exponentially.

problem Memorizing datasets with randomized labels using deep neural networks.
method Using Gaussian random weights in the first layer and binary or integer weights in subsequent layers, we prove a new dependence on minimum distance.
result We show that O~(1δ+n)\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}(\frac{1}{\delta} + \sqrt{n}) neurons and O~(dδ+n)\widetilde{\mathcal{O}}(\frac{d}{\delta} + n) weights are sufficient.

New method improves Robbins-Monro algorithm convergence with prior information.

problem Improving convergence speed of Robbins-Monro algorithm.
method Integrates prior information into Robbins-Monro iteration without regression model.
result Prior-information Robbins-Monro sequence converges faster than standard.

LUNO linearizes neural operators to quantify their predictive uncertainty.

problem Quantifying the predictive error of neural operators for high-stakes simulations.
method Model linearization to push weight-space uncertainty forward to predictions.
result LUNO provides a practical and theoretically sound way to apply Bayesian methods to neural operators.

Entropy is a natural geometric quantity measuring the complexity of a surface embedded in R3\mathbb{R}^3. For dynamical reasons relating to mean curvature flow, Colding-Ilmanen-Minicozzi-White conjectured that the entropy of any closed surface is at least that of the self-shrinking two-sphere. We prove this conjecture …

2015-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a fast stochastic algorithm for neural network quantization with error bounds.

problem Error analysis for quantized neural networks with non-convex loss functions and nonlinear activations.
method Greedy path-following mechanism combined with stochastic quantizer.
result Established full-network error bounds for quantized neural networks.

Orthogonal initialization does not speed up training in ultra-wide neural networks.

problem Exploring the effect of orthogonal initialization on training speed in deep neural networks.
method Study of neural tangent kernel dynamics in FCNs and CNNs with orthogonal initialization.
result The NTK of orthogonally-initialized networks remains constant during training, suggesting no speedup in the NTK regime.

Introducing noise in the training of machine learning systems is a powerful way to protect individual privacy via differential privacy guarantees, but comes at a cost to utility. This work looks at whether the inherent randomness of stochastic gradient descent (SGD) could contribute to privacy, effectively reducing the…

2019-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗