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48 results for Graph Coarsening

Unified framework for graph coarsening using node features and graph matrices.

problem Dimensionality reduction of large graphs while preserving node features.
method Optimization-based framework that unifies graph learning and dimensionality reduction.
result The learned coarsened graph is ε-similar to the original graph, where ε is a small positive number.

Paper introduces a taxonomy of reduction matrices for more efficient graph coarsening.

problem Efficiently reducing graph size while preserving important information.
method Introduces a more general notion of reduction matrix, not necessarily the pseudo-inverse of the lifting matrix.
result Reducing the Restricted Spectral Approximation (RSA) by modifying the reduction matrix.

This study improves graph coarsening methods by preserving graph spectrum and distances.

problem Solving large-scale graph problems by working on a smaller graph.
method Developed a geometric approach using Gromov--Wasserstein distance to minimize the difference between graph distances and their coarsened versions.
result Minimizing the difference between graph distances and their coarsened versions can be achieved using the weighted kernel KK-means method.

How does coarsening affect the spectrum of a general graph? We provide conditions such that the principal eigenvalues and eigenspaces of a coarsened and original graph Laplacian matrices are close. The achieved approximation is shown to depend on standard graph-theoretic properties, such as the degree and eigenvalue di…

2018-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel algorithm for unsupervised graph representation learning combining coarsening and mutual information maximization.

problem Current limitations in unsupervised graph representation learning, especially in embedding new graphs and considering both micro- and macro-structures.
method Combines coarsening with mutual information maximization to produce high-quality embeddings.
result The algorithm produces high-quality embeddings that are competitive with state-of-the-art methods.

Improved graph clustering with modularity and coarsening for attributes and communities.

problem Inaccurate community detection and computational inefficiency in graph clustering.
method Integrates coarsening and modularity maximization, using a loss function with log-determinant, smoothness, and modularity components.
result Superior clustering outcomes, proven consistent under DC-SBM, and efficient algorithm integration with GNNs and VGAEs.

Study recovers community structure from coarse graph measurements.

problem Community recovery from low-resolution graph measurements.
method Formalized coarsening process of graph measurements, developed conditions for perfect recovery.
result Simple and closed-form asymptotic conditions for perfect recovery of coarse graph communities.

This thesis explores GNNs, categorizing them into local and global approaches.

problem Understanding the convergence of global GNNs and connecting local and global approaches.
method Categorization of GNNs into local and global, study of Invariant Graph Networks, connecting local and global approaches, and using local MPNN for graph coarsening.
result Established a connection between local and global GNN approaches.

Recent advances in representation learning on graphs, mainly leveraging graph convolutional networks, have brought a substantial improvement on many graph-based benchmark tasks. While novel approaches to learning node embeddings are highly suitable for node classification and link prediction, their application to graph…

2018-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a novel graph pooling operation using cliques as the unit pool. As this approach is purely topological, rather than featural, it is more readily interpretable, a better analogue to image coarsening than filtering or pruning techniques, and entirely nonparametric. The operation is implemented within graph con…

2019-03-31abs ↗pdf ↗

This work relaxes GNN symmetries to approximate automorphisms, improving model performance.

problem Improving graph neural network performance on asymmetric graphs.
method Formalizing approximate symmetries via graph coarsening, introducing a bias-variance formula.
result Best generalization performance achieved by choosing a larger symmetry group than automorphisms but smaller than permutations.

MolHF generates complex molecules with hierarchical flow-based model.

problem Designing novel molecular structures with desired properties.
method MolHF is a hierarchical normalizing flow model that generates molecular graphs in a coarse-to-fine manner.
result MolHF achieves state-of-the-art performance in random generation and property optimization.

Proposes SimPool for graph pooling using structural similarity features.

problem Challenges in graph pooling due to lack of spatial locality.
method Integrates structural similarity features with a revised pooling layer to propose SimPool.
result SimPool produces node cluster assignments resembling CNN's locality preserving pooling.

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are a class of deep models that operate on data with arbitrary topology represented as graphs. We introduce an efficient memory layer for GNNs that can jointly learn node representations and coarsen the graph. We also introduce two new networks based on this layer: memory-based GNN (MemGNN)…

2020-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Study intersection homotopy groups in coarsenings of CS sets.

problem Understanding invariance of intersection homotopy groups in coarsenings of CS sets.
method Introduced a general perversity and its pushforward, established invariance theorems for intersection homotopy groups in coarsenings of CS sets.
result Found invariance theorems for intersection homotopy groups in coarsenings of CS sets.

Graph classification receives a great deal of attention from the non-Euclidean machine learning community. Recent advances in graph coarsening have enabled the training of deeper networks and produced new state-of-the-art results in many benchmark tasks. We examine how these architectures train and find that performanc…

2019-05-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Can one reduce the size of a graph without significantly altering its basic properties? The graph reduction problem is hereby approached from the perspective of restricted spectral approximation, a modification of the spectral similarity measure used for graph sparsification. This choice is motivated by the observation…

2018-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Recently, graph neural networks have been adopted in a wide variety of applications ranging from relational representations to modeling irregular data domains such as point clouds and social graphs. However, the space of graph neural network architectures remains highly fragmented impeding the development of optimized …

2018-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Learning representation on graph plays a crucial role in numerous tasks of pattern recognition. Different from grid-shaped images/videos, on which local convolution kernels can be lattices, however, graphs are fully coordinate-free on vertices and edges. In this work, we propose a Gaussian-induced convolution (GIC) fra…

2018-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Recently, graph neural networks (GNNs) have revolutionized the field of graph representation learning through effectively learned node embeddings, and achieved state-of-the-art results in tasks such as node classification and link prediction. However, current GNN methods are inherently flat and do not learn hierarchica…

2018-06-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Learning meaningful graphs from data plays important roles in many data mining and machine learning tasks, such as data representation and analysis, dimension reduction, data clustering, and visualization, etc. In this work, for the first time, we present a highly-scalable spectral approach (GRASPEL) for learning large…

2019-11-23abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work we propose a simple and easily parallelizable algorithm for multiway graph partitioning. The algorithm alternates between three basic components: diffusing seed vertices over the graph, thresholding the diffused seeds, and then randomly reseeding the thresholded clusters. We demonstrate experimentally that…

2014-06-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper develops a coreset method for GNNs that speeds up training on large graphs.

problem Training Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) on large-scale graphs is computationally expensive.
method The paper proposes a spectral greedy coreset (SGGC) method that selects ego-graphs based on spectral embeddings.
result SGGC significantly speeds up GNN training on large graphs and outperforms other coreset methods.

New methods for handling confounding in observational studies.

problem Handling confounding variables in observational studies.
method Generalized coarsened procedures for clustering confounding variables, followed by estimation of treatment effects and variance.
result Developed a general asymptotic framework for the average causal effect estimator and variance formulae.

New algorithm tackles self-selection bias in estimating linear regressors.

problem Estimating kk linear regressors with self-selection bias in dd dimensions.
method First local convergence algorithm for self-selection, reducing to coarsening problem.
result Improves running time of previous algorithms by a poly(d, k, 1/ε) factor.

Groups with specific properties have similar cubulations and coarse median structures.

problem Understanding the structure of certain groups through cubical coarsening.
method Analyzing right-angled Artin and Coxeter groups, focusing on automorphisms and cubulations.
result Automorphisms of specific groups preserve coarse median structures and have nice fixed subgroups.

Paper creates transparent, safe synthetic data from coarsened margins.

problem Creating synthetic data that maintains original relationships and is safe from disclosure.
method Defining and curating margins, applying SDC, coarsening counts, and using IPF algorithm.
result Synthetic data derived from safe, coarsened margins maintains original relationships.

Spectral clustering refers to a family of unsupervised learning algorithms that compute a spectral embedding of the original data based on the eigenvectors of a similarity graph. This non-linear transformation of the data is both the key of these algorithms' success and their Achilles heel: forming a graph and computin…

2019-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗