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48 results for Layerwise Jacobians

This work proves the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in MLPs with Haar orthogonal matrices.

problem Proving the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in multilayer perceptrons (MLPs).
method Replacing each layer's parameter matrix with itself multiplied by a Haar orthogonal matrix, and using the invariance of the MLP.
result Proves the asymptotic freeness of layerwise Jacobians in MLPs with Haar orthogonal matrices.

Use simplified layerwise linear models to understand neural dynamics.

problem Complex neural network dynamics are hard to grasp.
method Apply simplified layerwise linear models to explain neural phenomena.
result Simplified models explain neural collapse, emergence, etc.

A new method for learning Bayesian neural networks using layerwise inference.

problem Learning Bayesian neural networks efficiently and accurately.
method Bayesian layerwise inference, treating neural networks as stacked Bayesian linear models, with pseudo-targets defined by backpropagated gradients.
result The method converges quickly and performs well on various benchmarks.

Efficient algorithm for CMDPs reduces to offline density estimation.

problem Offline learning for CMDPs with horizon H.
method Reduction to offline density estimation, layerwise exploration-exploitation tradeoff.
result First efficient and near-optimal reduction from CMDPs to offline density estimation.

New method μP2μP^2 improves neural network training by scaling perturbations layerwise.

problem Improving neural network performance as models scale up.
method Layerwise perturbation scaling in the infinite-width limit of neural networks.
result Layerwise perturbation scaling ensures all layers are effectively perturbed in the limit.

We improve neural network explainability by bypassing batch normalization.

problem Lack of transparency in neural networks.
method Layer-wise Relevance Propagation with a method to include normalization layers.
result Heatmaps are more accurate for convolutional layers with our method.

This study connects Jacobian regularization to adversarial robustness and improves generalization.

problem Adversarial attacks make deep neural networks vulnerable.
method Developed a connection between Jacobian regularization and adversarial training, and established robust generalization gaps.
result Jacobian norms are related to both standard and robust generalization.

Efficiently regularizes deep learning models using Jacobian nuclear norm.

problem Regularizing deep learning models to prevent overfitting and improve generalization.
method Proposes a denoising-style approximation to penalize the Jacobian nuclear norm without computing the Jacobian matrix.
result Demonstrates that penalizing the average squared Frobenius norm of JgJg and JhJh is equivalent to penalizing the Jacobian nuclear norm for function compositions.

AlphaPruning optimizes LLM pruning using HT-SR theory for better performance.

problem Improving pruning of large language models to reduce size without sacrificing performance.
method AlphaPruning uses HT-SR theory to allocate layerwise sparsity ratios more theoretically.
result AlphaPruning prunes LLaMA-7B to 80% sparsity with reasonable perplexity.

Deep Gaussian Processes (DGP) are hierarchical generalizations of Gaussian Processes (GP) that have proven to work effectively on a multiple supervised regression tasks. They combine the well calibrated uncertainty estimates of GPs with the great flexibility of multilayer models. In DGPs, given the inputs, the outputs …

2018-01-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles Hessian/Jacobian-free stochastic bilevel optimization with O(ε1.5){O}(ε^{-1.5}) complexity.

problem Nonconvex-strongly-convex bilevel optimization problem.
method FdeHBO optimizer with finite-difference Hessian/Jacobian-vector approximation and momentum.
result FdeHBO achieves O(ε1.5){O}(ε^{-1.5}) iterations for εε-accurate stationary point.

Recent work (Pennington et al, 2017) suggests that controlling the entire distribution of Jacobian singular values is an important design consideration in deep learning. Motivated by this, we study the distribution of singular values of the Jacobian of the generator in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). We find th…

2018-02-23abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper discusses fractional Sobolev immersions of flat domains into 3D space.

problem Developing C1C^1 regularity and isometric immersions of flat domains with fractional Sobolev regularity.
method Analysis of weak Codazzi-Mainardi equations, study of $W^{2, rac2s}$ planar deformations, and properties of the distributional Jacobian determinant.
result Generalization of isometric immersions with local fractional Sobolev regularity.

We derive an analytic formula for the dual Jacobian matrix of a generalised hyperbolic tetrahedron. Two cases are considered: a mildly truncated and a prism truncated tetrahedron. The Jacobian for the latter arises as an analytic continuation of the former, that falls in line with a similar behaviour of the correspondi…

2014-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimating machine learning performance 'in the wild' is both an important and unsolved problem. In this paper, we seek to examine, understand, and predict the pointwise competence of classification models. Our contributions are twofold: First, we establish a statistically rigorous definition of competence that general…

2019-10-24abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithms estimate Jacobian matrices for large-scale machine learning.

problem Efficiently computing search directions for large nonlinear least squares.
method Exploit low-rank structure in Hessian to estimate Jacobian matrices.
result Two algorithms perform well compared to state-of-the-art methods.

The paper extends infinite-width analysis to neural network Jacobians, revealing convergence to Gaussian processes and linear ODEs.

problem Understanding the training dynamics of neural networks in the infinite-width limit.
method Extending infinite-width analysis to Jacobians, characterizing convergence to Gaussian processes and linear ODEs.
result The evolution of MLPs under robust training in the infinite-width limit is described by a linear ODE.

GrokAlign aligns Jacobians to accelerate grokking in deep networks.

problem Accelerating the training dynamics of deep networks to avoid delayed generalisation and robustness.
method Aligning the Jacobians of a deep network with the training data to ensure grokking under a low-rank assumption.
result GrokAlign regularizes Jacobians to induce grokking sooner than conventional methods.

We extend the well-known result that any fW1,n(Ω,Rn)f \in W^{1,n}(Ω,\mathbb{R}^n), ΩRnΩ\subset \mathbb{R}^n with strictly positive Jacobian is actually continuous: it is also true for fractional Sobolev spaces Ws,ns(Ω)W^{s,\frac{n}{s}}(Ω) for any snn+1s \geq \frac{n}{n+1}, where the sign condition on the Jacobian is understood in a distr…

2019-05-17abs ↗pdf ↗

New method reduces deep learning training costs by approximating vector-jacobian products.

problem Efficiently training deep neural networks with reduced computational and memory costs.
method Randomized, unbiased approximations of vector-jacobian products during backpropagation.
result Validated potential for reducing deep learning training costs through unbiased estimates.

Normalizing flows optimize Jacobian determinant for unique likelihood objective.

problem Optimizing normalizing flows for unique likelihood.
method Showed Jacobian determinant is unique for given distributions, leading to a unique global optimum. Used eigenvalues of auto-correlation matrix for explicit likelihood expression.
result Explicit expression of likelihood for flows, independent of neural network parameterization, with theoretical optimal value.

The Jacobian of Douady-Earle extension equals 1 only for isometries.

problem Investigating the Jacobian of Douady-Earle extension maps.
method Analyzing the Jacobian of the Douady-Earle extension map and constructing sequences of hyperbolic surfaces.
result The Jacobian of the Douady-Earle extension map is 1 only when the map is an isometry, and it can grow arbitrarily large for certain sequences of surfaces.

To a compact Riemann surface of genus g can be assigned a principally polarized abelian variety (PPAV) of dimension g, the Jacobian of the Riemann surface. The Schottky problem is to discern the Jacobians among the PPAVs. Buser and Sarnak showed, that the square of the first successive minimum, the squared norm of the …

2010-08-12abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the Goldman flows preserve the holomorphic structure on the moduli space of homomorphisms of the fundamental group of a Riemann surface into U(1), in other words the Jacobian.

2008-02-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Design of reliable systems must guarantee stability against input perturbations. In machine learning, such guarantee entails preventing overfitting and ensuring robustness of models against corruption of input data. In order to maximize stability, we analyze and develop a computationally efficient implementation of Jac…

2019-08-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Geometrically represents path integral reduction Jacobian for interacting systems.

problem Quantizing a model mechanical system with dependent coordinates.
method Geometric representation using scalar curvature and Christoffel symbols in a nonholonomic basis.
result Found a geometric representation for the path integral reduction Jacobian.

This work relaxes energy constraints in self-attention layers for a more general analysis.

problem Understanding inherent biases and dynamics in self-attention layers without energy functions.
method Dynamical systems analysis and Jacobian matrix examination.
result Normalized dynamics are close to a critical state, indicating high inference performance.

JacNet learns Jacobians to enforce structure on derivatives for invertibility and Lipschitz functions.

problem Enforcing structure on derivatives of neural network mappings.
method Proposes using a neural network to directly learn the Jacobian of the input-output function, allowing control over derivative structure.
result Demonstrates learning invertible approximations to simple and 1-Lipschitz functions.

The paper studies global invertibility of maps on Finsler manifolds.

problem Global invertibility of locally Lipschitz maps on Finsler manifolds.
method Introduces pseudo-Jacobian and studies its relations with local metric properties of the map.
result Conditions for a map to be globally invertible and covering.

SAEs struggle with curved activation manifolds, revealing layer-dependent scaling laws.

problem Sparse autoencoders' reconstruction error varies across layers, not fitting existing scaling laws.
method Cross-layer study of 844 SAE checkpoints, fitting and regressing on manifold geometry.
result Manifold geometry predicts layer-dependent width exponents in SAEs, with transferable coefficients.