SEG-BERT improves graph instance learning by adapting GRAPH-BERT.
problem Graph instance representation learning challenges due to diverse sizes and node order.
method Adapted GRAPH-BERT with a segmented architecture to handle graph node orderlessness and diverse sizes.
result SEG-BERT outperforms comparison methods on six out of seven benchmark datasets.
Improves tensor networks for classifying medical images.
problem Classifying 2D and 3D medical images efficiently.
method Develops LoTeNet, a tensor network that treats small image regions as orderless and aggregates local representations hierarchically.
result LoTeNet achieves comparable or superior performance to other methods with less computational resources.
Neural Autoregressive Distribution Estimators (NADEs) have recently been shown as successful alternatives for modeling high dimensional multimodal distributions. One issue associated with NADEs is that they rely on a particular order of factorization for P(x). This issue has been recently addressed by a vari…
Tensor networks improve medical image classification performance.
problem Improving medical image classification accuracy.
method Extending tensor networks to medical image analysis, focusing on 2D images.
result Tensor networks achieve comparable performance to deep learning methods with fewer hyperparameters and resources.
Deep learning models have achieved huge success in numerous fields, such as computer vision and natural language processing. However, unlike such fields, it is hard to apply traditional deep learning models on the graph data due to the 'node-orderless' property. Normally, adjacency matrices will cast an artificial and …
We consider the problem of active feature acquisition, where we sequentially select the subset of features in order to achieve the maximum prediction performance in the most cost-effective way. In this work, we formulate this active feature acquisition problem as a reinforcement learning problem, and provide a novel fr…
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) attained a good performance in hyperspectral sensing image (HSI) classification, but CNNs consider spectra as orderless vectors. Therefore, considering the spectra as sequences, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) have been applied in HSI classification, for RNNs is skilled at dealing …
Machine learning models of music typically break up the task of composition into a chronological process, composing a piece of music in a single pass from beginning to end. On the contrary, human composers write music in a nonlinear fashion, scribbling motifs here and there, often revisiting choices previously made. In…
A new tensor network method for image classification reduces computation cost.
problem Efficiently classifying images in high-dimensional spaces.
method Proposes a multi-layered tensor network (MLTN) that performs one MPS operation per layer, reducing computation cost.
result Reduces computation cost without degrading performance.
LC-GNN improves GNNs for node classification by incorporating label consistency.
problem Limited performance of GNNs due to label consistency assumption not always holding.
method LC-GNN uses node pairs with the same label but unconnected to expand GNN's receptive field.
result LC-GNN outperforms traditional GNNs in semi-supervised node classification.
SENSE enhances node sequences in graphs using vector embeddings.
problem Efficiently capturing graph node sequences for applications.
method SENSE-S learns node embeddings and composes them for sequences, preserving node order.
result SENSE-S increases multi-label classification and link-prediction accuracy by up to 50% and 78% respectively.
Network node embedding is an active research subfield of complex network analysis. This paper contributes a novel approach to learning network node embeddings and direct node classification using a node ranking scheme coupled with an autoencoder-based neural network architecture. The main advantages of the proposed Dee…
Network embedding has proved extremely useful in a variety of network analysis tasks such as node classification, link prediction, and network visualization. Almost all the existing network embedding methods learn to map the node IDs to their corresponding node embeddings. This design principle, however, hinders the ex…
Proposes GIL for semi-supervised graph classification.
problem Semi-supervised classification of graph data with limited labeled nodes.
method Graph Inference Learning framework that learns node label inference from graph topology.
result Significantly improves semi-supervised node classification performance.
Embedding graph nodes into a vector space can allow the use of machine learning to e.g. predict node classes, but the study of node embedding algorithms is immature compared to the natural language processing field because of a diverse nature of graphs. We examine the performance of node embedding algorithms with respe…
CADE learns dual node representations for better generalization.
problem Transductive graph embeddings cannot generalize to unseen nodes or across different graphs.
method CADE combines real-time neighborhoods with neighbor-attentioned representation, preserving known node memory.
result CADE outperforms state-of-the-art methods in generalization and context-awareness.
Graph structured data provide two-fold information: graph structures and node attributes. Numerous graph-based algorithms rely on both information to achieve success in supervised tasks, such as node classification and link prediction. However, node attributes could be missing or incomplete, which significantly deterio…
SANNE model generates embeddings for unseen nodes in graph networks.
problem Lack of embeddings for unseen nodes in graph networks.
method SANNE uses a transformer self-attention network to generate embeddings.
result SANNE achieves state-of-the-art results for node classification.
Study finds significant instability in node embeddings due to randomness.
problem Stability of node embeddings under random variations.
method Evaluated five node embedding algorithms (HOPE, LINE, node2vec, SDNE, GraphSAGE) on synthetic and empirical graphs.
result Significant instability in embedding spaces and downstream task accuracy.
Proposes ML-GCN for multi-label network node representation learning.
problem Complex multi-label networks with correlated labels.
method Two Siamese GCNs model node-label and label-label interactions, integrated under a unified objective function.
result Effective node representation learning with preserved label interactions.
CatGCN improves GCNs by modeling feature interactions for categorical node features.
problem Suboptimal initial node representations in GCNs due to lack of feature interaction modeling.
method Integrates explicit interaction modeling (local and global) into initial node representation learning for categorical node features.
result CatGCN enhances initial node representations through feature interaction modeling, leading to improved model performance.
HighwayGraph models long-distance node relations in GNNs with improved performance.
problem Limited-layer information propagation in GNNs hinders long-distance node relation modeling.
method Proposes two solutions: implicit and explicit modeling of long-distance node relations using shallow GNN architectures and a self-training framework.
result HighwayGraph achieves consistent and significant improvements over four GNNs on three benchmark datasets.
This paper studies node embeddings of networks, revealing their geometric properties.
problem Understanding the geometric properties of node embeddings in random networks.
method Characterization of ergodic limits, generalization, and convex relaxations of random walk node embedding objectives.
result The optimal node embedding Grammians have rank 1 for a nuclear norm relaxation of the non-randomized objective.
A new method improves node classification in graphs with limited labels.
problem Semi-supervised multi-label node classification in attributed graphs.
method Collaborative Graph Walk (Multi-Label-Graph-Walk) using reinforcement learning.
result Significantly better multi-label classification performance compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Vanishing nodes cause hidden nodes to behave similarly, complicating deep neural network training.
problem Complicating deep neural network training due to hidden nodes behaving similarly.
method Introduced vanishing node indicator (VNI) to quantify node redundancy and correlated behavior.
result The effective number of nodes vanishes to one as VNI increases, indicating a challenging training scenario.
Paper proves impossibility of three desirable properties in node embedding.
problem Understanding limitations of node embedding methods.
method Axiomatic approach to node embedding, proving impossibility of three properties.
result No node embedding method can satisfy all three desirable properties simultaneously.
Learning node embeddings that capture a node's position within the broader graph structure is crucial for many prediction tasks on graphs. However, existing Graph Neural Network (GNN) architectures have limited power in capturing the position/location of a given node with respect to all other nodes of the graph. Here w…
GraphCL learns node representations by maximizing similarity between perturbed node features.
problem Learning node representations in graph data without labeled data.
method Contrastive learning of node embeddings using graph neural networks and a loss function.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art in unsupervised node classification benchmarks.
ARGEW improves node embeddings for weighted homophilous graphs by emphasizing strong edge weights.
problem Lack of accurate node embeddings for weighted homophilous graphs.
method ARGEW (Augmentation of Random walks by Graph Edge Weights) augments random walks by emphasizing nodes with larger edge weights.
result ARGEW produces embeddings where node pairs with strong edge weights have closer embeddings.
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.
SIGNNAP learns stable and identifiable node representations in GNNs against graph perturbations.
problem Fragility of GNN models to graph perturbations leading to unreliable node representations.
method SIGNNAP proposes a novel model that learns stable and identifiable node representations in an unsupervised manner, formalizing stability and identifiability through a contrastive objective and preserving smoothness with existing GNN backbones.
result SIGNNAP demonstrates effectiveness in learning stable and identifiable node representations in GNNs against graph perturbations on six benchmarks.
PanRep learns universal node embeddings for heterogeneous graphs.
problem Learning universal node embeddings for heterogeneous graphs.
method Graph Neural Network (GNN) model with four decoders capturing different properties.
result PanRep outperforms unsupervised and supervised methods in node classification and link prediction.
A new method improves graph node embeddings by considering both nearby and distant node similarities.
problem Improving graph node embeddings by considering both nearby and distant node similarities.
method Distance-aware Negative Sampling (DNS) which maximizes cohesion at nearby node-pairs and separation at distant node-pairs.
result DNS outperforms baseline methods in downstream node classification tasks on various datasets and GRL algorithms.
Proposes an alternative approach to propagate labels in GCNs using network diffusion and clustering.
problem Challenges of training GCNs with limited labeled data and bias in network diffusion methods.
method Clustering nodes into communities, using diffusion to quantify proximity, and comparing topological profiles.
result Identifies nodes most similar to labeled nodes, improving label propagation in GCNs.
Low-dimensional embeddings of nodes in large graphs have proved extremely useful in a variety of prediction tasks, from content recommendation to identifying protein functions. However, most existing approaches require that all nodes in the graph are present during training of the embeddings; these previous approaches …
FONDUE identifies ambiguous nodes in networks for better analysis.
problem Ambiguous nodes in network data.
method Network embedding for node disambiguation.
result FONDUE outperforms existing methods in ambiguous node identification.
TuneUp improves GNN training by focusing on hard-to-learn nodes.
problem Sub-optimal training of GNNs on all nodes equally.
method Two-stage training: base GNN + tail node improvement.
result Significant improvement in tail node prediction performance.
Proposes active learning for meta-learning in graph node response prediction.
problem Difficulty in improving performance with meta-learning due to unbalanced observations.
method Combines graph convolutional neural networks and reinforcement learning for both prediction and node selection.
result Can predict responses and select nodes even for unseen response variables.
Graph InfoClust learns node representations by capturing cluster-level information, improving graph mining tasks.
problem Leveraging cluster-level node information for unsupervised graph representation learning.
method Graph InfoClust (GIC) uses a differentiable K-means method to compute clusters and jointly optimizes mutual information between nodes of the same cluster.
result GIC outperforms state-of-the-art methods in various downstream tasks with a 0.9% to 6.1% gain.
Graph Posterior Network improves uncertainty estimation for node classification in interdependent graphs.
problem Uncertainty quantification for non-independent node-level predictions in graphs.
method Derives axioms for expected predictive uncertainty, proposes Graph Posterior Network (GPN) which performs Bayesian posterior updates.
result GPN outperforms existing approaches for uncertainty estimation in semi-supervised node classification.
DEAL model predicts links for new nodes with only attribute info.
problem Predicting links for new nodes with only attribute info.
method DEAL model with two encoders and alignment mechanism.
result DEAL significantly outperforms existing methods on inductive link prediction.
Improves decentralized learning by teleporting active nodes for better convergence.
problem Decentralized learning's convergence rate degrades with large node numbers.
method Activates a subset of nodes, fetches parameters from previous active nodes, updates, and performs gossip averaging on a small topology.
result Teleportation completely alleviates convergence rate degradation with proper node activation.
Unified theory linking node embeddings and graph representations.
problem Clarifying the relationship between node embeddings and graph representations.
method Using invariant theory, the paper establishes a theoretical framework bridging node embeddings and structural graph representations.
result Proves equivalence between node embeddings and structural graph representations, showing they are interchangeable for various tasks.
Graph embedding is an important approach for graph analysis tasks such as node classification and link prediction. The goal of graph embedding is to find a low dimensional representation of graph nodes that preserves the graph information. Recent methods like Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) try to consider node attri…
Privacy attacks reveal hidden information in network embeddings after node removal.
problem Privacy concerns in network embeddings after node deletion.
method Analyzed network embeddings and developed an attack to recover removed node information.
result Significant information about removed node's neighbors can be retrieved from remaining embeddings.
Caps2NE learns node embeddings in graphs using capsule layers.
problem Learning low-dimensional node embeddings in graph data.
method Caps2NE uses a two-capsule layer architecture with a routing process to aggregate neighbors' features.
result Caps2NE achieves state-of-the-art performance on node classification tasks.
In various application areas, networked data is collected by measuring interactions involving some specific set of core nodes. This results in a network dataset containing the core nodes along with a potentially much larger set of fringe nodes that all have at least one interaction with a core node. In many settings, t…
When choosing a suitable technique for regression and classification with multivariate predictor variables, one is often faced with a tradeoff between interpretability and high predictive accuracy. To give a classical example, classification and regression trees are easy to understand and interpret. Tree ensembles like…