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Generalized linear models with nonlinear feature transformations are widely used for large-scale regression and classification problems with sparse inputs. Memorization of feature interactions through a wide set of cross-product feature transformations are effective and interpretable, while generalization requires more…

2016-06-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Single wide layer followed by a pyramidal structure ensures global convergence in deep networks.

problem Ensuring global convergence in deep neural networks with limited width constraints.
method Proves that a single wide layer followed by a pyramidal structure guarantees global convergence for over-parameterized networks.
result Single wide layer of width NN suffices for global convergence in deep networks with constant-width remaining layers.

Stable processes emerge as limits of deep neural networks with symmetric stable distributions.

problem Understanding the behavior of deep neural networks as they become infinitely wide.
method Analyzing fully connected feed-forward deep neural networks with symmetric stable distributions and showing the limit as a stable process.
result The infinite wide limit of the network is a stable process with multivariate stable distributions.

Wide neural networks have non-attracting local minima.

problem Understanding the impact of suboptimal local minima in deep and wide neural networks.
method Construction of non-attracting local minima and saddle points in wide neural networks.
result Wide neural networks have non-attracting local minima, even though they are not negatively impacted by suboptimal local optima.

Study of deep Stable neural networks with various activation functions.

problem Characterizing the infinitely wide limits of deep Stable neural networks.
method Investigation of large-width properties of deep Stable NNs with a generalized central limit theorem for heavy tails.
result Extension of characterization to a broader class of activation functions, including sub-linear, asymptotically linear, and super-linear functions.

Wide and Deep GNN learns from distributed graphs and retrain online.

problem Decentralized graph support changes over time, causing mismatch between training and testing graphs.
method Wide and Deep GNN architecture with distributed online learning.
result Convergence guarantees for online retraining of the wide part of the GNN.

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.

Deep neural networks' Jacobian spectrum becomes well-conditioned with orthogonal weights.

problem Understanding and handling the Jacobian spectrum of deep neural networks.
method Applying free probability theory to show almost sure asymptotic freeness of Jacobians in the wide limit.
result Layer-wise Jacobians of deep neural networks with orthogonal weights are almost surely asymptotically free.

Whilst deep neural networks have shown great empirical success, there is still much work to be done to understand their theoretical properties. In this paper, we study the relationship between random, wide, fully connected, feedforward networks with more than one hidden layer and Gaussian processes with a recursive ker…

2018-04-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian inference for wide neural networks using Edgeworth expansion.

problem Analyzing the non-Gaussian behavior of wide neural networks in Bayesian inference.
method Proposed a non-Gaussian distribution using multivariate Edgeworth expansion for finite-width neural networks.
result Derived non-Gaussian posterior distribution in Bayesian regression tasks.

The paper examines how deep linear neural networks behave as they become infinitely wide.

problem Understanding the behavior of deep linear neural networks as they approach infinite width.
method Analyzes the infinite-width limit of deep linear neural networks, proving convergence to deterministic models and providing precise laws for random weights.
result The training dynamics of deep linear neural networks converge to those of a deterministic model, and the weights' behavior is precisely described.

We analyze the loss landscape and expressiveness of practical deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with shared weights and max pooling layers. We show that such CNNs produce linearly independent features at a "wide" layer which has more neurons than the number of training samples. This condition holds e.g. for the…

2017-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Gradient descent proves global convergence for deep networks with a single wide layer.

problem Proving global convergence of gradient descent for deep ReLU networks.
method Simplified proof using a single wide layer, leveraging ReLU's Lipschitz property.
result Gradient descent converges globally for networks with a single wide layer.

Study on deep and wide echo state networks for forecasting complex time series.

problem Performance analysis of deep reservoir computing models.
method Investigates the impact of partitioning neurons and parallel pathways on forecasting accuracy.
result Wide and deep networks outperform shallow models in forecasting multiscale spatiotemporal data.

Deep RL algorithms generally generalize better than specialized schemes.

problem Deep RL agents fail to generalize beyond their training environments.
method Presented a benchmark and experimental protocol to systematically assess generalization in deep RL.
result Vanilla deep RL algorithms outperform specialized generalization schemes.

Deep and wide ReLU networks learn data-dependent features even in the lazy training regime.

problem Understanding the behavior of neural networks with finite depth and width.
method Analyzing the mean and variance of the neural tangent kernel (NTK) in a randomly initialized ReLU network.
result The NTK has a non-trivial evolution during training, with the mean of its first SGD update being exponential in the ratio of depth to width.

Memory split advantage: thinner networks outperform a single wide network.

problem Optimizing deep learning models with limited memory.
method Investigated training a single wide network vs. an ensemble of thinner networks with the same total number of parameters.
result An ensemble of several thinner networks outperforms a single wide network for large memory budgets.

Deep reinforcement learning methods attain super-human performance in a wide range of environments. Such methods are grossly inefficient, often taking orders of magnitudes more data than humans to achieve reasonable performance. We propose Neural Episodic Control: a deep reinforcement learning agent that is able to rap…

2017-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Study on infinitely-wide CNNs and their adaptability to function spatial scales.

problem Understanding how CNNs efficiently learn high-dimensional functions and their adaptability to function spatial scales.
method Study infinitely-wide deep CNNs in the kernel regime, characterizing their spectrum and using generalisation bounds to prove adaptability.
result Deep CNNs adapt to the spatial scale of the target function, with error decay controlled by the effective dimensionality of function subsets.

Wide neural networks converge to Gaussian processes, improving generalization.

problem Understanding the generalization of wide neural networks, especially deep equilibrium models.
method Investigation of deep equilibrium models (DEQs) with infinite-depth layers, focusing on their convergence to Gaussian processes as width and depth approach infinity.
result Wide DEQs converge to Gaussian processes, maintaining generalization performance.

Wide neural networks with narrow bottlenecks behave like deep Gaussian processes.

problem Understanding the behavior of neural networks with narrow layers in the wide limit.
method Analyzing the wide limit of BNNs with narrow bottlenecks, showing they behave like a composition of GPs.
result Wide neural networks with narrow bottlenecks form a composition of GPs, termed a bottleneck NNGP.

Wide neural networks' last hidden layers split into groups of redundant neurons.

problem Understanding why wide neural networks generalize well despite overfitting.
method Analyzed the last hidden layer representations of various convolutional neural networks.
result Wide hidden layers split into groups of redundant neurons, which help generalize.

Wide and deep neural network predicts Alzheimer's progression from shape and clinical data.

problem Predicting Alzheimer's disease progression from shape and clinical data.
method Fused anatomical shape and tabular clinical data in a neural network, employing survival analysis loss.
result The model outperforms shape and clinical models individually.

This paper analyzes deep Stable neural networks, showing convergence rates under different growth settings.

problem Analyzing the behavior of deep Stable neural networks as width increases.
method Large-width asymptotic analysis and convergence rates for fully connected feed-forward deep Stable NNs.
result The rescaled deep Stable NN converges weakly to a Stable SP under joint growth, with sup-norm convergence rates established.

This paper introduces an efficient method for optimizing deep learning hyperparameters.

problem The high dependency of deep learning algorithms on hyper-parameters.
method Orthogonal Array Tuning Method (OATM) for deep learning hyper-parameter tuning.
result The proposed OATM method significantly saves tuning time compared to state-of-the-art methods.

Paper proposes knockoff-based methods to simplify deep neural networks by controlling false discovery rates.

problem High-dimensional deep neural networks with many irrelevant parameters and inputs.
method Knockoff methods combined with regularized neural networks for variable screening.
result Proposed algorithms show satisfactory performance in controlling false discovery rates.

Article presents QR and LQ decomposition algorithms for various matrix sizes and ranks.

problem Solving least squares problems in machine learning and computer vision.
method Developed novel matrix backpropagation algorithms for QR and LQ decompositions of different matrix sizes and ranks.
result Numerical stability and computational efficiency of the proposed methods.

The paper proves neural networks' consistency and optimal convergence rates for various function classes.

problem Proving neural networks' consistency and optimal convergence rates for diverse function classes.
method Analyzes wide and deep ReLU neural networks trained on logistic loss and Kolmogorov-Donoho optimal function classes.
result Proves universal consistency and minimax optimal convergence rates for neural networks.

Deep Gaussian Processes are reinterpreted as deep trigonometric networks for tractable inference.

problem Challenging inference in DGPs due to intractable marginalization in latent function space.
method Viewing DGPs as deep trigonometric networks with Bochner's theorem, and using the wide limit with a bottleneck to translate DGPs into deep trigonometric networks.
result The weight space view yields the same effective covariance functions as obtained in function space, and varying prior distributions over network parameters is equivalent to employing different kernels.

Deep linear ResNets converge globally with certain transformations.

problem Global convergence of training deep linear ResNets.
method Gradient descent and stochastic gradient descent for training LL-hidden-layer linear ResNets.
result GD and SGD can converge to global minimum for deep linear ResNets with specific transformations.

Attention mechanisms in deep learning become Gaussian process-like as the number of heads increases.

problem Understanding the behavior of attention mechanisms in deep learning models.
method Extending the equivalence between wide neural networks and Gaussian processes to attention architectures.
result Multi-head attention architectures behave as Gaussian processes as the number of heads tends to infinity.

The paper uses deep learning to detect asset price bubbles in tech stocks.

problem Detecting financial asset price bubbles using deep learning.
method Deep learning techniques applied to call option prices for financial asset bubbles detection.
result The proposed deep learning algorithm provides a theoretical foundation for positive and continuous stochastic asset price processes.