Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are powerful to learn the representation of graph-structured data. Most of the GNNs use the message-passing scheme, where the embedding of a node is iteratively updated by aggregating the information of its neighbors. To achieve a better expressive capability of node influences, attention m…
Attention-based GNNs can't prevent oversmoothing, leading to homogeneous node representations.
problem The issue of oversmoothing in attention-based GNNs.
method Viewed attention-based GNNs as nonlinear time-varying dynamical systems and used tools from the theory of products of inhomogeneous matrices and the joint spectral radius.
result Graph attention mechanism cannot prevent oversmoothing and loses expressive power exponentially.
FastGAT reduces GNN computation time by 10x using graph sparsification.
problem High computational burden in attention-based GNNs.
method Spectral sparsification to generate optimal graph pruning.
result Per-epoch time is almost linear in graph nodes, reducing computational time by up to 10x.
Proposes a novel node embedding framework for graphs using Fisher Information.
problem Lack of theoretical understanding of attention-based GNNs.
method Uses hierarchical kernels and Fisher Information to learn node embeddings.
result Proposed method outperforms existing GNNs on node classification benchmarks.
Study improves fraud detection in e-commerce with a stacked model combining CNNs, GNNs, and confidence gating.
problem Detecting credit card fraud in online transactions.
method Stacking approach with attention and confidence-driven layers, using DOWA and IOWA operators.
result The method achieves high accuracy and robust generalization in CCF detection.
New method reveals why GNNs perform well on certain datasets.
problem Understanding why GNNs perform differently on similar datasets.
method Deriving exact generalization error for various GNN architectures.
result Benchmark datasets favor architectures that rely on graph structure.
GISST interprets GNNs by combining attention and sparsity for graph structure and node feature importance.
problem Lack of joint consideration of graph structure and node features in GNN interpretation.
method Model-agnostic framework using attention mechanism and sparsity regularization.
result GISST achieves superior node feature and edge explanation precision in synthetic and real-world datasets.
This paper addresses the challenging problem of retrieval and matching of graph structured objects, and makes two key contributions. First, we demonstrate how Graph Neural Networks (GNN), which have emerged as an effective model for various supervised prediction problems defined on structured data, can be trained to pr…
Eigen-GNN enhances GNNs by preserving graph structures.
problem Existing shallow GNNs fail to effectively preserve graph structures.
method Integrates eigenspace of graph structures into GNNs as a dimensionality reduction module.
result Eigen-GNN boosts GNNs' ability to preserve graph structures without increasing depth.
SHAKE-GNN scales GNNs for large graphs with multi-scale representations.
problem Scaling Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to large graphs.
method SHAKE-GNN uses a hierarchy of Kirchhoff Forests for stochastic multi-resolution graph decompositions.
result SHAKE-GNN achieves competitive performance on large-scale graph classification benchmarks.
GPT-GNN pre-trains GNNs on unlabeled graphs to improve downstream performance.
problem Training GNNs requires labeled data, which is expensive.
method Generative pre-training of GNNs on unlabeled data with self-supervision.
result GPT-GNN significantly outperforms state-of-the-art GNNs without pre-training.
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.
New insights into GNN optimization reveal skip connections and depth accelerate training.
problem Understanding and optimizing the training of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs).
method Analysis of gradient dynamics in linearized GNNs and empirical validation.
result GNNs are implicitly accelerated by skip connections, more depth, and good label distribution during training.
Survey on GNNs' power and limitations.
problem Theoretical limitations of GNNs.
method Comprehensive overview of GNNs and their variants.
result Provably powerful variants of GNNs.
Deep neural network models have recently draw lots of attention, as it consistently produce impressive results in many computer vision tasks such as image classification, object detection, etc. However, interpreting such model and show the reason why it performs quite well becomes a challenging question. In this paper,…
Paper proposes a graph neural network for accurate long-term ILI prediction.
problem Limited long-term prediction performance and spatio-temporal dependency in existing models.
method Cross-location attention based graph neural network (Cola-GNN) for time series embeddings and location aware attentions.
result Proposed method shows strong predictive performance and interpretable results for long-term epidemic predictions.
GNNs with random node initialization are shown to be universally expressive.
problem Limitations of standard GNNs in distinguishing graphs.
method Random node initialization (RNI) to enhance GNNs' expressive power.
result GNNs with RNI are proven to be universally expressive.
Unified framework for adaptive connection sampling in GNNs improves performance and robustness.
problem Over-smoothing and over-fitting in deep GNNs.
method Adaptive connection sampling trained jointly with GNN model parameters.
result Adaptive connection sampling mathematically equivalent to Bayesian GNNs approximation.
New algorithms reduce communication in GNN training.
problem Higher communication costs in GNNs due to sparse connectivity.
method Parallel algorithms for sparse-dense matrix multiplication.
result Asymptotic reduction in communication compared to previous methods.
Graph neural network (GNN), as a powerful representation learning model on graph data, attracts much attention across various disciplines. However, recent studies show that GNN is vulnerable to adversarial attacks. How to make GNN more robust? What are the key vulnerabilities in GNN? How to address the vulnerabilities …
ADMP-GNN dynamically adjusts message-passing layers for better graph learning performance.
problem Fixed message-passing steps in GNNs do not account for nodes' varying computational needs.
method Proposes ADMP-GNN, which dynamically adjusts the number of message-passing layers for each node.
result Improves performance on node classification tasks compared to baseline GNN models.
Adding random features to GNNs improves their performance.
problem Limitations of GNNs in distinguishing graphs and learning efficient algorithms.
method Adding random features to each node in GNNs.
result Random features enable GNNs to learn optimal algorithms for graph problems.
CI-GNN uses GNNs to diagnose psychiatric disorders by identifying causally relevant brain regions.
problem Leveraging GNNs for psychiatric diagnosis requires interpretable models to understand decision-making.
method CI-GNN integrates Granger causality into GNNs to identify causally relevant subgraphs.
result CI-GNN provides more reliable and concise explanations of psychiatric diagnoses.
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…
UM-GNN improves GNN robustness against poisoning attacks.
problem Vulnerability of GNNs to poisoning attacks.
method UM-GNN uses epistemic uncertainties from message passing to build a surrogate predictor.
result UM-GNN achieves significantly improved robustness against poisoning attacks.
TF-GNN simplifies graph neural networks in TensorFlow.
problem Handling rich heterogeneous graph data in machine learning.
method A scalable library with a Keras message passing API.
result Enables low-code solutions for broader developers.
Paper tackles fairness issues in GNNs by proposing ELEGANT for certification.
problem Fairness issues in GNN predictions due to graph data perturbations.
method Proposes ELEGANT framework for certifying fairness of any GNN without assumptions or re-training.
result The fairness of any GNN backbone is impossible to be corrupted under certain perturbation budgets.
Simplified NAS for GNN architectures improves efficiency and expressiveness.
problem Efficient and effective discovery of optimal GNN architectures.
method SNAG framework with a novel search space and reinforcement learning.
result SNAG framework outperforms human-designed and existing NAS methods.
A new method for training GNNs without a teacher model.
problem Training over-parameterized GNN models is difficult and inefficient.
method GNN Self-Distillation (GNN-SD) with NDR and ADR.
result Improves GNN performance with less training cost and better generalization.
FinDKG uses LLMs to detect financial trends from news articles.
problem Detecting global financial trends from unstructured text data.
method Fine-tuned LLMs for generating DKGs, KGTransformer for analysis.
result KGTransformer outperforms existing thematic ETFs in financial thematic investing.
GNNs generalize CNNs for graph data, showing equivariance and stability.
problem Processing signals on graphs.
method Graph convolutional filters, nonlinearities, stacked layers.
result GNNs converge to graphon neural networks under graph convergence.
Researchers explore statistical perspectives to understand GNN generalization.
problem Limited mathematical understanding of GNN performance.
method Three broad frameworks: learning theory, asymptotics, and random graph models.
result Various theoretical results and open questions identified.
Tail-GNNs improve protein function prediction using relational reinforcement.
problem Predicting hierarchical protein functions from sequence data.
method Combining Tail-GNNs with dilated convolutional networks for multi-task learning.
result Significant improvement in F_1 score for protein function prediction.
GraphNorm accelerates GNN training by adapting InstanceNorm, improving convergence and generalization.
problem Improving convergence and generalization of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs).
method Adapting InstanceNorm to GNNs, proposing GraphNorm with a learnable shift.
result GNNs with GraphNorm converge faster and achieve better performance on benchmarks.
Boost GNNs for node classification by incorporating label dependencies.
problem Current GNNs lack expressiveness and fail to capture label dependencies.
method Proposes a collective learning framework combining collective classification and self-supervised learning.
result Consistent, significant improvement in node classification accuracy across various GNNs.
Attention-based models have recently shown great performance on a range of tasks, such as speech recognition, machine translation, and image captioning due to their ability to summarize relevant information that expands through the entire length of an input sequence. In this paper, we analyze the usage of attention mec…
SGQuant reduces GNN memory usage without significant accuracy loss.
problem High memory consumption in GNNs limits their applicability on memory-constrained devices.
method Proposes a specialized GNN quantization scheme (SGQuant) with a quantization algorithm, fine-tuning scheme, and multi-granularity strategy.
result SGQuant reduces GNN memory footprint from 4.25x to 31.9x with minimal accuracy loss.
New research limits what GNNs can compute and generalizes their performance.
problem Limits of GNNs in computing graph properties and generalization bounds.
method Novel graph-theoretic formalism and data-dependent generalization bounds.
result Proves GNNs can't compute certain graph properties and provides tighter generalization bounds.
Alt-GNNs improve travel mode choice modeling by integrating graph neural networks with GEV models.
problem Capturing alternative dependence in discrete choice models with predefined, symmetric, and uniform dependence.
method Introducing Alternative Graph Neural Networks (Alt-GNNs) that embed alternative dependence within a unified framework.
result Alt-GNNs significantly improve predictive performance over benchmark models in travel mode choice datasets.
ABC learns context-aware representations for clustering.
problem Learning latent representations that adapt to context in machine learning.
method Attention-based neural architecture that learns a similarity kernel.
result Competitive results for clustering Omniglot characters.
Graph neural networks (GNN) has been successfully applied to operate on the graph-structured data. Given a specific scenario, rich human expertise and tremendous laborious trials are usually required to identify a suitable GNN architecture. It is because the performance of a GNN architecture is significantly affected b…
Sketch-GNN reduces GNN training time and memory usage to sublinear scales.
problem Training GNNs on large graphs is computationally expensive and memory-intensive.
method Develops a sketch-based algorithm that trains GNNs on compact sketches of graph adjacency and node embeddings.
result Training time and memory usage grow sublinearly with respect to graph size.
Enhances GNNs for causal relationship learning.
problem Lack of robust causal modeling in GNNs.
method Synthesized dataset with known causal relationships, lightweight GNN module.
result Empirically validated GNN module improves causal learning.
DistShap parallelizes GNN explanation for large graphs.
problem Computational expense in attributing GNN predictions to specific edges or features.
method Distributed Shapley values across multiple GPUs for scalable GNN explanations.
result DistShap outperforms existing methods and scales to models with millions of features.
The paper improves GNN generalization theory by considering graph manifolds.
problem Improper GNN generalization bounds ignoring graph structures.
method Taking a manifold perspective, the paper establishes GNN generalization theory.
result GNN generalization bounds decrease linearly with graph size and spectral continuity.
Enhances GNNs by improving input data quality from topology and labels.
problem Poor quality of graph data limits GNN performance.
method Improves graph data quality using model outputs for better semi-supervised node classification.
result SEG consistently improves GNN performance across various datasets.
AGBoost uses attention weights to improve GBM for regression problems.
problem Improving gradient boosting machine for regression tasks.
method Attention-based modification of GBM with trainable attention weights.
result AGBoost achieves better performance on regression datasets.
Paper proposes ADC framework to reduce ViT SL training communication overhead.
problem Reducing communication overhead in ViT SL training.
method Two parallel compression strategies: class-agnostic merging and token discarding.
result Significantly reduces communication overhead without sacrificing accuracy.