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48 results for invariant networks

New research shows invariant networks can approximate any continuous function.

problem Can invariant networks approximate any continuous invariant function?
method Considered a general case where GG acts on Rn\mathbb{R}^n by permuting coordinates. Proved two main results: 1) GG-invariant networks are universal with high-order tensors, 2) higher-order tensors are necessary for universality with some groups.
result Invariant networks can approximate any continuous invariant function under certain conditions.

Learn invariances in neural networks by optimizing over augmentation parameters.

problem Lack of knowledge about present invariances and their extent in data.
method Parameterize a distribution over augmentations and optimize network parameters and augmentation parameters simultaneously.
result Recover correct set and extent of invariances on various tasks from training data alone.

New method for invariant neural networks using probabilistic symmetries.

problem Improving neural network performance in data-scarce, non-i.i.d., or unsupervised settings.
method Characterizing neural network structures invariant under compact group actions using probabilistic symmetry.
result Established a link between functional and probabilistic symmetry, yielding generative representations of invariant distributions.

The study analyzes neural network predictions of knot invariants and finds that braid representations work best.

problem Understanding and predicting knot invariants using neural networks.
method Investigated different knot representations and invariants, proposed a cosine similarity score.
result Braid representations are best for predicting knot invariants, and some invariants are easier to learn than others.

Study improves neural network generalization for invariant and equivariant data.

problem Developing a generalization theory for invariant and equivariant neural networks.
method Introducing quotient feature spaces to measure the effect of group actions on properties and proving a generalization error bound.
result The volume of quotient feature spaces can describe the generalization error and invariance/equivariance significantly improve the bound.

Deep neural networks can approximate invariant/equivariant functions with fewer parameters.

problem Approximating functions that respect group symmetries with neural networks.
method Constructing deep neural networks with GG-actions and GG-equivariant/invariant affine transformations.
result Deep neural networks can approximate GG-invariant/equivariant functions with exponentially fewer parameters.

This research studies affine invariance in continuous-domain convolutional neural networks.

problem Recognizing patterns and features under affine transformations in continuous domains.
method Introduces a new criterion for assessing affine invariance, embeds images into the affine Lie group, and analyzes convolution over this group.
result Extends the scope of geometrical transformations that deep-learning pipelines can handle.

Frame Averaging makes neural networks invariant or equivariant to new symmetries.

problem Designing neural networks that respect symmetries while being expressive and efficient.
method Introduces Frame Averaging (FA) as a systematic framework to adapt architectures to become invariant or equivariant to new symmetries.
result Frame Averaging guarantees exact invariance or equivariance while being simpler to compute than full group averaging.

This paper tackles non-vacuous generalization bounds in ReLU networks by resolving rescaling invariances.

problem Non-vacuous generalization guarantees for ReLU networks with rescaling invariances.
method Proposes a lifted representation to resolve rescaling invariances and studies KL-based rescaling-invariant PAC-Bayes bounds.
result KL-based rescaling-invariant PAC-Bayes bounds provide tighter guarantees and resolve discrepancies in network complexity.

A universal collection of 4 invariants improves neural network accuracy for molecular dynamics.

problem Improving accuracy of neural networks in molecular dynamics.
method Developed a universal collection of 4 smooth scalar invariants on M(3) x M(3) and evaluated their effectiveness in a PONITA neural network architecture.
result Using a universal collection of invariants significantly improves neural network accuracy.

New approach for deep neural networks to learn invariance through adversarial forgetting.

problem Learning invariance for deep neural networks in the presence of nuisance and bias factors.
method Adversarial forgetting mechanism to induce amnesia to unwanted data factors.
result State-of-the-art performance in learning invariance across various datasets and tasks.

Group-invariant neural networks improve approximation accuracy for symmetric functions.

problem Improving approximation accuracy for symmetric functions using neural networks.
method Investigates the generalization error of group-invariant neural networks within the Barron framework.
result Group invariance introduces a factor δ that can significantly improve approximation accuracy when it is small.

Deep neural networks approximate functions in shift-invariant spaces with controlled error.

problem Approximating functions in shift-invariant spaces with neural networks.
method Using deep ReLU neural networks, estimating approximation error bounds based on network width and depth.
result Deep neural networks achieve optimal approximation rates for Sobolev spaces up to a logarithmic factor.

Framework adds invariance to pretrained networks without fine-tuning.

problem Adding invariance to pretrained networks without altering original behavior.
method Post-training augmentation invariance framework with Markov-Wasserstein minimization and Wasserstein correlation maximization losses.
result Adapter networks improve classification accuracy on rotated and noisy images.

New method relaxes spatial invariance in locally connected layers, improving accuracy.

problem Improving classification accuracy with locally connected layers.
method Designing a low-rank locally connected layer with varying spatially varying combining weights.
result Relaxing spatial invariance improves classification accuracy over convolution and locally connected layers.

Deep networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks due to excessive invariance.

problem Adversarial vulnerability of deep neural networks.
method Decomposed adversarial errors into sensitivity and invariance. Proposed an extended cross-entropy loss to encourage consideration of all task-dependent features.
result Deep networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks due to excessive invariance, not just sensitivity.

Three training regimes found for scale-invariant neural networks on the sphere.

problem Training scale-invariant neural networks on the sphere with varying effective learning rate.
method Investigated three regimes of training: convergence, chaotic equilibrium, and divergence.
result Discovered three distinct training regimes with unique characteristics.

Unified framework for invariance to nuisance and bias factors in neural networks.

problem Inducing independence to nuisance and bias factors in neural networks without labeled data.
method Unified invariance framework using competitive training between prediction and reconstruction tasks, coupled with disentanglement and adversarial learning.
result Outperforms previous works at inducing invariance to nuisance factors and achieves state-of-the-art performance at learning independence to biasing factors.

The paper extends hypothesis testing to non-diagonalizable matrices, improving network statistics inference.

problem Testing on non-diagonalizable matrices for network statistics.
method Generalizes Wald and t-tests to non-symmetric matrices, controlling convergence rates.
result Improved inference on network statistics from directed networks.

DeepHoyer introduces differentiable, scale-invariant sparsity measures for neural networks.

problem Efficiently sparsifying neural networks with scale-invariant sparsity measures.
method Developed DeepHoyer, a set of differentiable, scale-invariant sparsity-inducing regularizers based on the Hoyer measure.
result DeepHoyer produces sparser neural networks than previous methods, maintaining similar accuracy.

This paper classifies GG-invariant shallow neural networks.

problem Designing optimal GG-invariant neural architectures for GG-invariant target functions.
method Proving theorems about the classification and morphisms of GG-invariant single-hidden-layer neural networks.
result Classification of GG-invariant shallow neural networks and characterization of morphisms.

This paper proves new universality theorems for invariant and equivariant GNNs.

problem Designing GNNs that are invariant or equivariant under node permutations.
method Introduced a new class of invariant and equivariant GNNs with a single hidden layer.
result Universal invariant and equivariant GNNs can be constructed with a single set of parameters.

Paper proposes CNN with SIFT for rotation invariant feature extraction.

problem Max-pooling layer discards rotational information, leading to rotation invariance issues.
method Uses SIFT descriptor to capture orientation and spatial relationships.
result Improves feature extraction on MNIST and fashionMNIST datasets.

Investigates spectral properties of neural networks, showing invariance under certain conditions.

problem Understanding the spectral evolution and invariance in linear-width neural networks.
method Empirical and theoretical analysis of spectra of weight matrices in high-dimensional settings.
result Spectra of weight matrices are invariant under certain training conditions, with implications for feature learning.

New neural architectures invariant to sign flips and basis symmetries for graph representation learning.

problem Learning invariant graph representations from eigenvectors.
method SignNet and BasisNet neural architectures that are invariant to sign flips and basis symmetries.
result Proven to be universal, approximating any continuous function of eigenvectors with desired invariances.