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This work challenges the Neural Tangent Kernel's role in overparameterized neural networks, especially with large width and depth.

problem The Neural Tangent Kernel's behavior in overparameterized neural networks with large width and depth is unclear.
method Experimental and theoretical analysis of ReLU networks with large width and depth.
result The aggregate norm of hidden neuron deviations does not vanish in infinitely-wide ReLU networks, indicating non-trivial behavior.

Study on neural network initialization with shaped infinite depth-and-width networks.

problem Understanding the distribution of random covariance matrices in shaped infinite-depth-and-width networks.
method Introduced the Neural Covariance SDE to model the distribution of the random covariance matrix.
result Identified the precise scaling of the activation function necessary for a non-trivial limit.

New method improves reliability of depth estimation models.

problem Uncertainty quantification in large-scale vision models.
method Parameter-efficient Bayesian neural networks with PEFT methods.
result Combining PEFT methods with Bayesian inference enhances predictive performance.

The paper proves barriers to approximating functions with small weights and depth in neural networks.

problem Proving barriers to approximating functions with constant depth neural networks.
method Reduction to open problems and natural-proof barriers in circuit complexity, and a new approach to polynomially-bounded functions.
result There are fundamental barriers to proving results beyond depth 4 for constant-depth neural networks.

The paper explores how the depth of neural networks affects their ability to represent data accurately.

problem Understanding the implicit bias and rank of neural networks with large depth.
method Analyzing the convergence of representation cost to a notion of rank as network depth increases, and investigating conditions for recovering the true rank of data.
result There is a range of network depths where the true rank of data is recovered, and this affects the topology of class boundaries.

Study on functions computed by deep-layered machines finds same distribution in neural networks and Boolean circuits.

problem Understanding the space of functions computed by deep-layered machines.
method Investigation of Boolean functions on random-layered machines, including neural networks and Boolean circuits.
result The space of functions computed at large depth limit is characterized and the macroscopic entropy of Boolean functions is either monotonically increasing or decreasing with depth.

Introduces Polar Depth for analyzing multivariate heavy-tailed data extremes.

problem Analyzing the behavior of extremes from multivariate heavy-tailed distributions.
method Introduces Polar Depth, a novel statistical depth function expressed in polar coordinates.
result The polar depth of the largest observations converges to the polar depth of the limiting distribution as the threshold increases.

We prove the precise scaling, at finite depth and width, for the mean and variance of the neural tangent kernel (NTK) in a randomly initialized ReLU network. The standard deviation is exponential in the ratio of network depth to width. Thus, even in the limit of infinite overparameterization, the NTK is not determinist…

2019-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Large neural networks learn low-dimensional representations that balance complexity and regularity.

problem Understanding the tradeoff between low-dimensional representations and complexity in deep neural networks.
method Computed finite depth corrections to reveal a measure of regularity that bounds the pseudo-determinant of the Jacobian.
result Proved the conjectured bottleneck structure in learned features as network depth increases, showing almost all hidden representations are approximately low-dimensional and weight matrices have singular values close to 1.

Study on feature learning dynamics in infinite-depth neural networks, focusing on ResNets.

problem Understanding how features evolve during training in deep neural networks, especially in the large-depth limit.
method Conditional Gaussian representations and SDE system with decoupled backward weights.
result Depth-induced suppression of forward-backward coupling in infinite-depth networks, leading to a decoupled forward-backward SDE system.

Stable ResNet stabilizes gradients in deep networks.

problem Gradient vanishing and exploding in deep ResNet architectures.
method Introducing Stable ResNet architectures with gradient stabilization and infinite depth expressivity.
result Stable ResNet maintains gradient stability and expressivity in deep networks.

Bayesian linear networks reveal optimal depth and width trade-offs.

problem Understanding how depth, width, and dataset size affect model quality in linear networks.
method Zero noise Bayesian inference with Gaussian weight priors and mean squared error.
result Optimal predictions at infinite depth and maximized Bayesian model evidence at infinite depth.

Study of deep linear neural networks with proportional width and depth.

problem Lack of descriptive power in Gaussian limit of deep linear neural networks.
method Proportional infinite-width infinite-depth limit for deep linear neural networks.
result Characterization of limiting distribution as a nontrivial mixture of Gaussians.

Investigates the relationship between ResNets and Neural ODEs, quantifying their closeness and providing training methods.

problem Quantifying the distance between ResNet dynamics and Neural ODE solutions.
method Bounding the distance between hidden state trajectories and Neural ODE solutions, using gradient descent and Heun's method.
result Gradient descent and Heun's method can implicitly regularize ResNets towards Neural ODEs, especially for smooth residual functions.

This note explores the consequences of nonlinear price impact functions on price dynamics within the chartist-fundamentalist framework. Price impact functions may be nonlinear with respect to trading volume. As indicated by recent empirical studies, a given transaction may cause a large (small) price change if market d…

2004-03-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep architecture such as hierarchical semi-Markov models is an important class of models for nested sequential data. Current exact inference schemes either cost cubic time in sequence length, or exponential time in model depth. These costs are prohibitive for large-scale problems with arbitrary length and depth. In th…

2014-08-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a model for the joint estimation of disparity and motion. The model is based on learning about the interrelations between images from multiple cameras, multiple frames in a video, or the combination of both. We show that learning depth and motion cues, as well as their combinations, from data is possible wit…

2013-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The study analyzes deep linear networks from random initialization, capturing dynamics and hyperparameter effects.

problem Understanding training dynamics in deep linear networks from random initialization.
method Theoretical analysis of gradient descent dynamics in deep linear networks with random initialization and large data.
result Captures the 'wider is better' effect and hyperparameter transfer effects, contrasting with neural-tangent parameterization.

Unified theory of deep neural networks with diverse activations.

problem Understanding the relationship between depth and complexity in deep neural networks.
method Developed a unified function space theory for deep networks with various activations.
result Unified theory provides meaningful complexity for deep networks with diverse activations.

Deep networks can perfectly classify two low-dimensional manifolds on a sphere with large depth and width.

problem Binary classification of two low-dimensional submanifolds on a sphere.
method Analysis of a deep fully-connected neural network trained to separate two submanifolds of the unit sphere.
result Randomly-initialized gradient descent can perfectly classify the two manifolds with high probability when the network depth is large relative to certain geometric and statistical properties of the data.

Deep networks improve by progressively refining approximations at each layer.

problem Standard approximation theory doesn't explain the role of intermediate layers in deep neural networks.
method Developed a mixed-activation architecture with a geometric scale interpretation of depth.
result Each intermediate layer approximates the target function with a geometric rate.

Residual networks with depthwise hyperparameter scaling transfer optimal hyperparameters across width and depth.

problem The challenge of hyperparameter tuning in deep learning, especially for large models.
method Combining μμP parameterization with residual networks having a residual branch scale of 1/extdepth1/\sqrt{ ext{depth}}.
result Optimal hyperparameters transfer across width and depth in residual networks trained with this parameterization.

We show that the standard stochastic gradient decent (SGD) algorithm is guaranteed to learn, in polynomial time, a function that is competitive with the best function in the conjugate kernel space of the network, as defined in Daniely, Frostig and Singer. The result holds for log-depth networks from a rich family of ar…

2017-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm quantifies uncertainty in regression models for complex data types.

problem Uncertainty quantification in regression models for complex data types.
method Model-free uncertainty quantification algorithm based on conditional depth measures and kernel mean embeddings.
result Provides faster convergence rates and non-asymptotic guarantees for prediction regions.

Our study analyzes how neural network initialization affects privacy and utility in overparameterized models.

problem Privacy and utility trade-off in overparameterized neural networks.
method Analytical proof of KL divergence privacy bound, focusing on initialization, width, and depth.
result Privacy bound improvement with increasing depth under certain initializations, degradation under others.

The study analyzes games and social hierarchies, incorporating luck and depth of competition.

problem Analyzing patterns of wins and losses in games and social hierarchies.
method Generalized probabilistic models incorporating luck and depth of competition.
result Social competition tends to be deeper with many distinct levels, but there is often a chance of upset victories.

Study reveals how depth of reasoning affects generalization in models.

problem Understanding scaling behavior of generalization with CoT depth.
method Theoretical model of CoT in linear regression using random matrix theory.
result Sharp phase transition between exponential and polynomial improvement, saturation, and overthinking.

New Transformer architecture prevents rank degeneracy in deep attention models.

problem Rank degeneracy in deep attention models.
method Modified Softmax-based attention model with skip connections, centered at identity, and scaled logits.
result Existence of a stable SDE implies well-behaved covariance structure, preventing rank degeneracy.

ML models predict water table depth more accurately than PB models, especially in data-scarce regions.

problem Uncertainty in large-scale simulations of water table depth due to biased observational data and model flexibility.
method Constructed three ML models using XGBoost and over 20 million real and proxy observations across the US and Canada.
result ML models correlate 0.6-0.75 with real and proxy observations, significantly better than PB models (0.21-0.40).

Poly-GNNs achieve similar performance regardless of depth, highlighting graph noise's dominance.

problem Performance of poly-GNNs in semi-supervised node classification.
method Analysis of poly-GNNs under a contextual stochastic block model (CSBM).
result For a sufficiently large graph, depth k>1k > 1 poly-GNNs exhibit the same rate of separation as depth k=1k=1 counterparts.

CoT enhances transformer accuracy on serial tasks by enabling serial computation.

problem Improving accuracy of large language models on inherently serial problems.
method Integrating a chain of thought (CoT) into decoder-only transformers to enable serial computation.
result Constant-depth transformers with CoT can solve problems in AC^0, surpassing TC^0 without CoT.

Uniform scaling limits in AdamW-trained transformers converge to ODEs.

problem Understanding the dynamics of large-depth transformers trained with AdamW.
method Modeling transformer dynamics as an interacting particle system coupled through attention, proving convergence to ODEs.
result The joint dynamics of hidden states and backpropagated variables converge uniformly to an ODE system.