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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Proposes VCLANC for attributed network clustering using node and attribute embeddings.
problem Lack of mutual affinity exploitation between nodes and attributes in graph convolution.
method Dual variational auto-encoders for node and attribute embeddings, Gaussian mixture model priors, mutual distance and clustering assignment hardening losses.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on real-world attributed network datasets.
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.
New sampling methods improve node embedding efficiency.
problem Efficiency and scalability in node embedding methods.
method Sampling approaches to node embedding, modeling eigenvectors and feature vectors.
result Improved computational efficiency and scalability.
DiSeNE generates interpretable node embeddings without supervision.
problem Lack of interpretability in unsupervised node embeddings.
method Disentangled representation learning with novel objective functions and metrics.
result DiSeNE produces interpretable node embeddings aligned with graph structure.
Paper proposes a novel graph recovery attack from node embeddings.
problem Privacy risks of integrating graph embeddings with machine learning pipelines.
method Model-agnostic graph recovery attack exploiting preserved structural information in node embeddings.
result Adversaries can recover graph edges with decent accuracy from node embeddings alone.
A new method combines multiple node embeddings using tensor decomposition.
problem Generating accurate node embeddings for complex networks.
method TenSemble2Vec: combines multiple embeddings via tensor decomposition.
result Improves node embeddings by leveraging complementary information from different methods.
This work provides the first unifying theoretical framework for node (positional) embeddings and structural graph representations, bridging methods like matrix factorization and graph neural networks. Using invariant theory, we show that the relationship between structural representations and node embeddings is analogo…
AUASE embeds dynamic networks with stability guarantees for node comparison.
problem Stability in dynamic network embeddings for comparing nodes across time.
method Attributed unfolded adjacency spectral embedding (AUASE) for stable unsupervised learning.
result AUASE provides significant improvements in link prediction and node classification.
Node embedding is the task of extracting informative and descriptive features over the nodes of a graph. The importance of node embeddings for graph analytics, as well as learning tasks such as node classification, link prediction and community detection, has led to increased interest on the problem leading to a number…
Paper proposes DMGD for integrating outlier and community detection in graph embedding.
problem Outlier nodes affect graph embedding of regular nodes, especially in networks with multiple communities.
method DMGD integrates outlier and community detection with node embedding using multiclass graph description.
result DMGD detects outliers relative to their communities and achieves better node embedding compared to state-of-the-arts.
Proposes a method to improve graph embedding by removing least frequent nodes.
problem Capturing global graph structure in random walk-based embeddings.
method Extends random walk-based graph embedding by removing least frequent nodes.
result Improves predictive performance slightly, if at all.
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 …
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.
Landmark-based node embeddings approximate shortest path distances in random graphs.
problem Capturing global graph distances in node representations.
method Landmark-based node embeddings using shortest path distances from a subset of reference nodes (landmarks).
result Random graphs require lower dimensions in landmark-based embeddings compared to worst-case graphs.
In this work, we present a method for node embedding in temporal graphs. We propose an algorithm that learns the evolution of a temporal graph's nodes and edges over time and incorporates this dynamics in a temporal node embedding framework for different graph prediction tasks. We present a joint loss function that cre…
GLACE embeds large-scale attributed graphs effectively, preserving structure and attributes.
problem Uncertainty and complexity in large-scale attributed graphs.
method Gaussian embeddings for scalable and efficient graph embedding.
result GLACE outperforms state-of-the-art methods on multiple graph analysis tasks.
Graph embedding provides an efficient solution for graph analysis by converting the graph into a low-dimensional space which preserves the structure information. In contrast to the graph structure data, the i.i.d. node embedding can be processed efficiently in terms of both time and space. Current semi-supervised graph…
This paper improves spectral embedding for multipartite networks, revealing latent subspaces and providing consistent node representations.
problem Improving spectral embedding for multipartite networks to better represent node types.
method Developed a follow-on step to spectral embedding that recovers node representations in their intrinsic rather than ambient dimension, proving consistency under a specific model.
result Node representations in multipartite networks lie near type-specific subspaces, and the proposed method recovers these representations consistently.
asp2vec learns dynamic node aspect distributions for better network embedding.
problem Lack of multi-aspect node representations in network embedding.
method Dynamic aspect assignment via Gumbel-Softmax and aspect regularization.
result Improved network embedding quality through dynamic aspect modeling.
New method uses MHN for associative learning in network embedding.
problem Represent nodes in networks as low-dimensional vectors while incorporating topological and structural information.
method Introduces Modern Hopfield Networks (MHN) for associative learning between node content and neighbors.
result Competitive performance on node classification and linkage prediction tasks.
This work analyzes PPR-based node embeddings and their topological information.
problem Understanding and interpreting PPR-based node embeddings.
method Unified framework and two methods for topology recovery.
result PPR-based embeddings maintain more topological information than random walk-based embeddings.
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.
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.
The paper examines node2vec embeddings for community detection in networks.
problem Theoretical understanding of node2vec embeddings for community detection.
method Analysis of node2vec embeddings for community recovery in stochastic block models.
result k-means clustering on node2vec embeddings gives weakly consistent community recovery for stochastic block models.
In this paper we propose and study the novel problem of explaining node embeddings by finding embedded human interpretable subspaces in already trained unsupervised node representation embeddings. We use an external knowledge base that is organized as a taxonomy of human-understandable concepts over entities as a guide…
This work shows dimension regularization can replace skip-gram negative sampling for graph embeddings, improving efficiency and performance.
problem Efficiently enforcing dissimilarity among node embeddings in graph learning.
method Dimension regularization as an alternative to skip-gram negative sampling.
result Dimension regularization is a more efficient approach to enforcing dissimilarity in graph embeddings.
Proposes a novel approach using vector cross product to preserve directional edges in directed graphs.
problem Preserving directional edges in directed graphs for tasks like link prediction and node recommendation.
method Integrates the non-commutative property of vector cross product into a Siamese neural network to learn N-dimensional embeddings.
result Low-dimensional embeddings effectively preserve directional properties and outperform state-of-the-art methods.
G-CREWE efficiently aligns large networks using node embeddings and compression.
problem Efficiently aligning large networks for various applications.
method Uses node embeddings and compression to align networks at fine and coarse resolutions.
result G-CREWE achieves efficient and accurate network alignment, twice as fast as existing methods.
The problem of unsupervised learning node embeddings in graphs is one of the important directions in modern network science. In this work we propose a novel framework, which is aimed to find embeddings by \textit{discriminating distributions of similarities (DDoS)} between nodes in the graph. The general idea is implem…
SGE learns symbolic node representations from relational data.
problem Mining insights from complex, real-world systems.
method SGE uses frequent pattern mining on a node's neighborhood to learn symbolic node representations.
result SGE outperforms shallow node embedding methods on a venue classification task.
Are Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) fair? In many real world graphs, the formation of edges is related to certain node attributes (e.g. gender, community, reputation). In this case, standard GNNs using these edges will be biased by this information, as it is encoded in the structure of the adjacency matrix itself. In this…
DMGI embeds multiplex networks with node attributes without supervision.
problem Existing methods fail to handle node attributes and multiple relation types in multiplex networks.
method Inspired by DGI, DMGI maximizes mutual information between local and global graph representations, integrating node embeddings from multiple graphs.
result DMGI outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various downstream tasks.
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…
AnomalyDAE detects anomalies in networks by learning cross-modality interactions.
problem Detecting anomalies in attributed networks where structure and attributes interact.
method Dual autoencoder framework with attention mechanism for joint learning of structure and attribute embeddings.
result AnomalyDAE effectively detects anomalies by reconstructing node attributes and structures.
A network embedding consists of a vector representation for each node in the network. Its usefulness has been shown in many real-world application domains, such as social networks and web networks. Directed networks with text associated with each node, such as software package dependency networks, are commonplace. Howe…
Graph embedding methods produce unsupervised node features from graphs that can then be used for a variety of machine learning tasks. Modern graphs, particularly in industrial applications, contain billions of nodes and trillions of edges, which exceeds the capability of existing embedding systems. We present PyTorch-B…
SCNode improves node embeddings for GNNs in both homophilic and heterophilic graphs.
problem Challenges in node representation quality and generalization in GNNs, especially in heterophilic graphs.
method SCNode integrates spatial and contextual information to create more discriminative and structurally aware node embeddings.
result SCNode achieves superior performance over conventional GNN models on benchmark datasets.
New method embeds dynamic networks with stability for node behavior.
problem Embed time-evolving node representations with stability.
method Unfolded adjacency spectral embedding for dynamic networks.
result Method satisfies cross-sectional and longitudinal stability.