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48 results for wide feature matrices

The paper studies neural networks with wide layers and finds a deformed semicircle law.

problem Investigating spectral distributions of neural networks in the ultra-wide regime.
method Analyzes empirical kernel matrices, proves deformed semicircle law, provides nonlinear Hanson-Wright inequality.
result Emergence of a deformed semicircle law in the ultra-wide neural network regime.

Feature extraction and dimension reduction for networks is critical in a wide variety of domains. Efficiently and accurately learning features for multiple graphs has important applications in statistical inference on graphs. We propose a method to jointly embed multiple undirected graphs. Given a set of graphs, the jo…

2017-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Random feature matrices' singular values concentrate near their full expectation in high dimensions.

problem Characterizing the spectra of random feature matrices for regression problems.
method Analyzing two settings of input variables (random or well-separated) with conditions on dimension, complexity ratio, and sampling variance.
result The singular values of random feature matrices concentrate near their full expectation and near one with high probability.

Unified framework for graph coarsening using node features and graph matrices.

problem Dimensionality reduction of large graphs while preserving node features.
method Optimization-based framework that unifies graph learning and dimensionality reduction.
result The learned coarsened graph is ε-similar to the original graph, where ε is a small positive number.

Wide neural networks with weight decay exhibit neural collapse.

problem Proving neural collapse in wide neural networks trained with weight decay.
method Generic guarantees on neural collapse for wide networks with weight decay, proving low training error and balancedness, and bounded conditioning.
result First proof of neural collapse in end-to-end training of wide neural networks with weight decay.

Paper proposes JDR to denoise graph features and rewire graphs for better node classification.

problem Jointly denoise noisy graph features and rewire graphs for improved node classification.
method Align leading spectral spaces of graph and feature matrices to solve non-convex optimization problem.
result JDR consistently outperforms existing methods on various node classification tasks.

Eigendecomposition (ED) is widely used in deep networks. However, the backpropagation of its results tends to be numerically unstable, whether using ED directly or approximating it with the Power Iteration method, particularly when dealing with large matrices. While this can be mitigated by partitioning the data in sma…

2019-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper tightens bounds on the smallest eigenvalue of NTK for deep ReLU networks.

problem Analyzing the smallest eigenvalue of Neural Tangent Kernel for deep ReLU networks.
method Analyzing various quantities of independent interest, including lower bounds on the smallest singular value of hidden feature matrices and upper bounds on the Lipschitz constant of input-output feature maps.
result Tight bounds on the smallest eigenvalue of NTK matrices for deep ReLU nets, both in the limiting case of infinite widths and for finite widths.

As a typical dimensionality reduction technique, random projection can be simply implemented with linear projection, while maintaining the pairwise distances of high-dimensional data with high probability. Considering this technique is mainly exploited for the task of classification, this paper is developed to study th…

2013-12-12abs ↗pdf ↗

PSMM method optimizes matrix sufficient dimension reduction.

problem Feature matrices with row- and column-wise interpretations require efficient dimension reduction.
method PSMM method converts matrix problem into classification problems using rank-1 normal matrix.
result PSMM outperforms existing methods and provides strong interpretability.

A theory of feature geometry using spectral analysis of weight matrices.

problem Current methods decompose neural network activations into sparse linear features, losing geometric structure.
method Develops a theory by analyzing the spectra of weight-derived matrices, introducing the frame operator.
result Features collapse onto single eigenspaces, organizing into tight frames, and admit discrete classification.

Inf-FS selects features by graph paths, ranking them for infinite feature sets.

problem Feature selection in large datasets with relevance and redundancy.
method Graph-based feature selection with infinite paths, evaluating feature subsets using matrix power series and Markov chains.
result Inf-FS outperforms other methods in various feature selection scenarios.

Gradient descent aligns neural feature matrices with pre-activation tangent features.

problem Understanding neural feature learning mechanisms.
method Analytical proof of alignment between weight matrices and pre-activation tangent features.
result Derivative alignment occurs almost surely in high-dimensional settings.

Paper speeds up GP inference by reducing precision matrix computation.

problem High computational complexity in computing kernel precision matrices.
method Splitting precision matrix into Hankel-Toeplitz matrices and computing only unique entries.
result Precision matrix computation reduced from O(NM2)\mathcal{O}(NM^2) to O(NM)\mathcal{O}(NM).

Chevalley theorems extended to isotropic functions on matrix spaces.

problem Extending Chevalley theorems to isotropic functions on matrix spaces.
method Proving ultradifferentiable Chevalley restriction theorems for various ultradifferentiable classes.
result Isotropic functions on symmetric matrices have ultradifferentiable regularity if and only if their diagonal restrictions do.

We analyze the condition number of random feature matrices and prove their well-conditioned nature.

problem Understanding the condition number of random feature matrices and its impact on generalization error.
method Established concentration bounds and derived risk bounds for regression problems using random feature matrices.
result The risk associated with random feature matrices exhibits the double descent phenomenon, improving even with noise.

The study proves Gaussian universality of deep random features learning.

problem Understanding the test error in deep random features learning.
method Proving Gaussian universality of test error in ridge regression and arbitrary convex losses.
result Sharp asymptotic formula for test error in ridge regression setting.

Orthogonal random features approximate a Bessel kernel, offering sharper bounds than random Fourier features.

problem Approximating Gaussian kernel efficiently for large datasets.
method Use of Haar orthogonal matrices to construct orthogonal random features and analyze their bias and variance.
result Orthogonal random features approximate a Bessel kernel, not the Gaussian kernel, with sharper bounds.

We describe how cross-kernel matrices, that is, kernel matrices between the data and a custom chosen set of `feature spanning points' can be used for learning. The main potential of cross-kernels lies in the fact that (a) only one side of the matrix scales with the number of data points, and (b) cross-kernels, as oppos…

2014-06-10abs ↗pdf ↗

In the paper, we consider the problem of link prediction in time-evolving graphs. We assume that certain graph features, such as the node degree, follow a vector autoregressive (VAR) model and we propose to use this information to improve the accuracy of prediction. Our strategy involves a joint optimization procedure …

2012-09-14abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we study the concentration properties for the eigenvalues of kernel matrices, which are central objects in a wide range of kernel methods and, more recently, in network analysis. We present a set of concentration inequalities tailored for each individual eigenvalue of the kernel matrix with respect to its…

2018-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Binary and multiclass epilepsy detection methods using EEG features.

problem Epilepsy diagnosis from EEG data.
method Feature extraction from power spectrum, spectrogram, and bispectrogram; eight machine learning algorithms used.
result Random forest and backpropagation algorithms achieved highest accuracy for binary and multiclass classification.

Method estimates sparse inverse covariance and partial correlation matrices efficiently.

problem Sparse high-dimensional inverse covariance and partial correlation matrix estimation.
method Two-stage estimation method using partial regression with positive semi-definiteness.
result Efficient estimation of inverse covariance and partial correlation matrices with derived non-asymptotic rates.

Kernel methods are widespread in machine learning; however, they are limited by the quadratic complexity of the construction, application, and storage of kernel matrices. Low-rank matrix approximation algorithms are widely used to address this problem and reduce the arithmetic and storage cost. However, we observed tha…

2015-05-03abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

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 ↗

Kernel methods represent one of the most powerful tools in machine learning to tackle problems expressed in terms of function values and derivatives due to their capability to represent and model complex relations. While these methods show good versatility, they are computationally intensive and have poor scalability t…

2015-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse PCA is a widely used technique for high-dimensional data analysis. In this paper, we propose a new method called low-rank principal eigenmatrix analysis. Different from sparse PCA, the dominant eigenvectors are allowed to be dense but are assumed to have a low-rank structure when matricized appropriately. Such a…

2019-04-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Overview of high-dimensional dynamical systems and their applications to machine learning.

problem Characterizing behavior of high-dimensional dynamical systems driven by random matrices.
method Cavity method arguments, path integrals, dynamical mean field theory (DMFT), and random matrix resolvents.
result Connections between random matrix resolvents and DMFT response, and non-monotonic loss curves in training.

Study extends bounds on sample covariance matrices with general dependence.

problem Quantitative bounds on sample covariance matrices with i.i.d. columns.
method Extends previous work on deterministic equivalent to rectangular random matrices with general dependence structure.
result Proves quantitative bounds involving dimensions and spectral parameter, including closer proximity to real positive semi-line.

TRF uses ternary random features to improve ML performance without extra computation.

problem Improving ML performance with less computation and storage.
method Proposes Ternary Random Features (TRF) for random features compression.
result TRF asymptotically yields the same limiting kernel as original matrices, with improved efficiency.

Breaking symmetry in training data is key for generalization in feature learning kernels.

problem Grokking in algebraic tasks, where models perform well on training but fail on unseen data.
method Used Recursive Feature Machine (RFM) with AGOP to learn task-relevant features, breaking symmetry in training data.
result Generalization occurs only when symmetry in the training set is broken, and RFM generalizes by recovering underlying invariance group action.

New random feature maps for Laplacian and related kernels.

problem Challenges in approximating the Laplacian kernel and its generalizations.
method Developed random feature maps for Laplacian and related kernels, providing efficient sampling schemes.
result Demonstrated the efficacy of these random feature maps on real datasets.

Paper addresses quadratic feasibility problems and their sample complexity.

problem Recovering complex vectors from quadratic measurements.
method Analyzes conditions for identifiability and explores optimization landscape.
result Gradient algorithms can converge to globally optimal solutions with high probability.