Summary of Graph Neural Networks Do Not Always Oversmooth, by Bastian Epping et al.
Graph Neural Networks Do Not Always Oversmooth
by Bastian Epping, Alexandre René, Moritz Helias, Michael T. Schaub
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel study on graph neural networks (GNNs) explores the phenomenon of oversmoothing in graph convolutional networks (GCNs). The researchers utilize the Gaussian process (GP) equivalence to analyze GCNs’ behavior in the limit of infinitely many hidden features. They find that typical parameter choices lead to oversmoothing, but by identifying a new phase with sufficiently large initial weights, they demonstrate non-oversmoothing and informative node features even at large depth. The study also generalizes the concept of propagation depth from conventional deep neural networks (DNNs) to GCNs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary GNNs are powerful tools for processing relational data, but they have a problem called oversmoothing. This means that as you go deeper into the network, all the node features start to look the same. Scientists wanted to understand why this happens and if it’s possible to make GNNs work better without oversmoothing. They used a special technique called Gaussian process equivalence to analyze what happens when you have many hidden layers in a GCN. They found that typical settings for these networks do cause oversmoothing, but they also discovered a way to make the network not oversmooth by using initial weights with enough variation. This means that even at a deep level, node features can still be informative. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Gcn
