Summary of Understanding Deep Learning Via Notions Of Rank, by Noam Razin
Understanding Deep Learning via Notions of Rank
by Noam Razin
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Medium Difficulty summary: This thesis advances the understanding of deep learning by introducing notions of rank as fundamental to developing a theory of deep learning. The research focuses on generalization and expressiveness, establishing that gradient-based training can induce implicit regularization towards low rank for various neural network architectures. Empirical demonstrations show this phenomenon facilitates an explanation of generalization over natural data (audio, images, text). Additionally, the thesis characterizes graph neural networks’ ability to model interactions via a notion of rank commonly used in quantum physics. The study’s connection between neural networks and tensor factorizations is a crucial tool for these findings, with practical implications for designing explicit regularization schemes and data preprocessing algorithms. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Low Difficulty summary: This research helps us understand how deep learning works better. It shows that some training methods can make neural networks behave in a way that’s good for generalizing to new, unseen data. The study also looks at special kinds of neural networks called graph neural networks and how they model relationships between things. By connecting these ideas to other mathematical concepts, the research opens up new possibilities for improving deep learning models. This has practical applications in designing better algorithms for processing and analyzing data. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Generalization » Neural network » Regularization
