Summary of Sharper Guarantees For Learning Neural Network Classifiers with Gradient Methods, by Hossein Taheri et al.
Sharper Guarantees for Learning Neural Network Classifiers with Gradient Methods
by Hossein Taheri, Christos Thrampoulidis, Arya Mazumdar
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Information Theory (cs.IT); 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 The paper studies the convergence and generalization behavior of gradient methods for neural networks with smooth activation. It derives novel bounds on the excess risk of deep networks trained by logistic loss, improving upon previous works. The results show that the test-error rate is eO(L)/γ2n, where L denotes the number of hidden layers. Additionally, it investigates excess risk bounds for noisy data and shows that large step-size improves the NTK regime’s results in classifying XOR distribution. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper looks at how neural networks work and how well they generalize to new information. It gives a special formula for when the network is really good at guessing right. It also talks about what happens if there’s some noise or mistakes in the data, and shows that sometimes taking bigger steps helps improve the results. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization
