Summary of Deep Equilibrium Models Are Almost Equivalent to Not-so-deep Explicit Models For High-dimensional Gaussian Mixtures, by Zenan Ling et al.
Deep Equilibrium Models are Almost Equivalent to Not-so-deep Explicit Models for High-dimensional Gaussian Mixtures
by Zenan Ling, Longbo Li, Zhanbo Feng, Yixuan Zhang, Feng Zhou, Robert C. Qiu, Zhenyu Liao
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper investigates the connections between deep equilibrium models (DEQs) and explicit neural networks. The authors leverage random matrix theory to analyze the eigenspectra of conjugate kernel (CK) and neural tangent kernel (NTK) matrices for implicit DEQs with high-dimensional Gaussian mixture input data. They prove that the spectral behavior depends on the DEQ activation function and initial weight variances, but only via a system of four nonlinear equations. This theoretical result leads to the design principle that a shallow explicit network can be designed to produce the same CK or NTK as a given DEQ. Empirical results demonstrate the applicability of this theory to real-world datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us understand how deep equilibrium models and regular neural networks work together. The researchers used math from random matrix theory to study the patterns in the matrices that make these models work. They found that the patterns depend on certain settings, like what kind of data is being used and what kind of building blocks are inside the model. This new understanding lets them design a simpler network that does the same job as a more complicated DEQ. This works not just with fake data, but also with real-world datasets. |
