Summary of Symmetry-based Structured Matrices For Efficient Approximately Equivariant Networks, by Ashwin Samudre et al.
Symmetry-Based Structured Matrices for Efficient Approximately Equivariant Networks
by Ashwin Samudre, Mircea Petrache, Brian D. Nord, Shubhendu Trivedi
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: 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 The paper proposes a novel framework for designing neural networks (NNs) that exhibit relaxed symmetry. This type of symmetry-awareness aims to balance the need for equivariance and flexibility in NNs. The authors build upon previous work on structured matrices, specifically those with displacement structure, which enable fast function and gradient evaluation while allowing accurate approximations via compression primarily to classical convolutional neural networks (CNNs). They introduce a novel construction of symmetry-based structured matrices, called Group Matrices (GMs), that generalize linear operations of CNNs from cyclic groups to general finite groups and their homogeneous spaces. GMs can be employed to extend elementary operations of CNNs to general discrete groups. The authors test GM-based architectures on various tasks in the presence of relaxed symmetry and report competitive performance compared to approximately equivariant NNs and other structured matrix-based compression frameworks, sometimes with a one or two orders of magnitude lower parameter count. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine designing special kinds of computer programs called neural networks that can understand patterns and relationships in data. Some neural networks are designed to be symmetrical, which means they treat certain things the same way. But this symmetry can be too much sometimes. In this paper, scientists propose a new way to design these neural networks so they’re not too symmetrical, but still get the benefits of being partially symmetrical. They use special mathematical structures called group matrices to make these neural networks more efficient and better at understanding patterns in data. |
