Summary of Average Gradient Outer Product As a Mechanism For Deep Neural Collapse, by Daniel Beaglehole et al.
Average gradient outer product as a mechanism for deep neural collapse
by Daniel Beaglehole, Peter Súkeník, Marco Mondelli, Mikhail Belkin
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: 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 In this paper, researchers explore a phenomenon known as Deep Neural Collapse (DNC), where the final layers of deep neural networks (DNNs) produce surprisingly rigid data representations. The study proposes a new approach to explain DNC through feature learning using an average gradient outer product (AGOP). The AGOP is defined in relation to a learned predictor and is shown to be equal to the uncentered covariance matrix of input-output gradients averaged over the training dataset. The researchers demonstrate that DNC occurs in their proposed Deep Recursive Feature Machine (Deep RFM) method across standard settings, which iteratively maps data with the AGOP and applies an untrained random feature map. They also theoretically explain DNC in Deep RFM and provide evidence that this mechanism holds for neural networks more generally. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about something called Deep Neural Collapse, where computers learn to recognize patterns in data really well. The researchers found a way to make it happen by using something called the average gradient outer product. They tested their idea on some computer models and showed that it works. This is important because it helps us understand how computers can learn from data. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Feature map
