Summary of Beyond Unconstrained Features: Neural Collapse For Shallow Neural Networks with General Data, by Wanli Hong et al.
Beyond Unconstrained Features: Neural Collapse for Shallow Neural Networks with General Data
by Wanli Hong, Shuyang Ling
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 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 This paper investigates the phenomenon of neural collapse (NC) in deep neural networks, where features within the same class converge to their respective sample means. The authors focus on shallow ReLU neural networks and analyze how various factors such as width, depth, data dimension, and statistical properties affect NC. They provide a complete characterization of when NC occurs for two- or three-layer networks, revealing dependencies on data dimension, sample size, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and network architecture. The study also explores the connection between NC and generalization, demonstrating that even with NC, poor generalization can occur if the SNR in the data is low. This work extends previous theoretical analyses of NC under unconstrained feature models by examining shallow nonlinear networks and their dependence on data properties. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This research paper looks at what happens when deep neural networks are fully trained. It’s called “neural collapse” because features within the same category become very similar to each other. The scientists studied how different factors like network size, depth, and type of data affect this phenomenon. They found that certain conditions need to be met for neural collapse to happen, depending on things like data quality and sample size. They also showed that even if neural collapse occurs, the network may not generalize well if the data is noisy or has a low signal-to-noise ratio. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Relu
