Summary of Deep Learning As Ricci Flow, by Anthony Baptista et al.
Deep Learning as Ricci Flow
by Anthony Baptista, Alessandro Barp, Tapabrata Chakraborti, Chris Harbron, Ben D. MacArthur, Christopher R. S. Banerji
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Deep neural networks (DNNs) are powerful tools for approximating complex data distributions. Despite their effectiveness, DNNs’ geometric transformations during classification tasks remain poorly understood, particularly with non-smooth activation functions like rectified linear units (RELU). This paper proposes a framework to quantify these geometric changes and introduces the concept of “global Ricci network flow” to evaluate DNNs’ ability to disentangle complex data geometries. By training over 1,500 DNN classifiers on synthetic and real-world datasets, this study shows that the strength of global Ricci network flow-like behavior correlates with accuracy for well-trained DNNs, independently of depth, width, and dataset. This research motivates the use of tools from differential and discrete geometry to improve explainability in deep learning. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine you’re trying to understand how a superpowerful computer tool works. This tool is called a Deep Neural Network (DNN), and it’s great at recognizing patterns in data. But have you ever wondered what happens when the DNN looks at new data? It turns out that this process changes the shape of the data in certain ways, kind of like how water flows along different paths in a river. The authors of this paper wanted to understand these changes better and came up with a way to measure them. They tested their idea by training many different DNNs on lots of different datasets and found that when they work well, it’s because the shape-changes are happening just right. This research helps us understand how these powerful tools can be even more helpful in the future. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Deep learning » Neural network » Relu
