Summary of Descriptive Kernel Convolution Network with Improved Random Walk Kernel, by Meng-chieh Lee et al.
Descriptive Kernel Convolution Network with Improved Random Walk Kernel
by Meng-Chieh Lee, Lingxiao Zhao, Leman Akoglu
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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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 revives graph kernels by introducing learnability, building upon the success of Kernel Convolution Networks (KCNs). The random walk kernel (RWK) is used as the default kernel in many KCNs, but its limitations are revisited and an improved graph kernel RWK+ is proposed. This new kernel uses color-matching random walks and efficient computation. A KCN architecture, RWK+CN, is developed to learn descriptive graph features using an unsupervised objective, which cannot be achieved by Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). The connection between RWK+ and a regular GCN layer is also explored, leading to the proposal of a novel GNN layer, RWK+Conv. The paper demonstrates the effectiveness of RWK+CN on unsupervised pattern mining tasks and various KCN architectures, as well as the expressiveness of RWK+Conv for graph-level tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper takes old ideas and makes them new again! Graph kernels used to be popular, but then GNNs came along. Now, researchers have found a way to make graph kernels work again by adding learnability. They’re using this to improve how computers understand graphs, which is important for things like detecting bots on social media or grouping people with similar interests. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Gcn * Gnn * Unsupervised
