Summary of Dfa-gnn: Forward Learning Of Graph Neural Networks by Direct Feedback Alignment, By Gongpei Zhao et al.
DFA-GNN: Forward Learning of Graph Neural Networks by Direct Feedback Alignment
by Gongpei Zhao, Tao Wang, Congyan Lang, Yi Jin, Yidong Li, Haibin Ling
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel forward learning framework for graph neural networks (GNNs) is proposed to overcome the limitations of backpropagation (BP). The new method, DFA-GNN, extends direct feedback alignment principles to adapt to GNN architectures, incorporating graph topology into feedback links. This approach enables efficient, scalable, and parallel training for GNNs. For semi-supervised learning tasks, a pseudo error generator spreads residual errors from labeled data to create pseudo errors for unlabeled nodes. Experimental results on 10 public benchmarks demonstrate that DFA-GNN outperforms both non-BP and standard BP methods, showing robustness against noise and attacks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary GNNs are really good at understanding graphs! But they use an old way of learning called backpropagation, which has some problems. It’s hard to make GNNs learn in a way that’s like how humans learn. To fix this, we created a new way of learning called DFA-GNN. It uses special tricks to help GNNs learn faster and better. We tested it on lots of real-life graph data and it worked really well! It even did better than other ways of learning. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Backpropagation » Gnn » Semi supervised
