Summary of Dform: Diffeomorphic Vector Field Alignment For Assessing Dynamics Across Learned Models, by Ruiqi Chen et al.
DFORM: Diffeomorphic vector field alignment for assessing dynamics across learned models
by Ruiqi Chen, Giacomo Vedovati, Todd Braver, ShiNung Ching
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Systems and Control (eess.SY); Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed DFORM framework enables the comparison of learned dynamics across Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and other dynamical system models. By learning a nonlinear coordinate transformation, DFORM approximates a diffeomorphism between trajectories, allowing for the calculation of orbital similarity between models. This approach generalizes smooth orbital and topological equivalence concepts, providing insights into the generative mechanisms learned by these models. The framework is demonstrated on a canonical neuroscience task, highlighting the potential functional similarities between models despite differing attractor landscapes. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Dynamical system models like RNNs are used to understand how things work in science. To do this, we need to compare how different models work together. But it’s hard because they can be very complicated and have their own special ways of looking at things. A new way called DFORM helps solve this problem by finding a way to match the movements of these models so we can see if they’re similar or not. This is important for understanding how our brains work, and it might help us find new ways to learn about them. |
