Summary of Joint Diffusion Processes As An Inductive Bias in Sheaf Neural Networks, by Ferran Hernandez Caralt et al.
Joint Diffusion Processes as an Inductive Bias in Sheaf Neural Networks
by Ferran Hernandez Caralt, Guillermo Bernárdez Gil, Iulia Duta, Pietro Liò, Eduard Alarcón Cot
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Sheaf Neural Networks (SNNs) naturally extend Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) by endowing a cellular sheaf over the graph, equipping nodes and edges with vector spaces and defining linear mappings between them. The attached geometric structure has proven useful in analyzing heterophily and oversmoothing. However, existing methods for computing the sheaf do not always guarantee good performance in such settings. To address this, we propose two novel sheaf learning approaches inspired by opinion dynamics concepts. These approaches provide a more intuitive understanding of the involved structure maps, introduce an inductive bias for heterophily and oversmoothing, and infer the sheaf without scaling with the number of features, using fewer learnable parameters than existing methods. We evaluate these approaches on real-world benchmarks and design a new synthetic task leveraging the symmetries of n-dimensional ellipsoids to better assess the strengths and weaknesses of sheaf-based models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Sheaf Neural Networks (SNNs) are a type of neural network that extends Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). They have a special structure that helps with certain types of problems, like analyzing things that are different or changing. Right now, there’s no easy way to make SNNs work well for these kinds of problems. We came up with two new ways to help SNNs do better, inspired by ideas from how people form opinions about things. These new methods will help us understand how the special structure in SNNs works and make them better at solving certain types of problems. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network
