Summary of Sparse Decomposition Of Graph Neural Networks, by Yaochen Hu et al.
Sparse Decomposition of Graph Neural Networks
by Yaochen Hu, Mai Zeng, Ge Zhang, Pavel Rumiantsev, Liheng Ma, Yingxue Zhang, Mark Coates
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Oct 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 The proposed approach reduces the number of nodes involved in aggregation during graph neural network (GNN) inference, mitigating the high inference cost associated with aggregating over a large number of nodes. This is achieved through sparse decomposition, approximating node representations as a weighted sum of linearly transformed features from a carefully selected subset of nodes within the extended neighbourhood. The approach has linear complexity with respect to the average node degree and the number of layers in the GNN model. An algorithm for computing optimal parameters for sparse decomposition ensures accurate approximation of the original GNN model, while strategies are introduced to reduce training time and improve learning. Extensive experiments demonstrate that the method outperforms baselines designed for inference speedup, achieving significant accuracy gains with comparable inference times for node classification and spatio-temporal forecasting tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a way to make graph neural networks (GNNs) faster and more efficient. Right now, GNNs are great at learning about graphs, but they can be slow because they have to look at many nodes in the graph. The problem is that this makes it hard to use GNNs in real-time applications where data is constantly changing. To fix this, the authors suggest a new way of doing things called sparse decomposition. This helps reduce the number of nodes that need to be looked at, making the whole process faster and more efficient. They also provide ways to make the training process faster and better. The results show that their method works well for both simple tasks like classifying nodes and more complex tasks like predicting what will happen in the future. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Gnn » Graph neural network » Inference
