Summary of Trade-offs Of Diagonal Fisher Information Matrix Estimators, by Alexander Soen and Ke Sun
Trade-Offs of Diagonal Fisher Information Matrix Estimators
by Alexander Soen, Ke Sun
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers utilize the Fisher information matrix to analyze the geometry of neural networks’ parameter space. By doing so, they uncover valuable theories and tools for optimizing these models. To reduce computational costs, practitioners often employ random estimators and focus on diagonal entries. The authors investigate two popular estimators whose accuracy and sample complexity rely on their associated variances. They derive bounds for these variances and apply them to neural networks for regression and classification tasks. By examining trade-offs between the estimators through analytical and numerical studies, they demonstrate that variance quantities depend on non-linear relationships with different parameter groups and should not be overlooked when estimating Fisher information. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Neural networks are powerful tools used in machine learning to make predictions or classify data. Researchers want to understand how these networks work better so they can improve their performance. They use something called the Fisher information matrix to analyze the network’s parameters, which affect its behavior. This analysis helps them develop new methods for optimizing neural networks. The authors focus on two ways to estimate this matrix and find that the accuracy of these estimates depends on certain statistical properties. By studying these properties, they can optimize their estimation techniques. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Classification * Machine learning * Regression
