How does training shape the Riemannian geometry of neural network representations?

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Autori principali: Zavatone-Veth, Jacob A., Yang, Sheng, Rubinfien, Julian A., Pehlevan, Cengiz
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Pubblicazione: 2023
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author Zavatone-Veth, Jacob A.
Yang, Sheng
Rubinfien, Julian A.
Pehlevan, Cengiz
author_facet Zavatone-Veth, Jacob A.
Yang, Sheng
Rubinfien, Julian A.
Pehlevan, Cengiz
contents In machine learning, there is a long history of trying to build neural networks that can learn from fewer example data by baking in strong geometric priors. However, it is not always clear a priori what geometric constraints are appropriate for a given task. Here, we explore the possibility that one can uncover useful geometric inductive biases by studying how training molds the Riemannian geometry induced by unconstrained neural network feature maps. We first show that at infinite width, neural networks with random parameters induce highly symmetric metrics on input space. This symmetry is broken by feature learning: networks trained to perform classification tasks learn to magnify local areas along decision boundaries. This holds in deep networks trained on high-dimensional image classification tasks, and even in self-supervised representation learning. These results begin to elucidate how training shapes the geometry induced by unconstrained neural network feature maps, laying the groundwork for an understanding of this richly nonlinear form of feature learning.
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spellingShingle How does training shape the Riemannian geometry of neural network representations?
Zavatone-Veth, Jacob A.
Yang, Sheng
Rubinfien, Julian A.
Pehlevan, Cengiz
Machine Learning
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
In machine learning, there is a long history of trying to build neural networks that can learn from fewer example data by baking in strong geometric priors. However, it is not always clear a priori what geometric constraints are appropriate for a given task. Here, we explore the possibility that one can uncover useful geometric inductive biases by studying how training molds the Riemannian geometry induced by unconstrained neural network feature maps. We first show that at infinite width, neural networks with random parameters induce highly symmetric metrics on input space. This symmetry is broken by feature learning: networks trained to perform classification tasks learn to magnify local areas along decision boundaries. This holds in deep networks trained on high-dimensional image classification tasks, and even in self-supervised representation learning. These results begin to elucidate how training shapes the geometry induced by unconstrained neural network feature maps, laying the groundwork for an understanding of this richly nonlinear form of feature learning.
title How does training shape the Riemannian geometry of neural network representations?
topic Machine Learning
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11375