An Adaptive Tangent Feature Perspective of Neural Networks

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Autori principali: LeJeune, Daniel, Alemohammad, Sina
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author LeJeune, Daniel
Alemohammad, Sina
author_facet LeJeune, Daniel
Alemohammad, Sina
contents In order to better understand feature learning in neural networks, we propose a framework for understanding linear models in tangent feature space where the features are allowed to be transformed during training. We consider linear transformations of features, resulting in a joint optimization over parameters and transformations with a bilinear interpolation constraint. We show that this optimization problem has an equivalent linearly constrained optimization with structured regularization that encourages approximately low rank solutions. Specializing to neural network structure, we gain insights into how the features and thus the kernel function change, providing additional nuance to the phenomenon of kernel alignment when the target function is poorly represented using tangent features. We verify our theoretical observations in the kernel alignment of real neural networks.
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spellingShingle An Adaptive Tangent Feature Perspective of Neural Networks
LeJeune, Daniel
Alemohammad, Sina
Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
In order to better understand feature learning in neural networks, we propose a framework for understanding linear models in tangent feature space where the features are allowed to be transformed during training. We consider linear transformations of features, resulting in a joint optimization over parameters and transformations with a bilinear interpolation constraint. We show that this optimization problem has an equivalent linearly constrained optimization with structured regularization that encourages approximately low rank solutions. Specializing to neural network structure, we gain insights into how the features and thus the kernel function change, providing additional nuance to the phenomenon of kernel alignment when the target function is poorly represented using tangent features. We verify our theoretical observations in the kernel alignment of real neural networks.
title An Adaptive Tangent Feature Perspective of Neural Networks
topic Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.15478