IKUN: Initialization to Keep snn training and generalization great with sUrrogate-stable variaNce
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| author | Chang, Da Wang, Deliang Yang, Xiao |
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| contents | Weight initialization significantly impacts the convergence and performance of neural networks. While traditional methods like Xavier and Kaiming initialization are widely used, they often fall short for spiking neural networks (SNNs), which have distinct requirements compared to artificial neural networks (ANNs).
To address this, we introduce \textbf{IKUN}, a variance-stabilizing initialization method integrated with surrogate gradient functions, specifically designed for SNNs. \textbf{IKUN} stabilizes signal propagation, accelerates convergence, and enhances generalization. Experiments show \textbf{IKUN} improves training efficiency by up to \textbf{50\%}, achieving \textbf{95\%} training accuracy and \textbf{91\%} generalization accuracy.
Hessian analysis reveals that \textbf{IKUN}-trained models converge to flatter minima, characterized by Hessian eigenvalues near zero on the positive side, promoting better generalization. The method is open-sourced for further exploration: \href{https://github.com/MaeChd/SurrogateVarStabe}{https://github.com/MaeChd/SurrogateVarStabe}. |
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| spellingShingle | IKUN: Initialization to Keep snn training and generalization great with sUrrogate-stable variaNce Chang, Da Wang, Deliang Yang, Xiao Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Weight initialization significantly impacts the convergence and performance of neural networks. While traditional methods like Xavier and Kaiming initialization are widely used, they often fall short for spiking neural networks (SNNs), which have distinct requirements compared to artificial neural networks (ANNs). To address this, we introduce \textbf{IKUN}, a variance-stabilizing initialization method integrated with surrogate gradient functions, specifically designed for SNNs. \textbf{IKUN} stabilizes signal propagation, accelerates convergence, and enhances generalization. Experiments show \textbf{IKUN} improves training efficiency by up to \textbf{50\%}, achieving \textbf{95\%} training accuracy and \textbf{91\%} generalization accuracy. Hessian analysis reveals that \textbf{IKUN}-trained models converge to flatter minima, characterized by Hessian eigenvalues near zero on the positive side, promoting better generalization. The method is open-sourced for further exploration: \href{https://github.com/MaeChd/SurrogateVarStabe}{https://github.com/MaeChd/SurrogateVarStabe}. |
| title | IKUN: Initialization to Keep snn training and generalization great with sUrrogate-stable variaNce |
| topic | Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18250 |