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5 claims from 5 papers

1. Computer Science › Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

   A Convergence Theory for Deep Learning via Over-Parameterization

   Allen-Zhu, Li and Song · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018

   The paper proves that stochastic gradient descent can find global minima of deep network training objectives in polynomial time, assuming non-degenerate inputs and a sufficiently wide, over-parameterized network.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says that, with polynomial width, sufficiently wide neural networks behave equivalently to the neural tangent kernel (NTK) model.“This implies an equivalence between over-parameterized neural networks and neural tangent kernel (NTK) in the finite (and polynomial) width setting.”

2. Computer Science › Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

   Gradient Descent Provably Optimizes Over-parameterized Neural Networks

   Du, Zhai, Póczos and Singh · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018

   The paper explains why gradient descent from random initialisation can reach zero training loss in two-layer ReLU networks, despite a non-convex, non-smooth objective, when the network is wide enough.

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   1. UncheckedFor a two-layer ReLU network with enough hidden nodes and no two parallel inputs, random-start gradient descent reaches a global optimum quickly on quadratic loss.“For an $m$ hidden node shallow neural network with ReLU activation and $n$ training data, we show as long as $m$ is large enough and no two inputs are parallel, randomly initialized gradient descent converges to a globally optimal solution at a linear convergence rate for the quadratic loss functio…”

3. Computer Science › Advanced Neural Network Applications

   Asymptotic Soft Filter Pruning for Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

   He, Dong, Kang, Fu, Yan and Yang · IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics · 2019

   The paper proposes Asymptotic Soft Filter Pruning, which keeps pruned filters trainable and prunes gradually, to speed up deep convolutional neural networks while keeping accuracy.

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   1. UncheckedOn ILSVRC-2012, ASFP cuts over 40% of ResNet-50's FLOPs with only 0.14% top-5 accuracy loss, which the paper says beats soft filter pruning by 8%.“Notably, on ILSVRC-2012, our ASFP reduces more than 40% FLOPs on ResNet-50 with only 0.14% top-5 accuracy degradation, which is higher than the soft filter pruning (SFP) by 8%.”

4. Computer Science › Advanced Neural Network Applications

   Proving the Lottery Ticket Hypothesis: Pruning is All You Need

   Malach, Yehudai, Shalev‐Shwartz and Shamir · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2020

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   1. UncheckedA large enough random neural network is shown to contain a subnetwork matching a bounded-weight target network's accuracy, with no further training.“We prove an even stronger hypothesis (as was also conjectured in Ramanujan et al., 2019), showing that for every bounded distribution and every target network with bounded weights, a sufficiently over-parameterized neural network with random weights contains a subnetwork with roughly the same accur…”

5. Computer Science › Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques

   On the Power and Limitations of Random Features for Understanding Neural Networks

   Yehudai and Shamir · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2019

   The paper reviews how random features explain training of over-parameterised networks, then argues the approach is limited, since it cannot learn a single ReLU neuron that gradient-based methods can learn.

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   1. UncheckedRandom-feature methods cannot learn even one ReLU neuron with Gaussian inputs unless the network or its weights are exponentially large.“In particular, we rigorously show that random features cannot be used to learn even a single ReLU neuron with standard Gaussian inputs, unless the network size (or magnitude of the weights) is exponentially large.”