The paper demonstrates that high‑quality graph embeddings can be produced without complex models or training by propagating random features through topological structures derived from random walks and anonymous walks. These training‑free embeddings capture node proximity and structural roles, respectively, and perform competitively on node, edge, and graph tasks while often requiring less computation. Combining the two embedding types further improves inference quality for some tasks.
The article reviews the problem of learning graph structures from data, noting that research has traditionally split into two paths: inferring the topology of a single graph from observations on it, and learning a generative distribution from multiple observed graphs to sample new ones. It proposes a unified framework that treats both as inverse problems of a common graph generation process, reviews key methods, and discusses their interrelations, strengths, and limitations. The review highlights opportunities for cross‑paradigm integration and outlines future research directions.
By Xiaowen Dong, Hoi-To Wai, Siheng Chen, Laura Toni, Dorina Thanou
Message-passing Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) iteratively propagate and aggregate local neighborhood information followed by global readout to learn graph representations. However, their discriminative...
arXiv:2608. 01160v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Topological neural networks (TNNs) enable leveraging high-order structures on graphs (e.
By Jorge Luiz Franco, Gabriel Duarte, Alexander Nikitin, Moacir Ponti, Diego Mesquita, Amauri H. Souza
arXiv:2607. 28259v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We introduce Topoformer, a lightweight and scalable framework for graph representation learning that encodes topological structure into attention-friendly sequences.
By Md Joshem Uddin, Astrit Tola, Cuneyt Gurcan Akcora, Baris Coskunuzer
arXiv:2609.17061v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Message-passing Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) iteratively propagate and aggregate local neighborhood information followed by global readout to learn g...
By Sanyam Sanjay Jain, Anshika Krishnatray, Aditya Sharma, Vinti Agarwal
arXiv:2608. 07029v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hyperbolic embeddings provide compact geometric representations of complex networks in hyperbolic spaces, but systematic comparisons of methods developed in machine learning, network science, and algorithmics remain rare.
By Robert Jankowski, Maksim Kitsak, Dorota Celi\'nska-Kopczy\'nska
arXiv:2607. 10074v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Graph machine learning provides powerful tools for understanding complex networks and learning meaningful node representations.
By My Le, Luana Ruiz, Souvik Dhara
arXiv:2607. 03587v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We propose NetinfoGC, a framework for graph classification that extends the Network Usable Information (NUI) paradigm to graph-level learning.
By Abdullah Shaik, Anwar Said
arXiv:2601. 21207v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Combinatorial and topological structures, such as graphs, simplicial complexes, and cell complexes, form the foundation of geometric and topological deep learning (GDL and TDL) architectures.
By Chuan-Shen Hu
The paper introduces a compositional graph embedding framework based on Aitchison geometry, where nodes are represented as simplex-valued mixtures over latent archetypal factors. By embedding these mixtures using isometric log-ratio coordinates, the method preserves Aitchison distances while allowing unconstrained optimization in Euclidean space, yielding intrinsically interpretable embeddings. The approach achieves competitive performance on node classification and link prediction tasks and enables principled component restriction through subcompositional coherence, allowing analysis of how archetype groups influence representations and predictions.
By Nikolaos Nakis, Chrysoula Kosma, Panagiotis Promponas, Michail Chatzianastasis, Giannis Nikolentzos
arXiv:2509. 24256v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The pretrain-transfer paradigm, which underpins the success of large language models (LLMs), has demonstrated the immense power of creating foundation models that learn generalizable representations from vast datasets.
By Yunhao Liang, Pujun Zhang, Yuan Qu, Jingyuan Yang, Shaochong Lin, Zuo-jun Max Shen