arXiv Machine Learning

Fourier Preconditioning for Neural Feature Learning

arXiv:2607. 02199v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mutual information (MI)-inspired feature learning techniques are capable of generating low-dimensional embeddings that retain nonlinear dependence structures, but direct estimations of MI suffer from noisy probability distribution estimates in the low-data regime.

arXiv AI
Jul 7

Learning to Discover Iterative Spectral Algorithms

arXiv:2602. 09530v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce AutoSpec, a neural network framework for discovering iterative spectral algorithms for large-scale numerical linear algebra and numerical optimization.

By Zihang Liu, Oleg Balabanov, Yaoqing Yang, Michael W. Mahoney
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 7

Deep Learning as Neural Low-Degree Filtering: A Spectral Theory of Hierarchical Feature Learning

The paper introduces Neural Low-Degree Filtering (Neural LoFi), a stylized limit of gradient-based training that turns hierarchical feature learning into an explicit iterative spectral procedure. In this framework, each layer independently selects directions with maximal low-degree correlation to the label, providing a tractable surrogate for deep learning and a kernel-space interpretation. Experiments on fully connected and convolutional networks show that Neural LoFi outperforms lazy random-feature baselines, recovers meaningful structured filters, and aligns with early gradient-descent feature discovery on real datasets.

By Yatin Dandi, Matteo Vilucchio, Luca Arnaboldi, Hugo Tabanelli, Florent Krzakala
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 6

Alternating Levenberg-Marquardt Training of Physics-Informed Neural Networks with Fourier-Enhanced Features

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) often fail to accurately resolve partial differential equations (PDEs) with high-frequency or multi-scale solutions, as well as strongly nonlinear problems. Two factors underlie this difficulty: spectral bias, the tendency of neural networks to underfit high-frequency features; and representation-coefficient coupling, the entanglement of representation learning and coefficient fitting within a single nonconvex optimization objective.