arXiv Machine Learning

From Redundancy to Minimality: Fixed-Point-Guided Hierarchical Reduction of Learned Piecewise-Linear Dynamics

arXiv:2610. 01369v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Understanding a nonlinear dynamical system from time series requires not only reproducing its trajectories, but also identifying a simple representation that preserves its essential dynamical structure.

arXiv AI
Jun 9

MinMax Recurrent Neural Cascades

arXiv:2605. 06384v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce MinMax Recurrent Neural Cascades (MinMax RNCs), a class of recurrent neural networks built from a novel form of recurrence over the MinMax algebra.

By Alessandro Ronca
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

Task-Restricted Symmetries in Recurrent Weight Space

arXiv:2606. 18457v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recurrent networks can contain substantial functional redundancy in weight space: changing a recurrent matrix may leave the input-output rollout nearly unchanged on a task distribution, while similar-scale changes can destroy the same behavior.

By Simon Dr\"ager
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 31

More Expressive Feedforward Layers: Part I. Token-Adaptive Mixing of Activations

The paper introduces Mixture of Activations (MoA), a token‑adaptive feedforward network design that mixes multiple activation functions using lightweight gates while sharing linear projections. It also presents learnable activations (LA) as an input‑independent variant. The authors theoretically prove that MoA strictly surpasses both fixed‑activation FFNs and LA in expressive power, and empirically demonstrate that MoA achieves lower loss and better scaling on dense and MoE language models from 0.12 B to 2 B parameters with minimal overhead.

By Mingze Wang, Jinbo Wang, Yikuan Xia, Kai Shen, Shu Zhong
arXiv AI
Sep 25

ELiSe: Efficient Learning of Sequences in Structured Recurrent Networks

The paper introduces ELiSe, a model that leverages cortical network scaffolds and dendritic compartments to learn complex non‑Markovian spatio‑temporal patterns using only local, always‑on, phase‑free synaptic plasticity. It demonstrates the model’s ability to acquire and replay intricate sequences, exemplified by a birdsong learning mock‑up, and shows robustness to external disturbances and flexibility in parameter settings.

By Laura Kriener, Kristin V\"olk, Ben von H\"unerbein, Federico Benitez, Walter Senn, Mihai A. Petrovici