arXiv Machine Learning

Explicit Interaction Architectures for Dynamical Learning: A Controlled Study of Structural Inductive Bias

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 6

Echo Flow Networks

arXiv:2509. 24122v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: At the heart of time-series forecasting (TSF) lies a fundamental challenge: how can models efficiently and effectively capture long-range temporal dependencies across ever-growing sequences?

By Hongbo Liu, Jia Xu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 25

Frequency Domain Reservoir Computing

arXiv:2606. 24969v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While the quadratic sequence-length bottleneck of transformers has fueled a resurgence in recurrent models, effectively capturing complex dynamics requires architectures that balance efficient training with highly expressive latent states.

By Klaus Schertler, Xiomara Runge, Andrea Ceni, David Kappel, Claudio Gallicchio
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

Advancing Intelligent Sequence Modeling: Evolution, Trade-offs, and Applications of State-Space Architectures from S4 to Mamba

arXiv:2503. 18970v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Structured State Space Models (SSMs) have become a prominent class of sequence models, developed against two long-standing difficulties: the sequential computation and gradient propagation limits of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), and the quadratic time and memory cost of self-attention in Transformers.

By Shriyank Somvanshi, Md Monzurul Islam, Mahmuda Sultana Mimi, Sazzad Bin Bashar Polock, Gaurab Chhetri, Anandi Dutta, Amir Rafe, Subasish Das
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

Prospective Coding Improves Learning in Deep Continuous-Time Recurrent Networks

The paper introduces Recursive Quadrature Filters (RQFs), complex‑valued temporal filters that act as band‑pass filters within diagonal state‑space models. By making each layer’s bottom‑up input prospective through a parameter‑free two‑tap update, the authors mitigate depth‑dependent gradient attenuation in deep continuous‑time recurrent networks. Experiments on RQFs, S5, and ORGaNICs show that prospective variants match or surpass non‑prospective controls, achieving high accuracy on raw‑audio Speech Commands and the Path‑X task with few parameters.

By Shivang Rawat, Mirko Morello, Flaviano Morone, David J. Heeger
arXiv Machine Learning
1d ago

Aligning Inductive Bias for Data-Efficient Generalization in State Space Models

The paper introduces a framework for aligning the inductive bias of linear time‑invariant State Space Models (SSMs) with task‑specific spectral characteristics. By formalizing the bias through an SSM‑induced kernel and showing its spectrum is governed by the model’s frequency response, the authors propose Task‑Dependent Initialization (TDI), a fast power‑spectrum matching method. Experiments on synthetic data, one‑layer SSMs, and deep SSMs across real‑world benchmarks demonstrate that TDI improves data‑efficient generalization when the task’s spectral structure differs from the default SSM bias.

By Qiyu Chen, Guozhang Chen
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

Fundamental Dynamical Units for Physics-Informed Structural Inference from Perturbation Time-Series in Networked Systems

The paper introduces Fundamental Dynamical Units (FDUs), signed three‑node interaction patterns that reduce the combinatorial complexity of interaction architectures in networked dynamical systems. By embedding FDU‑regularized structural inference into a physics‑informed neural ODE, the authors jointly recover interaction structure and perturbation‑resolved trajectories, demonstrating the approach on synthetic benchmarks. This framework enables motif‑prescribed intervention design and mechanistically interpretable inference in complex systems.

By Nima Nouri