arXiv:2606. 04476v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we study the gradient descent dynamics for jointly training both layers of a one-hidden-layer ReLU network to fit a linear target function.
By Berk Tinaz, Changzhi Xie, Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
arXiv:2606. 08454v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Activation steering provides a lightweight inference-time mechanism for controlling large language models (LLMs) by modifying their internal activation vectors toward desired behaviors.
By Tuc Nguyen, Thai Le
arXiv:2606. 30384v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Training in artificial neural networks can be viewed as a trajectory evolving through a high-dimensional loss landscape.
By Pedro Jim\'enez-Gonz\'alez, Miguel C. Soriano, Lucas Lacasa
arXiv:2512. 24780v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural networks trained with standard objectives exhibit behaviors characteristic of probabilistic inference: soft clustering, prototype specialization, and Bayesian uncertainty tracking.
By Alan Oursland
arXiv:2507. 05164v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In this chapter, we utilize dynamical systems to analyze several aspects of machine learning algorithms.
By Dennis Chemnitz, Maximilian Engel, Christian Kuehn, Sara-Viola Kuntz
arXiv:2501. 02436v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Advancements in artificial intelligence call for a deeper understanding of the fundamental mechanisms underlying deep learning.
By Yuchen Lin, Yong Zhang, Sihan Feng, Hong Zhao
arXiv:2605. 10775v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: A surprising phenomenon in the training of neural networks is the ability of gradient descent to find global minimizers of the training loss despite its non-convexity.
By Romain Petit, Clarice Poon, Gabriel Peyr\'e
arXiv:2602. 24264v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Compositional generalization, the ability to recognize familiar parts in novel contexts, is a defining property of intelligent systems.
By Arnas Uselis, Andrea Dittadi, Seong Joon Oh
Training in artificial neural networks can be viewed as a trajectory evolving through a high-dimensional loss landscape. However, the large number of trainable parameters makes the direct analysis of these dynamics challenging.
arXiv:2607. 05546v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We develop a unified function space theory of deep fully connected neural networks.
By Julia Nakhleh, Robert D. Nowak
arXiv:2608. 06839v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial Neural networks (ANNs) are often treated as black-box models, making explainability a central challenge in deep learning.
By Quanshi Zhang, Qihan Ren, Siyu Lou
arXiv:2606. 05863v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Grokking suggests that fitting the training data and learning a simple underlying rule may occur on different time scales.
By Hu Tan, Kuo Gai, Shihua Zhang