arXiv Machine Learning

The Value of Depth in Message Passing on Sparse Graphs: A Kesten-Stigum Dichotomy

arXiv:2607. 16676v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: How deep does a graph neural network need to be on a sparse graph?

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 12

Optimistic Rates for Multiclass PAC Learning

arXiv:2608. 10869v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Worst-case multiclass bounds do not become smaller when the best classifier is already nearly correct: what is missing is an optimistic rate, a guarantee whose fluctuation scales with the oracle risk itself.

By Xiaoyu Li, Andi Han, Jiaojiao Jiang, Junbin Gao
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 5

The Sample Complexity of Distributionally Robust PAC Learning under Cressie--Read Divergences

We study distributionally robust PAC learning for the $0$--$1$-loss, where adversarial perturbations of the data distribution are constrained by a Cressie--Read divergence of order $k>1$ and radius $ρ\geq 0$. For hypothesis classes with VC dimension $d$, we establish realizable and agnostic sample-complexity bounds tight up to constant and logarithmic factors, respectively; ordinary empirical risk minimization attains both rates up to logarithmic factors.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 8

A Function-Space Dichotomy for Compositional Learning: Exponential Sub-Optimality of the Neural Tangent Kernel

arXiv:2607. 06382v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A persistent empirical observation is that trained neural networks outperform their neural tangent kernel (NTK) limit on tasks with compositional structure, yet a quantitative account of $\textbf{when}$ and $\textbf{by how much}$ has been lacking.

By Arkaprabha Ganguli, Emil Constantinescu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 24

Layer-wise Geometric Approximation Rates for Deep Networks

arXiv:2604. 20219v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Depth is widely viewed as a central contributor to the success of deep neural networks, whereas standard neural network approximation theory typically provides guarantees only for the final output and leaves the role of intermediate layers largely unclear.

By Shijun Zhang, Zuowei Shen, Yuesheng Xu
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 7

A Function-Space Dichotomy for Compositional Learning: Exponential Sub-Optimality of the Neural Tangent Kernel

A persistent empirical observation is that trained neural networks outperform their neural tangent kernel (NTK) limit on tasks with compositional structure, yet a quantitative account of $\textbf{when}$ and $\textbf{by how much}$ has been lacking. Working on the unit circle, we give such an account through a dichotomy between two complexity measures of the target: its $\textbf{Fourier complexity}$, which controls NTK kernel regression, and its $\textbf{architectural complexity}$, which controls learning over depth-$L$, width-$w$ ReLU networks with the variation norm of the weights bounded by $R$.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

Optimal Learning Under Tsybakov Noise

arXiv:2608. 08416v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) learning [Val84] is a fundamental learning model that has been extensively investigated.

By Steve Hanneke, Hongao Wang, Mingyue Xu