Certified Topological Interaction in Neural Representations: Exact Tests and the Statistic They Require
Read the original on arXiv Machine Learning →The paper introduces the Intersection Euler Characteristic Profile, a topological metric for measuring class overlap in neural representations, and provides exact permutation and sign‑flip tests to assess disentanglement across layers. Using this statistic, the authors analyze 111 networks and 52,650 measurements, finding that disentanglement is depth‑graded, occurs early, and is influenced by training choices such as augmentation and weight decay. The study also demonstrates that the unnormalized mass of the profile predicts test accuracy, while the dimensionless quotient does not outperform simple linear probes.
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