arXiv AI
Sep 15

Tensorization is a powerful but underexplored tool for compression and interpretability of neural networks

The paper discusses tensorizing neural networks by reshaping dense weight matrices into higher-order tensors and approximating them with low-rank tensor network decompositions. This approach offers promising model compression and introduces bond indices that create new latent spaces, potentially enhancing interpretability. Despite encouraging empirical results, tensorized neural networks remain underused, and the authors call for more research to address practical scaling and adoption challenges.

By Safa Hamreras, Sukhbinder Singh, Rom\'an Or\'us
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 20

Quantum Tensor Network Learning with DMRG

The paper introduces a quantum tensor network learning framework that employs matrix product states (MPS) as a machine‑learning architecture, adding a global normalization condition to interpret the MPS as a quantum state. It compares two optimization strategies—gradient descent and a DMRG‑adapted method—to identify locally optimal tensors and evaluates their effectiveness.

By Gustav J L J\"ager, Martin B Plenio, Hans-Martin Rieser