Differentiating through the fŕechet mean
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Recent advances in deep representation learning on Riemannian manifolds extend classical deep learning operations to better capture the geometry of the manifold. One possible extension is the Fŕechet mean, the generalization of the Euclidean mean; however, it has been difficult to apply because it lacks a closed form with an easily computable derivative. In this paper, we show how to differentiate through the Fŕechet mean for arbitrary Riemannian manifolds. Then, focusing on hyperbolic space, we derive explicit gradient expressions and a fast, accurate, and hyperparameter-free Fŕechet mean solver. This fully integrates the Fŕechet mean into the hyperbolic neural network pipeline. To demonstrate this integration, we present two case studies. First, we apply our Fŕechet mean to the existing Hyperbolic Graph Convolutional Network, replacing its projected aggregation to obtain state-of-The-Art results on datasets with high hyperbolicity. Second, to demonstrate the Fŕechet mean s capacity to generalize Euclidean neural network operations, we develop a hyperbolic batch normalization method that gives an improvement parallel to the one observed in the Euclidean setting.
Original language | English |
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Journal | 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2020 |
Pages (from-to) | 6349-6359 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 13 Jul 2020 → 18 Jul 2020 |
Conference
Conference | 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, ICML 2020 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 13/07/2020 → 18/07/2020 |
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