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5 papers

stat.ML2026

Dropout and Random Gradient Masking Are Asymptotically Equivalent in Large ResNets

Javier Maass, Lénaïc Chizat

Dropout and Random Gradient Masking (RaM) are two training techniques used to improve performance in deep learning. Both techniques inject randomness into the training dynamics, bu…

stat.ML2026

ResNets of All Shapes and Sizes: Convergence of Training Dynamics in the Large-scale Limit

Louis-Pierre Chaintron, Lénaïc Chizat, Javier Maass

We establish convergence of the training dynamics of residual neural networks (ResNets) to their joint infinite depth L, hidden width M, and embedding dimension D limit. Specifical…

cs.LG2026

The Hidden Width of Deep ResNets: Tight Error Bounds and Phase Diagram

Lénaïc Chizat

We study the gradient-based training of large-depth residual networks (ResNets) from standard random initializations. We show that infinite-depth ResNets behave as if they were inf…

cs.LG2025

Phase Diagram of Dropout for Two-Layer Neural Networks in the Mean-Field Regime

Lénaïc Chizat, Pierre Marion, Yerkin Yesbay

Dropout is a standard training technique for neural networks that consists of randomly deactivating units at each step of their gradient-based training. It is known to improve perf…

cs.LG2025

The Feature Speed Formula: a flexible approach to scale hyper-parameters of deep neural networks

Lénaïc Chizat, Praneeth Netrapalli

Deep learning succeeds by doing hierarchical feature learning, yet tuning hyper-parameters (HP) such as initialization scales, learning rates etc., only give indirect control over…