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most citedA spin-glass model for the loss surfaces of generative adversarial networks

10 citations · 15 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

math-ph2023

Random matrix theory and the loss surfaces of neural networks

Nicholas P Baskerville

Neural network models are one of the most successful approaches to machine learning, enjoying an enormous amount of development and research over recent years and finding concrete…

math-ph2022★ 4 cited

Universal characteristics of deep neural network loss surfaces from random matrix theory

Nicholas P Baskerville, Jonathan P Keating, Francesco Mezzadri +2

This paper considers several aspects of random matrix universality in deep neural networks. Motivated by recent experimental work, we use universal properties of random matrices re…

cs.LG2022

A novel sampler for Gauss-Hermite determinantal point processes with application to Monte Carlo integration

Nicholas P Baskerville

Determinantal points processes are a promising but relatively under-developed tool in machine learning and statistical modelling, being the canonical statistical example of distrib…

cs.LG2021★ 1 cited

Appearance of Random Matrix Theory in Deep Learning

Nicholas P Baskerville, Diego Granziol, Jonathan P Keating

We investigate the local spectral statistics of the loss surface Hessians of artificial neural networks, where we discover excellent agreement with Gaussian Orthogonal Ensemble sta…

math-ph2021★ 10 cited

A spin-glass model for the loss surfaces of generative adversarial networks

Nicholas P Baskerville, Jonathan P Keating, Francesco Mezzadri +1

We present a novel mathematical model that seeks to capture the key design feature of generative adversarial networks (GANs). Our model consists of two interacting spin glasses, an…

stat.ML2020

A Random Matrix Theory Approach to Damping in Deep Learning

Diego Granziol, Nicholas Baskerville

We conjecture that the inherent difference in generalisation between adaptive and non-adaptive gradient methods in deep learning stems from the increased estimation noise in the fl…