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most citedExploring the Precise Dynamics of Single-Layer GAN Models: Leveraging Multi-Feature Discriminators for High-Dimensional Subspace Learning

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stat.ML2026

Learnability and Competition in High-Dimensional Multi-Component ICA

Eser Ilke Genc, Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is a foundational tool for unsupervised representation learning, yet its high-dimensional theory remains largely limited to single-component re…

stat.ML2026

Learning Beyond the Gaussian Data: Learning Dynamics of Neural Networks on an Expressive and Cumulant-Controllable Data Model

Onat Ure, Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

We study the effect of high-order statistics of data on the learning dynamics of neural networks (NNs) by using a moment-controllable non-Gaussian data model. Considering the expre…

stat.ML2025

Implicitly Normalized Online PCA: A Regularized Algorithm with Exact High-Dimensional Dynamics

Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

Many online learning algorithms, including classical online PCA methods, enforce explicit normalization steps that discard the evolving norm of the parameter vector. We show that t…

stat.ML2025

Optimal Attention Temperature Improves the Robustness of In-Context Learning under Distribution Shift in High Dimensions

Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

Pretrained Transformers can perform in-context learning (ICL) from a few demonstrations, but this ability can fail sharply when the test distribution differs from pretraining, a co…

stat.ML2025

How Data Mixing Shapes In-Context Learning: Asymptotic Equivalence for Transformers with MLPs

Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

Pretrained Transformers demonstrate remarkable in-context learning (ICL) capabilities, enabling them to adapt to new tasks from demonstrations without parameter updates. However, t…

stat.ML2025

Asymptotic Study of In-context Learning with Random Transformers through Equivalent Models

Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

We study the in-context learning (ICL) capabilities of pretrained Transformers in the setting of nonlinear regression. Specifically, we focus on a random Transformer with a nonline…

stat.ML2025

Benefits of Online Tilted Empirical Risk Minimization: A Case Study of Outlier Detection and Robust Regression

Yigit E. Yildirim, Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

Empirical Risk Minimization (ERM) is a foundational framework for supervised learning but primarily optimizes average-case performance, often neglecting fairness and robustness con…

stat.ML2025

Learning Rate Should Scale Inversely with High-Order Data Moments in High-Dimensional Online Independent Component Analysis

M. Oguzhan Gultekin, Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

We investigate the impact of high-order moments on the learning dynamics of an online Independent Component Analysis (ICA) algorithm under a high-dimensional data model composed of…

stat.ML2025

Asymptotic Analysis of Two-Layer Neural Networks after One Gradient Step under Gaussian Mixtures Data with Structure

Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

In this work, we study the training and generalization performance of two-layer neural networks (NNs) after one gradient descent step under structured data modeled by Gaussian mixt…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Exploring the Precise Dynamics of Single-Layer GAN Models: Leveraging Multi-Feature Discriminators for High-Dimensional Subspace Learning

Andrew Bond, Zafer Dogan

Subspace learning is a critical endeavor in contemporary machine learning, particularly given the vast dimensions of modern datasets. In this study, we delve into the training dyna…

stat.ML2024

Input-Label Correlation Governs a Linear-to-Nonlinear Transition in Random Features under Spiked Covariance

Samet Demir, Zafer Dogan

Random feature models (RFMs), two-layer networks with a randomly initialized fixed first layer and a trained linear readout, are among the simplest nonlinear predictors. Prior asym…

cs.LG2023

Optimal Nonlinearities Improve Generalization Performance of Random Features

Samet Demir, Zafer Doğan

Random feature model with a nonlinear activation function has been shown to perform asymptotically equivalent to a Gaussian model in terms of training and generalization errors. An…