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cs.LG2025
In Search of Goodness: Large Scale Benchmarking of Goodness Functions for the Forward-Forward Algorithm
Arya Shah, Vaibhav Tripathi
The Forward-Forward (FF) algorithm offers a biologically plausible alternative to backpropagation, enabling neural networks to learn through local updates. However, FF's efficacy r…
cs.CV2025
Purrturbed but Stable: Human-Cat Invariant Representations Across CNNs, ViTs and Self-Supervised ViTs
Arya Shah, Vaibhav Tripathi
Cats and humans differ in ocular anatomy. Most notably, Felis Catus (domestic cats) have vertically elongated pupils linked to ambush predation; yet, how such specializations manif…