A recent line of research on deep learning shows that the training of extremely wide neural networks can be characterized by a kernel function called neural tangent kernel (NTK). However, it is known that this type of result does not perfectly match the practice, as NTK-based analysis requires the network weights to stay very close to their initialization throughout training, and cannot handle regularizers or gradient noises. In this talk, I will present a generalized neural tangent kernel analysis and show that noisy gradient descent with weight decay can still exhibit a ``kernel-like'' behavior. This implies that the training loss converges linearly up to a certain accuracy. I will also discuss the generalization error of an infinitely wide two-layer neural network trained by noisy gradient descent with weight decay.
14 Aug 2020
11:00am - 12:00pm
Where
https://hkust.zoom.us/j/5616960008
Speakers/Performers
Dr. Yuan CAO
UCLA
Organizer(S)
Department of Mathematics
Contact/Enquiries
mathseminar@ust.hk
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Audience
Alumni, Faculty and Staff, PG Students, UG Students
Language(s)
English
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