Graph automorphism group equivariant neural networks
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Author(s)
Pearce-Crump, Edward
Knottenbelt, William
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Permutation equivariant neural networks are typically used to learn from data that lives on a graph. However, for any graph G that has n vertices, using the symmetric group Sn as its group of symmetries does not take into account the relations that exist between the vertices. Given that the
actual group of symmetries is the automorphism group Aut(G), we show how to construct neural networks that are equivariant to Aut(G) by obtaining a full characterisation of the learnable, linear, Aut(G)-equivariant functions between layers that are some tensor power of Rn. In particular, we find a spanning set of matrices for these layer functions in the standard basis of Rn. This result has important consequences for learning from data whose group of symmetries is a finite group because a theorem by Frucht (1938) showed that any finite group is isomorphic to the automorphism group of a graph.
actual group of symmetries is the automorphism group Aut(G), we show how to construct neural networks that are equivariant to Aut(G) by obtaining a full characterisation of the learnable, linear, Aut(G)-equivariant functions between layers that are some tensor power of Rn. In particular, we find a spanning set of matrices for these layer functions in the standard basis of Rn. This result has important consequences for learning from data whose group of symmetries is a finite group because a theorem by Frucht (1938) showed that any finite group is isomorphic to the automorphism group of a graph.
Date Issued
2024-07-21
Date Acceptance
2024-05-02
Citation
Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2024), 2024, 235, pp.40051-40077
Publisher
ICML
Start Page
40051
End Page
40077
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2024)
Volume
235
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2024 The authors. This is the author’s accepted manuscript made available under a CC-BY licence in accordance with Imperial’s Research Publications Open Access policy (www.imperial.ac.uk/oa-policy)
Identifier
https://proceedings.mlr.press/v235/
Source
41st International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2024)
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2024-07-21
Finish Date
2024-07-27
Coverage Spatial
Vienna, Austria
Date Publish Online
2024-07-21