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Poster
Deep Neural Nets with Interpolating Function as Output Activation
Bao Wang · Xiyang Luo · Zhen Li · Wei Zhu · Zuoqiang Shi · Stanley Osher

Tue Dec 04 07:45 AM -- 09:45 AM (PST) @ Room 517 AB #124
in Tue Poster Session A »

We replace the output layer of deep neural nets, typically the softmax function, by a novel interpolating function. And we propose end-to-end training and testing algorithms for this new architecture. Compared to classical neural nets with softmax function as output activation, the surrogate with interpolating function as output activation combines advantages of both deep and manifold learning. The new framework demonstrates the following major advantages: First, it is better applicable to the case with insufficient training data. Second, it significantly improves the generalization accuracy on a wide variety of networks. The algorithm is implemented in PyTorch, and the code is available at https://github.com/ BaoWangMath/DNN-DataDependentActivation.

Keywords: Deep Learning · CNN Architectures

Author Information

Bao Wang (UCLA)
Xiyang Luo (Google)
Zhen Li (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology)
Wei Zhu (Duke University)
Zuoqiang Shi (zqshi@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
Stanley Osher (UCLA)

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