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Symmetry-aware learning offers polynomial advantage in multi-index models

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Researchers have established a polynomial sample complexity separation between symmetry-aware and symmetry-agnostic feature learning for multi-index models. Their analysis, focusing on high-dimensional Gaussian covariates with cyclic symmetry, reveals that architectural weight sharing and data augmentation exploiting symmetry achieve significantly better sample efficiency than learning without symmetry. This advantage is particularly pronounced for polynomial links with an information exponent of three or higher, where symmetry-aware methods require substantially fewer samples for directional recovery. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more sample-efficient AI models by better leveraging inherent data symmetries.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Jivan Waber, Vanessa Piccolo, Yatin Dandi, Florent Krzakala ·

    Symmetry-Aware Feature Learning: A Polynomial Separation for Multi-Index Models

    arXiv:2610.08420v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We establish a polynomial sample complexity separation between symmetry-aware and symmetry-agnostic feature learning. We study growing-rank multi-index models with high-dimensional Gaussian covariates in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $r=\Theta…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Symmetry-Aware Feature Learning: A Polynomial Separation for Multi-Index Models

    We establish a polynomial sample complexity separation between symmetry-aware and symmetry-agnostic feature learning. We study growing-rank multi-index models with high-dimensional Gaussian covariates in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $r=Θ(d^δ)$ teacher directions forming a cyclic symmetry o…

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