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Wander: A Unified Graph Foundation Model for Cross-Task and Cross-Modal Learning

Researchers have introduced "Wander," a novel graph foundation model designed to generalize across diverse graph modalities, feature spaces, relational schemas, and prediction tasks. Unlike previous approaches that are limited to specific graph types or tasks, Wander utilizes a unified interface based on random walks. This allows a single pretrained model to operate effectively on homogeneous and multi-relational graphs, even with varying features and labels. Empirically, Wander has demonstrated state-of-the-art or highly competitive results in node classification, homogeneous link prediction, and knowledge-graph link prediction, showcasing its ability to transfer learning and compose capabilities across different settings. AI

IMPACT This research could enable more versatile and efficient graph-based AI applications by allowing a single model to handle diverse data structures and tasks.

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Wander: A Unified Graph Foundation Model for Cross-Task and Cross-Modal Learning

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Louis Tichelman, Xingyue Huang, Jinwoo Kim, \.Ismail \.Ilkan Ceylan ·

    To Learn is to Wander: Learning Across Graphs and Tasks with Random Walks

    arXiv:2610.06694v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Graph foundation models aim to transfer across graphs, feature spaces, relational schemas, and prediction tasks, yet existing approaches typically generalize only within particular graph modalities or tasks. We propose Wander, a…