Co-Attentive Equivariant Neural Networks: Focusing Equivariance On Transformations Co-Occurring in DataDownload PDF

Published: 20 Dec 2019, Last Modified: 05 May 2023ICLR 2020 Conference Blind SubmissionReaders: Everyone
TL;DR: We utilize attention to restrict equivariant neural networks to the set or co-occurring transformations in data.
Abstract: Equivariance is a nice property to have as it produces much more parameter efficient neural architectures and preserves the structure of the input through the feature mapping. Even though some combinations of transformations might never appear (e.g. an upright face with a horizontal nose), current equivariant architectures consider the set of all possible transformations in a transformation group when learning feature representations. Contrarily, the human visual system is able to attend to the set of relevant transformations occurring in the environment and utilizes this information to assist and improve object recognition. Based on this observation, we modify conventional equivariant feature mappings such that they are able to attend to the set of co-occurring transformations in data and generalize this notion to act on groups consisting of multiple symmetries. We show that our proposed co-attentive equivariant neural networks consistently outperform conventional rotation equivariant and rotation & reflection equivariant neural networks on rotated MNIST and CIFAR-10.
Code: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2gghao89strdotw/AAAYJ6XclnfeoS3AfN9Z-n5Wa?dl=0
Keywords: Equivariant Neural Networks, Attention Mechanisms, Deep Learning
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