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Poster

O$n$ Learning Deep O($n$)-Equivariant Hyperspheres

Pavlo Melnyk · Michael Felsberg · Mårten Wadenbäck · Andreas Robinson · Cuong Le


Abstract: In this paper, we utilize hyperspheres and regular $n$-simplexes and propose an approach to learning deep features equivariant under the transformations of $n$D reflections and rotations, encompassed by the powerful group of $\textup{O}(n)$.Namely, we propose $\textup{O}(n)$-equivariant neurons with spherical decision surfaces that generalize to any dimension $n$, which we call Deep Equivariant Hyperspheres.We demonstrate how to combine them in a network that directly operates on the basis of the input points and propose an invariant operator based on the relation between two points and a sphere, which as we show, turns out to be a Gram matrix.Using synthetic and real-world data in $n$D, we experimentally verify our theoretical contributions and find that our approach is superior to the competing methods for $\textup{O}(n)$-equivariant benchmark datasets (classification and regression), demonstrating a favorable speed/performance trade-off.

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