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A PAC-Bayesian approach to generalization for quantum models
Rodriguez-Grasa, Pablo, Caro, Matthias C., Eisert, Jens, Gil-Fuster, Elies, Schreiber, Franz J., Bravo-Prieto, Carlos
Generalization is a central concept in machine learning theory, yet for quantum models, it is predominantly analyzed through uniform bounds that depend on a model's overall capacity rather than the specific function learned. These capacity-based uniform bounds are often too loose and entirely insensitive to the actual training and learning process. Previous theoretical guarantees have failed to provide non-uniform, data-dependent bounds that reflect the specific properties of the learned solution rather than the worst-case behavior of the entire hypothesis class. To address this limitation, we derive the first PAC-Bayesian generalization bounds for a broad class of quantum models by analyzing layered circuits composed of general quantum channels, which include dissipative operations such as mid-circuit measurements and feedforward. Through a channel perturbation analysis, we establish non-uniform bounds that depend on the norms of learned parameter matrices; we extend these results to symmetry-constrained equivariant quantum models; and we validate our theoretical framework with numerical experiments. This work provides actionable model design insights and establishes a foundational tool for a more nuanced understanding of generalization in quantum machine learning.
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Evaluating the Robustness of Interpretability Methods through Explanation Invariance and Equivariance
Interpretability methods are valuable only if their explanations faithfully describe the explained model. In this work, we consider neural networks whose predictions are invariant under a specific symmetry group. This includes popular architectures, ranging from convolutional to graph neural networks. Any explanation that faithfully explains this type of model needs to be in agreement with this invariance property.
Non-Cooperative Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Making decisions in the presence of a strategic opponent requires one to take into account the opponent's ability to actively mask its intended objective. To describe such strategic situations, we introduce the non-cooperative inverse reinforcement learning (N-CIRL) formalism. The N-CIRL formalism consists of two agents with completely misaligned objectives, where only one of the agents knows the true objective function.
Multifractal Recalibration of Neural Networks for Medical Imaging Segmentation
Martins, Miguel L., Coimbra, Miguel T., Renna, Francesco
Multifractal analysis has revealed regularities in many self-seeding phenomena, yet its use in modern deep learning remains limited. Existing end-to-end multifractal methods rely on heavy pooling or strong feature-space decimation, which constrain tasks such as semantic segmentation. Motivated by these limitations, we introduce two inductive priors: Monofractal and Multifractal Recalibration. These methods leverage relationships between the probability mass of the exponents and the multifractal spectrum to form statistical descriptions of encoder embeddings, implemented as channel-attention functions in convolutional networks. Using a U-Net-based framework, we show that multifractal recalibration yields substantial gains over a baseline equipped with other channel-attention mechanisms that also use higher-order statistics. Given the proven ability of multifractal analysis to capture pathological regularities, we validate our approach on three public medical-imaging datasets: ISIC18 (dermoscopy), Kvasir-SEG (endoscopy), and BUSI (ultrasound). Our empirical analysis also provides insights into the behavior of these attention layers. We find that excitation responses do not become increasingly specialized with encoder depth in U-Net architectures due to skip connections, and that their effectiveness may relate to global statistics of instance variability.
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