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Neuromodulated Learning in Deep Neural Networks (arxiv.org)
3 points by pplonski86 on Dec 11, 2018 | hide | past | pdf | discuss on HN

In plain words: Instead of fixing one learning speed for the whole network before training, trial-and-error search finds rules that adjust it layer by layer as training goes on. The same rules worked on different networks and new tasks, with each layer learning its own strategy.

Abstract

In the brain, learning signals change over time and synaptic location, and are applied based on the learning history at the synapse, in the complex process of neuromodulation. Learning in artificial neural networks, on the other hand, is shaped by hyper-parameters set before learning starts, which remain static throughout learning, and which are uniform for the entire network. In this work, we propose a method of deep artificial neuromodulation which applies the concepts of biological neuromodulation to stochastic gradient descent. Evolved neuromodulatory dynamics modify learning parameters at each layer in a deep neural network over the course of the network's training. We show that the same neuromodulatory dynamics can be applied to different models and can scale to new problems not encountered during evolution. Finally, we examine the evolved neuromodulation, showing that evolution found dynamic, location-specific learning strategies.

Dennis G Wilson, Sylvain Cussat-Blanc, Hervé Luga, Kyle Harrington
arXiv:1812.03365 · cs.NE, cs.LG, stat.ML · submitted Dec 5, 2018
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