Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks

Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February, 2020

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Main Author: Dozier, Jamell(Jamell A.)
Other Authors: Tomaso Poggio.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129875
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spelling mit-1721.1/1298752021-02-20T03:27:45Z Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks Dozier, Jamell(Jamell A.) Tomaso Poggio. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February, 2020 Cataloged from student-submitted PDF of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70). Visual cognition has long been the subject of curiosity within the realm of deep learning. While much research has gone into the development of neural network models that can at times outperform humans, the underlying principles behind truly understanding visual concepts remain elusive. Utilizing a multitask learning paradigm, we first explore the capacity for networks to generalize to understand visual reasoning concepts. We introduce a simplified visual reasoning dataset to train several network architectures, including a recently proposed model built specifically for relational reasoning. We collect the best performing networks and view their behavior on a neuronal level: visualizing task selectivity through patterns of activations from each network layer. Finally, we adjust our focus to a simpler form of visual reasoning involving the extraction of single attributes from attribute compositions. Here, we are able to both visualize and quantify the neuron task selectivity that leads to generalization. by Jamell Dozier. M. Eng. M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2021-02-19T20:33:18Z 2021-02-19T20:33:18Z 2020 2020 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129875 1237416359 eng MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 70 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
spellingShingle Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Dozier, Jamell(Jamell A.)
Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks
title Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks
title_full Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks
title_fullStr Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks
title_full_unstemmed Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks
title_short Emergent patterns of task-specific neurons in deep neural networks
title_sort emergent patterns of task specific neurons in deep neural networks
topic Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129875
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