Graph Neural Tangent Kernel: Convergence on Large Graphs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2301.10808v2
• Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 19:27:16 GMT
• Title: Graph Neural Tangent Kernel: Convergence on Large Graphs
• Authors: Sanjukta Krishnagopal, Luana Ruiz
• Abstract summary: Graph neural networks (GNNs) achieve remarkable performance in graph machine learning tasks. We investigate the training dynamics of large-graph GNNs using graph neural kernels (GNTKs) and graphons.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Graph neural networks (GNNs) achieve remarkable performance in graph machine learning tasks but can be hard to train on large-graph data, where their learning dynamics are not well understood. We investigate the training dynamics of large-graph GNNs using graph neural tangent kernels (GNTKs) and graphons. In the limit of large width, optimization of an overparametrized NN is equivalent to kernel regression on the NTK. Here, we investigate how the GNTK evolves as another independent dimension is varied: the graph size. We use graphons to define limit objects -- graphon NNs for GNNs, and graphon NTKs for GNTKs -- , and prove that, on a sequence of graphs, the GNTKs converge to the graphon NTK. We further prove that the spectrum of the GNTK, which is related to the directions of fastest learning which becomes relevant during early stopping, converges to the spectrum of the graphon NTK. This implies that in the large-graph limit, the GNTK fitted on a graph of moderate size can be used to solve the same task on the large graph, and to infer the learning dynamics of the large-graph GNN. These results are verified empirically on node regression and classification tasks.

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