Robust Node Representation Learning via Graph Variational Diffusion Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10903v1
• Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 03:18:53 GMT
• Title: Robust Node Representation Learning via Graph Variational Diffusion Networks
• Authors: Jun Zhuang, Mohammad Al Hasan
• Abstract summary: In recent years, compelling evidence has revealed that GNN-based node representation learning can be substantially deteriorated by perturbations in a graph structure. To learn robust node representation in the presence of perturbations, various works have been proposed to safeguard GNNs. We propose the Graph Variational Diffusion Network (GVDN), a new node encoder that effectively manipulates Gaussian noise to safeguard robustness on perturbed graphs.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Node representation learning by using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) has been widely explored. However, in recent years, compelling evidence has revealed that GNN-based node representation learning can be substantially deteriorated by delicately-crafted perturbations in a graph structure. To learn robust node representation in the presence of perturbations, various works have been proposed to safeguard GNNs. Within these existing works, Bayesian label transition has been proven to be more effective, but this method is extensively reliant on a well-built prior distribution. The variational inference could address this limitation by sampling the latent node embedding from a Gaussian prior distribution. Besides, leveraging the Gaussian distribution (noise) in hidden layers is an appealing strategy to strengthen the robustness of GNNs. However, our experiments indicate that such a strategy can cause over-smoothing issues during node aggregation. In this work, we propose the Graph Variational Diffusion Network (GVDN), a new node encoder that effectively manipulates Gaussian noise to safeguard robustness on perturbed graphs while alleviating over-smoothing issues through two mechanisms: Gaussian diffusion and node embedding propagation. Thanks to these two mechanisms, our model can generate robust node embeddings for recovery. Specifically, we design a retraining mechanism using the generated node embedding to recover the performance of node classifications in the presence of perturbations. The experiments verify the effectiveness of our proposed model across six public datasets.

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