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Fundamental Limits in Statistical Learning Problems: Block Models and Neural Networks

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This thesis focuses on two selected learning problems: 1) statistical inference on graphs models, and, 2) gradient descent on neural networks, with the common objective of defining and analysing the measures that characterize the fundamental limits.In the ...

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Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks Guaranteeing Non-Vanishing Gradients by Design

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Phase diagram of Stochastic Gradient Descent in high-dimensional two-layer neural networks

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Deep Learning Theory Through the Lens of Diagonal Linear Networks

Topics in statistical physics of high-dimensional machine learning

Understanding generalization and robustness in modern deep learning

Leveraging Continuous Time to Understand Momentum When Training Diagonal Linear Networks

On the Generalization of Stochastic Gradient Descent with Momentum

Explainable Face Verification via Feature-Guided Gradient Backpropagation

Revisiting Character-level Adversarial Attacks for Language Models

Deep Learning Generalization with Limited and Noisy Labels

Fundamental Limits in Statistical Learning Problems: Block Models and Neural Networks

Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks Guaranteeing Non-Vanishing Gradients by Design

Deep Learning Theory Through the Lens of Diagonal Linear Networks

Understanding generalization and robustness in modern deep learning

Topics in statistical physics of high-dimensional machine learning

On the Generalization of Stochastic Gradient Descent with Momentum

Leveraging Continuous Time to Understand Momentum When Training Diagonal Linear Networks

Revisiting Character-level Adversarial Attacks for Language Models

Deep Learning Generalization with Limited and Noisy Labels

Fundamental Limits in Statistical Learning Problems: Block Models and Neural Networks

Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks Guaranteeing Non-Vanishing Gradients by Design

Explainable Face Verification via Feature-Guided Gradient Backpropagation