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An efficient learning procedure for deep Boltzmann machines.

Ruslan Salakhutdinov¹, Geoffrey Hinton

¹Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada. rsalakhu@utstat.toronto.edu

Neural Computation

|April 19, 2012

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We developed a new algorithm to train deep Boltzmann machines with millions of parameters. This approach enables effective learning of generative models for complex data like images and 3D objects.

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A Step-by-Step Implementation of DeepBehavior, Deep Learning Toolbox for Automated Behavior Analysis

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Area of Science:

Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning

Background:

Boltzmann machines with many hidden layers are computationally challenging to train.
Existing methods struggle with estimating statistics for deep architectures.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel learning algorithm for training deep Boltzmann machines.
To enable the learning of generative models with millions of parameters.

Main Methods:

Utilizing variational approximation for data-dependent statistics.
Employing persistent Markov chains for data-independent statistics.
Implementing layer-by-layer pretraining for efficient initialization.

Main Results:

Demonstrated effective learning of generative models on MNIST and NORB datasets.
Showcased the capability to train deep Boltzmann machines with multiple hidden layers and millions of parameters.
Validated the use of discovered features for initializing feedforward neural networks.

Conclusions:

The proposed algorithm makes training deep Boltzmann machines practical.
Deep Boltzmann machines can learn powerful generative models.
Features learned by deep Boltzmann machines are beneficial for discriminative tasks.