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Poster

Implicit Convolutional Kernels for Steerable CNNs

Maksim Zhdanov · Nico Hoffmann · Gabriele Cesa

Great Hall & Hall B1+B2 (level 1) #620

Abstract: Steerable convolutional neural networks (CNNs) provide a general framework for building neural networks equivariant to translations and transformations of an origin-preserving group G, such as reflections and rotations. They rely on standard convolutions with G-steerable kernels obtained by analytically solving the group-specific equivariance constraint imposed onto the kernel space. As the solution is tailored to a particular group G, implementing a kernel basis does not generalize to other symmetry transformations, complicating the development of general group equivariant models. We propose using implicit neural representation via multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs) to parameterize G-steerable kernels. The resulting framework offers a simple and flexible way to implement Steerable CNNs and generalizes to any group G for which a G-equivariant MLP can be built. We prove the effectiveness of our method on multiple tasks, including N-body simulations, point cloud classification and molecular property prediction.

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