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] A Perspective: Sparse Compositionality and Efficiently Computable Intelligence. (2026).
Perspective_SPCOMP-9.pdf (170.23 KB)
Perspective_SPCOMP-9.pdf (170.23 KB) Double descent in the condition number. (2019). Fixing typos, clarifying error in y, best approach is crossvalidation (837.18 KB) Incorporated footnote in text plus other edits (854.05 KB) Deleted previous discussion on kernel regression and deep nets: it will appear, extended, in a separate paper (795.28 KB) correcting a bad typo (261.24 KB) Deleted plot of condition number of kernel matrix: we cannot get a double descent curve (769.32 KB)
Fixing typos, clarifying error in y, best approach is crossvalidation (837.18 KB) Incorporated footnote in text plus other edits (854.05 KB) Deleted previous discussion on kernel regression and deep nets: it will appear, extended, in a separate paper (795.28 KB) correcting a bad typo (261.24 KB) Deleted plot of condition number of kernel matrix: we cannot get a double descent curve (769.32 KB) From Marr’s Vision to the Problem of Human Intelligence. (2021). CBMM-Memo-118.pdf (362.19 KB)
CBMM-Memo-118.pdf (362.19 KB) Theory II: Deep learning and optimization. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences 66, (2018). 03_775-788_00920_Bpast.No_.66-6_31.12.18_K2.pdf (5.43 MB)
03_775-788_00920_Bpast.No_.66-6_31.12.18_K2.pdf (5.43 MB) Compositional sparsity of learnable functions. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 61, 438-456 (2024).
On efficiently computable functions, deep networks and sparse compositionality. (2025). Deep_sparse_networks_approximate_efficiently_computable_functions.pdf (223.15 KB)
Deep_sparse_networks_approximate_efficiently_computable_functions.pdf (223.15 KB) Implicit dynamic regularization in deep networks. (2020). v1.2 (2.29 MB) v.59 Update on rank (2.43 MB)
v1.2 (2.29 MB) v.59 Update on rank (2.43 MB) Stable Foundations for Learning: a framework for learning theory (in both the classical and modern regime). (2020). Original file (584.54 KB) Corrected typos and details of "equivalence" CV stability and expected error for interpolating machines. Added Appendix on SGD. (905.29 KB) Edited Appendix on SGD. (909.19 KB) Deleted Appendix. Corrected typos etc (880.27 KB) Added result about square loss and min norm (898.03 KB)
Original file (584.54 KB) Corrected typos and details of "equivalence" CV stability and expected error for interpolating machines. Added Appendix on SGD. (905.29 KB) Edited Appendix on SGD. (909.19 KB) Deleted Appendix. Corrected typos etc (880.27 KB) Added result about square loss and min norm (898.03 KB) Is Research in Intelligence an Existential Risk?. (2014). Is Research in Intelligence an Existential Risk.pdf (571.42 KB)
Is Research in Intelligence an Existential Risk.pdf (571.42 KB) Complexity Control by Gradient Descent in Deep Networks. Nature Communications 11, (2020). s41467-020-14663-9.pdf (431.68 KB)
s41467-020-14663-9.pdf (431.68 KB) Computational role of eccentricity dependent cortical magnification. (2014). CBMM-Memo-017.pdf (1.04 MB)
CBMM-Memo-017.pdf (1.04 MB) Associative Memory as the Core of Intelligence in Technology and Evolution. (2026). Review_On_Associative_Memories-14.pdf (245.78 KB)
Review_On_Associative_Memories-14.pdf (245.78 KB) Why and when can deep-but not shallow-networks avoid the curse of dimensionality: A review. International Journal of Automation and Computing 1-17 (2017). doi:10.1007/s11633-017-1054-2 art%3A10.1007%2Fs11633-017-1054-2.pdf (1.68 MB)
art%3A10.1007%2Fs11633-017-1054-2.pdf (1.68 MB) Theory I: Deep networks and the curse of dimensionality. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences 66, (2018). 02_761-774_00966_Bpast.No_.66-6_28.12.18_K1.pdf (1.18 MB)
02_761-774_00966_Bpast.No_.66-6_28.12.18_K1.pdf (1.18 MB) Theory II: Landscape of the Empirical Risk in Deep Learning. (2017). CBMM Memo 066_1703.09833v2.pdf (5.56 MB)
CBMM Memo 066_1703.09833v2.pdf (5.56 MB) Turing++ Questions: A Test for the Science of (Human) Intelligence. AI Magazine 37 , 73-77 (2016). Turing_Plus_Questions.pdf (424.91 KB)
Turing_Plus_Questions.pdf (424.91 KB) Notes on Hierarchical Splines, DCLNs and i-theory. (2015). CBMM Memo 037 (1.83 MB)
CBMM Memo 037 (1.83 MB) Theory I: Why and When Can Deep Networks Avoid the Curse of Dimensionality?. (2016). CBMM-Memo-058v1.pdf (2.42 MB) CBMM-Memo-058v5.pdf (2.45 MB) CBMM-Memo-058-v6.pdf (2.74 MB) Proposition 4 has been deleted (2.75 MB)
CBMM-Memo-058v1.pdf (2.42 MB) CBMM-Memo-058v5.pdf (2.45 MB) CBMM-Memo-058-v6.pdf (2.74 MB) Proposition 4 has been deleted (2.75 MB) From Associative Memories to Powerful Machines. (2021). v1.0 (1.01 MB) v1.3Section added August 6 on self attention (3.9 MB)
v1.0 (1.01 MB) v1.3Section added August 6 on self attention (3.9 MB) What if.. (2015). What if.pdf (2.09 MB)
What if.pdf (2.09 MB) An Overview of Some Issues in the Theory of Deep Networks. IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15, 1560 - 1571 (2020).
Deep Learning: mathematics and neuroscience. (2016). Deep Learning- mathematics and neuroscience.pdf (1.25 MB)
Deep Learning- mathematics and neuroscience.pdf (1.25 MB) Compositional Sparsity of Learnable Functions. (2024). This is an update of the AMS paper (230.72 KB)
This is an update of the AMS paper (230.72 KB) The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography Volume 8 8, (Society for Neuroscience, 2014). Volume Introduction and Preface (232.8 KB) TomasoPoggio.pdf (1.43 MB)
Volume Introduction and Preface (232.8 KB) TomasoPoggio.pdf (1.43 MB) Theoretical Issues in Deep Networks. (2019). CBMM Memo 100 v1 (1.71 MB) CBMM Memo 100 v3 (8/25/2019) (1.31 MB) CBMM Memo 100 v4 (11/19/2019) (1008.23 KB)
CBMM Memo 100 v1 (1.71 MB) CBMM Memo 100 v3 (8/25/2019) (1.31 MB) CBMM Memo 100 v4 (11/19/2019) (1008.23 KB)