Improved Learning of One-hidden-layer Convolutional Neural Networks with Overlaps
We propose a new algorithm to learn a one-hidden-layer convolutional neural network where both the convolutional weights and the outputs weights are parameters to be learned. Our algorithm works for a general class of (potentially overlapping) patches, including commonly used structures for computer vision tasks. Our algorithm draws ideas from (1) isotonic regression for learning neural networks and (2) landscape analysis of non-convex matrix factorization problems. We believe these findings may inspire further development in designing provable algorithms for learning neural networks and other complex models. While our focus is theoretical, we also present experiments that illustrate our theoretical findings.
 I believe the authors need to give more intuition on the importance of such a study, and how it can lead to improvement in real life application. The work seems interesting but is limited and as the authors mentioned it might be a good start for further investigation. However, what I really wanted to see was a simple comparison on a dataset like MNIST with conventional CNN being trained via SGD, for example. Also, there are some small typos you may need to fix, e.g "will be play" -> "will be playing".
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Improved Learning of One-hidden-layer Convolutional Neural Networks with Overlaps
We propose a new algorithm to learn a one-hidden-layer convolutional neural network where both the convolutional weights and the outputs weights are parameters to be learned. Our algorithm works for a general class of (potentially overlapping) patches, including commonly used structures for computer vision tasks. Our algorithm draws ideas from (1) isotonic regression for learning neural networks and (2) landscape analysis of non-convex matrix factorization problems. We believe these findings may inspire further development in designing provable algorithms for learning neural networks and other complex models. While our focus is theoretical, we also present experiments that illustrate our theoretical findings.
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<think>Okay, to do a decent peer review, I should start with summarizing what the work is about. This includes novelty, contributions, clarity, and impact. I might include suggestions to issues that I find critical to the usefulness of the work. Starting with novelty, there are different types of novelty. The first aspect of novelty is scope and scale. Is the work covering a broader perspective than previous works? The second aspect is methodology. Is the proposed methodology novel compared to previous methods? Do they provide any significant advantage over previous methodologies? The third aspect is results. Are the results different compared previous work? Does this lead to any novel theories or an extension of current theories? Next is clarity, I will be reading the work in depth and analyze if any sentences can be potentially ambiguous or misleading. If any sentences are ambiguous, I will state them and give a suggestion on how to rephrase such sentence or how to make more clear to the audience. Lastly, impact is important. I will attempt to predict how such work will impact the scientific community. This might include the applications of such work and how the work might transform the way we study a certain topic. Finally, I will might only mention issues that are critical. This is to keep the review as concise and helpful as possible.</think>



 I believe the authors need to give more intuition on the importance of such a study, and how it can lead to improvement in real life application. The work seems interesting but is limited and as the authors mentioned it might be a good start for further investigation. However, what I really wanted to see was a simple comparison on a dataset like MNIST with conventional CNN being trained via SGD, for example. Also, there are some small typos you may need to fix, e.g "will be play" -> "will be playing".
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 I believe the authors need to give more intuition on the importance of such a study, and how it can lead to improvement in real life application. The work seems interesting but is limited and as the authors mentioned it might be a good start for further investigation. However, what I really wanted to see was a simple comparison on a dataset like MNIST with conventional CNN being trained via SGD, for example. Also, there are some small typos you may need to fix, e.g "will be play" -> "will be playing".