Abstract:Despite an ever-increasing interest in topological deep learning models that target higher-order datasets, there is no consensus on how to evaluate such models. This is exacerbated by the fact that topological objects permit operations, such as structural refinements, that are not appropriate for graph data. In this work, we extend MANTRA, a benchmark dataset containing manifold triangulations, to a larger class of manifolds with more diverse homeomorphism types. We show that, unlike prior claims, both graph neural networks (GNNs) and higher-order message passing (HOMP) methods can saturate the benchmark. However, we find that this is contingent on the right representation and feature assignment, emphasizing their importance in baseline models. We thus provide a novel evaluation protocol based on representational diversity and triangulation refinement. Surprisingly, we find no indication that existing models are capable of generalizing beyond the combinatorial structure of the data. This points towards a research gap in developing models that understand topological structure independent of scale. Our work thus provides the necessary scaffolding to evaluate future models and enable the development of topology-aware inductive biases.
| Subjects: | Machine Learning (cs.LG); Algebraic Topology (math.AT) |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2605.06467 [cs.LG] |
| (or arXiv:2605.06467v1 [cs.LG] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.06467 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) |
From: Bastian Rieck [view email]
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