DistillHGNN: A Knowledge Distillation Approach for High-Speed Hypergraph Neural Networks
Keywords: Knowledge Distillation, Hypergraph Neural Networks, Contrastive Learning.
TL;DR: Hypergraph Neural Networks (HGNNs) using knowledge distillation to transfer high-order information to a lightweight GCN, achieving faster inference with minimal resource use while maintaining high accuracy.
Abstract: In this paper, we propose a novel framework to significantly enhance the inference speed and memory efficiency of Hypergraph Neural Networks (HGNNs) while preserving their high accuracy. Our approach utilizes an advanced teacher-student knowledge distillation strategy. The teacher model, consisting of an HGNN and a Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), not only produces soft labels but also transfers structural and high-order information to a lightweight Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) known as TinyGCN. This dual transfer mechanism enables the student model to effectively capture complex dependencies while benefiting from the faster inference and lower computational cost of the lightweight GCN. The student model is trained using both labeled data and soft labels provided by the teacher, with contrastive learning further ensuring that the student retains high-order relationships. This makes the proposed method efficient and suitable for real-time applications, achieving performance comparable to traditional HGNNs but with significantly reduced resource requirements.
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Primary Area: transfer learning, meta learning, and lifelong learning
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