Spectral Norm in Learning Theory: Some Selected Topics

Abstract

In this paper, we review some known results that relate the statistical query complexity of a concept class to the spectral norm of its correlation matrix. Since spectral norms are widely used in various other areas, we are then able to put statistical query complexity in a broader context. We briefly describe some non-trivial connections to (seemingly) different topics in learning theory, complexity theory, and cryptography. A connection to the so-called Hidden Number Problem, which plays an important role for proving bit-security of cryptographic functions, will be discussed in somewhat more detail.

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Text

Simon. "Spectral Norm in Learning Theory: Some Selected Topics." International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, 2006. doi:10.1007/11894841_4

Markdown

[Simon. "Spectral Norm in Learning Theory: Some Selected Topics." International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, 2006.](https://mlanthology.org/alt/2006/simon2006alt-spectral/) doi:10.1007/11894841_4

BibTeX

@inproceedings{simon2006alt-spectral,
  title     = {{Spectral Norm in Learning Theory: Some Selected Topics}},
  author    = {Simon, Hans Ulrich},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory},
  year      = {2006},
  pages     = {13-27},
  doi       = {10.1007/11894841_4},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/alt/2006/simon2006alt-spectral/}
}