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Machine learning at the mesoscale: a computation-dissipation bottleneck

Statistical Mechanics 2023-07-06 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Machine Learning

Abstract

The cost of information processing in physical systems calls for a trade-off between performance and energetic expenditure. Here we formulate and study a computation-dissipation bottleneck in mesoscopic systems used as input-output devices. Using both real datasets and synthetic tasks, we show how non-equilibrium leads to enhanced performance. Our framework sheds light on a crucial compromise between information compression, input-output computation and dynamic irreversibility induced by non-reciprocal interactions.

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@article{arxiv.2307.02379,
  title  = {Machine learning at the mesoscale: a computation-dissipation bottleneck},
  author = {Alessandro Ingrosso and Emanuele Panizon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.02379},
  year   = {2023}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures

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