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Edwin Hancock

13 accepted papers

2025

AKBR: Learning Adaptive Kernel-based Representations for Graph Classification

IJCAI 2025

In this paper, we propose a new model to learn Adaptive Kernel-based Representations (AKBR) for graph classification. Unlike state-of-the-art R-convolution graph kernels that are defined by merely counting any pair of isomorphic substructures between graphs and cannot provide an end-to-end learning

2025

An End-to-End Simple Clustering Hierarchical Pooling Operation for Graph Learning Based on Top-K Node Selection

IJCAI 2025

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are powerful tools for graph learning, but one of the important challenges is how to effectively extract representations for graph-level tasks. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end Simple Clustering Hierarchical Pooling (SCHPool) operation, which is based on Top-K nod

2025

DHAKR: Learning Deep Hierarchical Attention-Based Kernelized Representations for Graph Classification

AAAI 2025technical

Graph-based representations are powerful tools for analyzing structured data. In this paper, we propose a novel model to learn Deep Hierarchical Attention-based Kernelized Representations (DHAKR) for graph classification. To this end, we commence by learning an assignment matrix to hierarchically ma…

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2025

DHTAGK: Deep Hierarchical Transitive-Aligned Graph Kernels for Graph Classification

IJCAI 2025

In this paper, we propose a family of novel Deep Hierarchical Transitive-Aligned Graph Kernels (DHTAGK) for graph classification. To this end, we commence by developing a new Hierarchical Aligned Graph Auto-Encoder (HA-GAE) to construct transitive-aligned embedding graphs that encapsulate the struct

2025

ENAHPool: The Edge-Node Attention-based Hierarchical Pooling for Graph Neural Networks

ICML 2025poster

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have emerged as powerful tools for graph learning, and one key challenge arising in GNNs is the development of effective pooling operations for learning meaningful graph representations. In this paper, we propose a novel Edge-Node Attention-based Hierarchical Pooling (EN…

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2025

Exploring the Over-smoothing Problem of Graph Neural Networks for Graph Classification: An Entropy-based Viewpoint

IJCAI 2025

The over-smoothing has emerged as a major challenge in the development of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). While existing state-of-the-art methods effectively mitigate the diminishing distance between nodes and improve the performance of node classification, they tend to be elusive for graph-level task

2025

HA-SCN: Learning Hierarchical Aligned Subtree Convolutional Networks for Graph Classification

IJCAI 2025

In this paper, we propose a Hierarchical Aligned Subtree Convolutional Network (HA-SCN) for graph classification. Our idea is to transform graphs of arbitrary sizes into fixed-sized aligned graphs and construct a normalized K-layer m-ary subtree for each node in the aligned graphs. By sliding convol

2025

MultiNet: Adaptive Multi-Viewed Subgraph Convolutional Networks for Graph Classification

NeurIPS 2025poster

The problem of over-smoothing has emerged as a fundamental issue for Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs). While existing efforts primarily focus on enhancing the discriminability of node representations for node classification, they tend to overlook the over-smoothing at the graph level, significant…

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2024

HC-GAE: The Hierarchical Cluster-based Graph Auto-Encoder for Graph Representation Learning

NeurIPS 2024poster

Graph Auto-Encoders (GAEs) are powerful tools for graph representation learning. In this paper, we develop a novel Hierarchical Cluster-based GAE (HC-GAE), that can learn effective structural characteristics for graph data analysis. To this end, during the encoding process, we commence by utilizing…

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2024

QBMK: Quantum-based Matching Kernels for Un-attributed Graphs

ICML 2024spotlight

In this work, we develop a new Quantum-based Matching Kernel (QBMK) for un-attributed graphs, by computing the kernel-based similarity between the quantum Shannon entropies of aligned vertices through the Continuous-time Quantum Walk (CTQW). The theoretical analysis reveals that the proposed QBMK ke…

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2023

ESSEN: Improving Evolution State Estimation for Temporal Networks using Von Neumann Entropy

NeurIPS 2023poster

Temporal networks are widely used as abstract graph representations for real-world dynamic systems. Indeed, recognizing the network evolution states is crucial in understanding and analyzing temporal networks. For instance, social networks will generate the clustering and formation of tightly-knit g…

2020

Learning for Graph Matching and Related Combinatorial Optimization Problems

IJCAI 2020poster

This survey gives a selective review of recent development of machine learning (ML) for combinatorial optimization (CO), especially for graph matching. The synergy of these two well-developed areas (ML and CO) can potentially give transformative change to artificial intelligence, whose foundation re…

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