Original title:
Kompozicionalita a disentanglement: Strukturované reprezentace v jednoduchých neuronových modelech
Translated title:
Compositionality and Disentanglement: Structured Representations in Simple Neural Models
Authors:
Auersperger, Michal ; Pecina, Pavel (advisor) ; Smith, Kenny (referee) ; Le, Phong (referee) Document type: Doctoral theses
Year:
2026
Language:
eng Abstract:
[eng][cze] Title: Compositionality and Disentanglement: Structured Representations in Simple Neural Models Author: Michal Auersperger Department: Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Pavel Pecina, Ph.D., Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics Abstract: We study conditions that encourage the emergence of structured neural represen- tations in communication games with discrete channels and in autoencoders with continuous channels. Across both settings, we examine two pressures: compres- sion, implemented through message length penalties and bounded activations, and training pressure, introduced through agent resetting and dropout. In signaling games, we propose grammar-based compositionality metrics derived from proba- bilistic context-free grammar induction and show that structured protocols support better generalization under constrained training conditions. For continuous repre- sentations, we introduce a vocabulary-based reconstruction measure that evaluates whether latent fragments can be recombined into valid codes. Experiments in con- trolled settings suggest that compression and training pressures promote represen- tations whose parts can be reused more systematically. Keywords: compositionality, generalization, emergent languages, disentan- glement iiiNázev práce: K : S ý ý Autor: M A Pracoviště: Ú í Vedoucí práce: . RND. P P, P.D., Ú í Abstrakt: Z , ý í č í ý (í ) čí (ý ). V ří ů: ří. K í čí . N ří í ů . P ěří í čí žý ěí ý . D , ž ší ňí, říě, ž čí . P í í í ů (), í, í ý í ě ě ý ů. S čí, ž í í, ž ý č í ý...
Keywords:
compositionality|generalization|emergent languages|disentanglement; kompozicionalita|zobecňování|simulace vývoje jazyka|disentanglement
Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses)
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Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository. Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/207781