Manifold Regularized Networks (MaRN)

marn is a model-agnostic, production-oriented PyTorch package for training target models through low-dimensional parameter manifolds. It is inspired by the paper Mapping Networks. The library decouples model architecture from parameter representation, allowing you to optimize neural networks by updating compact, trainable latent coordinates instead of mutating the target module's parameters.

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Installation

Install marn from your local workspace:

pip install marn

Or add it using Poetry:

poetry add marn

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Quickstart

Train a standard PyTorch model through a low-dimensional layer-wise latent representation:

import torch
from torch import nn
from torch.utils.data import DataLoader, TensorDataset
from marn import MappingModel, MappingLoss, ClassificationLoss, MappingTrainer

# 1. Create target model and training data
target = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(10, 16), nn.ReLU(), nn.Linear(16, 2))
data = TensorDataset(torch.randn(100, 10), torch.randint(0, 2, (100,)))
loader = DataLoader(data, batch_size=16)

# 2. Wrap target model with low-dimensional mapping strategy
model = MappingModel(
    target_model=target,
    latent_dim=32,
    strategy="layerwise"
)

# 3. Configure composite loss and trainer
loss_fn = MappingLoss(task_loss=ClassificationLoss())
trainer = MappingTrainer(
    model=model,
    train_loader=loader,
    loss_fn=loss_fn,
    learning_rate=1e-3,
)

# 4. Train the latent parameters
trainer.fit(epochs=5)

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Core Concepts

• Latent Manifold: Trainable coordinates $z$ which undergo transformation to map to target parameter space.
• BaseMapper: Projects $z$ to flat generated parameter descriptors (e.g., using fixed, orthogonal projections).
• BaseModulation: Integrates generated descriptors back into target parameters (e.g., additive $W_{ij} \leftarrow W_{ij} + \alpha z_i$, or affine).
• Generation Strategy: Defines the mapping scope.
  • "slvt" (Single Latent Vector Training) projects the entire model from a single global latent vector.
  • "layerwise" constructs independent smaller latent coordinates per layer.
  • "grouped" allows custom parameter subdivision.
• MappingLoss: A composite loss that balances task loss (classification/regression) with stability, smoothness, and cosine alignment regularization components.

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Paper Correspondence

The code maps directly to the concepts defined in the paper:

• Fixed Projection Matrices: Registered as PyTorch buffers inside MLPMapper so they stay frozen and are excluded from DDP/optimizer updates.
• Additive Modulation: Implemented in AdditiveModulation representing $w_{ij} \leftarrow w_{ij} + \alpha \cdot z_i$.
• Regularization Terms: Fully implemented in MappingLoss:
  • Stability Loss ($L_{\text{stability}}$): penalizes changes in output predictions when adding small noise perturbation to the latent vector (StabilityLoss).
  • Smoothness Loss ($L_{\text{smoothness}}$): penalizes the Jacobian norm of the mapper to enforce a smooth manifold (SmoothnessLoss).
  • Alignment Loss ($L_{\text{alignment}}$): maximizes alignment via cosine distance between latent vectors and weight summaries (AlignmentLoss).

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Documentation & cookbook

• Docs: marn.readthedocs.io
• User guide & API: organized under the PyData Sphinx theme in docs/
• Cookbook: eight runnable scripts in cookbook/ (also summarized in the Cookbook docs)

poetry run python cookbook/01_single_latent_classification.py