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Scalable Uncertainty Quantification for Vision Transformers

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The paper addresses the challenge of scaling infinite-depth Bayesian neural network theory to modern vision transformers by deriving infinite-depth Gaussian process limits for attention-based architectures and developing practical approximation algorithms.

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Key findings

Derives infinite-depth GP limits for attention-based architectures, extending NNGP theory to transformers.

Develops Nesterov-accelerated fixed-point iteration for faster convergence to the infinite-depth limit.

Proposes scalable approximation algorithms using spectral truncation and inducing point methods.

Demonstrates superior uncertainty calibration on UCI benchmarks and strong OOD detection on CIFAR-10/100.

Limitations & open questions

The paper does not discuss the limitations of the proposed methods in detail.

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