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Architectures of Topological Deep Learning: A Survey of Message-Passing Topological Neural Networks

20 Apr 2023arXiv:2304.10031archive 2025-07-28

Mathilde Papillon, Sophia Sanborn, Mustafa Hajij, Nina Miolane

The natural world is full of complex systems characterized by intricate relations between their components: from social interactions between individuals in a social network to electrostatic interactions between atoms in a protein. Topological Deep Learning (TDL) provides a comprehensive framework to process and extract knowledge from data associated with these systems, such as predicting the social community to which an individual belongs or predicting whether a protein can be a reasonable target for drug development. TDL has demonstrated theoretical and practical advantages that hold the promise of breaking ground in the applied sciences and beyond. However, the rapid growth of the TDL literature for relational systems has also led to a lack of unification in notation and language across message-passing Topological Neural Network (TNN) architectures. This presents a real obstacle for building upon existing works and for deploying message-passing TNNs to new real-world problems. To address this issue, we provide an accessible introduction to TDL for relational systems, and compare the recently published message-passing TNNs using a unified mathematical and graphical notation. Through an intuitive and critical review of the emerging field of TDL, we extract valuable insights into current challenges and exciting opportunities for future development.

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