SiGNN: A spike-induced graph neural network for dynamic graph representation learning

Abstract

In the domain of dynamic graph representation learning (DGRL), capturing the temporal evolution within real-world networks is of paramount importance. Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs), renowned for their temporal dynamics and low-power characteristics, provide an efficient solution for temporal processing in DGRL tasks. However, due to the spike-based information encoding mechanism of SNNs, existing DGRL methods that employ SNNs face significant limitations in their representational capacity. To address this issue, we propose an innovative framework named Spike-induced Graph Neural Network (SiGNN) for learning enhanced spatiotemporal representations on dynamic graphs. Specifically, we achieve a harmonious integration of SNNs and GNNs through a novel Temporal Activation (TA) mechanism. This mechanism enables SiGNN to effectively harness the temporal dynamics of SNNs while circumventing the representational constraints imposed by the binary nature of spikes. Furthermore, leveraging the inherent adaptability of SNNs, SiGNN incorporates an in-depth analysis of evolutionary patterns within graphs across multiple time granularities, thereby facilitating the acquisition of multiscale temporal node representations. Extensive experiments on various real-world dynamic graph datasets demonstrate the superior performance of SiGNN in the node classification task. Our code is publicly available at https://github.com/CharliedoD/SiGNN.