How to compress document count vectors
output
vector
 2000  reconstructed counts
• We train the
autoencoder to
reproduce its input
vector as its output
• This forces it to
compress as much
information as possible
into the 2 real numbers
in the central bottleneck.
• These 2 numbers are
then a good way to
visualize documents.
500 neurons
250 neurons
 2
250 neurons
500 neurons
Input vector uses
Poisson units
     2000  word counts