Sequential learning of multiple tasks in artificial neural networks using gradient descent leads to catastrophic forgetting, whereby previously learned knowledge is erased during learning of new, disjoint knowledge. Here, we propose a new approach to sequential learning which leverages the recent discovery of adversari…
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Elastic weight consolidation (EWC, Kirkpatrick et al, 2017) is a novel algorithm designed to safeguard against catastrophic forgetting in neural networks. EWC can be seen as an approximation to Laplace propagation (Eskin et al, 2004), and this view is consistent with the motivation given by Kirkpatrick et al (2017). In…
Blog post discusses various implementations of Fisher Information for EWC in continual learning.
problem Improving Elastic Weight Consolidation (EWC) results by optimizing Fisher Information computation.
method Empirically compares different implementations of Fisher Information for EWC.
result Many reported EWC results can be improved by changing Fisher Information computation methods.
EWC helps prevent forgetting in neural networks by adjusting weights dynamically.
problem Preventing forgetting in neural networks during training.
method EWC adjusts weights dynamically to prevent forgetting.
result EWC effectively prevents catastrophic forgetting in neural networks.
Modified PCA algorithm with continual learning preserves features of previous modes for multimode process monitoring.
problem Catastrophic forgetting of previous modes in monitoring models for successive modes.
method Modified PCA algorithm with elastic weight consolidation (EWC) to preserve features of previous modes.
result PCA-EWC algorithm effectively monitors multimode processes without performance decrease.
In this paper we investigate two hypothesis regarding the use of deep reinforcement learning in multiple tasks. The first hypothesis is driven by the question of whether a deep reinforcement learning algorithm, trained on two similar tasks, is able to outperform two single-task, individually trained algorithms, by more…
EVCL combines VCL and EWC to prevent forgetting new tasks.
problem Preventing catastrophic forgetting in continual learning.
method Hybrid model integrating VCL and EWC.
result Consistently outperforms baselines in learning new tasks.
Unified understanding of three continual learning regularisation methods.
problem Maintaining knowledge of earlier tasks without re-accessing them.
method Three regularisation approaches: Elastic Weight Consolidation (EWC), Synaptic Intelligence (SI), and Memory Aware Synapses (MAS).
result EWC, SI, and MAS are linked to the same theoretical quantity, the square root of the Fisher Information.
RG-TTA adapts neural forecasters to streaming time series shifts by modulating adaptation intensity.
problem Adapting neural forecasters to distribution shifts in streaming time series data.
method RG-TTA uses a meta-controller that continuously modulates adaptation intensity based on distributional similarity.
result RG-TTA achieves the lowest MSE in 156 of 224 seed-averaged experiments, reducing MSE by 5.7% vs TTA.
Lifelong learning is a very important step toward realizing robust autonomous artificial agents. Neural networks are the main engine of deep learning, which is the current state-of-the-art technique in formulating adaptive artificial intelligent systems. However, neural networks suffer from catastrophic forgetting when…
This research proposes a CL model for RNNs to handle sequential data without forgetting.
problem Learning in dynamic environments without forgetting previous knowledge for sequential data.
method A Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) model with Elastic Weight Consolidation (EWC) for CL.
result The proposed model outperforms EWC and RNNs on CL benchmarks for sequential data.
Improved continual learning method using variational inference and FiLM layers.
problem Training models on new tasks and datasets in an online fashion.
method Generalized Variational Continual Learning (GVCL) with likelihood-tempering and FiLM layers.
result GVCL outperforms existing baselines in both small and large datasets, providing better calibration.
Paper tackles catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning.
method Regularizes training with sketches of Jacobian matrix of past data.
result Proves overcoming catastrophic forgetting for linear and wide neural networks.
New theory explains consistency of kernel methods with non-i.i.d. data.
problem Consistency of kernel methods under non-i.i.d. data.
method Empirical weak convergence (EWC) as a general assumption.
result Established consistency of SVMs, kernel mean embeddings, and CKMEs with EWC data.
We present a new replay-based method of continual classification learning that we term "conditional replay" which generates samples and labels together by sampling from a distribution conditioned on the class. We compare conditional replay to another replay-based continual learning paradigm (which we term "marginal rep…
We present a large-scale empirical study of catastrophic forgetting (CF) in modern Deep Neural Network (DNN) models that perform sequential (or: incremental) learning. A new experimental protocol is proposed that enforces typical constraints encountered in application scenarios. As the investigation is empirical, we ev…
It was recently shown that architectural, regularization and rehearsal strategies can be used to train deep models sequentially on a number of disjoint tasks without forgetting previously acquired knowledge. However, these strategies are still unsatisfactory if the tasks are not disjoint but constitute a single increme…
Proposes a CL technique to improve accuracy and reduce forgetting.
problem Sequential task learners struggle with forgetting information from previous tasks.
method Extracts modular parts of neural networks and estimates task relatedness.
result Remarkable performance gain in robustness to forgetting for EWC and GEM methods.
This work tackles continual learning with semi-supervised data, showing that even with minimal labeled data, performance can match full-supervised methods.
problem Training deep networks on a stream of tasks without forgetting, especially when labeled data is scarce.
method Designing a novel CSSL method that leverages metric learning and consistency regularization to learn from both labeled and unlabeled data.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art methods trained with full supervision, achieving comparable performance with only 25% labeled data.
Sequential learning of tasks using gradient descent leads to an unremitting decline in the accuracy of tasks for which training data is no longer available, termed catastrophic forgetting. Generative models have been explored as a means to approximate the distribution of old tasks and bypass storage of real data. Here …
In lifelong learning, the learner is presented with a sequence of tasks, incrementally building a data-driven prior which may be leveraged to speed up learning of a new task. In this work, we investigate the efficiency of current lifelong approaches, in terms of sample complexity, computational and memory cost. Towards…
Paper formalizes continual semi-supervised anomaly detection, showing promising results.
problem Formalizing continual semi-supervised anomaly detection in real-world conditions.
method Baseline model of variational autoencoder (VAE) with deep generative replay and outlier rejection.
result Outlier rejection shows promising results, often surpassing baseline methods.