La-MAML improves fast online continual learning with a look-ahead approach.
problem Fast online continual learning with limited model capacity.
method Optimisation-based meta-learning with look-ahead and episodic memory.
result Superior performance on visual classification benchmarks.
New method uses dynamic programming for meta continual learning.
problem Challenges of generalization and catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning.
method Developed a theoretical framework using dynamic programming for meta continual learning.
result Theoretical and practical method achieves better accuracy than existing methods.
Paper introduces a meta-critic for accelerating off-policy actor-critic learning.
problem Improving sample efficiency in continuous control tasks.
method Meta-critic that meta-learns an additional loss for the actor.
result Online meta-critic learning leads to improved performance in various continuous control environments.
MOCA enables meta-learning without task segmentation for online learning.
problem Meta-learning without task segmentation for online learning.
method MOCA combines meta-learning with online changepoint analysis.
result MOCA enables efficient meta-learning in time-varying tasks.
The paper proposes a learning algorithm that improves adaptability and generalization.
problem Improving adaptability and generalization in learning models.
method Learning to meta-learn by meta-finetuning on related tasks before adapting to specific tasks.
result Learning to meta-learn improves adaptability and generalization across various tasks.
AI learns to learn sequentially without forgetting.
problem Preventing catastrophic forgetting in machine learning models.
method Meta-learning a neuromodulatory activation-gating function to control selective activation in deep neural networks.
result State-of-the-art continual learning performance with 600 classes (9,000 updates).
Novel Bayesian meta-reinforcement learning framework improves traffic signal control robustness.
problem Lack of robustness and stability in adaptation for traffic signal control.
method Value-based Bayesian meta-reinforcement learning framework BM-DQN with fast-adaptation variation and DQN fast-update advantage.
result Framework adapts more quickly and robustly to new scenarios than previous methods.
This paper surveys meta-learning, online, and continual learning.
problem Combining and understanding meta-learning, online, and continual learning.
method Organizing various problem settings using consistent terminology and formal descriptions.
result Fosters further advancements in meta-learning, online, and continual learning.
Meta-continual learning improves few-shot learning performance.
problem Limited applicability of deep learning solutions to real-world data.
method Unsupervised meta-continual learning with meta-optimization and self-attention.
result Meta-continual learning achieves competitive performance even without supervision.
ARCADe detects anomalies in a sequence of tasks with limited data.
problem Learning a sequence of anomaly detection tasks with only normal class examples.
method Formulated as a meta-learning problem, ARCADe addresses catastrophic forgetting and overfitting.
result ARCADe outperforms baselines on three datasets.
Faster ZSL with continual learning and self-gating.
problem Generalizing models to unseen categories and handling sequential data.
method Meta-continual zero-shot learning (MCZSL) with self-gating and scaled class normalization.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art results with faster training (>100imes). Proposes a framework for semi-supervised continual learning from sequentially arriving data.
problem Learning from data with changing task distribution over time, especially in domains with a mix of labeled and unlabeled data.
method Meta-Consolidation for Continual Semi-Supervised Learning (MCSSL) framework with a hypernetwork and semi-supervised auxiliary classifier.
result Significant improvements in continual semi-supervised learning setting.
Meta-learning adapts models for unseen tasks across AI, robotics, and NLP.
problem Adapting models to unseen tasks efficiently and accurately.
method Black-box, metric-based, layered, and Bayesian approaches.
result Meta-learning enhances model generalization and adaptation to unseen tasks.
This paper introduces Meta-Q-Learning (MQL), a new off-policy algorithm for meta-Reinforcement Learning (meta-RL). MQL builds upon three simple ideas. First, we show that Q-learning is competitive with state-of-the-art meta-RL algorithms if given access to a context variable that is a representation of the past traject…
We derive the ODE of MAML and propose a new BI-MAML algorithm.
problem Training efficiency and computational burden in MAML.
method Continuous-time limit view of MAML, ODE derivation, and BI-MAML algorithm.
result MAML ODE shows linear convergence rate for strongly convex task losses.
Meta-learning for few-shot learning allows a machine to leverage previously acquired knowledge as a prior, thus improving the performance on novel tasks with only small amounts of data. However, most mainstream models suffer from catastrophic forgetting and insufficient robustness issues, thereby failing to fully retai…
In this paper we propose to solve an important problem in recommendation -- user cold start, based on meta leaning method. Previous meta learning approaches finetune all parameters for each new user, which is both computing and storage expensive. In contrast, we divide model parameters into fixed and adaptive parts and…
M3PO improves model-based meta-RL with theoretical guarantees.
problem Improving sample efficiency in multi-task RL with theoretical guarantees.
method Extending Janner et al. (2019) theorems, proposing M3PO with performance guarantees.
result M3PO outperforms existing methods in continuous-control benchmarks.
Learning to optimize has emerged as a powerful framework for various optimization and machine learning tasks. Current such "meta-optimizers" often learn in the space of continuous optimization algorithms that are point-based and uncertainty-unaware. To overcome the limitations, we propose a meta-optimizer that learns i…
Meta-learning, or learning to learn, is the science of systematically observing how different machine learning approaches perform on a wide range of learning tasks, and then learning from this experience, or meta-data, to learn new tasks much faster than otherwise possible. Not only does this dramatically speed up and …
MAIN network learns attributes without unseen class attributes for faster, more adaptable ZSL.
problem Learning unseen categories without known attributes and handling continual learning.
method Meta-learning attribute self-interaction network with inverse regularization.
result Main network outperforms state-of-the-art ZSL methods without unseen class attributes.
Paper tackles continual learning with single-index models, proving regret bounds.
problem Continual learning with single-index models across multiple tasks.
method Proposes a randomized strategy to learn a common single-index and task-specific link functions.
result Proves regret bounds for the proposed strategy under various loss function assumptions.
Neural networks have been successfully applied in applications with a large amount of labeled data. However, the task of rapid generalization on new concepts with small training data while preserving performances on previously learned ones still presents a significant challenge to neural network models. In this work, w…
Evolutionary Strategies optimize hyper-parameters for off-policy learning.
problem Hyper-parameter sensitivity in off-policy learning.
method Application of Evolutionary Strategies for online hyper-parameter tuning.
result Our method outperforms state-of-the-art baselines.
Meta-learning for discrete tasks using submodular optimization.
problem Improving performance on new tasks with limited data.
method Discrete submodular optimization for personalized initial solutions.
result Significant reduction in computational cost for new tasks.
A central capability of intelligent systems is the ability to continuously build upon previous experiences to speed up and enhance learning of new tasks. Two distinct research paradigms have studied this question. Meta-learning views this problem as learning a prior over model parameters that is amenable for fast adapt…
Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have demonstrated promising results on complex tasks, yet often require impractical numbers of samples since they learn from scratch. Meta-RL aims to address this challenge by leveraging experience from previous tasks so as to more quickly solve new tasks. However, in practice, th…
Humans and animals can learn complex predictive models that allow them to accurately and reliably reason about real-world phenomena, and they can adapt such models extremely quickly in the face of unexpected changes. Deep neural network models allow us to represent very complex functions, but lack this capacity for rap…
While neural networks are powerful function approximators, they suffer from catastrophic forgetting when the data distribution is not stationary. One particular formalism that studies learning under non-stationary distribution is provided by continual learning, where the non-stationarity is imposed by a sequence of dis…
Paper proposes ensemble methods to prevent forgetting in neural networks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in retraining neural networks.
method Gradient boosting and meta-learning approaches.
result Prevents forgetting in pre-trained neural network models.
In order to learn quickly with few samples, meta-learning utilizes prior knowledge learned from previous tasks. However, a critical challenge in meta-learning is task uncertainty and heterogeneity, which can not be handled via globally sharing knowledge among tasks. In this paper, based on gradient-based meta-learning,…
New method for online meta-learning reduces dynamic regret in changing environments.
problem Learning new tasks quickly from limited data in dynamic settings.
method Established dynamic regret analysis using generalized adaptive gradient methods.
result Logarithmic local dynamic regret with dependence on total iterations and learner parameters.
Meta-learning is a promising method to achieve efficient training method towards deep neural net and has been attracting increases interests in recent years. But most of the current methods are still not capable to train complex neuron net model with long-time training process. In this paper, a novel second-order meta-…
Sparse Meta Networks adapt deep neural networks incrementally for fast learning.
problem Training deep neural networks is slow and impractical for complex, changing environments.
method Sparse Meta Networks use a memory layer to learn online sequential adaptation, accumulating fast-weights incrementally.
result Sparse Meta Networks achieve strong performance in various sequential adaptation scenarios.
MAT combines meta-learning and adversarial training to defend against universal patches.
problem Defending against universal patches that fool models in various contexts.
method Meta adversarial training (MAT) integrates meta-learning with adversarial training.
result MAT increases robustness against universal patch attacks on image classification and traffic-light detection.
The online meta-learning framework is designed for the continual lifelong learning setting. It bridges two fields: meta-learning which tries to extract prior knowledge from past tasks for fast learning of future tasks, and online-learning which deals with the sequential setting where problems are revealed one by one. I…
Learning-to-learn or meta-learning leverages data-driven inductive bias to increase the efficiency of learning on a novel task. This approach encounters difficulty when transfer is not advantageous, for instance, when tasks are considerably dissimilar or change over time. We use the connection between gradient-based me…
Empirical study shows consistent meta-RL algorithms adapt to OOD tasks.
problem Theoretical consistency of meta-RL algorithms and its practical implications.
method Empirical investigation of representative meta-RL algorithms, focusing on consistency and adaptation to out-of-distribution tasks.
result Theoretical consistent algorithms can adapt to OOD tasks, while inconsistent ones cannot, but can still fail for poor exploration.
Meta-learning approach improves object detection on new classes.
problem Deterioration of object detection performance on old classes in incremental settings.
method Meta-learning to reshape model gradients for optimal task adaptation.
result Meta-learning approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods in incremental object detection.
FLAP adapts policies quickly to new tasks using shared linear representations.
problem Adapting policies to new tasks efficiently and effectively.
method FLAP uses a shared linear representation and a separate adapter network for quick adaptation.
result FLAP achieves up to 8X faster adaptation and significantly better performance on out-of-distribution tasks.
Lack of performance when it comes to continual learning over non-stationary distributions of data remains a major challenge in scaling neural network learning to more human realistic settings. In this work we propose a new conceptualization of the continual learning problem in terms of a temporally symmetric trade-off …
Meta-learning approach prevents forgetting across tasks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in deep neural networks.
method Incremental Task-Agnostic Meta-learning (iTAML) with a meta-update rule.
result Significant improvements in class-incremental learning tasks.
Meta Optimal Transport learns from past problems to solve similar OT problems faster.
problem Solving similar optimal transport problems repeatedly from scratch is inefficient.
method Amortized optimization to predict optimal transport maps from past solutions.
result Meta OT models can solve new problems faster than standard methods.
Algorithm learns new tasks efficiently from past experience.
problem Lack of robustness to distributional shift in meta-reinforcement learning.
method Model Identification and Experience Relabeling (MIER) using dynamics models.
result Efficient extrapolation to out-of-distribution tasks.
A new method improves EEG classification across subjects efficiently.
problem Challenges in adapting and retaining knowledge for EEG classifiers across different subjects.
method Meta UPdate Strategy (MUPS-EEG) for continuous EEG classification.
result Outperforms current state-of-the-art methods in adapting to new subjects and retaining knowledge of learned subjects.
This paper investigates different vector step-size adaptation approaches for non-stationary online, continual prediction problems. Vanilla stochastic gradient descent can be considerably improved by scaling the update with a vector of appropriately chosen step-sizes. Many methods, including AdaGrad, RMSProp, and AMSGra…
Meta-learning neural networks for better clustering representations.
problem Improving clustering performance with appropriate representations.
method Meta-learning method that trains neural networks for representations using VB inference with an infinite Gaussian mixture model.
result The method achieves higher clustering performance than existing methods.
Bayesian approach helps update deep models without forgetting past data.
problem Updating deep models sequentially without forgetting past data.
method Bayesian inference for continual learning.
result Bayesian approach enables updating model beliefs with new data.