Fastest video anomaly detection via teacher-student distillation.
problem Anomaly detection in video at high speed.
method Adversarial knowledge distillation from object-level teacher models.
result 7-62 times faster than state-of-the-art methods.
MXGNet tackles visual reasoning tasks using graph neural networks.
problem Abstract reasoning, especially in the visual domain, is challenging for AI.
method Combines object-level representations, graph neural networks, and multiplex graphs.
result Achieves state-of-the-art accuracy on Euler Diagram Syllogisms and outperforms state-of-the-art models on RPM datasets.
Proposes RaT to mitigate bias in student-teacher estimation.
problem Systematic bias in teacher's predictions propagates to student model.
method Uses teacher to estimate residuals in student's predictions.
result RaT method reduces teacher bias effect and achieves optimal rate.
OLALA automates document layout annotation by selecting ambiguous regions for labeling.
problem Efficiently annotating complex document layouts with limited resources.
method Object-Level Active Learning framework that selects ambiguous regions for labeling and uses semi-automatic correction.
result OLALA significantly boosts model performance and improves annotation efficiency.
Enhances model compression with multi-teacher knowledge distillation.
problem Uncertainty evaluation and diverse teacher expertise in model deployment.
method Bayesian inference and teacher-informed prior with entropy-based weighting.
result Improved predictive accuracy and robust uncertainty quantification.
Aims to learn from multiple unpredictable teachers with minimal interaction.
problem Learning from multiple non-deterministic teachers with low interaction cost.
method Develops a framework and an active learning algorithm to estimate a distribution over policy space.
result Significantly reduces interaction with teachers without compromising performance.
Student-teacher learning improves generalization with noisy inputs.
problem Transfer knowledge from clean inputs to noisy inputs.
method Analyzes student-teacher learning using deep linear networks and experiments with nonlinear networks.
result Three factors are vital for success: zero training loss, teacher knowledge, and feature decomposition.
Modeling functional data, this study uncovers the size-and-shape of functions under noisy observations.
problem Uncertainty in recovering a fixed effect function from noisy observations.
method Bayesian functional mixed model with priors on unitary transformations.
result It is possible to recover the size-and-shape of a square-integrable function μ. In this paper, we make an important step towards the black-box machine teaching by considering the cross-space machine teaching, where the teacher and the learner use different feature representations and the teacher can not fully observe the learner's model. In such scenario, we study how the teacher is still able to …
A new teacher-class network method compresses DNNs by distributing knowledge to multiple student networks.
problem Overwhelming size of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs).
method Single teacher with multiple student networks, transferring knowledge to each student.
result The combined knowledge of the class of students achieves better performance and reduces parameters.
The teacher-student (T/S) learning has been shown to be effective for a variety of problems such as domain adaptation and model compression. One shortcoming of the T/S learning is that a teacher model, not always perfect, sporadically produces wrong guidance in form of posterior probabilities that misleads the student …
A new distillation method transfers channel information from teacher to student.
problem Transfer knowledge from teacher to student with fewer parameters and calculations.
method Channel Distillation (CD) and Guided Knowledge Distillation (GKD) with loss decay.
result Achieved 27.68% top-1 error on ImageNet with ResNet18, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.
Distilled models often fail to match teacher models, despite improving generalization.
problem The discrepancy between teacher and student predictive distributions remains large.
method Investigated the optimization difficulties and dataset details affecting student performance.
result Optimizing for matching the teacher does not always lead to better generalization.
Despite the fact that deep neural networks are powerful models and achieve appealing results on many tasks, they are too large to be deployed on edge devices like smartphones or embedded sensor nodes. There have been efforts to compress these networks, and a popular method is knowledge distillation, where a large (teac…
Performing knowledge transfer from a large teacher network to a smaller student is a popular task in modern deep learning applications. However, due to growing dataset sizes and stricter privacy regulations, it is increasingly common not to have access to the data that was used to train the teacher. We propose a novel …
Random feature models can outperform a weak teacher with early stopping.
problem Generalization from a weak to a strong model in random feature networks.
method Random feature models, early stopping, proving weak-to-strong generalization.
result Random feature models can outperform a weak teacher with early stopping.
This paper investigates teacher hacking during language model distillation and proposes methods to mitigate it.
problem Teacher hacking during language model distillation, leading to suboptimal performance.
method A controlled experimental setup involving an oracle LM, teacher LM, and student LM, using fixed offline or online data generation techniques.
result Data diversity is the key factor in preventing teacher hacking during distillation.
Under-parameterized networks can either copy or average teacher weights, leading to universal optimal solutions.
problem Approximating a teacher network with an under-parameterized student network.
method Analyzing shallow neural networks with erf activation function and unitary teacher weights, proving copy-average configurations are critical points and finding the optimal solution.
result The optimal solution for under-parameterized networks has a universal structure, whether copying or averaging teacher neurons.
Deep convolutional neural networks have been widely used in numerous applications, but their demanding storage and computational resource requirements prevent their applications on mobile devices. Knowledge distillation aims to optimize a portable student network by taking the knowledge from a well-trained heavy teache…
The exploration mechanism used by a Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent plays a key role in determining its sample efficiency. Thus, improving over random exploration is crucial to solve long-horizon tasks with sparse rewards. We propose to leverage an ensemble of partial solutions as teachers that guide the agent's…
Study shows how task similarity affects forgetting in teacher-student setup.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning.
method Extended teacher-student setup to multiple teachers, analyzing similarity between tasks.
result Task similarity, whether at readouts or features, influences forgetting and transfer.
Estimates model performance from compute budget for distillation.
problem Risk mitigation in large-scale distillation.
method Distillation scaling law based on compute budget allocation.
result Maximizes student performance with compute-optimal allocation.
We analyze the dynamics of training deep ReLU networks and their implications on generalization capability. Using a teacher-student setting, we discovered a novel relationship between the gradient received by hidden student nodes and the activations of teacher nodes for deep ReLU networks. With this relationship and th…
After a large "teacher" neural network has been trained on labeled data, the probabilities that the teacher assigns to incorrect classes reveal a lot of information about the way in which the teacher generalizes. By training a small "student" model to match these probabilities, it is possible to transfer most of the ge…
Machine teaching addresses the problem of finding the best training data that can guide a learning algorithm to a target model with minimal effort. In conventional settings, a teacher provides data that are consistent with the true data distribution. However, for sequential learners which actively choose their queries,…
KD can lead to student-teacher deviations that improve performance.
problem KD can lead to student-teacher deviations that may outperform the teacher.
method Characterized and explained the nature of student-teacher deviations through experiments and theory.
result KD can lead to improved generalization by exaggerating the implicit bias of gradient descent.
Role-wise data augmentation improves knowledge distillation effectiveness.
problem Existing knowledge distillation methods fail to utilize the full potential of teacher-student data interaction.
method Design and implement data augmentation agents with distinct roles for teacher and student.
result Specially tailored data points enhance the demonstration of teacher's knowledge to the student.
A new KD layer lets student models learn and apply teacher knowledge explicitly.
problem Implicit action of traditional KD on student's feature transform limits its use in intermediate layers.
method Proposes a learnable KD layer that explicitly embeds teacher's knowledge in feature transform.
result Improves KD with two abilities: leveraging teacher's knowledge and feeding forward knowledge deeper.
Improved learning to reweight using deep interactions between student and teacher models.
problem Limitation of existing learning to reweight methods in utilizing student model's internal states.
method Proposes an algorithm that uses the student model's internal states to the teacher model, which returns adaptive weights to enhance student model training.
result Significant improvement over previous methods in image classification and neural machine translation experiments.
We study the problem of inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) with the added twist that the learner is assisted by a helpful teacher. More formally, we tackle the following algorithmic question: How could a teacher provide an informative sequence of demonstrations to an IRL learner to speed up the learning process? We p…
The paper reveals three mechanisms for weak-to-strong generalization.
problem Understanding the mechanisms behind weak-to-strong generalization in imperfect labeling scenarios.
method Theoretical analysis of simple models including ridge regression and weighted ridge regression, and a nonlinear multi-index setting.
result A student model can compensate for a teacher's under-regularization and achieve lower test error.
This work proposes a student-teacher network for predicting hospital admission locations.
problem Accurate prediction of hospital admission locations to optimize resource allocation.
method Reinforcement learning approach where a teacher network selects data batches for a student network.
result The approach outperforms state-of-the-art methods on tabular data and image recognition.
Knowledge Distillation (KD) consists of transferring âknowledgeâ from one machine learning model (the teacher) to another (the student). Commonly, the teacher is a high-capacity model with formidable performance, while the student is more compact. By transferring knowledge, one hopes to benefit from the studentâs…
The paper analyzes knowledge distillation in wide neural networks, providing theoretical insights and practical implications.
problem Lack of theoretical understanding of knowledge distillation in wide neural networks.
method Theoretical analysis of knowledge distillation in a linearized model of a wide neural network, introducing a metric of task training difficulty.
result For a perfect teacher, a high ratio of teacher's soft labels can be beneficial. For imperfect teacher, hard labels can correct wrong predictions.
The study analyzes multi-class teacher-student perceptron performance and generalization errors.
problem Analyzing multi-class classification with the teacher-student perceptron.
method Deriving asymptotic expressions for Bayes-optimal and empirical risk minimization (ERM) generalization errors.
result Regularised cross-entropy minimization yields close-to-optimal accuracy for multi-class classification.
A new training method improves MLIPs for faster, lighter simulations.
problem High computational and memory costs of complex MLIPs for large-scale MD simulations.
method Teacher-student training framework using latent atomic energy knowledge.
result Lightweight student MLIPs achieve faster MD speeds and comparable accuracy to teachers.
Two-layer ReLU networks outperform kernel methods in teacher-student settings.
problem Understanding the excess risk of two-layer ReLU neural networks in teacher-student models.
method Investigated a two-phase training process for a student network, comparing it to kernel methods.
result The student network reaches near-global optimality and outperforms kernel methods in minimax optimal rate.
Ensemble clustering has been a popular research topic in data mining and machine learning. Despite its significant progress in recent years, there are still two challenging issues in the current ensemble clustering research. First, most of the existing algorithms tend to investigate the ensemble information at the obje…
Paper analyzes how neural networks learn from a teacher in a specific setting.
problem Understanding how two-layer ReLU neural networks learn from a teacher in a regression model.
method Used gradient descent with specific regularization and over-parameterization, combined with measure representation and sparse estimation.
result Student network can identify teacher network parameters with high probability via gradient descent.
Self-training with noisy student-teacher boosts keyword spotting accuracy.
problem Robust keyword spotting in challenging conditions.
method Aggressive data augmentation and self-training with noisy student-teacher approach.
result Significant accuracy improvement in difficult conditions, up to 60%.
We present a novel framework of knowledge distillation that is capable of learning powerful and efficient student models from ensemble teacher networks. Our approach addresses the inherent model capacity issue between teacher and student and aims to maximize benefit from teacher models during distillation by reducing t…
A new method transfers adversarial robustness from teacher to student using feature distillation.
problem Adversarial robustness transfer across different models and tasks.
method Guided Adversarial Contrastive Distillation (GACD) with contrastive learning and sample reweighted estimation.
result GACD effectively transfers adversarial robustness from teacher to student, achieving comparable or better results.
Meta Pseudo Labels boosts image classification accuracy to 90.2%.
problem Improving semi-supervised learning for image classification.
method Adapts a teacher network to generate better pseudo labels through student feedback.
result Achieves a new state-of-the-art top-1 accuracy of 90.2% on ImageNet.
Paper proposes IRL methods for limited interaction scenarios.
problem Learning with limited teacher interaction.
method Curriculum Inverse Reinforcement Learning (CIRL) and Self-Paced Inverse Reinforcement Learning (SPIRL).
result Training strategies can accelerate learning compared to random or batch methods.
ReOPD uses pre-collected teacher trajectories to distill knowledge from multi-turn interactions.
problem The cost of fully online on-policy distillation for multi-turn interactions.
method ReOPD, an off-environment alternative that reuses pre-collected teacher trajectories as replayed prefixes, addressing the prefix trap and distribution shift.
result ReOPD preserves or improves OPD-level accuracy, uses zero tool calls, and is at least 4imes faster per training step. Researchers study how teachers' advising relationships influence their perceptions of satisfaction and students, not policy influence.
problem Understanding the relationship between teachers' advising relationships and their perceptions of satisfaction and students.
method Proposed a novel joint model of network and item responses (JNIRM) with correlated latent variables.
result Teachers' advising relationships contribute more to satisfaction and students than to influence over educational policies.
Study on teaching with imperfect knowledge, showing its impact on optimal teaching sets.
problem Effect of imperfect teacher knowledge on effective teaching.
method Connections to machine teaching problem, optimal teaching sets.
result Teacher's success or failure depends on imperfect knowledge.
Optimal self-distillation improves generative models' velocity risk and mode recovery.
problem Improving generative models' velocity risk and mode recovery.
method Proved optimal self-distillation for rectified flow via linear probing, derived mixing coefficient, and provided validation tuning.
result Optimal self-distillation improves velocity risk and mode recovery.