The paper proposes selective forgetting for deep neural networks at a finer level than samples.
problem Selective forgetting of deep neural networks to handle outliers, poisoned data, or sensitive information.
method Formulated selective forgetting at a finer level than samples, introduced as an optimization problem on three criteria.
result Experimental results show the model can forget specific information for classification, improving accuracy in specific cases.
Lifelong learning aims to develop machine learning systems that can learn new tasks while preserving the performance on previous learned tasks. In this paper we present a method to overcome catastrophic forgetting on convolutional neural networks, that learns new tasks and preserves the performance on old tasks without…
ER-GNN uses experience replay to prevent GNNs from forgetting previous tasks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in GNNs when learning multiple tasks sequentially.
method Experience Replay framework to store and replay knowledge from previous tasks.
result ER-GNN effectively mitigates catastrophic forgetting in GNNs.
Continual lifelong learning requires an agent or model to learn many sequentially ordered tasks, building on previous knowledge without catastrophically forgetting it. Much work has gone towards preventing the default tendency of machine learning models to catastrophically forget, yet virtually all such work involves m…
New framework allows selective removal of stale data in option calibration.
problem Inability to remove old data from calibrated option pricing models without full retraining.
method Introduces operator-theoretic Gauss-Newton framework for selective forgetting.
result Provides stability guarantees and perturbation bounds for selective data removal.
Catastrophic forgetting/interference is a critical problem for lifelong learning machines, which impedes the agents from maintaining their previously learned knowledge while learning new tasks. Neural networks, in particular, suffer plenty from the catastrophic forgetting phenomenon. Recently there has been several eff…
Self-training in linear models shows a U-shaped test-risk curve due to signal forgetting and denoising.
problem Understanding the dynamics of iterative self-training in high-dimensional linear regression.
method Derivation of deterministic-equivalent recursions for prediction risk and effective noise, analysis of signal forgetting and denoising effects.
result An optimal early-stopping time is determined, and a U-shaped test-risk curve is observed.
BAM integrates new data while selectively remembering past observations.
problem Slow adaptation and convergence to incorrect parameter values in non-stationary environments.
method Bayes' theorem with adaptive memory selection.
result BAM generalizes and demonstrates continuous adaptation in changing environments.
Deep neural networks are known to suffer the catastrophic forgetting problem, where they tend to forget the knowledge from the previous tasks when sequentially learning new tasks. Such failure hinders the application of deep learning based vision system in continual learning settings. In this work, we present a simple …
Selective removal of data subsets can efficiently unlearn unwanted distributions.
problem Efficiently removing unwanted data subsets without losing important information.
method Formalized as distributional unlearning, using Kullback-Leibler divergence constraints to select a small subset of data.
result Proposed method achieves corresponding log-loss bounds and is quadratically more sample-efficient than random removal.
The brain optimizes memory by forgetting what's predictable, improving generalization.
problem Memory consolidation struggles with representational drift, semanticisation, and offline replay.
method Proposes predictive forgetting as a mechanism to optimize generalization by reducing complexity.
result Predictive forgetting improves information-theoretic generalization bounds on stored representations.
Proposes a method to retrain neural networks incrementally for continuous data flow.
problem Continuous data flow and the challenges of catastrophic forgetting and efficient retraining.
method Incremental retraining using multi-armed bandits to select important samples and weights, and a new regularization term for synapse and neuron importance.
result Mitigates catastrophic forgetting and boosts model performance.
Study stability of selective SSMs with discontinuous gating.
problem Challenges in stability analysis of selective SSMs with discontinuous gating.
method Passivity and Input-to-State Stability (ISS) analysis of continuous-time selective SSMs.
result Derivation of sufficient conditions for global ISS with respect to the port input.
Modern Hopfield networks help prevent forgetting in generative models after task changes.
problem How to prevent forgetting in generative models after task changes.
method Introduce intrinsic forgetting as an increase in Hopfield energy after task change, analyze memory replay effectiveness, and validate predictions in experiments.
result High-energy, outlier-like samples are more forgettable than cluster-like samples, and energy-based selection of replay samples mitigates forgetting.
Framework for lifelong learning using eigentasks to avoid forgetting and transfer knowledge.
problem Avoiding forgetting and transferring knowledge in lifelong learning.
method Eigentask framework: skills paired with generative models, wake-sleep cycle for learning and consolidation.
result Improved performance in supervised continual learning, evidence of forward knowledge transfer.
Deep networks retain initial bias after training, affecting generalization.
problem Understanding how much initial bias in neural networks survives training.
method Introduced initialization memory to measure initial bias's survival.
result SGD can preserve initial bias, while Adam-family methods erase it.
A continual learning agent learns online with a non-stationary and never-ending stream of data. The key to such learning process is to overcome the catastrophic forgetting of previously seen data, which is a well known problem of neural networks. To prevent forgetting, a replay buffer is usually employed to store the p…
The condition number predicts efficient information encoding in neural units, aiding model fine-tuning.
problem Efficient information encoding in neural units for various tasks and input modalities.
method Linking the condition number to the log-volume scaling factor and entropy of the output distribution.
result High condition number indicates efficient encoding, reducing overall information transfer.
Though neural networks have achieved much progress in various applications, it is still highly challenging for them to learn from a continuous stream of tasks without forgetting. Continual learning, a new learning paradigm, aims to solve this issue. In this work, we propose a new model for continual learning, called Ba…
The ability to learn tasks in a sequential fashion is crucial to the development of artificial intelligence. Neural networks are not, in general, capable of this and it has been widely thought that catastrophic forgetting is an inevitable feature of connectionist models. We show that it is possible to overcome this lim…
We explore the problem of selectively forgetting a particular subset of the data used for training a deep neural network. While the effects of the data to be forgotten can be hidden from the output of the network, insights may still be gleaned by probing deep into its weights. We propose a method for "scrubbing'" the w…
Few-shot learning is a challenging problem where the goal is to achieve generalization from only few examples. Model-agnostic meta-learning (MAML) tackles the problem by formulating prior knowledge as a common initialization across tasks, which is then used to quickly adapt to unseen tasks. However, forcibly sharing an…
Continual lifelong learning is essential to many applications. In this paper, we propose a simple but effective approach to continual deep learning. Our approach leverages the principles of deep model compression, critical weights selection, and progressive networks expansion. By enforcing their integration in an itera…
New framework prevents forgetting in sequential learning tasks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in Convolutional Neural Networks.
method Conditional channel gating modules and task classifier.
result Consistent improvement over existing methods in continual learning.
Adam optimizer leads to more forgetting in neural networks.
problem Understanding and quantifying catastrophic forgetting in neural networks.
method Comparative analysis of various optimization algorithms and metrics in different learning scenarios.
result Adam optimizer causes more forgetting compared to classical algorithms like SGD.
This paper investigates how forgetting affects neural network representations and stabilizes deeper layers.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in machine learning models trained on sequential tasks.
method Representational analysis techniques and empirical studies on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 datasets.
result Deeper layers are disproportionately the source of forgetting, and methods to mitigate forgetting stabilize these layers.
New theory explains forgetting in learning algorithms.
problem Tendency of learning algorithms to forget past knowledge.
method Proposes a self-consistency theory of forgetting as a loss of predictive information.
result Exact Bayesian inference allows for adaptation without forgetting.
AGS-CL selectively updates penalties based on node importance for continual learning.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning.
method Adaptive Group Sparsity (AGS) with proximal gradient descent.
result Significantly outperforms baselines on various continual learning benchmarks.
The paper analyzes how forgetting in LLMs is linked to simple task-upstream example associations.
problem Forgetting of upstream knowledge in fine-tuned LLMs.
method Empirical analysis of forgotten examples in N upstream examples after M new tasks, using low-rank matrix approximation. result Forgetting can be predicted efficiently using matrix completion over empirical associations.
DPTA improves CIL by adapting PTMs with dual prototypes.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in incremental learning with pre-trained models.
method Dual-Prototype Network with Task-wise Adaptation (DPTA).
result DPTA consistently outperforms recent methods by 1\%-5\% on multiple benchmarks.
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.
LoRA fine-tuning causes forgetting, studied via particle system dynamics.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in LoRA fine-tuning.
method Mean-field self-attention model, partial differential equations, dynamical systems.
result Characterization of phase transitions in forgetting behavior.
Bayesian online meta-learning framework tackles catastrophic forgetting in few-shot classification.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in few-shot classification problems.
method Bayesian online learning, meta-learning, Laplace approximation, variational inference.
result Framework effectively achieves goal of overcoming catastrophic forgetting in few-shot classification.
Study analyzes catastrophic forgetting in continual learning using teacher-student networks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in continuously learning systems.
method Teacher-student learning framework, similarity of input distributions and target functions.
result Network can avoid catastrophic forgetting with small input distribution similarity and large target function similarity.
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.
This work tackles catastrophic forgetting in neural networks by mimicking brain's metaplasticity.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in neural networks, where new tasks erase previously learned ones.
method Interpreting binarized neural networks as metaplastic systems, adjusting their training technique.
result Training technique reduces catastrophic forgetting without needing previously presented data.
Overparameterization helps prevent forgetting in sequential learning tasks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning systems.
method Analytical study of gradient descent with linear regression model.
result Overparameterization can mitigate forgetting in a two-task setting.
Interpreting the behaviors of Deep Neural Networks (usually considered as a black box) is critical especially when they are now being widely adopted over diverse aspects of human life. Taking the advancements from Explainable Artificial Intelligent, this paper proposes a novel technique called Auto DeepVis to dissect c…
Continual learning is hard for AI, leading to forgetting old knowledge.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in AI when learning new data.
method Review of continual learning in deep learning.
result Challenges and insights in continual learning.
Study examines how training regime affects neural networks' forgetting.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in neural networks when learning multiple tasks sequentially.
method Analyzes the impact of different training regimes (learning rate, batch size, regularization) on forgetting.
result Training regimes that widen tasks' local minima help prevent catastrophic forgetting.
Hybrid framework prevents forgetting in continual learning.
problem Avoiding forgetting in learning new tasks without forgetting old ones.
method Hybrid continual learning framework combining architecture growth and experience replay.
result Hybrid approach effectively avoids forgetting across multiple tasks.
Adaptive model learns from time series data with changing distributions.
problem Predicting time series data under distribution shift.
method Formulates distribution shift as weighted empirical risk minimization. Uses a gradient-based learning method for a forgetting mechanism.
result Proposes an efficient method for adaptive time series prediction.
Study on neural networks forgetting in continual learning.
problem Forgetting in neural networks during continual learning.
method Gradient descent analysis on XOR-cluster datasets.
result Explicit bounds on forgetting rate and generalization gap.
In this paper, we show that Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) suffer from catastrophic forgetting even when they are trained to approximate a single target distribution. We show that GAN training is a continual learning problem in which the sequence of changing model distributions is the sequence of tasks to the d…
Synthetic data helps prevent forgetting when learning sequentially.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in neural networks.
method Generate synthetic data via two-step optimisation process using meta-gradients.
result Training on synthetic data prevents forgetting when learning sequentially.
A new method prevents forgetting during knowledge transfer.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in transfer learning.
method Transfer without Forgetting (TwF) using a fixed pretrained network.
result TwF outperforms other CL methods by 4.81% in Class-Incremental accuracy.
Holomorphic maps between moduli spaces are shown to be forgetful for large g.
problem Characterizing holomorphic maps between moduli spaces.
method Proving that only forgetful maps are non-constant for large g.
result Forgetful maps are the only non-constant holomorphic maps between moduli spaces for g≥4. Proposes a new method to prevent forgetting in neural networks.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in neural networks.
method Total absolute signal passing through each connection.
result Simpler and closer to brain processes.