BI-MAML learns multiple tasks without forgetting old ones.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in meta learning.
method Incremental model adaptation with balanced learning strategy.
result BI-MAML outperforms state-of-the-art models in accuracy and efficiency.
Proposes a method to balance tasks in multitask learning with a single gradient step update.
problem Balancing tasks in multitask learning to avoid imbalance.
method Gradient-based meta-learning to balance tasks at the gradient level, training shared and task-specific layers separately.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance on various multitask computer vision problems.
While tasks could come with varying the number of instances and classes in realistic settings, the existing meta-learning approaches for few-shot classification assume that the number of instances per task and class is fixed. Due to such restriction, they learn to equally utilize the meta-knowledge across all the tasks…
TOPPO improves PPO for MTRL by balancing critic gradients, outperforming SAC.
problem Critic-side gradient ill-conditioning in PPO for MTRL.
method Critic Balancing modules to improve gradient conditioning and balance task updates.
result TOPPO achieves stronger mean and tail-task performance than SAC-family and ARS-family baselines.
TKIL improves class-balanced performance in incremental learning.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning tasks.
method Introduces Tangent Kernel for Incremental Learning (TKIL) based on Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK).
result TKIL achieves better overall accuracy and variance across classes.
In multi-task learning, difficulty levels of different tasks are varying. There are many works to handle this situation and we classify them into five categories, including the direct sum approach, the weighted sum approach, the maximum approach, the curriculum learning approach, and the multi-objective optimization ap…
Model for open, decentralized network with task load balancing.
problem Complex computational tasks in open, decentralized networks.
method Incentive-based load balancing using economic mechanisms.
result Optimized resource allocation and enhanced system resilience.
Paper introduces Balanced Meta-Softmax for better long-tailed visual recognition.
problem Long-tailed distribution mismatch between training and testing data.
method Balanced Meta-Softmax, an unbiased extension of Softmax, using a Meta Sampler.
result Balanced Meta-Softmax outperforms state-of-the-art solutions on visual recognition and instance segmentation.
Unified formula for training dynamics of linear networks combining lazy and balanced regimes.
problem Training dynamics of linear networks in two distinct setups: lazy and balanced/active.
method Unified formula for the evolution of the learned matrix, combining lazy and balanced regimes.
result Unified formula allows for rapid convergence and low rank bias, proving a complete phase diagram.
This study introduces balanced DRPS and OrderedLogitNN for better QDE of discrete-level questions.
problem Lack of ordinal regression methods and fair evaluation metrics for discrete-level QDE.
method Introduces balanced DRPS and OrderedLogitNN, fine-tunes BERT on RACE++ and ARC datasets.
result OrderedLogitNN outperforms other models on complex QDE tasks.
CUBE explains models by balanced experiments and contrasts.
problem Post-hoc explanation of trained predictive models.
method Design-based framework using balanced low-high probes.
result Reveals dominant learned effect structure and clarifies query efficiency.
New model reveals balance crucial for robust neural coding.
problem Efficient neural coding in noisy, chaotic networks.
method Analytical model of balanced predictive coding with dissociated balance and weight disorder.
result Superclassical scaling in coding accuracy, independent of balance and weight disorder.
Distributed machine learning training is one of the most common and important workloads running on data centers today, but it is rarely executed alone. Instead, to reduce costs, computing resources are consolidated and shared by different applications. In this scenario, elasticity and proper load balancing are vital to…
Active learning method balances bias and variance under class imbalance.
problem Active learning under label shift when class proportions differ.
method Mediated Active Learning under Label Shift (MALLS) using a 'medial distribution'.
result MALLS reduces asymptotic sample complexity under arbitrary label shift.
New bounds for multi-task learning with varying task sizes.
problem Generalization in multi-task learning with tasks of different sizes.
method PAC-Bayesian bounds for unbalanced settings.
result Stronger generalization bounds for multi-task learning with varying task sizes.
Neurons and networks in the cerebral cortex must operate reliably despite multiple sources of noise. To evaluate the impact of both input and output noise, we determine the robustness of single-neuron stimulus selective responses, as well as the robustness of attractor states of networks of neurons performing memory ta…
This work improves policy-based training by proposing an evaluation balance objective for GFlowNets.
problem Reliable estimation of policy divergence under directed acyclic graphs remains challenging.
method Proposes an evaluation balance objective over partial episodes to measure policy divergence and improve policy-based training reliability.
result Evaluation balance strengthens policy-based training reliability and broadens its flexibility.
Transfer learning has achieved promising results by leveraging knowledge from the source domain to annotate the target domain which has few or none labels. Existing methods often seek to minimize the distribution divergence between domains, such as the marginal distribution, the conditional distribution or both. Howeve…
Proposes unbiased estimators for training mixture of experts models.
problem Efficiently training large-scale mixture of experts models on modern hardware.
method Two unbiased estimators based on principled stochastic assignment procedures.
result Both estimators are more effective and robust than biased alternatives.
FedGradNorm improves federated MTL by balancing task learning speeds.
problem Statistical and data heterogeneity in federated MTL.
method Dynamic-weighting normalization of gradient norms.
result FedGradNorm achieves faster training performance and balanced datasets.
Supervisory signals can help topic models discover low-dimensional data representations that are more interpretable for clinical tasks. We propose a framework for training supervised latent Dirichlet allocation that balances two goals: faithful generative explanations of high-dimensional data and accurate prediction of…
Surprise describes a range of phenomena from unexpected events to behavioral responses. We propose a measure of surprise and use it for surprise-driven learning. Our surprise measure takes into account data likelihood as well as the degree of commitment to a belief via the entropy of the belief distribution. We find th…
A new reward shaping method balances learning efficiency and effectiveness for robot manipulation.
problem Efficient and effective learning in robot manipulations with system uncertainty.
method Dense2Sparse reward shaping method combining dense and sparse rewards.
result Dense2Sparse method achieves higher expected reward and better system uncertainty tolerance.
Optimizes task allocation for financial analysts to balance work efficiency and well-being.
problem Balancing business goals with financial analysts' well-being in error resolution tasks.
method Used a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to optimize task allocation considering both business goals and analyst well-being.
result GA model outperforms existing methods and is applicable to various real-world scenarios.
Variational inference improves training of generative flow networks.
problem Training generative flow networks efficiently and accurately.
method Define variational objectives in terms of KL divergences and optimize convex combinations.
result Variational inference methods can reduce the variance of gradients in training generative flow networks.
New Ricci flow method for directed graphs with balancing factor.
problem Analyzing asymmetry in directed networks.
method Rigorous formulation of Ricci flow on directed weighted graphs with balancing factor.
result Existence and uniqueness of discrete Ricci flow solutions.
LaMBO optimizes biological sequences using autoencoders and Bayesian optimization.
problem Bayesian optimization for drug design is limited by discrete, high-dimensional decision variables.
method Jointly trains denoising autoencoder with a Gaussian process head for gradient-based optimization in latent space.
result LaMBO outperforms genetic optimizers and requires no large pretraining corpus.
New deep learning method improves financial stress testing accuracy.
problem Traditional stress testing methods are criticized for unrealistic assumptions and estimation errors.
method Proposes a novel Deep Learning approach for Dynamic Balance Sheet Stress Testing.
result Empirical results show significant improvement in accuracy over traditional methods.
Meta-SAC automatically tunes SAC's entropy temperature for better exploration.
problem Exploration-exploitation dilemma in reinforcement learning.
method Meta-SAC uses metagradient and a novel meta objective to automatically adjust SAC's entropy temperature.
result Meta-SAC outperforms SAC-v2 by 10% on the humanoid-v2 task.
Paper presents a Bayesian-decision-theory framework for long-tailed classification.
problem Heavy imbalance and asymmetric misprediction costs in long-tailed datasets.
method Bayesian-decision-theory perspective, unifying re-balancing and ensemble methods.
result Improves accuracy for all classes, especially tails, with provably optimal decisions.
Current deep neural networks can achieve remarkable performance on a single task. However, when the deep neural network is continually trained on a sequence of tasks, it seems to gradually forget the previous learned knowledge. This phenomenon is referred to as \textit{catastrophic forgetting} and motivates the field c…
Data transformation, e.g. feature transformation and selection, is an integral part of any machine learning procedure. In this paper we introduce an information-theoretic model and tools to assess the quality of data transformations in machine learning tasks. In an unsupervised fashion, we analyze the transfer of infor…
TVineSynth generates synthetic data to balance privacy and utility.
problem Balancing privacy and utility in synthetic data generation.
method Uses vine copula with truncation to control privacy and utility trade-off.
result Achieves superior privacy-utility balance compared to competitors.
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…
We address the problem of {\it adaptivity} in the framework of reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) regression. More precisely, we analyze estimators arising from a linear regularization scheme $g_\lam$. In practical applications, an important task is to choose the regularization parameter $\lam$ appropriately, i.e.…
Flashback Learning balances model stability and plasticity in continual learning.
problem Balancing model stability and plasticity in continual learning.
method Flashback Learning (FL) uses a bidirectional regularization approach to balance stability and plasticity.
result FL improves model accuracy by up to 4.91% in Class-Incremental and 3.51% in Task-Incremental settings.
This paper introduces resilient constrained learning to adapt learning constraints while solving machine learning tasks.
problem Adapting machine learning solutions to satisfy multiple requirements beyond accuracy.
method Adapts learning constraints during training by balancing performance gains against a user-defined cost of relaxation.
result Shows conditions and introduces a practical algorithm to compute the balance, with approximation and generalization guarantees.
This paper evaluates fairness in deep metric learning and proposes a method to reduce subgroup performance gaps.
problem The negative impact of deep metric learning representations on minority subgroup performance in downstream tasks.
method Definition of fairness in DML through inter-class, intra-class, and uniformity properties; finDML benchmark; Partial Attribute De-correlation (PARADE) method.
result Bias in DML representations propagates to downstream tasks, even with balanced training data.
Auto-CEI improves LLM reasoning by balancing assertiveness and conservativeness.
problem Hallucinations and laziness in LLM reasoning tasks.
method Expert Iteration explores reasoning trajectories, guiding incorrect paths back on track and promoting appropriate 'I don't know' responses.
result Auto-CEI achieves superior alignment in logical reasoning, mathematics, and planning tasks.
Inserting label noise can improve model accuracy and fairness.
problem Improving model accuracy and fairness with noisy labels.
method Increasing label noise rates to balance and detect noisy instances.
result Inserting label noise can lead to more accurate and fair models.
SONA improves conditional generation by balancing authenticity and alignment.
problem Challenges in balancing authenticity and conditional alignment in conditional generative models.
method SONA integrates unconditional discrimination, matching-aware supervision, and adaptive weighting to balance authenticity and alignment.
result SONA achieves superior sample quality and conditional alignment compared to state-of-the-art methods.
USAC balances pessimism and optimism in actor-critic training for better exploration and performance.
problem Excessive pessimism limits exploration, while excessive optimism leads to high-risk behaviors.
method Utility Soft Actor-Critic (USAC) dynamically adapts exploration based on critic uncertainty.
result USAC consistently outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in continuous control tasks.
CInA method uses attention to improve causal inference.
problem Challenges in causal inference, especially in complex tasks.
method CInA method utilizes self-supervised causal learning with multiple unlabeled datasets and transformer-type architecture.
result CInA effectively generalizes to out-of-distribution datasets and various real-world datasets.
TV-SurvCaus improves causal inference for dynamic treatments in survival analysis.
problem Estimating causal effects of time-varying treatments on survival outcomes.
method Representation balancing techniques extended to time-varying treatment regimes with survival outcomes.
result TV-SurvCaus outperforms existing methods in estimating individualized treatment effects with time-varying covariates and treatments.
NodeSig efficiently computes binary node embeddings for scalable graph analysis.
problem Scalability issues in graph representation learning models.
method NodeSig uses random walk diffusion probabilities and stable random projections to compute binary node embeddings efficiently.
result NodeSig achieves a good balance between accuracy and efficiency on node classification and link prediction tasks.
APT-Gen generates tasks to help RL learn in hard problems.
problem Learning in hard exploration problems.
method APT-Gen uses a task generator to create tasks from a parameterized space, balancing performance and similarity to target tasks.
result APT-Gen outperforms baselines in grid world and robotic manipulation tasks.
Proposes a multi-task learning model using variational information bottleneck.
problem Balancing performance and robustness across different tasks in multi-task learning.
method Variational Information Bottleneck (VIB) architecture for multi-task learning.
result The proposed model achieves competitive prediction accuracy under adversarial attacks.
Cyber-physical systems, such as mobile robots, must respond adaptively to dynamic operating conditions. Effective operation of these systems requires that sensing and actuation tasks are performed in a timely manner. Additionally, execution of mission specific tasks such as imaging a room must be balanced against the n…