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Summary of Zero-shot Domain Adaptation Based on Dual-level Mix and Contrast, by Yu Zhe et al.


Zero-shot domain adaptation based on dual-level mix and contrast

by Yu Zhe, Jun Sakuma

First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Jun 2024

Categories

  • Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
  • Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)

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Medium GrooveSquid.com (original content) Medium Difficulty Summary
The proposed Zero-shot Domain Adaptation (ZSDA) method learns domain-invariant features with low task bias, addressing the limitations of classical domain adaptation techniques. The approach consists of three components: data augmentation with dual-level mixups in both task and domain to fill the absence of target task-of-interest data; an extension of domain adversarial learning to learn domain-invariant features with less task bias; and a new dual-level contrastive learning method that enhances domain-invariance and less task biasedness of features. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of this proposal on several benchmarks.
Low GrooveSquid.com (original content) Low Difficulty Summary
This paper solves a problem in machine learning called zero-shot domain adaptation. It’s like trying to learn about a new topic just by looking at different books, but some of those books are about completely different topics! The researchers came up with a way to make sure the features they learn aren’t too tied to one specific topic or book. They use three techniques: mixing up data from different sources and tasks, making the model less focused on a particular task, and contrasting features to make them more general. This helps the model perform well even when it hasn’t seen the exact same types of data before.

Keywords

* Artificial intelligence  * Data augmentation  * Domain adaptation  * Machine learning  * Zero shot