Summary of How Does Data Diversity Shape the Weight Landscape Of Neural Networks?, by Yang Ba et al.
How Does Data Diversity Shape the Weight Landscape of Neural Networks?
by Yang Ba, Michelle V. Mancenido, Rong Pan
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper investigates the impact of regularization techniques (dropout and weight decay) and data augmentation on neural networks’ parameter space in transfer learning scenarios. The authors employ Random Matrix Theory to analyze the eigenvalue distributions of pre-trained models fine-tuned with these techniques, using different levels of data diversity for the same downstream tasks. They observe that diverse data influences the weight landscape similarly as dropout. Additionally, they compare commonly used data augmentation methods with synthetic data created by generative models, concluding that synthetic data can bring more diversity into real input data, resulting in better performance on out-of-distribution test instances. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us understand how machine learning models work better when we give them diverse training data. We already know that regularizing the model (like adding noise) and using extra training data can improve its performance. But what if we mix both techniques? This study explores how different methods for adding noise and extra data affect the model’s internal workings, or “weight landscape”. They found that using more diverse data has a similar effect as adding noise to the model. They also compared this with creating fake data using special algorithms, concluding that making fake data can be just as helpful as using real extra data. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Data augmentation * Dropout * Machine learning * Regularization * Synthetic data * Transfer learning
