Summary of Embedding and Clustering Your Data Can Improve Contrastive Pretraining, by Luke Merrick
Embedding And Clustering Your Data Can Improve Contrastive Pretraining
by Luke Merrick
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| Summary difficulty | Written by | Summary |
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper explores a new approach to large-scale contrastive pretraining in text embedding, building upon recent studies that show single-source minibatches improve model accuracy. The authors leverage k-means clustering to split training data by semantic clusters within each source, extending stratification beyond source granularity. Experimental results demonstrate a notable increase in NDCG@10 when pretraining a BERT-based text embedding model on MSMARCO passage retrieval dataset query-passage pairs. The approach connects to existing methodologies like TAS-B and ANCE, motivating future research on contrastive pretraining data organization. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper looks at how to make machines better understand text. It takes the work of others and adds a new idea – using special groups called clusters to separate training data. This helps the machine learn more accurately about certain topics. The test results show that this approach works well, especially when used with a specific model called BERT. The authors also relate their work to other methods in the field, showing how it fits into the bigger picture. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Bert * Clustering * Embedding * K means * Pretraining
