Summary of Improved Localized Machine Unlearning Through the Lens Of Memorization, by Reihaneh Torkzadehmahani et al.
Improved Localized Machine Unlearning Through the Lens of Memorization
by Reihaneh Torkzadehmahani, Reza Nasirigerdeh, Georgios Kaissis, Daniel Rueckert, Gintare Karolina Dziugaite, Eleni Triantafillou
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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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Difficulty Summary The paper proposes an improved machine learning model that can efficiently remove the influence of outdated or mislabeled training data, known as “machine unlearning.” This is crucial for applications where high accuracy is vital, such as removing poisoned data. The authors introduce a new algorithm called Deletion by Example Localization (DEL), which resets and fine-tunes specific parameters to achieve state-of-the-art performance in unlearning metrics while modifying only a small subset of model parameters. DEL outperforms existing localized and full-parameter methods on various datasets and forget sets, achieving improved test accuracy. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Machine learning models can get stuck using outdated or bad information. To fix this, researchers developed “machine unlearning.” This means removing the old data so the model can learn better. The paper shows how to do this by improving an existing method called localized unlearning. It introduces a new way to remove the old data that works well on different datasets and gets high accuracy. This is important for applications where the model needs to be very accurate. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning
