Summary of Mergenet: Knowledge Migration Across Heterogeneous Models, Tasks, and Modalities, by Kunxi Li et al.
MergeNet: Knowledge Migration across Heterogeneous Models, Tasks, and Modalities
by Kunxi Li, Tianyu Zhan, Kairui Fu, Shengyu Zhang, Kun Kuang, Jiwei Li, Zhou Zhao, Fan Wu, Fei Wu
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Apr 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 study proposes MergeNet, a novel approach for heterogeneous knowledge transfer across different model architectures, tasks, and modalities. Existing methods often rely on shared elements within model structures or task-specific features/labels, limiting transfers to complex models or specific tasks. MergeNet learns to bridge the gap between parameter spaces of heterogeneous models, facilitating direct interaction, extraction, and application of knowledge. The core mechanism is based on a parameter adapter that queries the source model’s low-rank parameters and maps them into the target model. This framework is learned alongside both models, allowing dynamic transfer and adaptation of relevant knowledge during training. Extensive experiments demonstrate significant improvements in challenging settings where representative approaches may falter. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary MergeNet is a new way to share knowledge between different types of machine learning models. Right now, most methods for sharing knowledge only work well when the models are similar or have some things in common. But what if we want to share knowledge between very different models? That’s where MergeNet comes in! It helps connect the “parameter spaces” of different models, allowing them to share information and learn from each other. This is especially useful when training models for specific tasks, as it can help them learn more quickly or accurately. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning
