Summary of Ntk-guided Few-shot Class Incremental Learning, by Jingren Liu et al.
NTK-Guided Few-Shot Class Incremental Learning
by Jingren Liu, Zhong Ji, Yanwei Pang, YunLong Yu
First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Mar 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 The novel conceptualization of anti-amnesia in terms of mathematical generalization, leveraging the Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK) perspective, is presented as a solution to maintain robust anti-amnesia capabilities in Few-Shot Class Incremental Learning (FSCIL) learners. The method focuses on optimizing NTK convergence and minimizing NTK-related generalization loss to achieve cross-task generalization. A principled meta-learning mechanism guides optimization within an expanded network architecture, while self-supervised pre-training on the base session enhances NTK-related generalization potential. Dual NTK regularization is applied for both convolutional and linear layers to refine weights and minimize NTK-related generalization loss. The method significantly enhances theoretical generalization, surpassing state-of-the-art approaches on popular FSCIL benchmark datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper presents a new way to help machines remember things they learned before, even when learning new information. They call this “anti-amnesia” and it’s important for machines that learn from small amounts of data. The method uses something called the Neural Tangent Kernel (NTK) and makes sure it converges properly. This helps the machine generalize well to new tasks. The approach also includes self-supervised pre-training and dual NTK regularization to refine weights and minimize errors. The result is a better machine that can remember what it learned before and apply it to new situations. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Few shot * Generalization * Meta learning * Optimization * Regularization * Self supervised
