Summary of On Explaining Knowledge Distillation: Measuring and Visualising the Knowledge Transfer Process, by Gereziher Adhane and Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi and Dennis Vetter and David Masip and Gemma Roig
On Explaining Knowledge Distillation: Measuring and Visualising the Knowledge Transfer Process
by Gereziher Adhane, Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi, Dennis Vetter, David Masip, Gemma Roig
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed UniCAM method is a novel gradient-based visual explanation technique designed to interpret the knowledge learned during knowledge distillation (KD). The approach aims to address the opaque nature of the KD process by providing insights into the knowledge transfer from a Teacher model to a Student model. Experimental results demonstrate that with the guidance of the Teacher’s knowledge, the Student model becomes more efficient and learns more relevant features while discarding irrelevant ones. The proposed metrics, feature similarity score (FSS) and relevance score (RS), quantify the relevance of the distilled knowledge and offer valuable insights into the KD process. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The UniCAM method helps us understand how a “teacher” model teaches a “student” model new skills. Usually, this learning process is hidden, but UniCAM reveals what the student is learning by showing which parts of an image are important. This can help improve the student’s performance and make it more efficient. The technique also provides two new metrics that measure how relevant the learned knowledge is. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Knowledge distillation » Student model » Teacher model
