Summary of Task Singular Vectors: Reducing Task Interference in Model Merging, by Antonio Andrea Gargiulo et al.
Task Singular Vectors: Reducing Task Interference in Model Merging
by Antonio Andrea Gargiulo, Donato Crisostomi, Maria Sofia Bucarelli, Simone Scardapane, Fabrizio Silvestri, Emanuele Rodolà
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel approach to merging models without additional training by leveraging the structural information in layer-level task vectors. The authors focus on task layer matrices and their singular value decomposition, introducing Task Singular Vectors (TSV) that capture important properties of each task. They demonstrate that TSV-Compress (TSV-C), a simple compression procedure, can retain 99% accuracy while reducing the size to 10%. Furthermore, they define a new measure of task interference based on singular vector interactions and introduce TSV-Merge (TSV-M), an approach that combines compression with interference reduction, outperforming existing methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about finding ways to combine different models together without needing more training data. Right now, most techniques treat the entire model as a flat list of numbers, which can lead to problems when combining models. The authors take a closer look at each layer in the model and how it relates to each task. They create something called Task Singular Vectors (TSV) that helps them understand these relationships better. With this new understanding, they develop two techniques: one that compresses the information down while keeping most of the accuracy, and another that combines compression with a way to reduce interference between tasks. The result is a new method for combining models that works much better than current approaches. |
