Summary of Towards Stable Training Of Parallel Continual Learning, by Li Yuepan et al.
Towards stable training of parallel continual learning
by Li Yuepan, Fan Lyu, Yuyang Li, Wei Feng, Guangcan Liu, Fanhua Shang
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Jul 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 A novel approach to parallel continual learning (PCL) is introduced, addressing the instability issue that arises when multiple tasks are trained simultaneously. The proposed method, Stable Parallel Continual Learning (SPCL), uses doubly-block Toeplitz matrix-based orthogonality constraints for forward propagation and orthogonal decomposition for gradient management in backward propagation. This ensures stable and consistent training, minimizing feature entanglement and gradient conflicts. Experimental results show that SPCL outperforms state-of-the-art methods and achieves better training stability. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary PCL tries to learn from different tasks as they come in. But when many tasks need to be learned at the same time, it gets very hard! This makes features mixed up and gradients fighting each other. To solve this problem, a new approach called SPCL is introduced. It helps stabilize training by making sure things are consistent during forward learning and organized during backward learning. This leads to better results than previous methods. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Continual learning
