Optimization

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Optimizer Without Hyperparameters: VeLO, the system that eliminates the need for optimizer hyperparameters
Optimization

Optimizer Without Hyperparameters: VeLO, the system that eliminates the need for optimizer hyperparameters

During training, a neural network usually updates its weights according to an optimizer that’s tuned using hand-picked hyperparameters. New work eliminates the need for optimizer hyperparameters.

July 19, 20233 min read
Optimizer Without Hyperparameters: VeLO, the system that eliminates the need for optimizer hyperparameters
Optimization

Optimizer Without Hyperparameters: VeLO, the system that eliminates the need for optimizer hyperparameters

During training, a neural network usually updates its weights according to an optimizer that’s tuned using hand-picked hyperparameters. New work eliminates the need for optimizer hyperparameters.

July 19, 20233 min read
Right-Sizing Models for the Dataset: Finding the Best Data-To-Parameter Ratio for NLP Models
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Right-Sizing Models for the Dataset: Finding the Best Data-To-Parameter Ratio for NLP Models

The route to improving transformer-based language models like GPT-3 and Gopher, which are trained on immense quantities of text scraped from the web, has been to increase their size. But research shows that, given a processing budget, bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better.

November 9, 20222 min read
Right-Sizing Models for the Dataset: Finding the Best Data-To-Parameter Ratio for NLP Models
Optimization

Right-Sizing Models for the Dataset: Finding the Best Data-To-Parameter Ratio for NLP Models

The route to improving transformer-based language models like GPT-3 and Gopher, which are trained on immense quantities of text scraped from the web, has been to increase their size. But research shows that, given a processing budget, bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better.

November 9, 20222 min read
Update Any Language Model: New Method to Update Pretrained Language Models
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Update Any Language Model: New Method to Update Pretrained Language Models

The ability to update language models is essential to incorporate new information and correct undesirable behaviors. Previous methods are unwieldy and often fail as the amount of new data increases. New work offers a workaround.

September 14, 20223 min read
Update Any Language Model: New Method to Update Pretrained Language Models
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Update Any Language Model: New Method to Update Pretrained Language Models

The ability to update language models is essential to incorporate new information and correct undesirable behaviors. Previous methods are unwieldy and often fail as the amount of new data increases. New work offers a workaround.

September 14, 20223 min read
Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes
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Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes

When a neural network learns image labels, it may confuse a background item for the labeled object. New research avoids such mistakes.

August 24, 20222 min read
Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes
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Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes

When a neural network learns image labels, it may confuse a background item for the labeled object. New research avoids such mistakes.

August 24, 20222 min read
Tradeoffs for Higher Accuracy: Data Augmentation Plus Weight Decay can Boost Some AI Models
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Tradeoffs for Higher Accuracy: Data Augmentation Plus Weight Decay can Boost Some AI Models

Vision models can be improved by training them on several altered versions of the same image and also by encouraging their weights to be close to zero. Recent research showed that both can have adverse effects that may be difficult to detect.

July 13, 20222 min read
Tradeoffs for Higher Accuracy: Data Augmentation Plus Weight Decay can Boost Some AI Models
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Tradeoffs for Higher Accuracy: Data Augmentation Plus Weight Decay can Boost Some AI Models

Vision models can be improved by training them on several altered versions of the same image and also by encouraging their weights to be close to zero. Recent research showed that both can have adverse effects that may be difficult to detect.

July 13, 20222 min read
Who Was That Masked Input? Pretraining Method Improves Computer Vision Performance
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Who Was That Masked Input? Pretraining Method Improves Computer Vision Performance

Researchers have shown that it’s possible to train a computer vision model effectively on around 66 percent of the pixels in each training image. New work used 25 percent, saving computation and boosting performance to boot.

July 6, 20222 min read
Who Was That Masked Input? Pretraining Method Improves Computer Vision Performance
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Who Was That Masked Input? Pretraining Method Improves Computer Vision Performance

Researchers have shown that it’s possible to train a computer vision model effectively on around 66 percent of the pixels in each training image. New work used 25 percent, saving computation and boosting performance to boot.

July 6, 20222 min read
Optimizer Shootout: An evaluation of 14 deep learning optimizers
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Optimizer Shootout: An evaluation of 14 deep learning optimizers

Everyone has a favorite optimization method, but it’s not always clear which one works best in a given situation. New research aims to establish a set of benchmarks. Researchers evaluated 14 popular optimizers using the Deep Optimization Benchmark Suite some of them introduced last year.

September 9, 20202 min read
Optimizer Shootout: An evaluation of 14 deep learning optimizers
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Optimizer Shootout: An evaluation of 14 deep learning optimizers

Everyone has a favorite optimization method, but it’s not always clear which one works best in a given situation. New research aims to establish a set of benchmarks. Researchers evaluated 14 popular optimizers using the Deep Optimization Benchmark Suite some of them introduced last year.

September 9, 20202 min read
When Optimization is Suboptimal: How gradient descent can sometimes lead to model bias
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When Optimization is Suboptimal: How gradient descent can sometimes lead to model bias

Bias arises in machine learning when we fit an overly simple function to a more complex problem. A theoretical study shows that gradient descent itself may introduce such bias and render algorithms unable to fit data properly.

August 12, 20202 min read

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