arXiv Machine Learning

A Lightweight Plastic-Memory Framework for Graph Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 2

G2LoRA: Gradient Orthogonal Low-Rank Adaptation Framework for Graph Continual Learning on Text-Attributed Graphs

arXiv:2606. 01873v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM-as-Aligner has emerged as a prevalent pre-training paradigm for Text-Attributed Graphs(TAGS), aligning graph and text modalities into a shared embedding space via CLIP-style contrastive learning.

By Yuhan Wang, Yibo Ding, Yutong Ye, Mufan Zhao, Wenbo Zhang, Ruijie Wang, Jianxin Li
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

Leveraging Complementary Embeddings for Replay Selection in Continual Learning with Small Buffers

The paper introduces Multiple Embedding Replay Selection (MERS), a graph‑based method that combines supervised and self‑supervised embeddings to improve sample selection for replay buffers in continual learning. MERS replaces traditional buffer selection modules and demonstrates consistent performance gains over state‑of‑the‑art strategies, especially in low‑memory settings. Experiments on CIFAR‑100 and TinyImageNet show that MERS outperforms single‑embedding baselines without adding model parameters or increasing replay volume, making it a practical, drop‑in enhancement for replay‑based continual learning.

By Danit Yanowsky, Daphna Weinshall
arXiv AI
Aug 20

Forgetting, plasticity, and co-observation: a third facet of continual learning

The paper argues that catastrophic forgetting and loss of plasticity alone cannot explain why naive sequential training underperforms offline joint training. It introduces data co-observation as a third factor, showing that observing training data together consistently improves performance across supervised and self-supervised settings. The study also reinterprets common continual learning methods, suggesting that memory replay’s success stems from restoring co-observation benefits rather than merely mitigating forgetting.

By Timm Hess, Abhishek Jha, Gido M. van de Ven, Tinne Tuytelaars