arXiv Machine Learning

Black-Box Knowledge Transfer across Distinct Feature Sets

arXiv:2608. 12403v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Pre-trained black-box predictive functions encode knowledge distilled from massive datasets and extensive computation.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

Coupled Training with Privileged Information and Unlabeled Data

arXiv:2605. 23268v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In many prediction problems, we have extra information during training (for example, measurements that are expensive or slow to collect) that will not be available when the model is deployed.

By Jiahao Shi, Omar Hagrass, Jason M. Klusowski
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Distribution-free Deviation Bounds and The Role of Domain Knowledge in Learning via Model Selection with Cross-validation Risk Estimation

arXiv:2303. 08777v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Cross-validation is one of the most widely used tools for risk estimation and model selection in statistics and machine learning, yet its theoretical properties when embedded in a learning procedure remain insufficiently understood.

By Diego Marcondes, Cl\'audia Peixoto
arXiv AI
Jun 3

FFR: Forward-Forward Learning for Regression

arXiv:2606. 03927v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The Forward-Forward (FF) algorithm offers a computationally efficient and biologically plausible alternative to backpropagation (BP) by training neural networks through purely local, layer-wise optimization.

By Xinyang Liu, Xuanyu Liang, Shiqi Ding, Boyang Li, Zhiqiang Que, Jiayang Li, Guosheng Hu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8

Model Recycling Framework for Multi-Source Data-Free Supervised Transfer Learning

arXiv:2508. 02039v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Increasing concerns for data privacy and other difficulties associated with retrieving source data for model training have created the need for source-free transfer learning, in which one only has access to pre-trained models instead of data from the original source domains.

By Sijia Wang, Ricardo Henao