arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 2

Behaviorally Effective LoRA Writes Are Sparse and Structured

The paper investigates which parts of a low‑rank adaptation (LoRA) update actually drive behavior in language models. It shows that behaviorally effective LoRA writes are sparse, structured, and highly concentrated, with only a few module‑wise components carrying most of the signal. Using a learned‑basis continuation recipe, the authors demonstrate that these sparse, structured writes can be recovered with minimal error and that they remain robust across different training continuations and evaluation tasks.

By Haruto Sato, Yuki Tanaka, Ren Nakamura, Aoi Kobayashi, Mei Ito
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 17

Dysco: Dynamic Subspace Boosting to Mitigate LoRA Interference in Federated Learning

arXiv:2607. 14367v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Federated fine-tuning of large pre-trained models increasingly relies on Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA) to reduce communication and computation, but heterogeneous clients can make adapter aggregation unstable.

By Haobo Zhang, Jiankun Wang, Suraj Rajendran, Weishen Pan, Lam Tsoi, Yong Chen, Fei Wang, Jiayu Zhou