Fine-tuning and adaptation

LoRA, PEFT, instruction tuning and domain adaptation — adapting a pretrained model without paying to train one.

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arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Backdooring Masked Diffusion Language Models

arXiv:2605. 19262v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Masked diffusion language models (MDLMs) are emerging as a compelling new paradigm for text generation, but their training-time security remains largely unexplored.

By Daniel Yiming Cao, Chengzhong Wang, Sheng-Yen Chou, Chengyu Huang, Pin-Yu Chen, Shengwei An
arXiv AI
Jun 3

GFFMERGE: Efficient Merging of Graph Neural Force Fields and Beyond

arXiv:2606. 03232v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have revolutionized Neural Force Fields for atomistic simulations, achieving near-quantum accuracy at reduced cost, yet adapting these models to new chemical systems requires expensive retraining of foundation models.

By Parth Verma, Parv P. Singh, Vipul Garg, Ishita Thakre, N. M. Anoop Krishnan, Sayan Ranu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

PerchRL: Vision-Based Agile Perching on Inclined Platforms under Rapid and Irregular Motion

arXiv:2606. 03441v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous vision-based perching of quadrotors on moving inclined platforms is critical for air-ground collaboration but remains challenging due to the limited field of view (FOV).

By Zihong Lu, Zongzhuo Liu, Huaxu Li, Jinqiang Cui, Jie Mei, Youmin Gong, U Kei Cheang, Boyu Zhou
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Anatomy-Anchored Self-Supervision: Distilling Vision Foundation Models for Invariant Ultrasound Representation

arXiv:2605. 25402v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Self-supervised pre-training paradigm has gained increasing prominence for learning transferable representations in medical imaging, yet existing methods for ultrasound (US) images operate at the image or frame level, overlooking the anatomical context for clinical-aligned representation learning.

By Chunzheng Zhu, Yijun Wang, Jianxin Lin, Feng Wang, Hongwei Wang, Lei Zhao, Shengli Li, Kenli Li
arXiv AI
Jun 3

ASAP: Exploiting the Satisficing Generalization Edge in Neural Combinatorial Optimization

arXiv:2501. 17377v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising approach for solving Combinatorial Optimization (CO) problems, such as the 3D Bin Packing Problem (3D-BPP), Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), or Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), but these neural solvers often exhibit brittleness when facing distribution shifts.

By Han Fang, Paul Weng, Yutong Ban