Learning to Learn and Adapt with Less Labels

Abstract

This document summarizes our research and technical contributions in the DARPA LwLL (Learning with Less Labels) program to reduce labeled data required in training and adapting machine learning models. Based on transfer learning, our approach leverages inductive biases acquired from various sources, including datasets, knowledge resources, models and architectures, existing tasks, and training algorithms. It integrates the aforementioned approaches into a coherent framework, aligned with the LwLL evaluation protocol, to learn in various learning conditions with limited supervision. Capitalizing on the recent advances in generative AI, this work studies novel and effective ways of injecting proper inductive biases to push the state of the art in image classification, object detection, video classification, and machine translation. The outcomes include extensive publications in top AI venues, workshop organization, and the training of postdocs and PhD students. The team has also excelled in LwLL evaluations, with the object detection system selected for NGA transition task. Furthermore, the knowledge and skills gained from the LwLL program, have been applied to our teams participation in the DARPA CCU program, where only 20 percent of the data is labeled.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 2023
Accession Number
AD1214497

Entities

People

  • Chengyao Qian
  • Ehsan Abbasnejad
  • Gholamreza Haffari
  • Hamid Rezatofighi
  • Islam Nassar
  • Mahsa Ghorbanali
  • Mehrtash Harandi
  • Samitha Herath
  • Trang Vu

Organizations

  • Monash University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Software
  • Automata Theory
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Vision
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Linguistics
  • Machine Learning
  • Machine Translation
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Neural Networks
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks