MLAE: Masked LoRA Experts for Visual Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning

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Main Authors: Wang, Junjie, Yang, Guangjing, Chen, Wentao, Yi, Huahui, Wu, Xiaohu, Lin, Zhouchen, Lao, Qicheng
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author Wang, Junjie
Yang, Guangjing
Chen, Wentao
Yi, Huahui
Wu, Xiaohu
Lin, Zhouchen
Lao, Qicheng
author_facet Wang, Junjie
Yang, Guangjing
Chen, Wentao
Yi, Huahui
Wu, Xiaohu
Lin, Zhouchen
Lao, Qicheng
contents In response to the challenges posed by the extensive parameter updates required for full fine-tuning of large-scale pre-trained models, parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) methods, exemplified by Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), have emerged. LoRA simplifies the fine-tuning process but may still struggle with a certain level of redundancy in low-rank matrices and limited effectiveness from merely increasing their rank. To address these issues, a natural idea is to enhance the independence and diversity of the learning process for the low-rank matrices. Therefore, we propose Masked LoRA Experts (MLAE), an innovative approach that applies the concept of masking to visual PEFT. Our method incorporates a cellular decomposition strategy that transforms a low-rank matrix into independent rank-1 submatrices, or "experts", thus enhancing independence. Additionally, we introduce a binary mask matrix that selectively activates these experts during training to promote more diverse and anisotropic learning, based on expert-level dropout strategies. Our investigations reveal that this selective activation not only enhances performance but also fosters a more diverse acquisition of knowledge with a marked decrease in parameter similarity among MLAE, significantly boosting the quality of the model. Remarkably, MLAE achieves new state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance with an average accuracy score of 78.8% on the VTAB-1k benchmark and 90.9% on the FGVC benchmark, surpassing the previous SOTA result by an average of 0.8% on both benchmarks with approximately half parameters. Our code is available at https://github.com/jie040109/MLAE.
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spellingShingle MLAE: Masked LoRA Experts for Visual Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning
Wang, Junjie
Yang, Guangjing
Chen, Wentao
Yi, Huahui
Wu, Xiaohu
Lin, Zhouchen
Lao, Qicheng
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
In response to the challenges posed by the extensive parameter updates required for full fine-tuning of large-scale pre-trained models, parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) methods, exemplified by Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA), have emerged. LoRA simplifies the fine-tuning process but may still struggle with a certain level of redundancy in low-rank matrices and limited effectiveness from merely increasing their rank. To address these issues, a natural idea is to enhance the independence and diversity of the learning process for the low-rank matrices. Therefore, we propose Masked LoRA Experts (MLAE), an innovative approach that applies the concept of masking to visual PEFT. Our method incorporates a cellular decomposition strategy that transforms a low-rank matrix into independent rank-1 submatrices, or "experts", thus enhancing independence. Additionally, we introduce a binary mask matrix that selectively activates these experts during training to promote more diverse and anisotropic learning, based on expert-level dropout strategies. Our investigations reveal that this selective activation not only enhances performance but also fosters a more diverse acquisition of knowledge with a marked decrease in parameter similarity among MLAE, significantly boosting the quality of the model. Remarkably, MLAE achieves new state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance with an average accuracy score of 78.8% on the VTAB-1k benchmark and 90.9% on the FGVC benchmark, surpassing the previous SOTA result by an average of 0.8% on both benchmarks with approximately half parameters. Our code is available at https://github.com/jie040109/MLAE.
title MLAE: Masked LoRA Experts for Visual Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18897