Understanding Transfer Learning via Mean-field Analysis

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Main Authors: Aminian, Gholamali, Szpruch, Łukasz, Cohen, Samuel N.
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Published: 2024
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author Aminian, Gholamali
Szpruch, Łukasz
Cohen, Samuel N.
author_facet Aminian, Gholamali
Szpruch, Łukasz
Cohen, Samuel N.
contents We propose a novel framework for exploring generalization errors of transfer learning through the lens of differential calculus on the space of probability measures. In particular, we consider two main transfer learning scenarios, $α$-ERM and fine-tuning with the KL-regularized empirical risk minimization and establish generic conditions under which the generalization error and the population risk convergence rates for these scenarios are studied. Based on our theoretical results, we show the benefits of transfer learning with a one-hidden-layer neural network in the mean-field regime under some suitable integrability and regularity assumptions on the loss and activation functions.
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spellingShingle Understanding Transfer Learning via Mean-field Analysis
Aminian, Gholamali
Szpruch, Łukasz
Cohen, Samuel N.
Machine Learning
Functional Analysis
We propose a novel framework for exploring generalization errors of transfer learning through the lens of differential calculus on the space of probability measures. In particular, we consider two main transfer learning scenarios, $α$-ERM and fine-tuning with the KL-regularized empirical risk minimization and establish generic conditions under which the generalization error and the population risk convergence rates for these scenarios are studied. Based on our theoretical results, we show the benefits of transfer learning with a one-hidden-layer neural network in the mean-field regime under some suitable integrability and regularity assumptions on the loss and activation functions.
title Understanding Transfer Learning via Mean-field Analysis
topic Machine Learning
Functional Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17128