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Main Authors: Zhang, Yu, Zhang, Xi, Zhou, Hualin, Chen, Xinyuan, Gao, Shang, Jia, Hong, Yang, Jianfei, Qi, Yuankai, Gu, Tao
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22726
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author Zhang, Yu
Zhang, Xi
Zhou, Hualin
Chen, Xinyuan
Gao, Shang
Jia, Hong
Yang, Jianfei
Qi, Yuankai
Gu, Tao
author_facet Zhang, Yu
Zhang, Xi
Zhou, Hualin
Chen, Xinyuan
Gao, Shang
Jia, Hong
Yang, Jianfei
Qi, Yuankai
Gu, Tao
contents Deep learning for human sensing on edge systems presents significant potential for smart applications. However, its training and development are hindered by the limited availability of sensor data and resource constraints of edge systems. While transferring pre-trained models to different sensing applications is promising, existing methods often require extensive sensor data and computational resources, resulting in high costs and limited transferability. In this paper, we propose XTransfer, a first-of-its-kind method enabling modality-agnostic, few-shot model transfer with resource-efficient design. XTransfer flexibly uses pre-trained models and transfers knowledge across different modalities by (i) model repairing that safely mitigates modality shift by adapting pre-trained layers with only few sensor data, and (ii) layer recombining that efficiently searches and recombines layers of interest from source models in a layer-wise manner to restructure models. We benchmark various baselines across diverse human sensing datasets spanning different modalities. The results show that XTransfer achieves state-of-the-art performance while significantly reducing the costs of sensor data collection, model training, and edge deployment.
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spellingShingle XTransfer: Modality-Agnostic Few-Shot Model Transfer for Human Sensing at the Edge
Zhang, Yu
Zhang, Xi
Zhou, Hualin
Chen, Xinyuan
Gao, Shang
Jia, Hong
Yang, Jianfei
Qi, Yuankai
Gu, Tao
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Deep learning for human sensing on edge systems presents significant potential for smart applications. However, its training and development are hindered by the limited availability of sensor data and resource constraints of edge systems. While transferring pre-trained models to different sensing applications is promising, existing methods often require extensive sensor data and computational resources, resulting in high costs and limited transferability. In this paper, we propose XTransfer, a first-of-its-kind method enabling modality-agnostic, few-shot model transfer with resource-efficient design. XTransfer flexibly uses pre-trained models and transfers knowledge across different modalities by (i) model repairing that safely mitigates modality shift by adapting pre-trained layers with only few sensor data, and (ii) layer recombining that efficiently searches and recombines layers of interest from source models in a layer-wise manner to restructure models. We benchmark various baselines across diverse human sensing datasets spanning different modalities. The results show that XTransfer achieves state-of-the-art performance while significantly reducing the costs of sensor data collection, model training, and edge deployment.
title XTransfer: Modality-Agnostic Few-Shot Model Transfer for Human Sensing at the Edge
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22726