SADT: Combining Sharpness-Aware Minimization with Self-Distillation for Improved Model Generalization
Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: Methods for improving deep neural network training times and model generalizability consist of various data augmentation, regularization, and optimization approaches, which tend to be sensitive to hyperparameter settings and make reproducibility more challenging. This work jointly considers two recent training strategies that address model generalizability: sharpness-aware minimization, and self-distillation, and proposes the novel training strategy of Sharpness-Aware Distilled Teachers (SADT). The experimental section of this work shows that SADT consistently outperforms previously published training strategies in model convergence time, test-time performance, and model generalizability over various neural architectures, datasets, and hyperparameter settings.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institution: University of Vaasa
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4308021574