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DILS: depth incremental learning strategy.

Yanmei Wang^1,2,3, Zhi Han^1,2, Siquan Yu^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.

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Summary

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We introduce a depth incremental learning strategy (DILS) to transfer knowledge from shallower to deeper neural networks. This method enables efficient system upgrades by facilitating knowledge transfer and accelerating training for larger models.

Keywords:

depth incremental learning knowledge transfer local supervision network prior training strategy

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Area of Science:

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning

Background:

Existing knowledge transfer methods primarily support same-size or larger-to-smaller network transfers.
Current end-to-end training fails to leverage knowledge from pre-existing shallower networks during system upgrades.
This limitation hinders flexibility and causes computational inefficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel method for transferring knowledge from shallower to deeper neural networks.
To enable efficient knowledge inheritance during network deepening for performance enhancement.
To address the limitations of current training strategies in incremental network growth.

Main Methods:

Propose a depth incremental learning strategy (DILS) involving gradual layer insertion.
Derive analytical and network approximation methods for training new parameters.
Utilize information projection theory to ensure knowledge inheritance.

Main Results:

DILS enables effective knowledge transfer from smaller to larger networks.
New deeper networks inherit knowledge from shallower counterparts.
Provides stable performance and accelerated training for larger models through effective layer initialization.

Conclusions:

DILS offers a viable solution for knowledge transfer in depth-incremental network learning.
The strategy proves effective in synthetic and real-world experiments.
Facilitates efficient system upgrades and reduces computational waste.