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Nianwen Si¹, Hao Zhang², Wenlin Zhang³

¹Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; School of Information Systems Engineering, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, 450001, HeNan, China.

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Summary

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This study introduces gradient-aware knowledge distillation to fix gradient insensitivity in machine learning models. The new method improves knowledge transfer by considering teacher confidence, boosting performance in image classification and object detection.

Keywords:

Gradient insensitivity Gradient scaling Image classification Knowledge distillation Logit distillation

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Area of Science:

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Machine Learning
Deep Learning

Background:

Knowledge distillation research has focused on logits and feature-based methods.
A gradient insensitivity issue is identified in knowledge distillation.
This issue hinders effective knowledge transfer due to uncaptured teacher confidence variations.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel gradient-based perspective on knowledge distillation.
To address the gradient insensitivity problem in knowledge distillation.
To introduce gradient-aware knowledge distillation (GKD) for improved knowledge transfer.

Main Methods:

Developed gradient-aware knowledge distillation (GKD).
Incorporated varying teacher confidence into the distillation process.
Adjusted student logit gradients based on teacher confidence, weighting non-target classes higher for confident teacher predictions.

Main Results:

Achieved state-of-the-art performance on ImageNet.
Demonstrated superiority in heterogeneous teacher-student scenarios for image classification and object detection.
Showcased the versatility and integration capabilities with existing logits distillation methods.

Conclusions:

Gradient-aware knowledge distillation effectively mitigates gradient insensitivity.
The proposed method offers a robust enhancement for knowledge distillation techniques.
GKD shows significant improvements, especially in complex, heterogeneous learning environments.