Adaptive Transfer Learning
Adaptive transfer learning aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of machine learning by intelligently transferring knowledge from previously learned tasks to new, related tasks. Current research focuses on developing algorithms that automatically adapt the transfer process based on the characteristics of both source and target data, employing techniques like adaptive knowledge distillation, fused-penalty methods for feature and sample selection, and data-driven approaches to select optimal pretrained model weights or feature maps. This field is significant because it addresses the challenges of data scarcity and computational cost in many applications, leading to improved performance in areas such as recommendation systems, plant phenotyping, and machine translation.