Context Learning
In-context learning (ICL) is a paradigm shift in machine learning, focusing on enabling models to adapt to new tasks using only a few examples provided within the input, without requiring parameter updates. Current research emphasizes understanding ICL's mechanisms, particularly within transformer-based large language models, and improving its effectiveness through techniques like enhanced example selection, chain-of-thought prompting, and addressing issues such as spurious correlations and copy bias. This research is significant because ICL offers a more efficient and adaptable approach to many machine learning problems, impacting fields ranging from natural language processing and computer vision to scientific computing and beyond.
Papers
MEND: Meta dEmonstratioN Distillation for Efficient and Effective In-Context Learning
Yichuan Li, Xiyao Ma, Sixing Lu, Kyumin Lee, Xiaohu Liu, Chenlei Guo
In-context Exploration-Exploitation for Reinforcement Learning
Zhenwen Dai, Federico Tomasi, Sina Ghiassian
One size doesn't fit all: Predicting the Number of Examples for In-Context Learning
Manish Chandra, Debasis Ganguly, Iadh Ounis
How Well Can Transformers Emulate In-context Newton's Method?
Angeliki Giannou, Liu Yang, Tianhao Wang, Dimitris Papailiopoulos, Jason D. Lee
JMI at SemEval 2024 Task 3: Two-step approach for multimodal ECAC using in-context learning with GPT and instruction-tuned Llama models
Arefa, Mohammed Abbas Ansari, Chandni Saxena, Tanvir Ahmad
Transformers for Supervised Online Continual Learning
Jorg Bornschein, Yazhe Li, Amal Rannen-Triki
Revisiting Dynamic Evaluation: Online Adaptation for Large Language Models
Amal Rannen-Triki, Jorg Bornschein, Razvan Pascanu, Marcus Hutter, Andras György, Alexandre Galashov, Yee Whye Teh, Michalis K. Titsias
Distilling Text Style Transfer With Self-Explanation From LLMs
Chiyu Zhang, Honglong Cai, Yuezhang, Li, Yuexin Wu, Le Hou, Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
FaiMA: Feature-aware In-context Learning for Multi-domain Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis
Songhua Yang, Xinke Jiang, Hanjie Zhao, Wenxuan Zeng, Hongde Liu, Yuxiang Jia