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
Iterative Forward Tuning Boosts In-Context Learning in Language Models
Jiaxi Yang, Binyuan Hui, Min Yang, Bailin Wang, Bowen Li, Binhua Li, Fei Huang, Yongbin Li
Meta-in-context learning in large language models
Julian Coda-Forno, Marcel Binz, Zeynep Akata, Matthew Botvinick, Jane X. Wang, Eric Schulz
Explaining Emergent In-Context Learning as Kernel Regression
Chi Han, Ziqi Wang, Han Zhao, Heng Ji
Can We Edit Factual Knowledge by In-Context Learning?
Ce Zheng, Lei Li, Qingxiu Dong, Yuxuan Fan, Zhiyong Wu, Jingjing Xu, Baobao Chang
PRODIGY: Enabling In-context Learning Over Graphs
Qian Huang, Hongyu Ren, Peng Chen, Gregor Kržmanc, Daniel Zeng, Percy Liang, Jure Leskovec
Enhancing Few-shot Text-to-SQL Capabilities of Large Language Models: A Study on Prompt Design Strategies
Linyong Nan, Yilun Zhao, Weijin Zou, Narutatsu Ri, Jaesung Tae, Ellen Zhang, Arman Cohan, Dragomir Radev
ToolkenGPT: Augmenting Frozen Language Models with Massive Tools via Tool Embeddings
Shibo Hao, Tianyang Liu, Zhen Wang, Zhiting Hu
PlugMed: Improving Specificity in Patient-Centered Medical Dialogue Generation using In-Context Learning
Chengfeng Dou, Zhi Jin, Wenping Jiao, Haiyan Zhao, Zhenwei Tao, Yongqiang Zhao
Post Hoc Explanations of Language Models Can Improve Language Models
Satyapriya Krishna, Jiaqi Ma, Dylan Slack, Asma Ghandeharioun, Sameer Singh, Himabindu Lakkaraju
GersteinLab at MEDIQA-Chat 2023: Clinical Note Summarization from Doctor-Patient Conversations through Fine-tuning and In-context Learning
Xiangru Tang, Andrew Tran, Jeffrey Tan, Mark Gerstein
How Do In-Context Examples Affect Compositional Generalization?
Shengnan An, Zeqi Lin, Qiang Fu, Bei Chen, Nanning Zheng, Jian-Guang Lou, Dongmei Zhang