Instance Level Loss

Instance-level loss functions are emerging as a powerful tool in machine learning, aiming to improve model performance by assigning different weights or penalties to individual data points based on their characteristics or difficulty. Current research focuses on adapting these losses within various contexts, including knowledge distillation, aggregate learning, and robust training against adversarial attacks, often employing techniques like adaptive weighting schemes and Gaussian kernel-based similarity measures. This approach offers significant advantages in scenarios with imbalanced data, privacy constraints, or the need for enhanced robustness, leading to improved accuracy and generalization in diverse applications such as acoustic scene classification and cross-modal retrieval.

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