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Humans and artificial agents must often learn and switch between multiple tasks in dynamic environments. Success in such settings requires cognitive flexibility: the ability to retain prior knowledge (cognitive stability) while also…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Xiaoyu K. Zhang , Mehdi Senoussi , Tom Verguts

We rethink Federated Learning (FL) from a nested learning perspective, framing the core challenge as how to collaboratively learn optimization rules, not just static models, to tackle Non-IID client data. To address this, we propose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Hong Chen , Pengcheng Wu , Yuanguo Lin , Peilin Zhao , Xiuze Zhou , Fan Lin , Han Yu

We extend first-order model agnostic meta-learning algorithms (including FOMAML and Reptile) to image segmentation, present a novel neural network architecture built for fast learning which we call EfficientLab, and leverage a formal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Sean M. Hendryx , Andrew B. Leach , Paul D. Hein , Clayton T. Morrison

In complex systems, we often observe complex global behavior emerge from a collection of agents interacting with each other in their environment, with each individual agent acting only on locally available information, without knowing the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-30 Yujin Tang , David Ha

Deep learning methods have been successful in solving tasks in machine learning and have made breakthroughs in many sectors owing to their ability to automatically extract features from unstructured data. However, their performance relies…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-18 Viet-Khoa Vo-Ho , Kashu Yamazaki , Hieu Hoang , Minh-Triet Tran , Ngan Le

Meta-learning is a tool that allows us to build sample-efficient learning systems. Here we show that, once meta-trained, LSTM Meta-Learners aren't just faster learners than their sample-inefficient deep learning (DL) and reinforcement…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Neil C. Rabinowitz

In biological systems, sensing is not performed by the brain alone: the body deforms, vibrates, and filters external stimuli before they are transduced into neural signals. In engineered systems, this processing burden is placed largely on…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-26 Kyungmi Na , Yifei Li , Xinyi Yang , Bolei Deng

Working memory (WM) allows information to be stored and manipulated over short time scales. Performance on WM tasks is thought to be supported by the frontoparietal system (FPS), the default mode system (DMS), and interactions between them.…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2020-09-09 Andrew C. Murphy , Maxwell A. Bertolero , Lia Papadopoulos , David M. Lydon-Staley , Danielle S. Bassett

In order to learn quickly with few samples, meta-learning utilizes prior knowledge learned from previous tasks. However, a critical challenge in meta-learning is task uncertainty and heterogeneity, which can not be handled via globally…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Huaxiu Yao , Ying Wei , Junzhou Huang , Zhenhui Li

Continual acquisition of novel experience without interfering previously learned knowledge, i.e. continual learning, is critical for artificial neural networks, but limited by catastrophic forgetting. A neural network adjusts its parameters…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Liyuan Wang , Bo Lei , Qian Li , Hang Su , Jun Zhu , Yi Zhong

Deep learning, as a highly efficient method for metasurface inverse design, commonly use simulation data to train deep neural networks (DNNs) that can map desired functionalities to proper metasurface designs. However, the assumptions and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-07 Jingxin Zhang , Jiawei Xi , Peixing Li , Ray C. C. Cheung , Alex M. H. Wong , Jensen Li

(1) Background: The success of physiotherapy depends on the regular and correct performance of movement exercises. A system that automatically evaluates these could support the therapy. Previous approaches in this area rarely rely on Deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Andreas Spilz , MIchael Munz

Over the past decade, deep neural networks have demonstrated significant success using the training scheme that involves mini-batch stochastic gradient descent on extensive datasets. Expanding upon this accomplishment, there has been a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Jaehyeon Son , Soochan Lee , Gunhee Kim

Meta-reinforcement learning enables artificial agents to learn from related training tasks and adapt to new tasks efficiently with minimal interaction data. However, most existing research is still limited to narrow task distributions that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Mingyang Wang , Zhenshan Bing , Xiangtong Yao , Shuai Wang , Hang Su , Chenguang Yang , Kai Huang , Alois Knoll

Machine learning inference is increasingly being executed locally on mobile and embedded platforms, due to the clear advantages in latency, privacy and connectivity. In this paper, we present approaches for online resource management in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Lei Xun , Long Tran-Thanh , Bashir M Al-Hashimi , Geoff V. Merrett

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) are frequently used to model aspects of brain function and structure. In this work, we trained small fully-connected RNNs to perform temporal and flow control tasks with time-varying stimuli. Our results…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-06-29 Cecilia Jarne , Rodrigo Laje

The human brain constantly learns and rapidly adapts to new situations by integrating acquired knowledge and experiences into memory. Developing this capability in machine learning models is considered an important goal of AI research since…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Arsham Gholamzadeh Khoee , Alireza Javaheri , Saeed Reza Kheradpisheh , Mohammad Ganjtabesh

The field of meta-learning, or learning-to-learn, has seen a dramatic rise in interest in recent years. Contrary to conventional approaches to AI where tasks are solved from scratch using a fixed learning algorithm, meta-learning aims to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Timothy Hospedales , Antreas Antoniou , Paul Micaelli , Amos Storkey

Meta-learning considers the problem of learning an efficient learning process that can leverage its past experience to accurately solve new tasks. However, the efficacy of meta-learning crucially depends on the distribution of tasks…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Trapit Bansal , Karthick Gunasekaran , Tong Wang , Tsendsuren Munkhdalai , Andrew McCallum

Large-scale models have exhibited remarkable capabilities across diverse domains, including automated medical services and intelligent customer support. However, as most large models are trained on single-modality corpora, enabling them to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Hao Sun , Yu Song , Jiaqing Liu , Jihong Hu , Yen-Wei Chen , Lanfen Lin