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Hattie Zhou

Doctorat - Université de Montréal
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Publications

Predicting Grokking Long Before it Happens: A look into the loss landscape of models which grok
Tikeng Notsawo Pascal Junior
Pascal Notsawo
Hattie Zhou
Mohammad Pezeshki
Teaching Algorithmic Reasoning via In-context Learning
Hattie Zhou
Azade Nova
Behnam Neyshabur
Hanie Sedghi
Fortuitous Forgetting in Connectionist Networks
Hattie Zhou
Ankit Vani
Forgetting is often seen as an unwanted characteristic in both human and machine learning. However, we propose that forgetting can in fact b… (voir plus)e favorable to learning. We introduce"forget-and-relearn"as a powerful paradigm for shaping the learning trajectories of artificial neural networks. In this process, the forgetting step selectively removes undesirable information from the model, and the relearning step reinforces features that are consistently useful under different conditions. The forget-and-relearn framework unifies many existing iterative training algorithms in the image classification and language emergence literature, and allows us to understand the success of these algorithms in terms of the disproportionate forgetting of undesirable information. We leverage this understanding to improve upon existing algorithms by designing more targeted forgetting operations. Insights from our analysis provide a coherent view on the dynamics of iterative training in neural networks and offer a clear path towards performance improvements.