Paper ID | MLR-APPL-IVASR-5.2 | ||
Paper Title | SEMI-SUPERVISED FEW-SHOT CLASS-INCREMENTAL LEARNING | ||
Authors | Yawen Cui, Wuti Xiong, Mohammad Tavakolian, Li Liu, University of Oulu, Finland | ||
Session | MLR-APPL-IVASR-5: Machine learning for image and video analysis, synthesis, and retrieval 5 | ||
Location | Area C | ||
Session Time: | Tuesday, 21 September, 15:30 - 17:00 | ||
Presentation Time: | Tuesday, 21 September, 15:30 - 17:00 | ||
Presentation | Poster | ||
Topic | Applications of Machine Learning: Machine learning for image & video analysis, synthesis, and retrieval | ||
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Abstract | The capability of incrementally learning new classes and learning from a few examples is one of the hallmarks of human intelligence. It is crucial to endow a practical recognition system with such ability. Therefore, in this paper, we conduct pioneering work and focus on a challenging yet practical Semi-Supervised Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning (SSFSCIL) problem, which requires CNN models incrementally learn new classes from very few labeled samples and a large number of unlabeled samples, without forgetting the previously learned ones. To address this problem, a simple and efficient solution for SSFSCIL is proposed to learn novel categories using a self-training strategy in a semi-supervised manner and avoid catastrophic forgetting by distillation-based methods. Our extensive experiments on CIFAR100, miniImageNet and CUB200 datasets demonstrate the promising performance of our proposed method, and define baselines in this new research direction. |