Our laboratory's student Zhipeng Zhou participated in the ICLR 2024 academic conference held in Vienna, Austria, from May 7th to 12th, 2024. The ICLR conference is acknowledged as one of the premier international gatherings in the realm of deep learning, centering on pioneering research across various facets of deep learning. It has released scores of immensely influential papers in fields such as artificial intelligence, statistics, data science, and critical application domains like machine vision, speech recognition, and textual comprehension.
During this event, our laboratory contributed a comprehensive article titled "Pareto Deep Long-Tailed Recognition: A Conflict-Averse Solution," which was showcased as a poster presentation. This study primarily employs multi-objective optimization techniques to address the gradient conflict issues encountered during the optimization phase of long-tail learning. Prior research has seldom investigated this challenge from the standpoint of optimization conflicts inherent in the long-tail representation learning process, leading to representations that remain dominated by specific categories.
Our work initially validates the optimization conflict issue using prevalent long-tail learning methodologies. Subsequently, we conducted extensive experiments to exhibit the promising applicability of multi-objective optimization in tackling this problem. To conclude, we furnished guarantees for generalization and convergence within the long-tail context, all grounded in multi-objective optimization principles.
Fig.1：Poster Presentation
Since this was my first international conference during my PhD studies, every aspect of the event was novel to me. Wandering through the venue, I engaged in lively discussions with fellow attendees, moving between talks and posters that piqued my interest. During my own presentation, I eagerly shared my work with others, discussing potential issues and feasible solutions.
Beyond the professional interactions, the conference was a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones from universities both domestic and international, greatly enriching my experience. In between sessions, I took the chance to explore the cities of Vienna and Budapest, experiencing the stark cultural differences between Eastern and Western Europe.
This conference has given me a better understanding of the academic exchange format and highlighted the crucial role of communication in scholarly research. I wish everyone the opportunity to attend conferences in the future and share their work through these exchanges.
Fig.2：The Souvenir Photo of ICLR 2024