ModelPred: A Framework for Predicting Trained Model from Training Data
| dc.contributor.author | Zeng, Yingyan | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Jia, Ruoxi | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Abbott, A. Lynn | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Jin, Ran | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Electrical and Computer Engineering | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-07T18:53:54Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-07T18:53:54Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06-06 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In this work, we propose ModelPred, a framework that helps to understand the impact of changes in training data on a trained model. This is critical for building trust in various stages of a machine learning pipeline: from cleaning poor-quality samples and tracking important ones to be collected during data preparation, to calibrating uncertainty of model prediction, to interpreting why certain behaviors of a model emerge during deployment. Specifically, ModelPred learns a parameterized function that takes a dataset S as the input and predicts the model obtained by training on S. Our work differs from the recent work of Datamodels as we aim for predicting the trained model parameters directly instead of the trained model behaviors. We demonstrate that a neural network-based set function class is capable of learning the complex relationships between the training data and model parameters. We introduce novel global and local regularization techniques to prevent overfitting and we rigorously characterize the expressive power of neural networks (NN) in approximating the end-to-end training process. Through extensive empirical investigations, we show that ModelPred enables a variety of applications that boost the interpretability and accountability of machine learning (ML), such as data valuation, data selection, memorization quantification, and model calibration. | en |
| dc.description.abstractgeneral | With the prevalence of large and complicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, it is important to build trust in the various stages of a machine learning model pipeline, from cleaning poor-quality samples and tracking important ones to be collected during the training data preparation, to calibrating uncertainty of model prediction during the inference stage, to interpreting why certain behaviors of a model emerge during deployment. In this work, we propose ModelPred, a framework that helps to understand the impact of changes in training data on a trained model. To achieve this, ModelPred learns a parameterized function that takes a dataset S as the input and predicts the model obtained by training on S, thus learning the impact from data on the model efficiently. Our work differs from the recent work of Datamodels [28] as we aim for predicting the trained model parameters directly instead of the trained model behaviors. We demonstrate that a neural network-based set function class is capable of learning the complex relationships between the training data and model parameters. We introduce novel global and local regularization techniques to enhance the generalizability and prevent overfitting. We also rigorously characterize the expressive power of neural networks (NN) in approximating the end-to-end training process. Through extensive empirical investigations, we show that ModelPred enables a variety of applications that boost the interpretability and accountability of machine learning (ML), such as data valuation, data selection, memorization quantification, and model calibration. This greatly enhances the trustworthy of machine learning models. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
| dc.description.notes | Also published as Zeng, Y., Wang, J. T., Chen, S., Just, H. A., Jin, R., & Jia, R. (2023, February). ModelPred: A Framework for Predicting Trained Model from Training Data. In 2023 IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (SaTML) (pp. 432-449). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SaTML54575.2023.00037 | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative in Efficient and Robust Machine Learning | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10919/120887 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Neural Network Approximability | en |
| dc.subject | Data Valuation | en |
| dc.subject | Trustworthy Machine Learning | en |
| dc.title | ModelPred: A Framework for Predicting Trained Model from Training Data | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Computer Engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |