4 papers
A Compositional Paradigm for Foundation Models: Towards Smarter Robotic Agents
Luigi Quarantiello, Elia Piccoli, Jack Bell +8
The birth of Foundation Models brought unprecedented results in a wide range of tasks, from language to vision, to robotic control. These models are able to process huge quantities…
FAST: Similarity-based Knowledge Transfer for Efficient Policy Learning
Alessandro Capurso, Elia Piccoli, Davide Bacciu
Transfer Learning (TL) offers the potential to accelerate learning by transferring knowledge across tasks. However, it faces critical challenges such as negative transfer, domain a…
Combining Pre-Trained Models for Enhanced Feature Representation in Reinforcement Learning
Elia Piccoli, Malio Li, Giacomo Carfì +2
The recent focus and release of pre-trained models have been a key components to several advancements in many fields (e.g. Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision), as a ma…
The Future of Continual Learning in the Era of Foundation Models: Three Key Directions
Jack Bell, Luigi Quarantiello, Eric Nuertey Coleman +5
Continual learning--the ability to acquire, retain, and refine knowledge over time--has always been fundamental to intelligence, both human and artificial. Historically, different…