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Continual Learning in Sequential Tasks
Exploring methods to mitigate catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning scenarios. Target: ICLR 2026
Federated Learning: Theory and Practice
Investigating convergence theory in federated learning through empirical validation. Advisor: Prof. Avi Mohan
Motion Capture and 3D Character Animation
Building end-to-end pipeline from 2D video to 3D animated characters. Advisor: Prof. Reza Rawassizadeh
3D Scene Understanding and Prediction
Developing novel approaches for world modeling combining scene reconstruction with temporal dynamics. Target: CVPR 2026
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GradES: Significantly Faster Training in Transformers with Gradient-Based Early Stopping
Published in arXiv preprint, 2025
A novel gradient-based early stopping method that operates at the component level within transformer architectures, achieving 1.57x to 7.22x training speedup while improving model generalization.
Recommended citation: Qifu Wen, Xi Zeng, Zihan Zhou, Shuaijun Liu, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Ningxin Su, Reza Rawassizadeh. "GradES: Significantly Faster Training in Transformers with Gradient-Based Early Stopping." arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01842, 2025.
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