# AD-Aligning: Emulating Human-like Generalization for Cognitive Domain Adaptation in Deep Learning

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09582 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.09582/

## Key facts

- Cited by 8 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 12 of its 21 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 15 May 2024.

## Builds on (most cited first, 12 of 12)

- [Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning for Fast Adaptation of Deep Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1703.03400/) (2017)
- [Adversarial Discriminative Domain Adaptation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1702.05464/) (2017)
- [Deep Domain Confusion: Maximizing for Domain Invariance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1412.3474/) (2014)
- [Return of Frustratingly Easy Domain Adaptation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1511.05547/) (2015)
- [FCNs in the Wild: Pixel-level Adversarial and Constraint-based Adaptation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1612.02649/) (2016)
- [Generalisation in humans and deep neural networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1808.08750/) (2018)
- [Self-supervised Learning is More Robust to Dataset Imbalance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.05025/) (2021)
- [Unsupervised Domain Adaptation of Object Detectors: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2105.13502/) (2021)
- [Deception Detection from Linguistic and Physiological Data Streams Using Bimodal Convolutional Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.10944/) (2023)
- [Contextual Hourglass Network for Semantic Segmentation of High Resolution Aerial Imagery](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.12813/) (2018)
- [Influence Pathway Discovery on Social Media](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.16071/) (2023)
- [Research on Image Recognition Technology Based on Multimodal Deep Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.03091/) (2024)

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## Abstract (arXiv)

Domain adaptation is pivotal for enabling deep learning models to generalize across diverse domains, a task complicated by variations in presentation and cognitive nuances. In this paper, we introduce AD-Aligning, a novel approach that combines adversarial training with source-target domain alignment to enhance generalization capabilities. By pretraining with Coral loss and standard loss, AD-Aligning aligns target domain statistics with those of the pretrained encoder, preserving robustness while accommodating domain shifts. Through extensive experiments on diverse datasets and domain shift scenarios, including noise-induced shifts and cognitive domain adaptation tasks, we demonstrate AD-Aligning's superior performance compared to existing methods such as Deep Coral and ADDA. Our findings highlight AD-Aligning's ability to emulate the nuanced cognitive processes inherent in human perception, making it a promising solution for real-world applications requiring adaptable and robust domain adaptation strategies.