Project Detail2025-08-18

Continual Learning Adapter Experiments

Adapter-based continual learning experiments across shifting domain tasks.

Key ResultImproved retention by 19% versus full-finetuning baseline under domain shift.

1. Overview

Compared adapter strategies for minimizing catastrophic forgetting across sequential tasks.

2. Architecture Diagram

Base Model + Task Adapters -> Task Router -> Evaluation Harness

3. Technical Stack

  • PyTorch
  • Hydra
  • scikit-learn

4. Experimental Results

  • Average forgetting: -19%
  • Final task performance: +6%
  • Training cost: -24%

5. Tradeoffs / Lessons

Adapter isolation improves retention, but routing quality becomes the next bottleneck.

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