VLDB 2026 Research / reviewers in the wild / expert
Linh Duy Tran
dblp:400/6704
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2025
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Efficient and distributed learning · 67% Optimization for machine learning · 33% |
Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning › model merging
expert merging |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | CAMEx: Curvature-aware Merging of Experts · ICLR 2025 |
Machine learning › Efficient and distributed learning
model merging |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | CAMEx: Curvature-aware Merging of Experts · ICLR 2025 |
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning › gradient-based optimization › gradient descent
natural gradient descent |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | CAMEx: Curvature-aware Merging of Experts · ICLR 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
natural gradient · 0.9fisher information matrix · 0.9
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CAMEx: Curvature-aware Merging of ExpertsabstractExisting methods for merging experts during model training and fine-tuning predominantly rely on Euclidean geometry, which assumes a flat parameter space. This assumption can limit the model's generalization ability, especially during the pre-training phase, where the parameter manifold might exhibit more complex curvature. Curvature-aware merging methods typically require additional information and computational resources to approximate the Fisher Information Matrix, adding memory overhead. In this paper, we introduce CAMEx (Curvature-Aware Merging of Experts), a novel expert merging protocol that incorporates natural gradients to account for the non-Euclidean curvature of the parameter manifold. By leveraging natural gradients, CAMEx adapts more effectively to the structure of the parameter space, improving alignment between model updates and the manifold's geometry. This approach enhances both pre-training and fine-tuning, resulting in better optimization trajectories and improved generalization without the substantial memory overhead typically associated with curvature-aware methods. Our contributions are threefold: (1) CAMEx significantly outperforms traditional Euclidean-based expert merging techniques across various natural language processing tasks, leading to enhanced performance during pre-training and fine-tuning; (2) we introduce a dynamic merging architecture that optimizes resource utilization, achieving high performance while reducing computational costs, facilitating efficient scaling of large language models; and (3) we provide both theoretical and empirical evidence to demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed method. The code is publicly available at: https://github.com/kpup1710/CAMEx. Viet Dung Nguyen, Minh Nguyen Hoang, Luc Q. Nguyen, Rachel S. Y. Teo, Tan M. Nguyen, Linh Duy Tran |
ICLR | 6 |