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Workshop: Data-centric Machine Learning Research (DMLR): Datasets for Foundation Models

Spurious Correlations in Machine Learning: A Survey

Wenqian Ye · Guangtao Zheng · Xu Cao · Yunsheng Ma · Aidong Zhang


Abstract:

Machine learning systems are known to be sensitive to spurious correlations between non-essential features of the inputs (e.g., background, texture, and secondary objects) and the corresponding labels. These features and their correlations with the labels are known as spurious" because they tend to change with shifts in real-world data distributions, which can negatively impact the model's generalization and robustness. In this paper, we provide a review of this issue, along with a taxonomy of current state-of-the-art methods for addressing spurious correlations in machine learning models. Additionally, we summarize existing datasets, benchmarks, and metrics to aid future research. The paper concludes with a discussion of the recent advancements and future challenges in this field, aiming to provide valuable insights for researchers in the related domains.

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