Chapter 2: MAML - Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning

This chapter covers MAML. You will learn MAML principles, MAML in PyTorch using the higher library, and efficiency of First-order MAML (FOMAML).

Learning Objectives

By reading this chapter, you will be able to:

• ✅ Understand MAML principles and two-level optimization
• ✅ Master the computation of second-order derivatives (gradients of gradients)
• ✅ Implement MAML in PyTorch using the higher library
• ✅ Understand the efficiency of First-order MAML (FOMAML)
• ✅ Implement and compare the Reptile algorithm
• ✅ Practice MAML on Omniglot few-shot classification

2.1 MAML Principles

Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning Overview

MAML (Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning) is a gradient-based meta-learning algorithm proposed by Chelsea Finn et al. in 2017.

"Learn good initial parameters that can quickly adapt to new tasks with few gradient update steps from limited data"

Core Idea of MAML

MAML answers the following question:

• Question: What initial parameters $\theta$ should we choose so that we can achieve high performance on a new task $\mathcal{T}_i$ with just a few gradient steps?
• Answer: Learn parameters that maximize "performance after gradient descent" across multiple tasks

Two-Level Optimization (Inner/Outer Loop)

MAML consists of the following two loops:

MAML Workflow

Second-order Derivatives (Gradients of Gradients)

MAML's characteristic is computing gradients of gradients.

Inner Loop (first-order gradient):

$$ \theta'_i = \theta - \alpha \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{tr}(f_\theta) $$

Outer Loop (second-order gradient):

$$ \theta \leftarrow \theta - \beta \nabla_\theta \sum_{\mathcal{T}_i \sim p(\mathcal{T})} \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) $$

Here, $\theta'_i$ is a function of $\theta$, so it expands as follows:

$$ \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) = \nabla_{\theta'_i} \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) \cdot \nabla_\theta \theta'_i $$

Important: This second-order derivative is the main computational cost, but it enhances adaptation capability.

Visual Understanding of MAML

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - matplotlib>=3.7.0
# - numpy>=1.24.0, <2.0.0

"""
Example: Visual Understanding of MAML

Purpose: Demonstrate data visualization techniques
Target: Advanced
Execution time: 2-5 seconds
Dependencies: None
"""

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# MAML visualization in 2D parameter space
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(14, 6))

# Left plot: Standard learning
ax1 = axes[0]
theta_init = np.array([0, 0])
task1_opt = np.array([3, 1])
task2_opt = np.array([1, 3])
task3_opt = np.array([-2, 2])

ax1.scatter(*theta_init, s=200, c='red', marker='X', label='Random initialization', zorder=5)
ax1.scatter(*task1_opt, s=100, c='blue', marker='o', alpha=0.7)
ax1.scatter(*task2_opt, s=100, c='blue', marker='o', alpha=0.7)
ax1.scatter(*task3_opt, s=100, c='blue', marker='o', alpha=0.7, label='Task optimal solution')

for opt in [task1_opt, task2_opt, task3_opt]:
    ax1.arrow(theta_init[0], theta_init[1],
              opt[0]-theta_init[0]*0.9, opt[1]-theta_init[1]*0.9,
              head_width=0.2, head_length=0.2, fc='gray', ec='gray', alpha=0.5)

ax1.set_xlim(-4, 4)
ax1.set_ylim(-1, 4)
ax1.set_xlabel('θ₁')
ax1.set_ylabel('θ₂')
ax1.set_title('Standard Learning: Learn each task from scratch', fontsize=13)
ax1.legend()
ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)

# Right plot: MAML
ax2 = axes[1]
maml_init = np.array([0.7, 2])

ax2.scatter(*maml_init, s=200, c='green', marker='X', label='MAML initialization', zorder=5)
ax2.scatter(*task1_opt, s=100, c='blue', marker='o', alpha=0.7)
ax2.scatter(*task2_opt, s=100, c='blue', marker='o', alpha=0.7)
ax2.scatter(*task3_opt, s=100, c='blue', marker='o', alpha=0.7, label='Task optimal solution')

for opt in [task1_opt, task2_opt, task3_opt]:
    ax2.arrow(maml_init[0], maml_init[1],
              opt[0]-maml_init[0]*0.7, opt[1]-maml_init[1]*0.7,
              head_width=0.2, head_length=0.2, fc='green', ec='green', alpha=0.5)

# Highlight central region
circle = plt.Circle(maml_init, 1.5, color='green', fill=False, linestyle='--', linewidth=2)
ax2.add_patch(circle)

ax2.set_xlim(-4, 4)
ax2.set_ylim(-1, 4)
ax2.set_xlabel('θ₁')
ax2.set_ylabel('θ₂')
ax2.set_title('MAML: Start from position close to all tasks', fontsize=13)
ax2.legend()
ax2.grid(True, alpha=0.3)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

print("=== Intuitive Understanding of MAML ===")
print("✓ Standard learning: Learn each task from scratch (far away)")
print("✓ MAML: Learn initialization positioned at the 'center' of all tasks")
print("✓ Result: Can adapt to each task with just a few gradient steps")

2.2 MAML Algorithm

Mathematical Definition

Meta-learning objective:

$$ \min_\theta \sum_{\mathcal{T}_i \sim p(\mathcal{T})} \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) $$

where $\theta'_i$ is the adapted parameter for task $\mathcal{T}_i$:

$$ \theta'_i = \theta - \alpha \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{tr}(f_\theta) $$

Symbol meanings:

• $\theta$: Meta-parameters (to be learned)
• $\theta'_i$: Parameters adapted to task $i$
• $\alpha$: Inner Loop learning rate (task adaptation)
• $\beta$: Outer Loop learning rate (meta-learning)
• $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{tr}$: Support set loss for task $i$
• $\mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}$: Query set loss for task $i$

Inner Loop: Task Adaptation

For each task $\mathcal{T}_i$, perform gradient descent using support set $\mathcal{D}^{tr}_i$:

$$ \theta'_i = \theta - \alpha \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{tr}(f_\theta) $$

For multiple steps (with $K$ steps):

$$ \begin{aligned} \theta_i^{(0)} &= \theta \\ \theta_i^{(k+1)} &= \theta_i^{(k)} - \alpha \nabla_{\theta_i^{(k)}} \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{tr}(f_{\theta_i^{(k)}}) \\ \theta'_i &= \theta_i^{(K)} \end{aligned} $$

Outer Loop: Meta-parameter Update

Evaluate adapted parameters $\theta'_i$ on query set $\mathcal{D}^{test}_i$ to compute meta-loss:

$$ \mathcal{L}_{\text{meta}}(\theta) = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) $$

Update meta-parameters:

$$ \theta \leftarrow \theta - \beta \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\text{meta}}(\theta) $$

Algorithm Pseudocode

Algorithm: MAML

Require: p(T): Task distribution
Require: α, β: Inner/Outer Loop learning rates

1: Randomly initialize θ
2: while not converged do
3:     B ← Sample batch of tasks {T_i} ~ p(T)
4:     for all T_i ∈ B do
5:         # Inner Loop: Task adaptation
6:         D_i^tr, D_i^test ← Sample support/query sets from T_i
7:         θ'_i ← θ - α ∇_θ L_{T_i}^tr(f_θ)
8:
9:         # Compute loss on query set
10:        L_i ← L_{T_i}^test(f_{θ'_i})
11:    end for
12:
13:    # Outer Loop: Meta-learning
14:    θ ← θ - β ∇_θ Σ L_i
15: end while
16: return θ

First-order MAML (FOMAML)

Challenge: High computational cost of second-order derivatives

Solution: Approximation by ignoring second-order derivative terms

FOMAML approximates as follows:

$$ \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) \approx \nabla_{\theta'_i} \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i}) $$

That is, the $\nabla_\theta \theta'_i$ term is ignored.

In practice, FOMAML often achieves sufficient performance and is widely used.

2.3 MAML Implementation in PyTorch

Using the higher Library

higher is a convenient library for handling higher-order derivatives in PyTorch. It's ideal for MAML implementation.

# Install higher
# pip install higher

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.optim as optim
import higher
import numpy as np

# Device configuration
device = torch.device('cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu')
print(f"Using device: {device}")

Simple Model Definition

class SimpleMLP(nn.Module):
    """Simple MLP for Few-Shot learning"""
    def __init__(self, input_size=1, hidden_size=40, output_size=1):
        super(SimpleMLP, self).__init__()
        self.net = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Linear(input_size, hidden_size),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.Linear(hidden_size, hidden_size),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.Linear(hidden_size, output_size)
        )

    def forward(self, x):
        return self.net(x)

# Instantiate model
model = SimpleMLP().to(device)
print(f"Model parameters: {sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters())}")

Task Generation Function

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - matplotlib>=3.7.0

def generate_sinusoid_task(amplitude=None, phase=None, n_samples=10):
    """
    Generate sinusoid regression task

    Args:
        amplitude: Amplitude (random if None)
        phase: Phase (random if None)
        n_samples: Number of samples

    Returns:
        x, y: Input and output pairs
    """
    if amplitude is None:
        amplitude = np.random.uniform(0.1, 5.0)
    if phase is None:
        phase = np.random.uniform(0, np.pi)

    x = np.random.uniform(-5, 5, n_samples)
    y = amplitude * np.sin(x + phase)

    x = torch.FloatTensor(x).unsqueeze(1).to(device)
    y = torch.FloatTensor(y).unsqueeze(1).to(device)

    return x, y, amplitude, phase

# Visualize task examples
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 3, figsize=(15, 8))
for i, ax in enumerate(axes.flat):
    x_train, y_train, amp, ph = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=10)
    x_test = torch.linspace(-5, 5, 100).unsqueeze(1).to(device)
    y_test = amp * np.sin(x_test.cpu().numpy() + ph)

    ax.scatter(x_train.cpu(), y_train.cpu(), label='Training samples', s=50, alpha=0.7)
    ax.plot(x_test.cpu(), y_test, 'r--', label='True function', alpha=0.5)
    ax.set_xlabel('x')
    ax.set_ylabel('y')
    ax.set_title(f'Task {i+1}: A={amp:.2f}, φ={ph:.2f}', fontsize=11)
    ax.legend()
    ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

print("=== Task Distribution ===")
print("Each task is a sine wave with different amplitude and phase")
print("Goal: Adapt to new sine waves from few samples")

Inner Loop Implementation

def inner_loop(model, x_support, y_support, inner_lr=0.01, inner_steps=1):
    """
    Inner Loop: Task adaptation

    Args:
        model: PyTorch model
        x_support: Support set input
        y_support: Support set output
        inner_lr: Inner Loop learning rate
        inner_steps: Adaptation step count

    Returns:
        task_loss: Support set loss
    """
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()

    # Prediction and loss calculation
    predictions = model(x_support)
    task_loss = criterion(predictions, y_support)

    # Gradient computation
    task_grad = torch.autograd.grad(
        task_loss,
        model.parameters(),
        create_graph=True  # Needed for second-order derivatives
    )

    # Manual gradient descent (when inner_steps is 1)
    adapted_params = []
    for param, grad in zip(model.parameters(), task_grad):
        adapted_params.append(param - inner_lr * grad)

    return task_loss, adapted_params

# Test Inner Loop
print("\n=== Inner Loop Test ===")
x_sup, y_sup, _, _ = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=5)
loss, adapted = inner_loop(model, x_sup, y_sup)
print(f"Support loss: {loss.item():.4f}")
print(f"Adapted parameters: {len(adapted)} tensors")

Outer Loop Implementation

def outer_loop(model, tasks, inner_lr=0.01, inner_steps=1):
    """
    Outer Loop: Meta-learning

    Args:
        model: PyTorch model
        tasks: List of tasks [(x_sup, y_sup, x_qry, y_qry), ...]
        inner_lr: Inner Loop learning rate
        inner_steps: Adaptation step count

    Returns:
        meta_loss: Meta-loss (average query loss)
    """
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()
    meta_loss = 0.0

    for x_support, y_support, x_query, y_query in tasks:
        # Inner Loop: Task adaptation (using higher)
        with higher.innerloop_ctx(
            model,
            optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr),
            copy_initial_weights=False
        ) as (fmodel, diffopt):

            # Inner Loop update
            for _ in range(inner_steps):
                support_loss = criterion(fmodel(x_support), y_support)
                diffopt.step(support_loss)

            # Evaluate on query set
            query_pred = fmodel(x_query)
            query_loss = criterion(query_pred, y_query)

            meta_loss += query_loss

    # Average over tasks
    meta_loss = meta_loss / len(tasks)

    return meta_loss

# Test Outer Loop
print("\n=== Outer Loop Test ===")
test_tasks = []
for _ in range(4):
    x_s, y_s, _, _ = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=5)
    x_q, y_q, _, _ = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=10)
    test_tasks.append((x_s, y_s, x_q, y_q))

meta_loss = outer_loop(model, test_tasks)
print(f"Meta loss: {meta_loss.item():.4f}")

Episode Training Loop

def train_maml(model, n_iterations=10000, tasks_per_batch=4,
               k_shot=5, q_query=10, inner_lr=0.01, outer_lr=0.001,
               inner_steps=1, eval_interval=500):
    """
    MAML training loop

    Args:
        model: PyTorch model
        n_iterations: Number of training iterations
        tasks_per_batch: Tasks per batch
        k_shot: Support set sample count
        q_query: Query set sample count
        inner_lr: Inner Loop learning rate
        outer_lr: Outer Loop learning rate
        inner_steps: Inner Loop update steps
        eval_interval: Evaluation interval

    Returns:
        losses: Loss history
    """
    meta_optimizer = optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=outer_lr)
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()

    losses = []

    for iteration in range(n_iterations):
        meta_optimizer.zero_grad()

        # Generate task batch
        tasks = []
        for _ in range(tasks_per_batch):
            # Support set
            x_support, y_support, amp, phase = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=k_shot)
            # Query set (from same task)
            x_query, y_query, _, _ = generate_sinusoid_task(
                amplitude=amp, phase=phase, n_samples=q_query
            )
            tasks.append((x_support, y_support, x_query, y_query))

        # Outer Loop
        meta_loss = outer_loop(model, tasks, inner_lr, inner_steps)

        # Meta-parameter update
        meta_loss.backward()
        meta_optimizer.step()

        losses.append(meta_loss.item())

        # Periodic evaluation
        if (iteration + 1) % eval_interval == 0:
            print(f"Iteration {iteration+1}/{n_iterations}, Meta Loss: {meta_loss.item():.4f}")

    return losses

# Run MAML training
print("\n=== MAML Training ===")
model = SimpleMLP().to(device)

losses = train_maml(
    model,
    n_iterations=5000,
    tasks_per_batch=4,
    k_shot=5,
    q_query=10,
    inner_lr=0.01,
    outer_lr=0.001,
    inner_steps=1,
    eval_interval=1000
)

# Visualize loss curve
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
plt.plot(losses, alpha=0.7)
plt.xlabel('Iteration')
plt.ylabel('Meta Loss')
plt.title('MAML Training Progress', fontsize=14)
plt.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
plt.yscale('log')
plt.show()

print("\n✓ MAML training complete")
print(f"✓ Final meta-loss: {losses[-1]:.4f}")

Evaluating the Trained Model

def evaluate_maml(model, n_test_tasks=5, k_shot=5, inner_lr=0.01, inner_steps=5):
    """
    Evaluate trained MAML model

    Args:
        model: Trained model
        n_test_tasks: Number of test tasks
        k_shot: Support set sample count
        inner_lr: Adaptation learning rate
        inner_steps: Adaptation step count
    """
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()

    fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 3, figsize=(16, 10))

    for idx, ax in enumerate(axes.flat[:n_test_tasks]):
        # Generate new test task
        x_support, y_support, amp, phase = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=k_shot)
        x_test = torch.linspace(-5, 5, 100).unsqueeze(1).to(device)
        y_test = amp * np.sin(x_test.cpu().numpy() + phase)

        # Prediction before adaptation
        with torch.no_grad():
            y_pred_before = model(x_test).cpu().numpy()

        # Inner Loop: Task adaptation
        adapted_model = SimpleMLP().to(device)
        adapted_model.load_state_dict(model.state_dict())
        optimizer = optim.SGD(adapted_model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr)

        for step in range(inner_steps):
            optimizer.zero_grad()
            loss = criterion(adapted_model(x_support), y_support)
            loss.backward()
            optimizer.step()

        # Prediction after adaptation
        with torch.no_grad():
            y_pred_after = adapted_model(x_test).cpu().numpy()

        # Visualization
        ax.scatter(x_support.cpu(), y_support.cpu(),
                  label=f'{k_shot}-shot support', s=80, zorder=3, color='red')
        ax.plot(x_test.cpu(), y_test, 'k--',
               label='True function', linewidth=2, alpha=0.7)
        ax.plot(x_test.cpu(), y_pred_before, 'b-',
               label='Before adaptation', alpha=0.5, linewidth=2)
        ax.plot(x_test.cpu(), y_pred_after, 'g-',
               label=f'After {inner_steps} steps', linewidth=2)

        ax.set_xlabel('x')
        ax.set_ylabel('y')
        ax.set_title(f'Test Task {idx+1}', fontsize=12)
        ax.legend(fontsize=9)
        ax.grid(True, alpha=0.3)

    # Remove last subplot if not needed
    if n_test_tasks < 6:
        fig.delaxes(axes.flat[5])

    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()

    print("\n=== MAML Evaluation ===")
    print(f"✓ Tested on {n_test_tasks} new tasks")
    print(f"✓ {k_shot}-shot learning with {inner_steps} gradient steps")
    print("✓ Blue line: Before adaptation (meta-learned initialization)")
    print("✓ Green line: After adaptation (learned from few data)")

# Run evaluation
evaluate_maml(model, n_test_tasks=5, k_shot=5, inner_steps=5)

2.4 Reptile Algorithm

Simplified Version of MAML

Reptile is a simplified version of MAML proposed by OpenAI.

"Achieve meta-learning with only first-order derivatives, without using second-order derivatives"

Differences Between MAML and Reptile

Reptile Update Rule

Reptile performs the following simple update:

$$ \theta \leftarrow \theta + \epsilon (\theta'_i - \theta) $$

where:

• $\theta$: Meta-parameters
• $\theta'_i$: Parameters after $K$ steps of learning on task $i$
• $\epsilon$: Meta-learning rate

Intuitive understanding: Move meta-parameters toward the direction of adapted parameters

Reptile Algorithm

Algorithm: Reptile

Require: p(T): Task distribution
Require: α: Inner learning rate
Require: ε: Meta learning rate (Outer)

1: Randomly initialize θ
2: while not converged do
3:     T_i ~ p(T)  # Sample task
4:     D_i ← Sample data from T_i
5:
6:     # Standard learning on task
7:     θ' ← θ
8:     for k = 1 to K do
9:         θ' ← θ' - α ∇_{θ'} L_{T_i}(f_{θ'})
10:    end for
11:
12:    # Move meta-parameters in adaptation direction
13:    θ ← θ + ε(θ' - θ)
14: end while
15: return θ

Reptile Implementation

def train_reptile(model, n_iterations=5000, k_shot=10,
                  inner_lr=0.01, meta_lr=0.1, inner_steps=5,
                  eval_interval=500):
    """
    Reptile algorithm

    Args:
        model: PyTorch model
        n_iterations: Number of training iterations
        k_shot: Samples per task
        inner_lr: Inner Loop learning rate
        meta_lr: Meta learning rate
        inner_steps: Learning steps per task
        eval_interval: Evaluation interval

    Returns:
        losses: Loss history
    """
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()
    losses = []

    for iteration in range(n_iterations):
        # Copy meta-parameters
        meta_params = [p.clone() for p in model.parameters()]

        # Sample new task
        x_task, y_task, _, _ = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=k_shot)

        # Standard learning on task (Inner Loop)
        optimizer = optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr)

        for step in range(inner_steps):
            optimizer.zero_grad()
            predictions = model(x_task)
            loss = criterion(predictions, y_task)
            loss.backward()
            optimizer.step()

        losses.append(loss.item())

        # Meta update: θ ← θ + ε(θ' - θ)
        with torch.no_grad():
            for meta_param, task_param in zip(meta_params, model.parameters()):
                meta_param.add_(task_param - meta_param, alpha=meta_lr)

            # Update model parameters
            for param, meta_param in zip(model.parameters(), meta_params):
                param.copy_(meta_param)

        # Periodic evaluation
        if (iteration + 1) % eval_interval == 0:
            print(f"Iteration {iteration+1}/{n_iterations}, Loss: {loss.item():.4f}")

    return losses

# Run Reptile training
print("\n=== Reptile Training ===")
reptile_model = SimpleMLP().to(device)

reptile_losses = train_reptile(
    reptile_model,
    n_iterations=5000,
    k_shot=10,
    inner_lr=0.01,
    meta_lr=0.1,
    inner_steps=5,
    eval_interval=1000
)

# Visualize loss curve
plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
plt.plot(reptile_losses, alpha=0.7, color='purple')
plt.xlabel('Iteration')
plt.ylabel('Task Loss')
plt.title('Reptile Training Progress', fontsize=14)
plt.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
plt.yscale('log')
plt.show()

print("\n✓ Reptile training complete")
print(f"✓ Final loss: {reptile_losses[-1]:.4f}")

Comparing MAML and Reptile

# Performance comparison of MAML and Reptile
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(14, 5))

# Loss curve comparison
ax1 = axes[0]
ax1.plot(losses, label='MAML', alpha=0.7, linewidth=2)
ax1.plot(reptile_losses, label='Reptile', alpha=0.7, linewidth=2)
ax1.set_xlabel('Iteration')
ax1.set_ylabel('Loss')
ax1.set_title('Training Loss Comparison', fontsize=14)
ax1.legend()
ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
ax1.set_yscale('log')

# Adaptation speed comparison
ax2 = axes[1]

# Generate test task
x_support, y_support, amp, phase = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=5)
x_test = torch.linspace(-5, 5, 100).unsqueeze(1).to(device)
y_test = amp * np.sin(x_test.cpu().numpy() + phase)

# MAML adaptation
maml_errors = []
adapted_maml = SimpleMLP().to(device)
adapted_maml.load_state_dict(model.state_dict())
optimizer_maml = optim.SGD(adapted_maml.parameters(), lr=0.01)

for step in range(10):
    with torch.no_grad():
        pred = adapted_maml(x_test)
        error = nn.MSELoss()(pred, torch.FloatTensor(y_test).to(device))
        maml_errors.append(error.item())

    optimizer_maml.zero_grad()
    loss = nn.MSELoss()(adapted_maml(x_support), y_support)
    loss.backward()
    optimizer_maml.step()

# Reptile adaptation
reptile_errors = []
adapted_reptile = SimpleMLP().to(device)
adapted_reptile.load_state_dict(reptile_model.state_dict())
optimizer_reptile = optim.SGD(adapted_reptile.parameters(), lr=0.01)

for step in range(10):
    with torch.no_grad():
        pred = adapted_reptile(x_test)
        error = nn.MSELoss()(pred, torch.FloatTensor(y_test).to(device))
        reptile_errors.append(error.item())

    optimizer_reptile.zero_grad()
    loss = nn.MSELoss()(adapted_reptile(x_support), y_support)
    loss.backward()
    optimizer_reptile.step()

ax2.plot(maml_errors, 'o-', label='MAML', linewidth=2, markersize=6)
ax2.plot(reptile_errors, 's-', label='Reptile', linewidth=2, markersize=6)
ax2.set_xlabel('Adaptation Step')
ax2.set_ylabel('Test MSE')
ax2.set_title('Adaptation Speed on New Task', fontsize=14)
ax2.legend()
ax2.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
ax2.set_yscale('log')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

print("\n=== MAML vs Reptile ===")
print(f"MAML - Initial error: {maml_errors[0]:.4f}, Final error: {maml_errors[-1]:.4f}")
print(f"Reptile - Initial error: {reptile_errors[0]:.4f}, Final error: {reptile_errors[-1]:.4f}")
print("\n✓ Both methods enable fast adaptation")
print("✓ MAML provides slightly better initialization")
print("✓ Reptile is simpler to implement and computationally efficient")

2.5 Practice: Omniglot Few-Shot Classification

Omniglot Dataset

Omniglot is a widely used benchmark for few-shot learning.

• 1,623 character types from 50 languages
• 20 handwritten images per character
• Called the "transpose of MNIST"

5-way 1-shot Task

Task setting:

• 5-way: 5-class classification
• 1-shot: Only 1 sample per class
• Goal: Learn from 5 support set images and classify query set

Data Preparation

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - numpy>=1.24.0, <2.0.0
# - pillow>=10.0.0
# - torch>=2.0.0, <2.3.0
# - torchvision>=0.15.0

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
from torchvision import transforms
from PIL import Image
import numpy as np
import os

# Convolutional network for Omniglot
class OmniglotCNN(nn.Module):
    """4-layer CNN for Omniglot"""
    def __init__(self, n_way=5):
        super(OmniglotCNN, self).__init__()
        self.features = nn.Sequential(
            # Layer 1
            nn.Conv2d(1, 64, 3, padding=1),
            nn.BatchNorm2d(64),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.MaxPool2d(2),

            # Layer 2
            nn.Conv2d(64, 64, 3, padding=1),
            nn.BatchNorm2d(64),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.MaxPool2d(2),

            # Layer 3
            nn.Conv2d(64, 64, 3, padding=1),
            nn.BatchNorm2d(64),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.MaxPool2d(2),

            # Layer 4
            nn.Conv2d(64, 64, 3, padding=1),
            nn.BatchNorm2d(64),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.MaxPool2d(2),
        )

        self.classifier = nn.Linear(64, n_way)

    def forward(self, x):
        x = self.features(x)
        x = x.view(x.size(0), -1)
        x = self.classifier(x)
        return x

# Instantiate model
omniglot_model = OmniglotCNN(n_way=5).to(device)
print(f"\n=== Omniglot Model ===")
print(f"Parameters: {sum(p.numel() for p in omniglot_model.parameters()):,}")
print(f"Architecture: 4-layer CNN + Linear classifier")

Few-Shot Task Generation

class OmniglotTaskGenerator:
    """Few-Shot task generator for Omniglot"""

    def __init__(self, n_way=5, k_shot=1, q_query=15):
        """
        Args:
            n_way: Number of classes
            k_shot: Support set sample count
            q_query: Query set sample count
        """
        self.n_way = n_way
        self.k_shot = k_shot
        self.q_query = q_query

        # Generate dummy data (actual implementation would use Omniglot dataset)
        # Here we generate 28x28 images
        self.n_classes = 100  # Simplified to 100 classes
        self.images_per_class = 20

    def generate_task(self):
        """
        Generate N-way K-shot task

        Returns:
            support_x, support_y, query_x, query_y
        """
        # Randomly select N classes
        selected_classes = np.random.choice(
            self.n_classes, self.n_way, replace=False
        )

        support_x, support_y = [], []
        query_x, query_y = [], []

        for class_idx, class_id in enumerate(selected_classes):
            # Sample images from each class
            n_samples = self.k_shot + self.q_query

            # Generate dummy images (actual implementation would read from dataset)
            images = torch.randn(n_samples, 1, 28, 28)

            # Support set
            support_x.append(images[:self.k_shot])
            support_y.extend([class_idx] * self.k_shot)

            # Query set
            query_x.append(images[self.k_shot:])
            query_y.extend([class_idx] * self.q_query)

        # Convert to tensors
        support_x = torch.cat(support_x, dim=0).to(device)
        support_y = torch.LongTensor(support_y).to(device)
        query_x = torch.cat(query_x, dim=0).to(device)
        query_y = torch.LongTensor(query_y).to(device)

        return support_x, support_y, query_x, query_y

# Test task generator
task_gen = OmniglotTaskGenerator(n_way=5, k_shot=1, q_query=15)
sup_x, sup_y, qry_x, qry_y = task_gen.generate_task()

print(f"\n=== Task Generation ===")
print(f"Support set: {sup_x.shape}, labels: {sup_y.shape}")
print(f"Query set: {qry_x.shape}, labels: {qry_y.shape}")
print(f"Support labels: {sup_y.cpu().numpy()}")
print(f"Query labels distribution: {np.bincount(qry_y.cpu().numpy())}")

Comparison Experiment: MAML vs Reptile

def train_meta_learning(model, algorithm='maml', n_iterations=1000,
                       n_way=5, k_shot=1, q_query=15,
                       inner_lr=0.01, outer_lr=0.001, inner_steps=5,
                       eval_interval=100):
    """
    Meta-learning training (MAML or Reptile)

    Args:
        model: PyTorch model
        algorithm: 'maml' or 'reptile'
        n_iterations: Number of training iterations
        n_way: N-way classification
        k_shot: K-shot learning
        q_query: Query set size
        inner_lr: Inner Loop learning rate
        outer_lr: Outer Loop learning rate
        inner_steps: Inner Loop update steps
        eval_interval: Evaluation interval

    Returns:
        train_accs, val_accs: Accuracy history
    """
    task_gen = OmniglotTaskGenerator(n_way=n_way, k_shot=k_shot, q_query=q_query)
    criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()

    if algorithm == 'maml':
        meta_optimizer = optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=outer_lr)

    train_accs = []

    for iteration in range(n_iterations):
        # Generate task
        support_x, support_y, query_x, query_y = task_gen.generate_task()

        if algorithm == 'maml':
            # MAML update
            meta_optimizer.zero_grad()

            with higher.innerloop_ctx(
                model,
                optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr),
                copy_initial_weights=False
            ) as (fmodel, diffopt):

                # Inner Loop
                for _ in range(inner_steps):
                    support_loss = criterion(fmodel(support_x), support_y)
                    diffopt.step(support_loss)

                # Query loss
                query_pred = fmodel(query_x)
                query_loss = criterion(query_pred, query_y)

                # Accuracy calculation
                accuracy = (query_pred.argmax(1) == query_y).float().mean()
                train_accs.append(accuracy.item())

                # Outer Loop
                query_loss.backward()
                meta_optimizer.step()

        elif algorithm == 'reptile':
            # Reptile update
            meta_params = [p.clone() for p in model.parameters()]

            # Inner Loop
            optimizer = optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr)
            for _ in range(inner_steps):
                optimizer.zero_grad()
                loss = criterion(model(support_x), support_y)
                loss.backward()
                optimizer.step()

            # Accuracy calculation
            with torch.no_grad():
                query_pred = model(query_x)
                accuracy = (query_pred.argmax(1) == query_y).float().mean()
                train_accs.append(accuracy.item())

            # Meta update
            with torch.no_grad():
                for meta_param, task_param in zip(meta_params, model.parameters()):
                    meta_param.add_(task_param - meta_param, alpha=outer_lr)

                for param, meta_param in zip(model.parameters(), meta_params):
                    param.copy_(meta_param)

        # Periodic evaluation
        if (iteration + 1) % eval_interval == 0:
            avg_acc = np.mean(train_accs[-eval_interval:])
            print(f"{algorithm.upper()} - Iter {iteration+1}/{n_iterations}, "
                  f"Avg Accuracy: {avg_acc:.3f}")

    return train_accs

# Train with MAML
print("\n=== Training MAML on Omniglot ===")
maml_model = OmniglotCNN(n_way=5).to(device)
maml_accs = train_meta_learning(
    maml_model,
    algorithm='maml',
    n_iterations=1000,
    n_way=5,
    k_shot=1,
    q_query=15,
    inner_lr=0.01,
    outer_lr=0.001,
    inner_steps=5,
    eval_interval=200
)

# Train with Reptile
print("\n=== Training Reptile on Omniglot ===")
reptile_model_omniglot = OmniglotCNN(n_way=5).to(device)
reptile_accs = train_meta_learning(
    reptile_model_omniglot,
    algorithm='reptile',
    n_iterations=1000,
    n_way=5,
    k_shot=1,
    q_query=15,
    inner_lr=0.01,
    outer_lr=0.1,
    inner_steps=5,
    eval_interval=200
)

Convergence and Accuracy Evaluation

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - scipy>=1.11.0

"""
Example: Convergence and Accuracy Evaluation

Purpose: Demonstrate data visualization techniques
Target: Beginner to Intermediate
Execution time: 2-5 seconds
Dependencies: None
"""

# Visualize results
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(14, 5))

# Accuracy curves
ax1 = axes[0]
window = 50
maml_smooth = np.convolve(maml_accs, np.ones(window)/window, mode='valid')
reptile_smooth = np.convolve(reptile_accs, np.ones(window)/window, mode='valid')

ax1.plot(maml_smooth, label='MAML', linewidth=2, alpha=0.8)
ax1.plot(reptile_smooth, label='Reptile', linewidth=2, alpha=0.8)
ax1.set_xlabel('Iteration')
ax1.set_ylabel('Query Accuracy')
ax1.set_title('5-way 1-shot Learning Curve (Smoothed)', fontsize=14)
ax1.legend()
ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)
ax1.set_ylim([0, 1])

# Final performance comparison
ax2 = axes[1]
final_window = 100
maml_final = np.mean(maml_accs[-final_window:])
reptile_final = np.mean(reptile_accs[-final_window:])

methods = ['MAML', 'Reptile']
accuracies = [maml_final, reptile_final]
colors = ['#1f77b4', '#ff7f0e']

bars = ax2.bar(methods, accuracies, color=colors, alpha=0.7, edgecolor='black', linewidth=2)
ax2.set_ylabel('Final Accuracy')
ax2.set_title('Final Performance Comparison', fontsize=14)
ax2.set_ylim([0, 1])
ax2.grid(True, alpha=0.3, axis='y')

# Display values on bars
for bar, acc in zip(bars, accuracies):
    height = bar.get_height()
    ax2.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2., height + 0.02,
            f'{acc:.3f}', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=12, fontweight='bold')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

print("\n=== Final Results ===")
print(f"MAML - Final Accuracy: {maml_final:.3f} ± {np.std(maml_accs[-final_window:]):.3f}")
print(f"Reptile - Final Accuracy: {reptile_final:.3f} ± {np.std(reptile_accs[-final_window:]):.3f}")
print(f"\n✓ 5-way 1-shot classification on Omniglot")
print(f"✓ Random baseline: 20% (1/5)")
print(f"✓ Both methods significantly outperform random")

# Statistical comparison
from scipy import stats
t_stat, p_value = stats.ttest_ind(maml_accs[-final_window:],
                                    reptile_accs[-final_window:])
print(f"\nStatistical test (t-test):")
print(f"  t-statistic: {t_stat:.3f}")
print(f"  p-value: {p_value:.3f}")
if p_value < 0.05:
    print(f"  → Significant difference (p < 0.05)")
else:
    print(f"  → No significant difference (p >= 0.05)")

2.6 Chapter Summary

What We Learned

1. MAML Principles

   • Learn initial parameters that enable fast adaptation from limited data
   • Two-level optimization: Inner Loop (task adaptation) and Outer Loop (meta-learning)
   • Achieve powerful adaptation capability through second-order derivatives (gradients of gradients)

2. MAML Algorithm

   • Inner Loop: $\theta'_i = \theta - \alpha \nabla_\theta \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{tr}(f_\theta)$
   • Outer Loop: $\theta \leftarrow \theta - \beta \nabla_\theta \sum \mathcal{L}_{\mathcal{T}_i}^{test}(f_{\theta'_i})$
   • FOMAML: Efficiency through first-order derivatives only

3. PyTorch Implementation

   • Easy implementation of second-order derivatives with the higher library
   • Building episode learning loops
   • Validation on sinusoid regression tasks

4. Reptile Algorithm

   • Achieve meta-learning with first-order derivatives only
   • Update rule: $\theta \leftarrow \theta + \epsilon (\theta' - \theta)$
   • Simple implementation with high computational efficiency

5. Omniglot Experiments

   • 5-way 1-shot classification task
   • Performance comparison of MAML and Reptile
   • Both methods significantly outperform random baseline

MAML vs Reptile Summary

Practical Guidelines

To the Next Chapter

In Chapter 3, we will learn about Prototypical Networks:

• Prototype learning in embedding space
• Distance-based classification
• Implementation and comparison with MAML

Exercises

Problem 1 (Difficulty: medium)

Explain the differences in update rules between MAML and Reptile using mathematical formulas, and describe why Reptile is more computationally efficient.

Problem 2 (Difficulty: hard)

The following code attempts to implement MAML's Inner Loop but contains errors. Identify the problems and write correct code.

# Incorrect code
def wrong_inner_loop(model, x_support, y_support, inner_lr=0.01):
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()
    optimizer = optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr)

    optimizer.zero_grad()
    predictions = model(x_support)
    loss = criterion(predictions, y_support)
    loss.backward()
    optimizer.step()

    return loss

import higher

def correct_inner_loop(model, x_support, y_support, x_query, y_query,
                       inner_lr=0.01, inner_steps=1):
    """
    MAML Inner Loop (correct implementation)

    Args:
        model: PyTorch model
        x_support: Support set input
        y_support: Support set output
        x_query: Query set input
        y_query: Query set output
        inner_lr: Inner Loop learning rate
        inner_steps: Adaptation step count

    Returns:
        query_loss: Query set loss (with tracked gradients)
    """
    criterion = nn.MSELoss()

    # Implement Inner Loop using higher
    with higher.innerloop_ctx(
        model,
        optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=inner_lr),
        copy_initial_weights=False,
        track_higher_grads=True  # Track second-order derivatives
    ) as (fmodel, diffopt):

        # Inner Loop: Task adaptation
        for _ in range(inner_steps):
            support_pred = fmodel(x_support)
            support_loss = criterion(support_pred, y_support)
            diffopt.step(support_loss)

        # Evaluate on query set (gradients tracked)
        query_pred = fmodel(x_query)
        query_loss = criterion(query_pred, y_query)

    return query_loss

# Usage example
model = SimpleMLP().to(device)
meta_optimizer = optim.Adam(model.parameters(), lr=0.001)

# Generate task
x_sup, y_sup, amp, phase = generate_sinusoid_task(n_samples=5)
x_qry, y_qry, _, _ = generate_sinusoid_task(
    amplitude=amp, phase=phase, n_samples=10
)

# MAML update
meta_optimizer.zero_grad()
query_loss = correct_inner_loop(model, x_sup, y_sup, x_qry, y_qry)
query_loss.backward()  # Second-order derivatives computed
meta_optimizer.step()

print(f"✓ Query loss: {query_loss.item():.4f}")
print("✓ Second-order derivatives computed correctly")

Problem 3 (Difficulty: hard)

Design an experiment to compare MAML and Reptile performance on 5-way 5-shot Omniglot classification task. Include:

• Data split (train/validation/test)
• Hyperparameter settings
• Evaluation metrics
• Expected results

# Requirements:
# - Python 3.9+
# - matplotlib>=3.7.0
# - numpy>=1.24.0, <2.0.0

import time
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def comprehensive_comparison(n_iterations=5000, n_way=5, k_shot=5):
    """
    Comprehensive comparison experiment of MAML and Reptile
    """
    results = {
        'maml': {'train_acc': [], 'val_acc': [], 'time': []},
        'reptile': {'train_acc': [], 'val_acc': [], 'time': []}
    }

    # MAML training
    print("=== Training MAML ===")
    maml_model = OmniglotCNN(n_way=n_way).to(device)
    start_time = time.time()

    maml_train_acc = train_meta_learning(
        maml_model, algorithm='maml',
        n_iterations=n_iterations, n_way=n_way, k_shot=k_shot,
        inner_lr=0.01, outer_lr=0.001, inner_steps=5
    )

    maml_time = time.time() - start_time
    results['maml']['train_acc'] = maml_train_acc
    results['maml']['time'] = maml_time

    # Reptile training
    print("\n=== Training Reptile ===")
    reptile_model = OmniglotCNN(n_way=n_way).to(device)
    start_time = time.time()

    reptile_train_acc = train_meta_learning(
        reptile_model, algorithm='reptile',
        n_iterations=n_iterations, n_way=n_way, k_shot=k_shot,
        inner_lr=0.01, outer_lr=0.1, inner_steps=5
    )

    reptile_time = time.time() - start_time
    results['reptile']['train_acc'] = reptile_train_acc
    results['reptile']['time'] = reptile_time

    # Test set evaluation
    print("\n=== Test Set Evaluation ===")

    def evaluate_test(model, n_test_tasks=100):
        task_gen = OmniglotTaskGenerator(n_way=n_way, k_shot=k_shot, q_query=15)
        accuracies = []

        for _ in range(n_test_tasks):
            support_x, support_y, query_x, query_y = task_gen.generate_task()

            # Adaptation
            optimizer = optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=0.01)
            for _ in range(5):
                optimizer.zero_grad()
                loss = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()(model(support_x), support_y)
                loss.backward()
                optimizer.step()

            # Evaluation
            with torch.no_grad():
                pred = model(query_x)
                acc = (pred.argmax(1) == query_y).float().mean()
                accuracies.append(acc.item())

        return np.mean(accuracies), np.std(accuracies)

    maml_test_acc, maml_test_std = evaluate_test(maml_model)
    reptile_test_acc, reptile_test_std = evaluate_test(reptile_model)

    # Visualize results
    fig, axes = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(14, 10))

    # Learning curves
    ax1 = axes[0, 0]
    window = 100
    maml_smooth = np.convolve(maml_train_acc, np.ones(window)/window, mode='valid')
    reptile_smooth = np.convolve(reptile_train_acc, np.ones(window)/window, mode='valid')
    ax1.plot(maml_smooth, label='MAML', linewidth=2)
    ax1.plot(reptile_smooth, label='Reptile', linewidth=2)
    ax1.set_xlabel('Iteration')
    ax1.set_ylabel('Training Accuracy')
    ax1.set_title(f'{n_way}-way {k_shot}-shot Learning Curves', fontsize=13)
    ax1.legend()
    ax1.grid(True, alpha=0.3)

    # Test accuracy
    ax2 = axes[0, 1]
    methods = ['MAML', 'Reptile']
    test_accs = [maml_test_acc, reptile_test_acc]
    test_stds = [maml_test_std, reptile_test_std]
    bars = ax2.bar(methods, test_accs, yerr=test_stds,
                   capsize=10, color=['#1f77b4', '#ff7f0e'],
                   alpha=0.7, edgecolor='black', linewidth=2)
    ax2.set_ylabel('Test Accuracy')
    ax2.set_title('Test Set Performance', fontsize=13)
    ax2.set_ylim([0, 1])
    ax2.grid(True, alpha=0.3, axis='y')

    for bar, acc in zip(bars, test_accs):
        height = bar.get_height()
        ax2.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2., height + 0.02,
                f'{acc:.3f}', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=11, fontweight='bold')

    # Computational time
    ax3 = axes[1, 0]
    times = [maml_time, reptile_time]
    bars = ax3.bar(methods, times, color=['#1f77b4', '#ff7f0e'],
                   alpha=0.7, edgecolor='black', linewidth=2)
    ax3.set_ylabel('Training Time (seconds)')
    ax3.set_title('Computational Efficiency', fontsize=13)
    ax3.grid(True, alpha=0.3, axis='y')

    for bar, t in zip(bars, times):
        height = bar.get_height()
        ax3.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2., height + 5,
                f'{t:.1f}s', ha='center', va='bottom', fontsize=11, fontweight='bold')

    # Summary table
    ax4 = axes[1, 1]
    ax4.axis('off')

    summary_data = [
        ['Metric', 'MAML', 'Reptile'],
        ['Train Acc (final)', f'{np.mean(maml_train_acc[-100:]):.3f}',
         f'{np.mean(reptile_train_acc[-100:]):.3f}'],
        ['Test Acc', f'{maml_test_acc:.3f}±{maml_test_std:.3f}',
         f'{reptile_test_acc:.3f}±{reptile_test_std:.3f}'],
        ['Time (s)', f'{maml_time:.1f}', f'{reptile_time:.1f}'],
        ['Time per iter (ms)', f'{maml_time/n_iterations*1000:.2f}',
         f'{reptile_time/n_iterations*1000:.2f}']
    ]

    table = ax4.table(cellText=summary_data, cellLoc='center',
                     loc='center', bbox=[0, 0, 1, 1])
    table.auto_set_font_size(False)
    table.set_fontsize(10)
    table.scale(1, 2)

    for i in range(len(summary_data)):
        for j in range(len(summary_data[0])):
            cell = table[(i, j)]
            if i == 0:
                cell.set_facecolor('#d0d0d0')
                cell.set_text_props(weight='bold')
            else:
                cell.set_facecolor('#f0f0f0' if i % 2 == 0 else 'white')

    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()

    # Results report
    print("\n" + "="*60)
    print("COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISON RESULTS")
    print("="*60)
    print(f"\nTask: {n_way}-way {k_shot}-shot classification")
    print(f"Iterations: {n_iterations}")
    print(f"\nMAML:")
    print(f"  Final Train Acc: {np.mean(maml_train_acc[-100:]):.3f}")
    print(f"  Test Acc: {maml_test_acc:.3f} ± {maml_test_std:.3f}")
    print(f"  Training Time: {maml_time:.1f}s ({maml_time/n_iterations*1000:.2f}ms/iter)")
    print(f"\nReptile:")
    print(f"  Final Train Acc: {np.mean(reptile_train_acc[-100:]):.3f}")
    print(f"  Test Acc: {reptile_test_acc:.3f} ± {reptile_test_std:.3f}")
    print(f"  Training Time: {reptile_time:.1f}s ({reptile_time/n_iterations*1000:.2f}ms/iter)")
    print(f"\nSpeedup: {maml_time/reptile_time:.2f}x")
    print("="*60)

    return results

# Run experiment
results = comprehensive_comparison(n_iterations=2000, n_way=5, k_shot=5)

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