Andrew Fairless, Ph.D.
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What I Read: Knowledge Distillation.
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https://medium.com/@poojarysanket.03/knowledge-distillation-explained-part-1-how-large-models-teach-smaller-ones-0e77fc9f596a
Knowledge Distillation Explained, Part 1: How Large Models Teach Smaller Ones
Sanketh Poojary
Jun 28, 2026
"...Knowledge Distillation — a technique where a smaller student model learns from a larger teacher model, aiming to retain most of the teacher’s performance while being faster and cheaper to run."