Zhao_FisherTune_Fisher-Guided_Robust_Tuning_of_Vision_Foundation_Models_for_Domain@CVPR2025@CVF

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#1 FisherTune: Fisher-Guided Robust Tuning of Vision Foundation Models for Domain Generalized Segmentation [PDF] [Copy] [Kimi] [REL]

Authors: Dong Zhao, Jinlong Li, Shuang Wang, Mengyao Wu, Qi Zang, Nicu Sebe, Zhun Zhong

Vision Foundation Models (VFMs) excel in generalization due to large-scale pretraining, but fine-tuning them for Domain Generalized Semantic Segmentation (DGSS) while maintaining this ability remains challenging. Existing approaches either selectively fine-tune parameters or freeze the VFMs and update only the adapters, both of which may underutilize the VFMs' full potential in DGSS tasks. We observe that domain-sensitive parameters in VFMs, arising from task and distribution differences, can hinder generalization.To address this, we propose \textbf{FisherTune}, a robust fine-tuning method guided by the Domain-Related Fisher Information Matrix (DR-FIM). DR-FIM measures parameter sensitivity across tasks and domains, enabling selective updates that preserve generalization and enhance DGSS adaptability. FisherTune incorporates variational inference to stabilize DR-FIM estimation, treating parameters as Gaussian-distributed variables and leveraging pre-trained priors. Extensive experiments show that FisherTune achieves superior cross-domain segmentation while maintaining generalization, outperforming selective-parameter and adapter-based methods.

Subject: CVPR.2025 - Poster