Out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization is a challenge in machine learning, where models trained on one data distribution often perform poorly on shifted domains.
A study focuses on designing training data distributions to enhance average-case OOD performance.
The research introduces algorithmic strategies to minimize OOD error, such as bilevel optimization and theoretical upper bound minimization.
Experimental evaluation shows significant improvements in OOD accuracy compared to standard empirical risk minimization, emphasizing the importance of distribution-aware training for robust OOD generalization.