# Leveraging knowledge distillation for partial multi-task learning from multiple remote sensing datasets Source: [Leveraging knowledge distillation for partial multi-task learning from multiple remote sensing datasets]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-27T06:34:03.698Z Authors: Ho\\\`ang-\\^An L\\^e, Minh-Tan Pham Published: 2024-05-24T09:48:50.000Z ## Abstract Partial multi-task learning where training examples are annotated for one of the target tasks is a promising idea in remote sensing as it allows combining datasets annotated for different tasks and predicting more tasks with fewer network parameters. The na\\"ive approach to partial multi-task learning is sub-optimal due to the lack of all-task annotations for learning joint representations. This paper proposes using knowledge distillation to replace the need of ground truths for the alternate task and enhance the performance of such approach. Experiments conducted on the public ISPRS 2D Semantic Labeling Contest dataset show the effectiveness of the proposed idea on partial multi-task learning for semantic tasks including object detection and semantic segmentation in aerial images. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()