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NTK regime check: one CKA drift test before portrait fine-tuning
Abstract
Run a CKA drift test before portrait fine-tuning: a score of 0.95 or higher confirms the NTK regime, so you can freeze features and retrain only the head.
Independent technical note mirroring the canonical version: https://kahma.io/blog/ntk-regime-check-one-cka-drift-test-before-portrait-fine-tuning.php
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BibTeX
@misc{sullivan2026regime,
title = {{NTK regime check: one CKA drift test before portrait fine-tuning}},
author = {Ella Sullivan},
howpublished = {Zenodo},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23525661},
url = {https://zenodo.org/records/23525661},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - NTK regime check: one CKA drift test before portrait fine-tuning
AU - Ella Sullivan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/20
PB - Zenodo
DO - 10.5281/zenodo.23525661
UR - https://zenodo.org/records/23525661
AB - Run a CKA drift test before portrait fine-tuning: a score of 0.95 or higher confirms the NTK regime, so you can freeze features and retrain only the head. Independent technical note mirroring the canonical version: https://kahma.io/blog/ntk-regime-check-one-cka-drift-test-before-portrait-fine-tuning.php
ER -