text: The paper proposes an inductive semi-supervised learning method, called Smooth Neighbors on Teacher Graphs (SNTG). At each iteration during training, a graph is dynamically constructed based on predictions of the teacher model, i.e., the implicit self-ensemble of models. Then the graph serves as a similarity measure with respect to which the representations of "similar" neighboring points are learned to be smooth on the low dimensional manifold. We achieve state-of-the-art results on semi-supervised learning benchmarks. The error rates are 9.89 , 3.99 for CIFAR-10 with 4000 labels, SVHN with 500 labels, respectively. In particular, the improvements are significant when the labels are scarce. For non-augmented MNIST with only 20 labels, the error rate is reduced from previous 4.81 to 1.36 . Our method is also effective under noisy supervision and shows robustness to incorrect labels.
  @cite_45: Door lock apparatus in which a door latch mechanism is operated by inner and outer door handles coupled to a latch shaft extending through the latch mechanism. Handles are coupled to ends of latch shaft by coupling devices enabling door to be locked from the inside to prevent entry from the outside but can still be opened from the inside by normal operation of outside handle. Inside coupling device has limited lost-motion which is used to operate cam device to unlock the door on actuation of inner handles.
  @cite_13: This book addresses some theoretical aspects of semisupervised learning (SSL). The book is organized as a collection of different contributions of authors who are experts on this topic. The objectives of this book are to present a large overview of the SSL methods and to classify these methods into four classes that correspond to the first four main parts of the book (this would include generative models; low-density separation methods; graph-based methods; and algorithms). The last two parts are devoted to applications and perspectives of SSL. The book responds to its major objectives and could serve as a basis for an intermediate level graduate course on SSL. It may also serve as a useful self study and reference source for practicing engineers.
summary: Using unlabeled data to improve generalization has a long and rich history and the literature in SSL is vast @cite_45 @cite_13 . So in this section we focus on reviewing the closely related papers, especially the recent advances in SSL with deep learning.