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48 results for DNN optimization

Paper proposes a new sparse Bayesian neural network for simpler, more efficient DNNs.

problem Complex and large DNN architectures require simplification for better performance and efficiency.
method Masked Bayesian Neural Networks (BNN) with nodewise sparsity and optimal posterior distributions.
result The proposed BNN yields well-condensed DNN architectures with similar accuracy and uncertainty quantification to large DNNs.

slimTrain simplifies DNN training by separating features and adapting hyperparameters.

problem Challenges in training deep neural networks, including non-convexity, non-smoothness, and hyperparameter sensitivity.
method slimTrain exploits separability in DNN architectures to reduce hyperparameter sensitivity and improve convergence.
result slimTrain outperforms existing methods with recommended hyperparameters and reduces sensitivity to remaining hyperparameters.

We theoretically discuss why deep neural networks (DNNs) performs better than other models in some cases by investigating statistical properties of DNNs for non-smooth functions. While DNNs have empirically shown higher performance than other standard methods, understanding its mechanism is still a challenging problem.…

2018-02-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explains knowledge distillation by analyzing visual concepts in DNNs.

problem Understanding how knowledge distillation affects the learning of visual concepts in deep neural networks.
method The paper proposes three hypotheses and designs mathematical metrics to evaluate feature representations of DNNs.
result The hypotheses were verified through experiments on various DNNs.

Regularization methods are often employed in deep learning neural networks (DNNs) to prevent overfitting. For penalty based DNN regularization methods, convex penalties are typically considered because of their optimization guarantees. Recent theoretical work have shown that nonconvex penalties that satisfy certain reg…

2019-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Embedding principle explains loss landscape of deep neural networks.

problem Understanding the structure of loss landscapes in deep neural networks.
method Proposed an embedding principle that critical points of narrower DNNs can be embedded to critical points of wider DNNs.
result Wide DNNs are often attracted by highly-degenerate critical points embedded from narrower DNNs.

Topology optimization by optimally distributing materials in a given domain requires non-gradient optimizers to solve highly complicated problems. However, with hundreds of design variables or more involved, solving such problems would require millions of Finite Element Method (FEM) calculations whose computational cos…

2020-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

DNN pruning reduces memory footprint and computational work of DNN-based solutions to improve performance and energy-efficiency. An effective pruning scheme should be able to systematically remove connections and/or neurons that are unnecessary or redundant, reducing the DNN size without any loss in accuracy. In this p…

2019-06-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are now a central component of nearly all state-of-the-art speech recognition systems. Building neural network acoustic models requires several design decisions including network architecture, size, and training loss function. This paper offers an empirical investigation on which aspects of …

2014-06-30abs ↗pdf ↗

POLICE enforces linear constraints on deep neural networks efficiently.

problem Enforcing constraints on deep neural networks without affecting optimization.
method Provably optimal affine constraint enforcement method that minimally modifies DNNs.
result POLICE ensures DNNs fulfill affine constraints during training and testing.

In recent studies, several asymptotic upper bounds on generalization errors on deep neural networks (DNNs) are theoretically derived. These bounds are functions of several norms of weights of the DNNs, such as the Frobenius and spectral norms, and they are computed for weights grouped according to either input and outp…

2019-05-22abs ↗pdf ↗

A new approach for efficient data compression in split DNN computing.

problem Optimizing data compression for DNN models split between mobile devices and edge servers.
method Systematic design and training of bottleneck units that can be inserted at the split point.
result Achieves excellent rate-distortion performance with minimal compute and storage overhead.

E2GC optimizes energy efficiency in DNNs by balancing computational and data movement costs.

problem Imbalance between computational complexity and data reuse in GConv leads to suboptimal energy efficiency.
method Developed an optimum group size model and proposed E2GC module with constant group size.
result E2GC modules improve energy efficiency by 10.8% and 4.73% on P100 and P4000 GPUs, respectively.

TensorOpt finds optimal parallelization strategies for DNN training.

problem Finding efficient parallelization strategies for DNN training.
method TensorOpt uses an algorithm (FT) to search for an optimal set of parallelization strategies considering multiple objectives.
result TensorOpt provides accurate runtime cost estimation and adapts to resource availability.

New sparsity attacks degrade DNN efficiency, raising concerns for resource-constrained systems.

problem Vulnerabilities in DNNs through energy and latency attacks.
method Proposed sparsity attacks that modify DNN inputs to reduce activation sparsity, increasing execution time and energy consumption.
result Adversarial sparsity attacks can degrade DNN efficiency by up to 1.82x in image recognition DNNs.

The paper develops adaptive deep learning methods for nonlinear time series models.

problem Estimating mean functions of non-stationary and nonlinear time series models.
method Develops non-penalized and sparse-penalized DNN estimators for general non-stationary time series, derives minimax lower bounds, and shows the sparse-penalized DNN estimator is adaptive and optimal.
result Sparse-penalized DNN estimator achieves minimax optimal rates for many nonlinear AR models.

We study the performance of stochastically trained deep neural networks (DNNs) whose synaptic weights are implemented using emerging memristive devices that exhibit limited dynamic range, resolution, and variability in their programming characteristics. We show that a key device parameter to optimize the learning effic…

2017-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

NASCaps automates CapsNet design for better accuracy and hardware efficiency.

problem Designing Capsule Networks is laborious and inefficient.
method Automated Neural Architecture Search (NAS) with Genetic Algorithm optimization.
result Jointly optimizes network accuracy and hardware efficiency.

In recent years Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have been rapidly developed in various applications, together with increasingly complex architectures. The performance gain of these DNNs generally comes with high computational costs and large memory consumption, which may not be affordable for mobile platforms. Deep model q…

2017-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper optimizes how deep learning models are distributed across different devices.

problem Optimizing how large, complex neural networks are split across multiple devices.
method Identified and solved an optimization problem for device placement of DNN operators.
result Automated algorithms that solve the device placement problem for modern pipelined settings.

Why deep neural networks (DNNs) capable of overfitting often generalize well in practice is a mystery [#zhang2016understanding]. To find a potential mechanism, we focus on the study of implicit biases underlying the training process of DNNs. In this work, for both real and synthetic datasets, we empirically find that a…

2018-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a method to learn sparse deep neural networks with theoretical guarantees.

problem Over-parameterized deep neural networks cause training, prediction, and interpretation difficulties.
method Frequentist-like method for sparse DNNs under Bayesian framework.
result Consistent sparse DNNs with at most O(n/log(n))O(n/\log(n)) connections.

Deep neural networks outperform other methods in estimating non-smooth functions with singularities.

problem Estimating functions with singularities on hypersurfaces.
method Developed a minimax rate analysis for DNNs, proving their almost optimal convergence rate.
result DNNs outperform other estimators in estimating non-smooth functions with singularities.