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48 results for GPU Acceleration

In this work, we present an extension of Gaussian process (GP) models with sophisticated parallelization and GPU acceleration. The parallelization scheme arises naturally from the modular computational structure w.r.t. datapoints in the sparse Gaussian process formulation. Additionally, the computational bottleneck is …

2014-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

SparseRT accelerates sparse computations on GPUs for deep learning inference.

problem Efficiently handling unstructured sparsity patterns on GPUs for deep learning.
method SparseRT, a code generator that leverages unstructured sparsity for accelerating sparse linear algebra operations.
result Geometric mean speedups of 3.4x at 90% sparsity and 5.4x at 95% sparsity for 1x1 convolutions and fully connected layers.

New GPU kernels boost deep learning speed and memory efficiency.

problem Sparse deep learning matrices are not well-suited for existing sparse kernels.
method Identified favorable properties of sparse matrices from deep learning, developed high-performance GPU kernels for sparse matrix operations.
result 27% of single-precision peak performance on Nvidia V100 GPUs achieved with new kernels.

We introduce CuLE (CUDA Learning Environment), a CUDA port of the Atari Learning Environment (ALE) which is used for the development of deep reinforcement algorithms. CuLE overcomes many limitations of existing CPU-based emulators and scales naturally to multiple GPUs. It leverages GPU parallelization to run thousands …

2019-07-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Nested Slice Sampling accelerates Nested Sampling for GPU acceleration.

problem Challenging inference for complex, multimodal targets.
method Vectorized Nested Slice Sampling using Hit-and-Run Slice Sampling.
result NSS maintains accurate evidence estimates and high-quality posterior samples, robust on multimodal problems.

GPU-accelerated particle methods outperform neural samplers in LFT benchmarks.

problem High-dimensional multimodal sampling problems in lattice field theory.
method GPU-accelerated particle Monte Carlo methods (Sequential Monte Carlo and nested sampling).
result These methods match or outperform neural samplers in sample quality and wall-clock time.

Efficient kernel methods for large datasets using GPU acceleration.

problem Handling large-scale nonparametric learning problems efficiently.
method Preconditioned gradient solver, GPU acceleration, parallelization, out-of-core linear algebra, numerical precision optimization.
result Dramatic speedups on datasets with billions of points, maintaining state-of-the-art performance.

In this paper, we present a novel massively parallel algorithm for accelerating the decision tree building procedure on GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), which is a crucial step in Gradient Boosted Decision Tree (GBDT) and random forests training. Previous GPU based tree building algorithms are based on parallel multi-…

2017-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

We describe the multi-GPU gradient boosting algorithm implemented in the XGBoost library (https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost). Our algorithm allows fast, scalable training on multi-GPU systems with all of the features of the XGBoost library. We employ data compression techniques to minimise the usage of scarce GPU memory …

2018-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

aweSOM accelerates SOM clustering for large datasets.

problem Scalability issues in existing SOM implementations for large, multidimensional data.
method CPU/GPU-accelerated Self-organizing Maps (SOM) with ensemble stacking.
result 10-100x speed up and improved memory efficiency for large datasets.

On-device inference of machine learning models for mobile phones is desirable due to its lower latency and increased privacy. Running such a compute-intensive task solely on the mobile CPU, however, can be difficult due to limited computing power, thermal constraints, and energy consumption. App developers and research…

2019-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

DANCE optimizes neural network and accelerator design for faster, more efficient DNN execution.

problem Challenges in optimizing neural network and accelerator design for efficient DNN execution.
method Differentiable approach to co-exploration of accelerator and network architecture design.
result Significantly shorter time to achieve superior accuracy and hardware cost metrics.

GPU speeds up Monte Carlo simulations for large time steps.

problem Slow convergence and inaccurate solutions with large time steps in Monte Carlo simulations.
method Generalizes the Seven League scheme for GPU acceleration.
result Significantly improved computational speed.

A GPU framework speeds up BnB for discrete optimization problems.

problem Optimizing large-scale discrete problems with GPU limitations.
method Parallel BnB nodes in GPU batches, using padding and custom kernels.
result One to two orders of magnitude speedup and zero optimality gap.

KineticSim accelerates financial market simulations 3406x over CPU.

problem Simulating financial markets at scale with multi-agent models is bottlenecked by sequential processing and GPU kernel overhead.
method Formalized and implemented a reusable parallel design pattern for iterative multi-agent reductions in thread-block shared memory.
result Achieved a peak throughput of over 54.7 billion agent-events per second, delivering 3406x speedup over CPU.

Novel framework identifies pump-specific deterioration rates using Bayesian hierarchical hazard modeling and causal discovery.

problem Challenges in asset management due to heterogeneous deterioration rates in pump equipment.
method Bayesian hierarchical hazard modeling with causal discovery, GPU-accelerated No-U-Turn Sampling (NUTS), and DirectLiNGAM.
result Identified striking heterogeneity in deterioration rates, with negative effects 400 times larger than positive effects.

NetFuse merges different DNN models with varying weights for faster inference.

problem Inference speed of DNN models with different weights cannot be improved using existing techniques.
method NetFuse merges models with the same architecture but different weights and inputs, replacing operations with more general ones.
result NetFuse can speed up DNN inference time up to 3.6x on a NVIDIA V100 GPU.

By introducing several improvements to the AlphaZero process and architecture, we greatly accelerate self-play learning in Go, achieving a 50x reduction in computation over comparable methods. Like AlphaZero and replications such as ELF OpenGo and Leela Zero, our bot KataGo only learns from neural-net-guided Monte Carl…

2019-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

SpinSVAR estimates SVAR models with sparse input, improving accuracy and scalability.

problem Estimating SVAR models with sparse input assumptions.
method SpinSVAR models input as independent Laplacian variables, enforcing sparsity and using least absolute error regression.
result SpinSVAR outperforms state-of-the-art methods in accuracy and runtime, identifying significant structural shocks.

LDTA expands LDA's topic modeling capacity with tree-structured priors.

problem Limited expressiveness of Dirichlet priors in LDA for complex topic relationships.
method Introduces Latent Dirichlet-Tree Allocation (LDTA) with Dirichlet-Tree (DT) priors, and develops universal mean-field variational inference and Expectation Propagation.
result LDTA enables expressive, tree-structured priors over topic proportions, expanding modeling capacity of LDA.