A new framework for lightweight BNNs learns heteroscedastic uncertainties efficiently.
problem Learning heteroscedastic uncertainties from BNNs for lightweight networks.
method Embedding heteroscedastic variances into BNN parameters and using moment propagation for inference.
result Improves predictive performance for lightweight BNNs without increasing parameter count.
DBQ quantizes lightweight networks efficiently for resource-constrained devices.
problem High computational and storage complexity of deep neural networks on resource-constrained devices.
method A differentiable non-uniform quantizer that can be mapped onto efficient ternary-based dot product engines.
result Achieves state-of-the-art results with minimal training overhead and best accuracy-complexity trade-off.
Mapper-GIN simplifies 3D point cloud classification with lightweight structure.
problem Robust 3D point cloud classification under corruption.
method Mapper algorithm for structural decomposition, GIN for graph classification.
result Mapper-GIN achieves competitive accuracy with minimal parameters.
iSTFTNet2 improves iSTFTNet's speed and lightness with 1D-2D CNN.
problem Efficiently synthesizing high-fidelity speech.
method Improved iSTFTNet using 1D-2D CNNs for temporal and spectrogram structures.
result iSTFTNet2 is faster and more lightweight with comparable speech quality.
A lightweight framework improves convergence and stability of PINNs for complex PDEs.
problem Training instability and reduced accuracy in PINNs for complex PDEs.
method Adaptive curvature correction using secant information to optimize first-order optimizers.
result Consistent improvements in convergence speed, stability, and accuracy over standard optimizers.
Executing deep neural networks for inference on the server-class or cloud backend based on data generated at the edge of Internet of Things is desirable due primarily to the limited compute power of edge devices and the need to protect the confidentiality of the inference neural networks. However, such a remote inferen…
Kolmogorov-Arnold network improves GW catalog posterior construction.
problem Efficiently constructing posterior distributions for GW catalogs.
method Using the Kolmogorov-Arnold network to create lightweight neural density estimators.
result Kolmogorov-Arnold network achieves superior interpretability and accuracy in posterior construction.
BERTino is a lightweight Italian DistilBERT model for NLP tasks.
problem High computational and memory demands of large language models.
method Developed a DistilBERT model tailored for Italian language.
result F1 scores comparable to BERTBASE with significant speed improvements.
This work optimizes DNN inference for energy-harvesting devices by compressing and selectively executing neural network exits.
problem Inference delays and energy inefficiency in energy-harvesting devices.
method Developed a power trace-aware and exit-guided network compression algorithm for multi-exit neural networks.
result Superior accuracy and reduced latency compared to state-of-the-art techniques.
Finet uses FBN for efficient, lightweight neural networks.
problem Building efficient neural networks with limited computational resources.
method Introduces Fine-grained Batch Normalization (FBN) and a novel light-weight network (Finet) that combines FBN with standard convolution.
result Finet achieves state-of-the-art performance on ImageNet classification with reduced computational complexity.
Optimizes neural architecture search to generate novel lightweight models.
problem Over-reliance on expert knowledge limits NAS to local optima, preventing architectural breakthroughs.
method Casts NAS as an optimization problem, introduces a hierarchical graph-based search space, and uses Bayesian optimization.
result Generates extremely lightweight yet competitive models on six benchmark datasets.
Even though probabilistic treatments of neural networks have a long history, they have not found widespread use in practice. Sampling approaches are often too slow already for simple networks. The size of the inputs and the depth of typical CNN architectures in computer vision only compound this problem. Uncertainty in…
TinyXRA assesses financial risks from 10-K reports using a lightweight transformer model.
problem Comprehensive risk assessment from financial reports, distinguishing between upside and downside risk.
method Lightweight transformer model with dynamic attention, incorporating skewness, kurtosis, and Sortino ratio.
result State-of-the-art predictive accuracy and transparent risk assessments.
RSAC improves lightweight continuous learning efficiency.
problem Excessive training time and memory usage in continuous learning.
method Regularized subspace approximation classifier with feature reduction and regularization.
result RSAC achieves more efficient continuous learning than prior methods.
LIC compiles probabilistic models to generate efficient MCMC proposals.
problem Creating accurate Metropolis-Hastings proposals for Bayesian inference.
method Integrates probabilistic graphical models and neural networks in an open-source framework to optimize proposal distributions.
result LIC produces more efficient and robust MCMC proposals compared to existing methods.
DeepDyve uses simpler neural networks to verify DNNs for faults.
problem Faults in DNNs, especially those not crafted by attackers.
method Pre-trained, simpler neural networks for dynamic verification.
result Reduces 90% of risks with 10% overhead.
DLC enhances distillation-based continual learning with lightweight plugins.
problem Stability-plasticity dilemma in distillation-based continual learning.
method DLC deploys lightweight residual plugins into the classifier-proximal layer of a shared feature extractor.
result Significant 8% accuracy gain on large-scale benchmarks with minimal parameter increase.
A lightweight model predicts IT system KPIs from historical data.
problem Predicting future KPIs of interconnected IT systems is hard due to diverse and changing components.
method A weighted heterogeneous ensemble method combining neural network and mean predictor.
result Achieved R2 scores of 0.10 and 0.15 on test data. Augment small datasets with synthetic backgrounds to train lightweight CNNs for human pose estimation.
problem Training CNNs from limited real-world data for human pose estimation.
method Synthetic background substitution for data augmentation.
result Improves generalization to unseen environments.
Enhances GNNs for causal relationship learning.
problem Lack of robust causal modeling in GNNs.
method Synthesized dataset with known causal relationships, lightweight GNN module.
result Empirically validated GNN module improves causal learning.
Neuro-inspired recurrent neural network algorithms, such as echo state networks, are computationally lightweight and thereby map well onto untethered devices. The baseline echo state network algorithms are shown to be efficient in solving small-scale spatio-temporal problems. However, they underperform for complex task…
CMoS improves time series forecasting with minimal parameters.
problem Efficiently forecasting time series data with limited resources.
method CMoS directly models chunk-wise spatial correlations, using Correlation Mixing and Periodicity Injection techniques.
result CMoS outperforms state-of-the-art models with minimal parameters.
Federated learning framework improves model generalization and privacy.
problem Communication overhead and statistical heterogeneity in FL.
method Prototypes and lightweight adapters for local model refinement.
result Improves classification accuracy over baseline algorithms.
Packed-Ensembles improve uncertainty estimation in constrained hardware.
problem Hardware limitations restrict the size of ensembles and network capacity, degrading performance.
method Packed-Ensembles (PE) design and train lightweight structured ensembles by modulating encoding space and parallelizing into a single backbone.
result PE accurately preserves diversity and maintains performance on key metrics like accuracy, calibration, and out-of-distribution detection.
GShard enables scaling of large neural networks with automatic sharding and lightweight APIs.
problem Scaling neural networks to handle vast training data and compute efficiently.
method GShard uses lightweight annotation APIs and XLA compiler extensions for parallel computation.
result GShard successfully trained a 600 billion parameter model on 2048 TPUs in 4 days.
Echo state networks are computationally lightweight reservoir models inspired by the random projections observed in cortical circuitry. As interest in reservoir computing has grown, networks have become deeper and more intricate. While these networks are increasingly applied to nontrivial forecasting tasks, there is a …
ReRe detects anomalies in real-time for time series data.
problem Real-time anomaly detection for time series data requires human intervention or domain knowledge and high computation complexity.
method ReRe uses two lightweight LSTM models to predict and determine anomalies based on historical data and adaptive thresholds.
result ReRe detects anomalies in real-time without requiring human intervention or domain knowledge.
A lightweight FPGA-based reinforcement learning approach for edge devices.
problem Resource constraints and inefficiency of DQN on edge devices.
method OS-ELM based training algorithm and L2 regularization for stability.
result 29.77x and 89.40x faster than conventional DQN-based approach for CartPole-v0 task.
FEDS distills LIC model knowledge into a lightweight student for efficient compression.
problem Efficiently compress images with high performance and low resources.
method FEDS combines feature alignment and entropy-based loss for lightweight compression.
result Student model matches teacher's performance while reducing parameters and speeding up.
LDF combines neural networks with probabilistic models for data fusion.
problem Combining limited primary data with readily available auxiliary data.
method Neural networks as conjugate mappings of auxiliary data for posterior analysis.
result Efficient inference and compact latent variable posterior distributions.
Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC) is an important topic in the domain of automated question answering and in natural language processing more generally. Since the release of the SQuAD 1.1 and SQuAD 2 datasets, progress in the field has been particularly significant, with current state-of-the-art models now exhibiting…
GIBLy adds geometric priors to 3D segmentation models, improving performance with minimal overhead.
problem Lack of explicit geometric information in 3D semantic segmentation models.
method Introduces GIBLy, a lightweight geometric inductive bias layer that integrates learnable geometric priors into existing 3D segmentation pipelines.
result Consistent performance gains across multiple benchmarks, including up to +11.5% mIoU on TS40K with PTV3.
iSTFTNet speeds up mel-spectrogram vocoders without sacrificing quality.
problem Efficiently converting mel-spectrograms to speech with minimal computation.
method Replaces convolutional layers with iSTFT after frequency dimension reduction.
result Significant reduction in computational cost with comparable quality.
LightGCNet simplifies AI for soft sensors, reducing complexity and training time.
problem Complex and resource-intensive deep learning models for soft sensors.
method LightGCNet uses compact angle constraints and node pool strategy for efficient learning.
result LightGCNet achieves small network size, fast learning, and good generalization.
A new data-level recombination strategy improves RGB-D salient object detection.
problem RGB-D salient object detection struggles with depth information.
method Proposes a novel data-level recombination strategy to fuse RGB and depth data before feature extraction.
result Achieves a new state-of-the-art performance in RGB-D salient object detection.
The success of deep learning models is heavily tied to the use of massive amount of labeled data and excessively long training time. With the emergence of intelligent edge applications that use these models, the critical challenge is to obtain the same inference capability on a resource-constrained device while providi…
Coresets are compact representations of data sets such that models trained on a coreset are provably competitive with models trained on the full data set. As such, they have been successfully used to scale up clustering models to massive data sets. While existing approaches generally only allow for multiplicative appro…
Optimizes neural network for aerodynamic predictions with Bayesian Optimization.
problem Building efficient and accurate predictive models for aerodynamic performance.
method Bayesian Optimization for hyper-parameter tuning of a lightweight neural network.
result Significant improvement in accuracy (MAPE drops from 0.1433% to 0.0163%) and efficiency.
We introduce an adaptive output-sensitive Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for probabilistic models expressed as programs, Adaptive Lightweight Metropolis-Hastings (AdLMH). The algorithm extends Lightweight Metropolis-Hastings (LMH) by adjusting the probabilities of proposing random variables for modification to improve c…
Optimizes neural networks by removing unnecessary layers, improving performance and speed.
problem Finding the optimal depth of neural networks to improve performance and speed.
method Develops a fast end-to-end method for training lightweight neural networks with multiple classifier heads, allowing the model to determine the importance of each head and choosing a single shallow classifier.
result Significantly reduces the number of parameters and accelerates inference, outperforming many standard pruning methods.
We develop a progressive training approach for neural networks which adaptively grows the network structure by splitting existing neurons to multiple off-springs. By leveraging a functional steepest descent idea, we derive a simple criterion for deciding the best subset of neurons to split and a splitting gradient for …
NoLBERT avoids lookback and lookahead biases for better econometric inference.
problem Information leakage in language models affects econometric inference.
method Pretrained on text from 1976-1995, avoiding lookback and lookahead biases.
result NoLBERT outperforms domain-specific baselines and predicts higher profit growth.
Self-paced learning and hard example mining re-weight training instances to improve learning accuracy. This paper presents two improved alternatives based on lightweight estimates of sample uncertainty in stochastic gradient descent (SGD): the variance in predicted probability of the correct class across iterations of …
We present a lightweight Python framework for distributed training of neural networks on multiple GPUs or CPUs. The framework is built on the popular Keras machine learning library. The Message Passing Interface (MPI) protocol is used to coordinate the training process, and the system is well suited for job submission …
A new ride-hailing subsidy system uses deep causal networks to estimate consumer elasticity.
problem Estimating consumer elasticity with subsidies in ride-hailing industry.
method Introduces a consumer subsidizing system using deep causal networks to address confounding effects.
result Effective in estimating the uplift effect of subsidies without confounding.
A method to analyze neural network performance by measuring layer saturation.
problem Understanding which layers contribute to network performance.
method Layer saturation method: restricts layer output to eigenspace of variance matrix.
result Layer saturation indicates which layers contribute to network performance.
The Internet of Things (IoT) will be a main data generation infrastructure for achieving better system intelligence. However, the extensive data collection and processing in IoT also engender various privacy concerns. This paper provides a taxonomy of the existing privacy-preserving machine learning approaches develope…
Binarization is an attractive strategy for implementing lightweight Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Despite the unquestionable savings offered, memory footprint above all, it may induce an excessive accuracy loss that prevents a widespread use. This work elaborates on this aspect introducing TentacleNet, a n…