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48 results for Parallel Networks

Study the effects of data parallelism and sparsity on neural network training.

problem Understanding the effects of data parallelism and sparsity on neural network training.
method Conducted extensive experiments and developed a theoretical analysis.
result Found a general scaling trend between batch size and number of training steps to convergence for the effect of data parallelism, and difficulty of training under sparsity.

PALMS reconstructs large-scale networks efficiently with parallel computing.

problem Reconstructing large-scale latent networks from observed dynamics is computationally challenging.
method PALMS (Parallel Adaptive Lasso with Multi-directional Signals) framework for distributed network reconstruction.
result PALMS substantially reduces computational complexity and storage requirements.

Parallel neural network training yields better long-term prediction accuracy.

problem Choosing the right training strategy for neural networks in dynamical systems.
method Comparison of parallel and series-parallel training strategies on five neural network architectures and two examples.
result Parallel training consistently outperforms series-parallel training in long-term prediction accuracy.

Improves parallel deep model performance by restructuring and pruning.

problem Latency in parallel deep model execution due to interdependency among sub-models.
method Layer-wise model restructuring and pruning, using 0\ell_0 optimization and Munkres assignment algorithm.
result Significantly improves efficiency of distributed inference in terms of communication and computational complexity.

TSSM splits neural networks for parallel training with minimal accuracy loss.

problem Accuracy degradation in parallel training of deep neural networks.
method TSSM reformulates alternating minimization to achieve parallelism with minimal accuracy loss.
result TSSM achieves significant speedup without accuracy loss on multiple datasets.

This paper describes neural-fortran, a parallel Fortran framework for neural networks and deep learning. It features a simple interface to construct feed-forward neural networks of arbitrary structure and size, several activation functions, and stochastic gradient descent as the default optimization algorithm. Neural-f…

2019-02-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper presents efficient algorithms for convolutional neural networks using Winograd minimal filtering.

problem Resource-efficient implementation of convolutional neural networks.
method Winograd minimal filtering trick applied to M-tap filters (M=3,5,7,9,11) for parallel hardware implementation.
result Approximately 30% reduction in multipliers for fully parallel hardware implementation.

A new framework for efficient Bayesian network inference.

problem High-dimensional Bayesian networks are hard to infer due to computational scaling.
method Directed convex subgraphs and minimal d-decomposition tree for decomposition, enabling parallel computation.
result The method reduces computational cost and enables parallel computation.

NEST optimizes deep learning training by placing devices efficiently across networks and memory.

problem Inefficient device placement in distributed deep learning leads to high communication and memory overhead.
method NEST uses network-, compute-, and memory-aware dynamic programming to optimize device placement.
result NEST achieves up to 2.43 times higher throughput and better memory efficiency.

OptEx accelerates first-order optimization with parallelized iterations.

problem Inefficiencies in first-order optimization algorithms for complex tasks.
method Approximately parallelized iterations using kernelized gradient estimation.
result OptEx achieves substantial efficiency improvements with an effective acceleration rate of Ω(N)Ω(\sqrt{N}).

Parallel unlearning framework for inherited models reduces computational overhead.

problem Challenges in unlearning complex, evolving model networks.
method Chronologically Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) and Fisher Inheritance Unlearning (FIUn) method.
result Significant reduction in computational overhead and efficient parallel unlearning.

Enhances parallelism in decentralized learning for larger networks.

problem Scalability limitations in decentralized learning with increasing number of machines.
method Proposes Decentralized Anytime SGD, a novel algorithm that extends parallelism threshold.
result Establishes a theoretical upper bound on parallelism surpassing current state-of-the-art.

Paper proposes DCT for efficient hybrid parallel training of large recommendation models.

problem Training large recommendation models at scale with efficient communication.
method Dynamic Communication Thresholding (DCT) for both Data Parallelism and Model Parallelism.
result Reduces communication by 100x and 20x during DP and MP, respectively, improving training time by 37%.

Parallel score matching accelerates DPM training and improves density estimation.

problem Extended training periods and limited modeling flexibility in DPMs.
method Partitioning the learning task into independent time sub-intervals and modeling the score at each time point separately.
result Significant acceleration of training process and improved density estimation performance.

Backpropagation algorithm is indispensable for the training of feedforward neural networks. It requires propagating error gradients sequentially from the output layer all the way back to the input layer. The backward locking in backpropagation algorithm constrains us from updating network layers in parallel and fully l…

2018-04-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Training a neural network using backpropagation algorithm requires passing error gradients sequentially through the network. The backward locking prevents us from updating network layers in parallel and fully leveraging the computing resources. Recently, there are several works trying to decouple and parallelize the ba…

2018-07-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural networks compress uninformative input directions, improving test error.

problem Data lie in a high-dimensional space but labels vary along a lower-dimensional manifold.
method One-hidden layer network trained with gradient descent, analyzing weight evolution and compression.
result Compression factor λ ∼ √p improves test error, with β Feature > β Lazy.

Asynchronous parallel implementations of stochastic gradient (SG) have been broadly used in solving deep neural network and received many successes in practice recently. However, existing theories cannot explain their convergence and speedup properties, mainly due to the nonconvexity of most deep learning formulations …

2015-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Due to the need for robust uncertainty quantification, Bayesian neural learning has gained attention in the era of deep learning and big data. Markov Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) methods typically implement Bayesian inference which faces several challenges given a large number of parameters, complex and multimodal posterio…

2018-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a new algorithm called Parle for parallel training of deep networks that converges 2-4x faster than a data-parallel implementation of SGD, while achieving significantly improved error rates that are nearly state-of-the-art on several benchmarks including CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100, without introducing any additi…

2017-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Cyclic Data Parallelism reduces memory usage and balances gradient communications.

problem Training large deep learning models requires efficient parallelism to scale.
method Cyclic Data Parallelism shifts micro-batches from simultaneous to sequential execution, balancing memory and gradient communications.
result Cyclic Data Parallelism reduces total memory usage and balances gradient communications.

We develop a convex relaxation method for analyzing neural network generalization.

problem Analyzing the generalization of parallel positively homogeneous networks.
method Linking non-convex ERM to a convex optimization problem over prediction functions.
result Achieved generalization bounds with almost linear sample complexity in network width.

Path regularization reveals convex optimization in deep ReLU networks.

problem Understanding the optimization landscape of deep neural networks.
method Introducing path regularization to make the training problem convex and sparsity-inducing.
result Path regularized parallel ReLU networks are a parsimonious convex model in high dimensions.

Pipeline parallelism (PP) when training neural networks enables larger models to be partitioned spatially, leading to both lower network communication and overall higher hardware utilization. Unfortunately, to preserve the statistical efficiency of sequential training, existing PP techniques sacrifice hardware efficien…

2019-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗

AgEBO-Tabular combines NAS and hyperparameter tuning for fast, high-performing tabular models.

problem Developing high-performing predictive models for large tabular data sets is challenging.
method Combines aging evolution NAS and asynchronous Bayesian optimization for hyperparameter tuning in data-parallel training.
result Automatically discovered neural network models outperform state-of-the-art AutoML ensembles in inference speed by two orders of magnitude.

There is significant recent interest to parallelize deep learning algorithms in order to handle the enormous growth in data and model sizes. While most advances focus on model parallelization and engaging multiple computing agents via using a central parameter server, aspect of data parallelization along with decentral…

2017-06-23abs ↗pdf ↗