Bayesian classification and regression with high order interactions is largely infeasible because Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) would need to be applied with a great many parameters, whose number increases rapidly with the order. In this paper we show how to make it feasible by effectively reducing the number of para…
This paper proposes an automatic neural network compression method.
problem Reducing resource requirements for deep neural networks on resource-constrained devices.
method Jointly prunes and quantizes neural networks without manual hyper-parameter tuning.
result Significant reduction in model size with minimal accuracy loss.
Wavelets help compress neural networks efficiently.
problem Efficiently compressing linear layers in neural networks.
method Learnable wavelet transforms to compress RNNs.
result Wavelet compressed RNNs have fewer parameters and perform competitively.
Bayesian technique compresses RNNs by 100x without tuning.
problem Large parameter size in RNNs, especially embeddings.
method Bayesian sparsification for RNNs and vocabulary filtering.
result RNNs can be compressed dozens or hundreds of times.
DoCoFL compresses model updates for cross-device federated learning.
problem Downlink compression for cross-device federated learning where clients may appear only once.
method Proposes DoCoFL framework for downlink compression in cross-device federated learning.
result Significant bi-directional bandwidth reduction with competitive accuracy.
DeepTwist compresses models by occasionally distorting weights, improving accuracy and efficiency.
problem Challenges in model compression due to high design complexity and additional overhead.
method DeepTwist uses occasional weight distortion without changing training algorithms.
result Significantly improved compression rates for various techniques with reduced effort.
Efficiently compress SPNs using tensor networks.
problem Efficiently compressing Sum-Product Networks (SPNs).
method Mapping SPNs onto tensor networks and employing novel optimization techniques.
result Remarkable parameter compression with negligible loss in accuracy.
New method compresses GANs by 1669:1 ratio on MNIST, 58:1 on CIFAR-10, 87:1 on Celeb-A.
problem Expensive GANs for low SWAP hardware and real-time applications.
method Knowledge distillation between a student and teacher GAN.
result Compressed GANs outperform standard training methods with a fixed parameter budget.
Galen algorithm compresses neural networks for specific hardware with reduced latency.
problem Finding optimal compression policies for neural networks on specific hardware.
method Reinforcement learning using pruning and quantization to optimize inference latency.
result Compressed ResNet18 for ARM processor reduced inference latency by 80%.
A simple method compresses neural network weights using entropy penalties.
problem Neural network weight compression for scalability and accuracy.
method Reparameterization with learned entropy penalty for compression.
result Maximized classification accuracy and model compressibility.
SHVC improves image compression with fewer parameters.
problem Challenges in VAE compression, especially with bits-back coding.
method Introduces autoregressive sub-pixel convolution and autoregressive initial bits.
result Achieves state-of-the-art compression performance with fewer model parameters.
GeneCAI optimizes DNN compression hyper-parameters for mobile devices.
problem Efficient deployment of complex DNNs on resource-limited devices.
method GeneCAI uses genetic algorithm to learn optimal hyper-parameters.
result GeneCAI finds models with better accuracy-complexity trade-off.
We present an efficient coresets-based neural network compression algorithm that sparsifies the parameters of a trained fully-connected neural network in a manner that provably approximates the network's output. Our approach is based on an importance sampling scheme that judiciously defines a sampling distribution over…
Kernel Quantization improves CNN compression without sacrificing performance.
problem Efficiently compressing CNN models without significant performance loss.
method Quantizes convolution kernels as the unit, learning a codebook for low-bit indexes.
result Significant compression ratio achieved with minimal accuracy loss.
Differentiable model compression adds noise to parameters during training.
problem Model compression for efficient deployment.
method Adding pseudo quantization noise to model parameters during training.
result Compresses model by more than 8x on ImageNet with 0.3% accuracy loss.
Auto-Compressing Subset Pruning reduces model size for faster inference.
problem High parameter counts and slow inference times in semantic segmentation models.
method Learning a channel selection mechanism based on temperature annealing schedule.
result Significant compression of segmentation models with acceptable inference performance.
The enormous size of modern deep neural networks makes it challenging to deploy those models in memory and communication limited scenarios. Thus, compressing a trained model without a significant loss in performance has become an increasingly important task. Tremendous advances has been made recently, where the main te…
This work compresses reinforcement learning models for Atari games, improving localization.
problem Expensive deep neural networks in reinforcement learning.
method Model compression, global max-pooling, Actor-Mimic, weakly supervised localization.
result Compression reduces model size to 3% of original, enabling object localization.
New theory controls compression change probability without prior knowledge.
problem Controlling compression change probability without prior knowledge.
method New theory on compression function and statistical risk.
result Cardinality of compressed set is a consistent estimator of probability of change of compression.
Compress U-net by over 1000x with knowledge distillation.
problem Compressing U-net architecture while maintaining performance.
method Knowledge distillation with regularization methods.
result Compressed U-net by 1000x with negligible performance drop.
This work compresses heavy-tailed weight matrices for tighter generalization bounds.
problem Empirical evidence linking heavy-tailed weight matrices to test set accuracy but lack of formal relationship with generalization bounds.
method Utilized the compression framework to show that heavy-tailed matrices can be compressed, resulting in sparse weight matrices.
result Demonstrated a non-vacuous generalization bound for compressed networks with heavy-tailed weight matrices.
Paper proposes a compression principle for neural networks using Bayesian optimization.
problem Finding methods for making generalizable predictions in machine learning.
method Compression principle and Bayesian optimization approach.
result Optimal predictive models minimize total compressed message length of data and model definition.
SPARQ-SGD optimizes communication in decentralized SGD with event-triggered and compressed updates.
problem Efficient communication in decentralized stochastic optimization for large-scale models.
method Event-triggered and compressed algorithm with quantized and sparsified model parameters.
result SPARQ-SGD converges with efficiency comparable to uncompressed training, demonstrating significant communication savings.
Dirichlet pruning compresses neural networks by removing unimportant units.
problem Compressing large neural network models without sacrificing performance.
method Assigns Dirichlet distribution over network layers' units and uses variational inference to estimate parameters.
result Achieves state-of-the-art compression performance on larger architectures like VGG and ResNet.
Adjoined Networks trains both base and compressed networks together for efficient model compression.
problem Efficiently compressing deep neural networks while maintaining accuracy.
method Adjoined Networks (AN) trains both a base network and a smaller compressed network simultaneously, sharing parameters.
result AN achieves 71.8% top-1 accuracy with 1.8M parameters and 1.6 GFLOPs on ImageNet.
The paper uses information geometry to analyze model compression techniques, focusing on operator factorization.
problem Efficiently compressing deep learning models for resource-constrained devices.
method Information geometry applied to model compression, focusing on operator factorization.
result Iterative methods are crucial for fine-tuning models, especially when compression ratios are fixed.
Paper uses neural networks to compress large portfolios of options, reducing risk and capital requirements.
problem Managing risk and capital requirements for large portfolios of financial options.
method Artificial neural network framework for portfolio compression, static hedging, and risk management.
result The compressed portfolio's risk profiles align closely with the target portfolio's, reducing capital requirements.
This paper compresses neural networks by permuting and quantizing weights.
problem Efficiently compressing large neural networks for resource-constrained platforms.
method Permuting and quantizing weights, connecting to rate-distortion theory, and using annealed quantization.
result Significant compression with minimal accuracy loss, e.g., 40-70% reduction in gap with uncompressed model.
This paper compresses deep neural networks for efficient learning on embedded systems.
problem Large memory and computation requirements of deep neural networks.
method Sparse coding with proximal point algorithms and debiasing for model compression.
result Minimal learning models suitable for small embedded devices are produced.
Compressing neural nets is an active research problem, given the large size of state-of-the-art nets for tasks such as object recognition, and the computational limits imposed by mobile devices. We give a general formulation of model compression as constrained optimization. This includes many types of compression: quan…
Proposes a new linearity-based neural network compression method.
problem Reduction of neural network model size while maintaining accuracy.
method Integrates linearity-based intuition with ReLU activation functions to merge layers.
result Achieves up to 75% reduction in model size without loss of accuracy.
New method reduces PDE model parameters by 30% with sparsity.
problem Redundant parameters in neural network projections.
method Bregman iterations for sparsity, POD compression, bias propagation.
result 30% fewer parameters with similar accuracy.
This paper compresses RNNs for IoT devices by 15-38x using Kronecker products.
problem Resource constraints on IoT devices make RNNs difficult to deploy.
method Kronecker product (KP) for compressing RNN layers by 15-38x with minimal accuracy loss.
result Kronecker product can compress RNNs by 50x when quantized to 8-bits.
Paper introduces a new adaptive gradient method with gradient compression for distributed training.
problem Communication overhead in distributed machine learning systems.
method Adaptive gradient method with gradient compression, scalable system BytePS-Compress.
result Convergence rate of O ( 1 / T ) \mathcal{O}(1/\sqrt{T}) O ( 1/ T ) for non-convex problems. The application of compressive sensing (CS) to structural health monitoring is an emerging research topic. The basic idea in CS is to use a specially-designed wireless sensor to sample signals that are sparse in some basis (e.g. wavelet basis) directly in a compressed form, and then to reconstruct (decompress) these si…
In this paper, we derive Hybrid, Bayesian and Marginalized Cramér-Rao lower bounds (HCRB, BCRB and MCRB) for the single and multiple measurement vector Sparse Bayesian Learning (SBL) problem of estimating compressible vectors and their prior distribution parameters. We assume the unknown vector to be drawn from a compr…
CoDeQ simplifies joint model compression by integrating pruning and quantization.
problem Joint pruning and quantization methods are complex and require additional procedures.
method CoDeQ uses a dead-zone quantizer to directly induce sparsity and learn quantization parameters.
result CoDeQ achieves high sparsity and low-precision accuracy with minimal bit operations.
A field known as Compressive Sensing (CS) has recently emerged to help address the growing challenges of capturing and processing high-dimensional signals and data sets. CS exploits the surprising fact that the information contained in a sparse signal can be preserved in a small number of compressive (or random) linear…
New coherence parameter for GNNs with Fourier measurements improves signal recovery.
problem Characterizing generative compressed sensing with Fourier measurements.
method Subspace counting arguments and high-dimensional probability theory.
result First known restricted isometry guarantee for generative compressed sensing with subsampled isometries.
Paper compresses deep neural networks by eliminating redundant neurons.
problem Challenges in deploying deep learning models due to high parameter count.
method Exploits non-linear redundancy to compress neural networks without loss.
result Reduces network size by up to 99% with minimal performance loss.
Flexible framework compresses models using LC algorithm.
problem Efficiently compressing neural networks for resource constraints.
method Decouples learning and compression steps with alternating L and C phases.
result Compressed models maintain performance and accuracy.
Compressed sensing improves MRI scans with data-driven learning.
problem Challenges in applying compressed sensing from research to clinical practice.
method Data-driven learning to address challenges of hand-crafted priors, tuning parameters, and long reconstruction times.
result Compressed sensing can have greater clinical impact with data-driven learning.
Highly distributed training of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on future compute platforms (offering 100 of TeraOps/s of computational capacity) is expected to be severely communication constrained. To overcome this limitation, new gradient compression techniques are needed that are computationally friendly, applicable to …
Paper compresses ViTs models by 60% with minimal accuracy loss.
problem Memory constraints in ViTs models.
method Activation-aware low-rank tensor approximations.
result 60% reduction in model size with <1% accuracy loss.
Global compression method prunes deep neural networks efficiently.
problem Efficiently compress deep neural networks for resource-constrained devices.
method Global Sparse Momentum SGD for on-the-fly pruning.
result Automatically finds appropriate per-layer sparsity ratios without re-training.
Improves convergence speed in compressive sensing with a new probabilistic approach.
problem Efficiently solving the best subset selection problem in compressive sensing.
method Smooth probabilistic reformulation of ℓ 0 \ell_0 ℓ 0 regularized regression. result Empirically outperforms existing compressive sensing algorithms across various settings.
New method reduces communication in deep learning training.
problem Communication overhead in distributed deep learning training.
method Random-block sparsification to reduce gradients communicated.
result Performance close to standard SGD with reduced communication.
We present a new similarity measure based on information theoretic measures which is superior than Normalized Compression Distance for clustering problems and inherits the useful properties of conditional Kolmogorov complexity. We show that Normalized Compression Dictionary Size and Normalized Compression Dictionary En…