A deep-learning inference accelerator is synthesized from a C-language software program parallelized with Pthreads. The software implementation uses the well-known producer/consumer model with parallel threads interconnected by FIFO queues. The LegUp high-level synthesis (HLS) tool synthesizes threads into parallel FPG…
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This paper tackles co-design of neural hardware and software to improve efficiency.
problem Designing efficient deep learning systems that consider both hardware and software optimizations together.
method Developed a constrained Bayesian optimization framework to automatically identify profitable design points in the joint hardware/software design space.
result Improved energy-delay product by 18% (ResNet) and 40% (DQN) over hand-tuned systems.
TinyCNN accelerates CNN models on embedded FPGA with 15x speedup.
problem Limited memory on embedded FPGAs restricts CNN performance.
method Software and hardware design tool for FPGA resource-aware CNN accelerator.
result 3% accuracy loss with 15.75x speedup on image classification.
VegasFlow accelerates complex simulations across various hardware platforms.
problem Complex calculations and simulations requiring high-dimensional integrals.
method Monte Carlo integration techniques using Vegas algorithm and TensorFlow.
result Significantly faster performance on various hardware platforms.
Survey of Graph Neural Networks for efficient computation.
problem Efficient processing of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) is challenging.
method Review of GNN algorithms, software and hardware acceleration analysis.
result Distilled hardware-software, graph-aware, and communication-centric vision for GNN accelerators.
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 …
Developing active inference agents for edge devices with limited resources.
problem Creating effective active inference agents on edge devices with limited computational resources.
method Introducing a software toolbox to accelerate the development of active inference agents by non-experts.
result Accelerates the democratization of active inference agents for edge devices.
Software frameworks for neural networks play a key role in the development and application of deep learning methods. In this paper, we introduce the Chainer framework, which intends to provide a flexible, intuitive, and high performance means of implementing the full range of deep learning models needed by researchers …
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.
Specialized Deep Learning (DL) acceleration stacks, designed for a specific set of frameworks, model architectures, operators, and data types, offer the allure of high performance while sacrificing flexibility. Changes in algorithms, models, operators, or numerical systems threaten the viability of specialized hardware…
Configuring deep Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) is an exciting research avenue for low power spike event based computation. However, the spike generation function is non-differentiable and therefore not directly compatible with the standard error backpropagation algorithm. In this paper, we introduce a new general back…
How spiking networks are able to perform probabilistic inference is an intriguing question, not only for understanding information processing in the brain, but also for transferring these computational principles to neuromorphic silicon circuits. A number of computationally powerful spiking network models have been pro…
The past several years have seen both an explosion in the use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and the design of accelerators to make CNN inference practical. In the architecture community, the lion share of effort has targeted CNN inference for image recognition. The closely related problem of video recognition…
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.
CK simplifies ML model deployment and reproducibility with open APIs and DevOps.
problem Making ML models reproducible and deployable across different environments.
method Decompose complex systems into reusable sub-components with unified APIs and DevOps principles.
result Automatically co-design and optimize ML models for speed, accuracy, energy, and size.
Novel framework for ML-assisted inference valid for any statistical task.
problem Limited validity of existing methods for post-prediction inference.
method Introduces PSPS framework for task-agnostic ML-assisted inference.
result Valid and efficient inference for arbitrary ML models.
Data loading can dominate deep neural network training time on large-scale systems. We present a comprehensive study on accelerating data loading performance in large-scale distributed training. We first identify performance and scalability issues in current data loading implementations. We then propose optimizations t…
New GPU algorithm speeds up Gaussian Process analysis.
problem Reducing computational complexity for large spatial datasets.
method Implemented three GPU methods for Vecchia Approximation.
result New GPU method outperforms existing methods.
Despite advances in scalable models, the inference tools used for Gaussian processes (GPs) have yet to fully capitalize on developments in computing hardware. We present an efficient and general approach to GP inference based on Blackbox Matrix-Matrix multiplication (BBMM). BBMM inference uses a modified batched versio…
BlosSOM improves data visualization for large datasets.
problem Insufficient performance of dimensionality reduction methods for large datasets.
method GPU-accelerated semi-supervised EmbedSOM algorithm.
result Produces high-quality visualizations with user control.
Unified framework connects physical laws and machine learning.
problem Combining physical laws and machine learning for scientific applications.
method Universal Differential Equations (UDEs) as a unifying framework.
result Wide variety of applications can be efficiently handled through UDE formalism.
A Semi-Hidden Markov Model (SHMM) for bursty error channels is defined by a state transition probability matrix , a prior probability vector , and the state dependent output symbol error probability matrix . Several processes are utilized for estimating , and from a given empirically obtained or sim…
A new ML method speeds up PDE simulations without needing classical training.
problem Accelerating transient PDE simulations using machine learning.
method Online-learned preconditioners using a bandit algorithm.
result One-shot acceleration of PDE simulations.
Deep learning is extremely computationally intensive, and hardware vendors have responded by building faster accelerators in large clusters. Training deep learning models at petaFLOPS scale requires overcoming both algorithmic and systems software challenges. In this paper, we discuss three systems-related optimization…
Bayesian Neural Networks (BNNs) have been proposed to address the problem of model uncertainty in training and inference. By introducing weights associated with conditioned probability distributions, BNNs are capable of resolving the overfitting issue commonly seen in conventional neural networks and allow for small-da…
Gradient boosting decision trees (GBDTs) have seen widespread adoption in academia, industry and competitive data science due to their state-of-the-art performance in many machine learning tasks. One relative downside to these models is the large number of hyper-parameters that they expose to the end-user. To maximize …
Pykg2vec is an open-source Python library for learning the representations of the entities and relations in knowledge graphs. Pykg2vec's flexible and modular software architecture currently implements 16 state-of-the-art knowledge graph embedding algorithms, and is designed to easily incorporate new algorithms. The goa…
Programming has been an important skill for researchers and practitioners in computer science and other related areas. To learn basic programing skills, a long-time systematic training is usually required for beginners. According to a recent market report, the computer software market is expected to continue expanding …
DRIFT uses RL to automate functional software testing efficiently.
problem Efficient and reliable automated software testing.
method DRIFT employs Q-learning with Graph Neural Networks on symbolic UI representations.
result DRIFT can robustly test software functionalities in a fully automated manner.
Multimodal deep learning improves flaw detection in software programs.
problem Current flaw detection relies on single software representations.
method Adapted multimodal deep learning models for flaw detection.
result Multimodal models outperform traditional deep learning models.
Cyanure: An Open-Source Toolbox for Empirical Risk Minimization for Python, C++, and soon morestat.ML
Cyanure offers efficient solvers for linear model learning in Python, C++, and more.
problem Efficiently solving empirical risk minimization problems for linear models.
method Stochastic variance-reduced optimization with acceleration mechanisms.
result Handles a wide range of loss and regularization functions.
MORF: A Framework for Predictive Modeling and Replication At Scale With Privacy-Restricted MOOC Datacs.SE
Big data repositories from online learning platforms such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) represent an unprecedented opportunity to advance research on education at scale and impact a global population of learners. To date, such research has been hindered by poor reproducibility and a lack of replication, largel…
CoCoPIE shows AI can run on regular devices without special hardware.
problem Real-time AI on mobile devices without special hardware.
method Compression-compiler co-design using CoCoPIE framework.
result Real-time AI applications on off-the-shelf mobile devices.
An introduction to KnotPlotmath.GT
KnotPlot helps beginners and veterans use software for visualizing knots.
problem None explicitly stated in the abstract.
method Software introduction and background for users.
result Provides new and veteran users with KnotPlot functionality.
A Novel Multiple Ensemble Learning Models Based on Different Datasets for Software Defect Predictioncs.LG
Research proposes an ensemble learning model for efficient software defect prediction.
problem Efficient and cost-effective software testing to minimize project resources.
method Machine learning analysis on different datasets using KNN, Decision Tree, SVM, and Naïve Bayes.
result Ensemble learning model outperforms other techniques in accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score.
Deep Learning Library (DLL) is a new library for machine learning with deep neural networks that focuses on speed. It supports feed-forward neural networks such as fully-connected Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). It also has very comprehensive support for Restricted Boltzmann …
Recent advances in adversarial Deep Learning (DL) have opened up a largely unexplored surface for malicious attacks jeopardizing the integrity of autonomous DL systems. With the wide-spread usage of DL in critical and time-sensitive applications, including unmanned vehicles, drones, and video surveillance systems, onli…
Bayesian optimization provides sample-efficient global optimization for a broad range of applications, including automatic machine learning, engineering, physics, and experimental design. We introduce BoTorch, a modern programming framework for Bayesian optimization that combines Monte-Carlo (MC) acquisition functions,…
Quantifying Process Quality: The Role of Effective Organizational Learning in Software Evolutioncs.SE
Improving software quality through effective organizational learning.
problem Lack of reliable quantification methods for software evolution.
method Leveraging application lifecycle management data to identify and address managerial practices.
result Effective learning from past processes improves software quality indirectly.
Improved software flaw detection using NAS on multimodal DL models.
problem Software flaw detection in multimodal deep learning models.
method Adapted NAS framework for multimodal learning, combined with multimodal deep learning models.
result Improved performance on the Juliet Test Suite.
Method predicts hardware resource usage by control software with guaranteed linear convergence.
problem Predicting time-varying hardware resource availability in control software.
method Path structured multimarginal Schrödinger bridge (MSBP) for learning stochastic resource usage.
result Guaranteed linear convergence to accurate prediction of hardware resource utilization.
Software development effort estimation is considered a fundamental task for software development life cycle as well as for managing project cost, time and quality. Therefore, accurate estimation is a substantial factor in projects success and reducing the risks. In recent years, software effort estimation has received …
Existing language models such as n-grams for software code often fail to capture a long context where dependent code elements scatter far apart. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to build a language model for software code to address this particular issue. Our language model, partly inspired by human memory, i…
The public package registry npm is one of the biggest software registry. With its 216 911 software packages, it forms a big network of software dependencies. In this paper we evaluate various methods for finding similar packages in the npm network, using only the structure of the graph. Namely, we want to find a way of…
Although software analytics has experienced rapid growth as a research area, it has not yet reached its full potential for wide industrial adoption. Most of the existing work in software analytics still relies heavily on costly manual feature engineering processes, and they mainly address the traditional classification…
The purpose of this study is to introduce new design-criteria for next-generation hyperparameter optimization software. The criteria we propose include (1) define-by-run API that allows users to construct the parameter search space dynamically, (2) efficient implementation of both searching and pruning strategies, and …
Survey of software developers' experience with Github Copilot tool.
problem Investigate developers' acceptance of AI-generated code.
method Survey with 18 questions distributed to 42 programmers.
result Mixed developer opinions, mostly positive but reluctance to use.
A new generation of manycore processors is on the rise that offers dozens and more cores on a chip and, in a sense, fuses host processor and accelerator. In this paper we target the efficient training of generalized linear models on these machines. We propose a novel approach for achieving parallelism which we call Het…