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48 results for deep quantization

StatQAT optimizes quantization for deep networks, reducing computational cost and memory usage.

problem Optimal quantization parameters selection for deep neural networks with diverse data distributions.
method Statistical error analysis framework for uniform and floating-point quantization, iterative and analytic quantizers designed for arbitrary and Gaussian-like distributions.
result Improved accuracy and stability in training low-precision neural networks.

DQA efficiently quantizes deep neural network activations for resource-constrained devices.

problem Efficiently quantizing deep neural network activations for resource-constrained devices.
method DQA uses simple shifting-based operations and Huffman coding for sub-6-bit quantization.
result DQA achieves significantly better accuracy than direct quantization and state-of-the-art methods.

Optimal gradient quantization reduces communication costs in distributed deep learning.

problem High communication costs in distributed training of deep neural networks.
method Deduced optimal gradient quantization conditions for binary and multi-level quantization, developed novel schemes for dynamic quantization levels.
result Demonstrated superior performance of proposed quantization schemes on CIFAR and ImageNet datasets.

This paper evaluates quantization techniques for deep learning inference.

problem Reducing the size and improving inference of deep neural networks.
method Review and empirical evaluation of quantization parameters for various neural network models.
result 8-bit quantization maintains accuracy within 1% of floating-point models.

Paper proposes a new binary quantization method for faster DNN inference.

problem Accelerating deep neural network inference on resource-limited devices.
method Quantized Compressed Sensing (QCS) for binary quantization.
result The proposed method preserves benefits of standard methods while reducing quantization error.

Paper develops a statistical framework for quantized training of deep neural networks.

problem Lack of theoretical understanding of gradient quantization in FQT.
method Presented a statistical framework for analyzing FQT algorithms, viewing quantized gradient as a stochastic estimator of QAT gradient.
result Developed two novel gradient quantizers with smaller variance than existing per-tensor quantizer.

In recent years Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have been rapidly developed in various applications, together with increasingly complex architectures. The performance gain of these DNNs generally comes with high computational costs and large memory consumption, which may not be affordable for mobile platforms. Deep model q…

2017-12-04abs ↗pdf ↗

WaveQ uses sinusoidal regularization to optimize deep quantization for neural networks, improving both efficiency and accuracy.

problem Deep quantization reduces bitwidth but can lead to significant accuracy loss due to inter-layer dependencies.
method WaveQ employs sinusoidal regularization to learn multiple quantization parameters during gradient-based training, balancing compute efficiency and accuracy.
result WaveQ achieves accuracy preservation and efficiency gains across various deep networks, outperforming state-of-the-art techniques.

This study optimizes quantized neural networks by considering model architecture and quantization types.

problem Optimizing quantized neural networks for low-power, high-throughput applications.
method Holistic approach including training methods and quantization-friendly architecture design.
result Deeper models are more sensitive to activation quantization, while wider models improve resilience to both weight and activation quantization.

This study analyzes quantization in deep learning models using statistical physics methods.

problem The computational resource requirements for large-scale data analysis models.
method Typical case analysis from statistical physics, specifically the replica method.
result Optimal quantization width minimizes error and delays overfitting.

Improved deep learning model deployment on tiny MCUs with mixed-precision quantization.

problem Memory limitations prevent accurate deployment of DNN models on tiny MCUs.
method Automated mixed-precision quantization using Reinforcement Learning for MCU constraints.
result Mixed-precision models achieve high accuracy with uniform quantization policies.

Quantizers play a critical role in digital signal processing systems. Recent works have shown that the performance of quantization systems acquiring multiple analog signals using scalar analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) can be significantly improved by properly processing the analog signals prior to quantization. How…

2019-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows simple vector quantization measures correlate with deep learning generalization.

problem Understanding and predicting generalization in deep learning models.
method Applying complexity measures from approximation and information theory to deep learning features.
result Simple vector quantization measures correlate well with generalization performance in deep learning.

Neural network quantization is becoming an industry standard to efficiently deploy deep learning models on hardware platforms, such as CPU, GPU, TPU, and FPGAs. However, we observe that the conventional quantization approaches are vulnerable to adversarial attacks. This paper aims to raise people's awareness about the …

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Two methods reduce BN and DNN complexity, balancing size and accuracy.

problem Balancing model size and prediction accuracy in Bayesian networks and deep neural networks.
method Quantization-aware training and tree-augmented naive Bayes structure learning extension.
result Pareto optimal models found for small-scale scenarios.

Deep neural networks are the state-of-the-art methods for many real-world tasks, such as computer vision, natural language processing and speech recognition. For all its popularity, deep neural networks are also criticized for consuming a lot of memory and draining battery life of devices during training and inference.…

2018-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

AdaQuantFL reduces communication in federated learning by adaptively quantizing model updates.

problem Efficient communication of model updates in federated learning with high-dimensional models and limited bandwidth.
method AdaQuantFL uses adaptive quantization to reduce the number of bits for model updates while maintaining low error floor.
result AdaQuantFL converges in fewer communicated bits compared to fixed quantization levels, with minimal impact on accuracy.

Adaptive quantization improves SGD accuracy in data-parallel settings.

problem Fixed gradient quantization schemes lead to suboptimal performance in deep learning.
method Developed adaptive quantization schemes ALQ and AMQ that update compression schemes based on gradient statistics.
result Improved validation accuracy on CIFAR-10 and ImageNet datasets by 2% and 1% respectively.

We introduce a data-free quantization method for deep neural networks that does not require fine-tuning or hyperparameter selection. It achieves near-original model performance on common computer vision architectures and tasks. 8-bit fixed-point quantization is essential for efficient inference on modern deep learning …

2019-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work, a deep learning-based method for log-likelihood ratio (LLR) lossy compression and quantization is proposed, with emphasis on a single-input single-output uncorrelated fading communication setting. A deep autoencoder network is trained to compress, quantize and reconstruct the bit log-likelihood ratios cor…

2019-03-11abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Neural network models are resource hungry. It is difficult to deploy such deep networks on devices with limited resources, like smart wearables, cellphones, drones, and autonomous vehicles. Low bit quantization such as binary and ternary quantization is a common approach to alleviate this resource requirements. Ternary…

2019-09-26abs ↗pdf ↗

SPEQ improves quantized neural networks by stochastic precision sharing and cosine similarity loss.

problem Improving quantized deep neural networks for edge devices.
method SPEQ combines stochastic precision sharing and cosine similarity loss for knowledge distillation.
result SPEQ outperforms existing methods in various tasks.

Paper proposes a method to speed up DNNs by quantizing Winograd/Toom-Cook convolutions.

problem Speeding up convolution computations in DNNs with reduced time consumption and improved accuracy.
method Application of base change technique for quantized Winograd-aware training model.
result 8-bit quantized network achieves nearly the same accuracy as direct quantized convolution with minimal additional operations.

Network quantization is one of the most hardware friendly techniques to enable the deployment of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on low-power mobile devices. Recent network quantization techniques quantize each weight kernel in a convolutional layer independently for higher inference accuracy, since the weight ker…

2019-02-15abs ↗pdf ↗

APQ jointly optimizes neural architecture, pruning, and quantization for efficient inference.

problem Efficient deep learning inference on resource-constrained hardware.
method Joint optimization of neural architecture, pruning, and quantization policy using a quantization-aware accuracy predictor.
result Joint optimization leads to 2.3% higher ImageNet accuracy with reduced latency and energy consumption.

Study identifies three quantization regimes for ReLU networks.

problem Approximation of Lipschitz functions by ReLU networks with finite-precision weights.
method Established through nonasymptotic tight lower and upper bounds on minimax approximation error.
result Memory-optimality achieved in proper quantization regime for deep networks.

Although deep neural networks are highly effective, their high computational and memory costs severely challenge their applications on portable devices. As a consequence, low-bit quantization, which converts a full-precision neural network into a low-bitwidth integer version, has been an active and promising research t…

2019-11-21abs ↗pdf ↗

AskewSGD optimizes quantized neural networks with interval-constrained optimization.

problem Training deep neural networks with quantized weights.
method Formulates QNN training as smoothed interval-constrained optimization, proposes AskewSGD for solving each subproblem.
result AskewSGD avoids projections and allows infeasible iterates, performs better than state-of-the-art methods.

Low-precision representation of deep neural networks (DNNs) is critical for efficient deployment of deep learning application on embedded platforms, however, converting the network to low precision degrades its performance. Crucially, networks that are designed for embedded applications usually suffer from increased de…

2019-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗