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48 results for embedded devices

A method for trust evaluation of devices in human-device coexistence systems.

problem Efficient trust evaluation of devices in systems with diverse physical and social attributes.
method Canonical correlation analysis-enhanced hypergraph self-supervised learning (HSLCCA).
result The proposed HSLCCA method significantly outperforms baseline algorithms in identifying trusted devices.

Survey of knowledge distillation for resource-limited devices.

problem Deploying large deep learning models on resource-limited devices.
method Knowledge distillation using a smaller model trained with information from a larger model.
result A new metric (distillation metric) for comparing different knowledge distillation algorithms.

POET enables large neural network training on tiny devices with reduced energy.

problem Training large neural networks on memory-limited edge devices.
method Jointly optimizes rematerialization and paging for memory reduction, formulating an MILP for energy-efficient training.
result POET trains ResNet-18 and BERT within Cortex-M memory constraints, outperforming current methods in energy efficiency.

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have been expanded into medical fields and triggered the revolution of some medical applications by extracting complex features and achieving high accuracy and performance, etc. On the contrast, the large-scale network brings high requirements of both memory storage and computation resource,…

2019-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Despite recent advances in architectures for mobile devices, deep learning computational requirements remains prohibitive for most embedded devices. To address that issue, we envision sharing the computational costs of inference between local devices and the cloud, taking advantage of the compression performed by the f…

2019-11-23abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent breakthroughs in Neural Architectural Search (NAS) have achieved state-of-the-art performance in many tasks such as image classification and language understanding. However, most existing works only optimize for model accuracy and largely ignore other important factors imposed by the underlying hardware and devi…

2018-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

GEM detects malicious accounts using adaptive embeddings from heterogeneous graphs.

problem Detecting malicious accounts on a leading mobile payment platform.
method Adaptive learning of discriminative embeddings from heterogeneous account-device graphs with attention mechanism for node importance.
result GEM consistently outperforms competitive methods in detecting malicious accounts.

A new quantization strategy reduces Transformer model size and inference time.

problem Heavy computation load and memory overhead in Transformer models for mobile devices.
method Mixed precision quantization with varying bits per word in embedding blocks.
result 11.8x smaller model size and 3.5x speed up for on-device NMT.

Smartphones have been the most popular and widely used devices among means of communication. Nowadays, human activity recognition is possible on mobile devices by embedded sensors, which can be exploited to manage user behavior on mobile devices by predicting user activity. To reach this aim, storing activity character…

2020-01-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We explore self-supervised models that can be potentially deployed on mobile devices to learn general purpose audio representations. Specifically, we propose methods that exploit the temporal context in the spectrogram domain. One method estimates the temporal gap between two short audio segments extracted at random fr…

2019-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Python scripts analyze MRAM-based neuromorphic devices' process variation impacts on machine learning accuracy.

problem Impact of process variation on MRAM-based neuromorphic devices' performance in machine learning applications.
method Developed transportable Python scripts to analyze output variation under changes in device dimensions.
result Revealed impacts and limits for processing variation of device fabrication on energy vs. accuracy tradeoffs.

LAD-BNet improves real-time energy forecasting on edge devices.

problem Real-time energy forecasting on edge devices for smart grid optimization and intelligent buildings.
method Hybrid neural architecture combining temporal lag exploitation and TCN with dilated convolutions.
result 14.49% MAPE at 1-hour horizon with 18ms inference time on Edge TPU, 8-12x faster than CPU.

KM method reduces ConvNet parameters to 9% higher accuracy with minimal additional memory.

problem Expensive memory usage for training ConvNets on embedded devices.
method Kernel Modulation (KM) method that adapts all network parameters for each task.
result KM delivers up to 9% higher accuracy than other parameter-efficient methods.

Most of the parameters in large vocabulary models are used in embedding layer to map categorical features to vectors and in softmax layer for classification weights. This is a bottle-neck in memory constraint on-device training applications like federated learning and on-device inference applications like automatic spe…

2018-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Training deep neural networks at the edge on light computational devices, embedded systems and robotic platforms is nowadays very challenging. Continual learning techniques, where complex models are incrementally trained on small batches of new data, can make the learning problem tractable even for CPU-only embedded de…

2019-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

There is growing interest in being able to run neural networks on sensors, wearables and internet-of-things (IoT) devices. However, the computational demands of neural networks make them difficult to deploy on resource-constrained edge devices. To meet this need, our work introduces a new recurrent unit architecture th…

2019-02-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New method accelerates CNNs for mobile devices by approximating tensors and quantizing weights.

problem Efficiently compress and accelerate CNNs for mobile devices.
method Low-rank tensor approximation in Tucker format combined with quantization of weights and activations.
result Our method significantly improves CNN performance on various classification tasks.

Motion sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes measure the instant acceleration and rotation of a device, in three dimensions. Raw data streams from motion sensors embedded in portable and wearable devices may reveal private information about users without their awareness. For example, motion data might disclose …

2018-10-26abs ↗pdf ↗

A new framework for mobile authentication using deep metric learning.

problem Challenges in mobile authentication using behavioral biometrics.
method Deep metric learning, private data protection, flexible training scheduling.
result 95% authentication accuracy on public datasets, robust against attacks.

Convolutional neural networks have achieved astonishing results in different application areas. Various methods which allow us to use these models on mobile and embedded devices have been proposed. Especially binary neural networks seem to be a promising approach for these devices with low computational power. However,…

2018-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Personalized stress model using transfer learning from 20 participants.

problem Limited generalizability of machine learning models due to individual physiological differences.
method Transfer learning from a base model trained on 20 participants' physiological data collected in real-time.
result Improved model personalization and cross-domain performance.

FedZKT enables resource-constrained devices to participate in federated learning with heterogeneous models.

problem Inequality in resource allocation hinders participation from resource-constrained devices in federated learning.
method Zero-shot knowledge transfer through a server-assigned distillation process.
result FedZKT effectively transfers knowledge across heterogeneous on-device models without requiring comparable local training efforts.

Convolutional neural networks have achieved astonishing results in different application areas. Various methods that allow us to use these models on mobile and embedded devices have been proposed. Especially binary neural networks are a promising approach for devices with low computational power. However, training accu…

2018-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

METEOR learns efficient representations from multi-modal data streams.

problem Efficiently interpreting multi-modal information in complex environments.
method METEOR learns compact representations by sharing parameters within semantically meaningful groups and preserving domain-agnostic semantics.
result METEOR reduces memory usage by around 80% compared to conventional methods.

On-device federated learning updates edge models by exchanging trained results.

problem Limited training data at edge devices due to model drift.
method OS-ELM for sequential training and autoencoder for anomaly detection, combined with federated learning.
result The proposed approach produces a merged model as accurately as traditional methods with lower costs.

We implement a differentiable Neural Architecture Search (NAS) method inspired by FBNet for discovering neural networks that are heavily optimized for a particular target device. The FBNet NAS method discovers a neural network from a given search space by optimizing over a loss function which accounts for accuracy and …

2019-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Keyword spotting--or wakeword detection--is an essential feature for hands-free operation of modern voice-controlled devices. With such devices becoming ubiquitous, users might want to choose a personalized custom wakeword. In this work, we present DONUT, a CTC-based algorithm for online query-by-example keyword spotti…

2018-11-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper presents the results of an automated volatile organic compound (VOC) classification process implemented by embedding a machine learning algorithm into an Arduino Uno board. An electronic nose prototype is constructed to detect VOCs from three different fruits. The electronic nose is constructed using an arra…

2019-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper optimizes how deep learning models are distributed across different devices.

problem Optimizing how large, complex neural networks are split across multiple devices.
method Identified and solved an optimization problem for device placement of DNN operators.
result Automated algorithms that solve the device placement problem for modern pipelined settings.

In this paper, we introduce a novel layer designed to be used as the output of pre-trained neural networks in the context of classification. Based on Associative Memories, this layer can help design Deep Neural Networks which support incremental learning and that can be (partially) trained in real time on embedded devi…

2019-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Distributed learning adapts to diverse devices, improving performance.

problem Training neural networks on devices with varying capabilities and resources.
method Each device trains a customized neural network, sharing parameters with others.
result Achieves higher rewards on more powerful devices without sacrificing weaker ones.

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 ↗