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48 results for multi-bit quantization

ProxQuant improves quantized neural networks using proximal operators.

problem Making neural networks work on devices with limited resources.
method Formulates quantized network training as a regularized learning problem and optimizes it via the prox-gradient method.
result ProxQuant outperforms state-of-the-art results on binary quantization and is on par with state-of-the-art on multi-bit quantization.

ADD embeds a 48-bit message into images, achieving high accuracy and speed.

problem Embedding high-fidelity messages into images to detect authenticity and source.
method Two-stage process: linear combination and addition of watermark to image, followed by decoding.
result ADD achieves 100% decoding accuracy for 48-bit watermarking, with minimal performance drop under various distortions.

Recurrent neural networks have achieved excellent performance in many applications. However, on portable devices with limited resources, the models are often too large to deploy. For applications on the server with large scale concurrent requests, the latency during inference can also be very critical for costly comput…

2018-02-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Improved 2-bit covariance estimator with reduced operator norm error and no tuning needed.

problem Improving 2-bit covariance estimation with reduced operator norm error and no tuning needed.
method Proposed a new 2-bit covariance matrix estimator using triangular dithering scales.
result Improved operator norm error rate that depends on effective rank of covariance matrix, closing theoretical gap.

Paper models entropy-based impact of soft errors on neural network inference.

problem Estimating impact of radiation-induced faults on neural network inference.
method Entropy-based statistical models for SEU and MBU across layers.
result Accurate models to evaluate error-resiliency of neural network topologies.

The paper classifies quantizable functions and explores symmetry in quantization methods.

problem Classifying quantizable functions and understanding symmetry in quantization methods.
method Deformation quantization and geometric quantization methods are compared and classified.
result Formal quantizable functions are of a specific form and relate to Hamiltonian Killing vector fields.

This paper introduces a differentiable, scalable quantization method for neural networks.

problem Previous quantization methods lacked differentiability and scalability.
method The approach is differentiable and scalable, using bit-shifting and logarithmic quantization.
result The method achieves comparable accuracy to state-of-the-art approaches with less training time and lower inference cost.

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.

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.

RATQ is a new quantizer for optimizing noisy gradients in machine learning.

problem Optimizing noisy gradients in stochastic optimization.
method RATQ uses Hadamard transform and adaptive uniform quantization, and achieves near-optimal performance.
result RATQ nearly achieves information theoretic lower bounds for optimization accuracy.

HMQ improves quantization for edge devices with mixed precision.

problem Efficient quantization for edge devices with uniform, power-of-two thresholds.
method Introduces HMQ, a mixed precision quantization block that repurposes Gumbel-Softmax for searching over quantization schemes.
result Achieves competitive and state-of-the-art results on ImageNet despite restrictions.

The paper studies quantization on symplectic manifolds with real polarizations, comparing different quantization methods.

problem Quantization on compact symplectic manifolds with real polarizations.
method Geometric quantization, Toeplitz operators, Fourier transforms, asymptotic expansion of traces.
result Deformation quantization is realized through asymptotic traces of Toeplitz operators.

Unified finetuning of all quantization degrees of freedom achieves state-of-the-art 4-bit quantization.

problem Achieving high accuracy in quantized neural networks while maintaining speed and resource constraints.
method Quantization-aware finetuning (QFT) that jointly optimizes all quantization degrees of freedom.
result 4-bit weight quantization results on-par with state-of-the-art (SoTA) within PTQ constraints.

Abstract proposes a new categorical approach to quantization of Poisson algebras.

problem Quantization of Poisson algebras.
method Defining quantization categories as subcategories of R-module categories with classical limits.
result Categories of strict deformation quantization, prequantization, and matrix regularization are equivalent, while Poisson enveloping algebra is not.

Geometric quantization of a Poisson manifold need not imply quantization of its symplectic leaves. We provide the leafwise geometric quantization of a Poisson manifold, seen as a foliated one, whose quantum algebra restricted to each leaf is quantized.

2001-10-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Study quantization effects on high-dimensional linear regression learning.

problem Understanding quantization's impact on learning high-dimensional linear regression models.
method Analyzes stochastic gradient descent for high-dimensional linear regression under various quantization targets.
result Establishes precise bounds on excess risk for different quantization schemes.

FrostNet improves INT8 quantization efficiency in mobile networks.

problem The importance of network architecture for optimal INT8 quantization.
method Quantization-aware training (QAT) with StatAssist and GradBoost, hardware-aware NAS.
result FrostNets achieve higher recognition accuracy with comparable latency when quantized.

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.

WNQ uses weight normalization to reduce quantization error in deep neural networks.

problem High quantization error in deep neural networks due to long-tail distribution of weights.
method Weight normalization to avoid long-tail distribution and reduce quantization error.
result WNQ achieves state-of-the-art performance on CIFAR-100 and ImageNet.

Quantization-aware training can recover accuracy lost by post-training quantization.

problem Post-training quantization (PTQ) can fail sharply at aggressive bitwidths.
method A unified geometric framework that explains PTQ failure and QAT recovery.
result QAT has a useful bias that steers iterates back into the basin.

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.

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.

A new method for robust product Markovian quantization overcomes numerical instabilities.

problem Numerical instabilities in the PMQ algorithm limit its adoption, especially for stochastic volatility models.
method Reformulated PMQ as standard vector quantization, applying accelerated Lloyd's algorithm for robustness.
result The method overcomes numerical instabilities and extends applicability to stochastic volatility models.

In [3], the authors showed the existence and the uniqueness of a sl(m+1,\R)-equivariant quantization in the non-critical situations. The curved generalization of the sl(m+1,\R)-equivariant quantization is the natural and projectively equivariant quantization. In [1] and [7], the existence of such a quantization was pro…

2006-06-22abs ↗pdf ↗

A unified approach to geometric, symbol and deformation quantizations on a generalized flag manifold endowed with an invariant pseudo-Kaehler structure is proposed. The Hilbert space of states is realized via the Bott-Borel-Weil theorem in the sheaf cohomology of the geometric quantization line bundle. The correspondin…

1997-09-17abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method improves maximum inner product search by locally decomposing residual vectors.

problem Maximum inner product search efficiency and accuracy.
method Local Orthogonal Decomposition (LOD) combined with multiscale quantization.
result LOD consistently achieves higher recall than previous methods under the same bitrates.

Memory-augmented neural networks (MANNs) refer to a class of neural network models equipped with external memory (such as neural Turing machines and memory networks). These neural networks outperform conventional recurrent neural networks (RNNs) in terms of learning long-term dependency, allowing them to solve intrigui…

2017-11-10abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

LSQ+ improves quantization of neural nets with Swish activations, achieving state-of-the-art results.

problem Quantization of neural nets with Swish activations, especially negative activations, leads to significant performance loss.
method Introduces learnable scale and offset parameters for asymmetric quantization, and uses MSE-based initialization for quantization parameters.
result Significantly outperforms LSQ for low-bit quantization of neural nets with Swish activations, achieving up to 5.6% gain with W2A2 quantization of EfficientNet-B0.