Safe Pattern Pruning reduces pattern explosion in predictive pattern mining.
problem Exponential growth of patterns in structured data.
method Safe Pattern Pruning (SPP) method.
result Effective model building in practical data analysis.
PCNN prunes CNN weights efficiently for hardware acceleration.
problem Efficiently compressing CNN models for hardware acceleration.
method PCNN uses a novel Sparsity Pattern Mask (SPM) to encode and prune weights.
result PCNN achieves up to 8.4X compression with minimal accuracy loss.
In this paper we study predictive pattern mining problems where the goal is to construct a predictive model based on a subset of predictive patterns in the database. Our main contribution is to introduce a novel method called safe pattern pruning (SPP) for a class of predictive pattern mining problems. The SPP method a…
This paper finds a new way to compress CNN weights, improving on pruning and quantization.
problem Improving performance and storage efficiency of CNNs.
method Identifying and exploiting repeated patterns in CNN weight tensors, using Huffman coding and block sparse matrix formats.
result Achieved compaction ratios of 1.4x to 3.1x in addition to pruning and quantization.
Model compression techniques on Deep Neural Network (DNN) have been widely acknowledged as an effective way to achieve acceleration on a variety of platforms, and DNN weight pruning is a straightforward and effective method. There are currently two mainstreams of pruning methods representing two extremes of pruning reg…
Proposes SCR-Apriori for efficient mining of SCR-patterns.
problem Mining high-quality `Set of Contrasting Rules'-pattern (SCR-pattern) efficiently.
method Integrates SCR-pattern structure into Apriori algorithm to prune search space.
result Significantly reduces computational cost compared to state-of-the-art.
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) achieve state-of-the-art performance in a wide variety of tasks in computer vision. However, interpreting CNNs still remains a challenge. This is mainly due to the large number of parameters in these networks. Here, we investigate the role of compression and particularly pruning fil…
A new framework for mining high utility patterns in interval-based sequences.
problem Mining patterns in events that persist over varying time intervals and considering event utility.
method Integrates utility into interval-based sequences and proposes HUIPMiner algorithm with pruning strategy.
result HUIPMiner efficiently finds high utility patterns in real datasets.
Sparsity helps reduce the computational complexity of deep neural networks by skipping zeros. Taking advantage of sparsity is listed as a high priority in next generation DNN accelerators such as TPU. The structure of sparsity, i.e., the granularity of pruning, affects the efficiency of hardware accelerator design as w…
A framework for privacy-preserving DNN pruning and acceleration.
problem Privacy concerns in DNN weight pruning for mobile devices.
method ADMM-based iterative pruning with synthetic data, compiler optimizations.
result 4.2X, 2.5X, and 2.0X speedup with almost no accuracy loss.
SparseRT accelerates sparse computations on GPUs for deep learning inference.
problem Efficiently handling unstructured sparsity patterns on GPUs for deep learning.
method SparseRT, a code generator that leverages unstructured sparsity for accelerating sparse linear algebra operations.
result Geometric mean speedups of 3.4x at 90% sparsity and 5.4x at 95% sparsity for 1x1 convolutions and fully connected layers.
Pruning FCNs reveals sub-networks that match CNNs' performance.
problem Understanding the inductive bias of pruning in neural networks.
method Iterative magnitude pruning of a simple FCN followed by analysis of the resulting architecture.
result Pruned FCNs exhibit key features of CNNs, suggesting new architectural biases.
Dynamic model pruning improves performance on deep neural networks without retraining.
problem High memory and latency requirements for deep neural networks on low-end devices.
method Dynamic allocation of sparsity pattern and feedback signal to reactivate pruned weights.
result Sparse models achieve state-of-the-art performance with no additional retraining.
Real time application of deep learning algorithms is often hindered by high computational complexity and frequent memory accesses. Network pruning is a promising technique to solve this problem. However, pruning usually results in irregular network connections that not only demand extra representation efforts but also …
TENP prunes experts and neurons in Mixture-of-Experts models for efficient deployment.
problem Efficient deployment of large language models constrained by static parameter footprint.
method Structured Trapezoidal ExpertNeuron Pruning (TENP) identifies and retains important experts and neurons.
result DeepSeek model achieves 10% better performance on code generation tasks with 40% expert sparsity.
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) have recently achieved remarkable successes in a number of applications. However, the huge sizes and computational burden of these models make it difficult for their deployment on edge devices. A practically effective approach is to reduce the overall storage and computation costs of RN…
PLOF reduces LOF computation time by pruning unnecessary data points.
problem Computational inefficiency of LOF in outlier detection.
method Prune-based approach to reduce LOF computation time.
result PLOF achieves higher accuracy and precision than original LOF and state-of-the-art variants.
We propose a simple and easy to implement neural network compression algorithm that achieves results competitive with more complicated state-of-the-art methods. The key idea is to modify the original optimization problem by adding K independent Gaussian priors (corresponding to the k-means objective) over the network p…
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.
The paper proposes a method to identify high-quality financial patterns using entropy.
problem Extracting reliable short-term patterns from noisy financial data.
method Entropy-assisted framework for clustering and pruning patterns.
result High-quality patterns with low local entropy and historical profitability.
To improve the execution speed and efficiency of neural networks in embedded systems, it is crucial to decrease the model size and computational complexity. In addition to conventional compression techniques, e.g., weight pruning and quantization, removing unimportant activations can reduce the amount of data communica…
Lookahead pruning extends single-layer optimization to multi-layer, outperforming magnitude-based pruning.
problem Pruning neural networks to reduce computational cost and memory usage.
method Developed a multi-layer optimization approach extending the single-layer optimization of magnitude-based pruning.
result Consistently outperforms magnitude-based pruning on various networks, especially in high sparsity.
MCRapper efficiently computes patterns in data using Monte-Carlo Rademacher Averages.
problem Finding statistically significant patterns in data with limited samples.
method Monte-Carlo Empirical Rademacher Averages (MCERA) for poset families.
result MCRapper provides upper bounds to the discrepancy of functions, enabling efficient pattern mining.
Recent pruning methods at initialization fall short of random pruning's accuracy.
problem Improving neural network accuracy through pruning at initialization.
method Various pruning methods (SNIP, GraSP, SynFlow, magnitude pruning) are evaluated; per-layer pruning decisions are proposed.
result Randomly shuffling or sampling initial weights preserves or improves accuracy, suggesting challenges with pruning heuristics.
ICE-Pruning accelerates deep neural network pruning by 9.61x.
problem Efficiently pruning deep neural networks while maintaining accuracy.
method Iterative pruning with automatic fine-tuning steps, freezing strategy, and custom learning rate scheduler.
result Significantly reduces pruning time by up to 9.61x.
DSA efficiently allocates sparsity across layers for budgeted pruning.
problem Efficiently distributing resources (sparsity) across layers in pruning under resource constraints.
method DSA uses differentiable pruning to find continuous layer-wise pruning ratios via gradient-based optimization.
result DSA achieves superior performance and significantly reduces the time cost of pruning.
Study examines effects of pruning techniques on deep learning models.
problem Understanding the impact of pruning methods on deep learning model structure and dynamics.
method Investigated differences in connectivity and learning dynamics of pruned models using various iterative pruning techniques.
result Emergence of structure in pruned models through magnitude-based unstructured pruning and weight rewinding.
Classification and regression in which the inputs are graphs of arbitrary size and shape have been paid attention in various fields such as computational chemistry and bioinformatics. Subgraph indicators are often used as the most fundamental features, but the number of possible subgraph patterns are intractably large …
Pruning neural network parameters is often viewed as a means to compress models, but pruning has also been motivated by the desire to prevent overfitting. This motivation is particularly relevant given the perhaps surprising observation that a wide variety of pruning approaches increase test accuracy despite sometimes …
Dynamic pruning during training reduces deep network complexity without significant accuracy loss.
problem High memory and computational requirements of deep networks during training and inference.
method Dynamic pruning of convolutional filters during training, using L1 normalization for optimization.
result L1 normalization-based pruning yields up to 50% reduction in filters with minimal accuracy loss.
The study reveals flaws in pruning criteria and proposes a new assumption for better filter selection.
problem Flaws in existing pruning criteria for CNNs.
method Empirical experiments and Convolutional Weight Distribution Assumption.
result The Convolutional Weight Distribution Assumption improves filter selection in pruning.
ProtoryNet interprets text sequences using prototype trajectories for better understanding.
problem Improving text classification interpretability and accuracy.
method ProtoryNet uses prototype trajectories to interpret text sequences, with prototype pruning for better interpretability.
result ProtoryNet outperforms baseline models and reduces performance gap compared to black-box models.
Deep neural networks have dramatically achieved great success on a variety of challenging tasks. However, most successful DNNs have an extremely complex structure, leading to extensive research on model compression.As a significant area of progress in model compression, traditional gradual pruning approaches involve an…
Gibbs pruning optimizes neural networks by combining physics and regularization.
problem Large neural networks are impractical for many applications.
method Combines statistical physics and stochastic regularization to train and prune networks simultaneously.
result Gibbs pruning achieves state-of-the-art performance on ResNet-56.
New statistical mechanics analysis shows edge pruning outperforms node pruning in neural networks.
problem Theoretical understanding of neural network pruning effectiveness is lacking.
method Statistical mechanics analysis of a teacher-student framework.
result DPP node pruning method is superior to other methods, but edge pruning is better overall.
This paper introduces blind adversarial pruning to balance accuracy, efficiency, and robustness in neural networks.
problem Balancing accuracy, efficiency, and robustness in neural networks with limited resources.
method Adversarial pruning with a cutoff-scale strategy to dynamically adjust the strength of adversarial examples.
result Blind adversarial pruning improves the overall AER of pruned models compared to adversarial pruning.
Speeds up training and inference by pruning entire channels before training.
problem Training and inference speed in deep neural networks.
method Structured pruning applied before training, focusing on removing entire channels and hidden units.
result 2x speedup in training and 3x speedup in inference.
This paper analyzes privacy risks in neural network pruning and proposes a defense mechanism.
problem Privacy risks in neural network pruning due to membership inference attacks.
method Investigates the impact of pruning on prediction divergence and proposes a self-attention membership inference attack.
result Proposed defense mechanism mitigates privacy risks while maintaining sparsity and accuracy.
Neural network pruning lacks standardized benchmarks and metrics.
problem Lack of standardized benchmarks and metrics in neural network pruning.
method Meta-analysis of 81 papers, controlled conditions, ShrinkBench framework.
result Neural network pruning community lacks standardized benchmarks and metrics.
Bayesian inference improves neural network pruning efficiency.
problem Reducing computational and memory demands of large neural networks.
method Utilizes Bayesian inference to calculate Bayes factors for iterative pruning.
result Achieves desired levels of sparsity while maintaining competitive accuracy.
AlphaPruning optimizes LLM pruning using HT-SR theory for better performance.
problem Improving pruning of large language models to reduce size without sacrificing performance.
method AlphaPruning uses HT-SR theory to allocate layerwise sparsity ratios more theoretically.
result AlphaPruning prunes LLaMA-7B to 80% sparsity with reasonable perplexity.
This work characterizes the fundamental limit of network pruning using statistical dimension and convex geometry.
problem The fundamental limit of network pruning is still lacking, especially for deep neural networks.
method Directly imposing sparsity constraint on the loss function and using statistical dimension in convex geometry.
result Characterizes the sharp phase transition point as the fundamental limit of pruning ratio.
A new framework explains why early pruning works well.
problem Understanding why early pruning of neural networks leads to good performance.
method Gradient flow framework to unify pruning measures.
result Magnitude-based pruning removes least contributing parameters, leading to faster convergence.
CupNet prunes neural nets for cup-shaped data.
problem Pruning neural networks for cup-shaped data.
method Used simulated cup drawing data to prune a neural network.
result Pruning effectively reduces network size for cup-shaped data.
This work explores the importance of model weights and Hessian bias in pruning.
problem Understanding the relative importance of model weights for efficient pruning.
method A principled exploration of pruning, focusing on linear models and neural networks.
result Asymptotic formulas reveal the performance of different pruning methods.
A method to combine saliency metrics for better CNN pruning decisions.
problem Improving CNN pruning decisions by combining multiple saliency metrics.
method Proposes a method to compose different saliency metrics for better CNN pruning decisions.
result The composition of saliencies avoids many poor pruning choices identified by individual saliencies.
Pruning improves model generalization in over-parameterized models, contradicting traditional theories.
problem Pruning's effect on generalization in over-parameterized models.
method Empirical study on standard pruning algorithms and additional regularization effects.
result Pruning leads to better training and regularization, improving generalization.
Hyperflux models pruning as a system to reveal weight importance.
problem Pruning large neural networks to reduce latency and power consumption.
method Introduces Hyperflux, a novel L0 method that models pruning as flux and pressure. result Achieves competitive results with ResNet-50, VGG-19, and DeiT-T/S on various datasets.