Summary of Ffnet: Metamixer-based Efficient Convolutional Mixer Design, by Seokju Yun et al.
FFNet: MetaMixer-based Efficient Convolutional Mixer Design
by Seokju Yun, Dongheon Lee, Youngmin Ro
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes FFNification, a method that converts self-attention into an efficient token mixer using convolutions and GELU activation. This is achieved by replacing query-key-value interactions with large kernel convolutions and adopting GELU instead of softmax. The resulting FFNified attention serves as key-value memories for detecting spatial patterns. The paper also presents Fast-Forward Networks (FFNet), a family of models composed of simple operators that outperform specialized methods in each domain, with efficiency gains. These results validate the hypothesis that the query-key-value framework itself is crucial for competitive performance. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper shows how to make self-attention more efficient by using convolutional layers and GELU activation instead of traditional attention mechanisms. This new approach, called FFNification, helps models focus on local patterns in images and videos. The authors also create a new family of models called Fast-Forward Networks (FFNet) that are fast and accurate. These models use simple operations to process data and can be used for different tasks like image classification and object detection. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Image classification » Object detection » Self attention » Softmax » Token
