Summary of A Benchmark on Directed Graph Representation Learning in Hardware Designs, by Haoyu Wang et al.
A Benchmark on Directed Graph Representation Learning in Hardware Designs
by Haoyu Wang, Yinan Huang, Nan Wu, Pan Li
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel benchmark for directed graph representation learning (DGRL), which is crucial for encoding circuit netlists, computational graphs, and developing surrogate models for hardware performance prediction. The authors evaluate 21 DGRL models using diverse graph neural networks and graph transformers as backbones, with positional encodings tailored for directed graphs. The results highlight the importance of bidirected message passing neural networks and robust positional encodings in improving model performance. Notably, the top-performing models include PE-enhanced GTs interleaved with BI-MPNN layers and BI-Graph Isomorphism Network, which surpass baselines across 13 tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper makes it easier for researchers to compare different models that can understand and work with directed graphs. Directed graphs are like flowcharts that show how things are connected, but they’re harder to work with than regular graphs because they have direction. To help with this, the authors created a new benchmark that has five sets of data and 13 tasks that test how well different models can do on these types of graphs. They also tested 21 different models and found that some models work better than others. This is important for people who want to use artificial intelligence to predict how well hardware will perform. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Representation learning
