Summary of Redtest: Towards Measuring Redundancy in Deep Neural Networks Effectively, by Yao Lu et al.
RedTest: Towards Measuring Redundancy in Deep Neural Networks Effectively
by Yao Lu, Peixin Zhang, Jingyi Wang, Lei Ma, Xiaoniu Yang, Qi Xuan
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers propose a novel approach called RedTest to optimize deep learning models by identifying and measuring redundancy in their structure. The existing metrics for evaluating optimized models are insufficient, as they do not provide a quantitative measure of remaining redundancy. To address this issue, the authors introduce the Model Structural Redundancy Score (MSRS) metric, which effectively reveals and assesses redundancy issues in state-of-the-art models. The proposed approach is applied to two practical scenarios: Neural Architecture Search (NAS) and pruning large-scale pre-trained models. Experimental results show that removing redundancy has a negligible effect on model utility. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Deep learning has revolutionized many real-world applications, but it can be costly to train and use. To make these models smaller and more efficient, researchers need to identify and measure the parts of the model that are redundant (doing the same thing multiple times). Currently, there is no way to do this accurately, so the authors propose a new approach called RedTest. They introduce a new metric, called Model Structural Redundancy Score (MSRS), which helps to reveal and assess redundancy issues in models. This approach can be used in two practical scenarios: designing better models for specific tasks and making large models smaller without losing their usefulness. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Pruning
