Summary of Xmainframe: a Large Language Model For Mainframe Modernization, by Anh T. V. Dau et al.
XMainframe: A Large Language Model for Mainframe Modernization
by Anh T. V. Dau, Hieu Trung Dao, Anh Tuan Nguyen, Hieu Trung Tran, Phong X. Nguyen, Nghi D. Q. Bui
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The abstract presents a large language model (LLM) called XMainframe designed specifically for understanding and interacting with mainframe legacy systems and COBOL codebases. The paper addresses the challenge of modernizing these systems by introducing an innovative tool that can comprehend and manage legacy codebases. XMainframe is trained on high-quality datasets created through a data collection pipeline, enhancing its performance in this specialized domain. Additionally, MainframeBench, a comprehensive benchmark for assessing mainframe knowledge, is introduced. The paper presents empirical evaluations demonstrating XMainframe’s superiority over existing state-of-the-art LLMs across multiple tasks, including question answering and COBOL code summarization. XMainframe achieves 30% higher accuracy on multiple-choice questions, doubles the BLEU score on question answering, and scores six times higher on COBOL summarization. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary XMainframe is a special AI model designed to understand old computer systems called mainframes. These systems are still used in important places like banks and governments, but they can be hard to manage and update. The new tool uses high-quality training data and can do tasks like answering questions about COBOL code. It’s better than other similar models at doing these tasks. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Bleu » Large language model » Question answering » Summarization
