Summary of Efficient Hyperparameter Importance Assessment For Cnns, by Ruinan Wang et al.
Efficient Hyperparameter Importance Assessment for CNNs
by Ruinan Wang, Ian Nabney, Mohammad Golbabaee
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); 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 This paper tackles the crucial problem of hyperparameter selection in machine learning, particularly for Neural Networks. The authors highlight that optimizing all hyperparameters is impractical due to complex spaces, computational constraints, and time limitations. To address this challenge, they propose leveraging hyperparameter importance assessment (HIA) to guide optimization efforts towards the most impactful hyperparameters. This enables practitioners to conserve resources while improving model performance. The paper presents an algorithm called N-RReliefF for quantifying hyperparameter importance in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), a crucial step in applying HIA methodologies in Deep Learning. To validate this approach, the authors conduct an extensive study by training over 10,000 CNN models across ten popular image classification datasets, resulting in a comprehensive dataset containing hyperparameter configurations and performance metrics. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us find the most important settings for deep learning models like Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Hyperparameters are like secret ingredients that make our models work well or not. The researchers show how to figure out which hyperparameters matter most, so we can focus on those and save time and computing power. They test their method by training many CNN models with different settings and see which ones perform best. They find that the top five important hyperparameters are the number of convolutional layers, learning rate, dropout rate, optimizer, and epoch. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Cnn » Deep learning » Dropout » Hyperparameter » Image classification » Machine learning » Optimization
