Summary of Optimizing Convolutional Neural Network Architecture, by Luis Balderas et al.
Optimizing Convolutional Neural Network Architecture
by Luis Balderas, Miguel Lastra, José M. Benítez
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Dec 2023
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: 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 This paper proposes Optimizing Convolutional Neural Network Architecture (OCNNA), a novel method for optimizing and constructing convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures. OCNNA uses pruning and knowledge distillation to identify the importance of convolutional layers, reducing the computational requirements of large and complex CNNs. The authors evaluate OCNNA using various datasets (CIFAR-10, CIFAR-100, and Imagenet) and CNN architectures (VGG-16, ResNet-50, DenseNet-40, and MobileNet), comparing its performance to over 20 state-of-the-art simplification algorithms. The results show that OCNNA is a competitive method for constructing efficient CNNs, making it suitable for deployment on resource-limited devices such as those found in IoT applications. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper introduces a new way to make computer vision models (like the ones used in self-driving cars) work better and use less energy. They call this new method “Optimizing Convolutional Neural Network Architecture” or OCNNA for short. The idea is to figure out which parts of the model are most important, so they can be kept and the rest can be removed. This makes the model faster and uses less power, making it more suitable for devices that don’t have a lot of energy, like those found in IoT devices. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Cnn * Knowledge distillation * Neural network * Pruning * Resnet
