Summary of Towards Training Digitally-tied Analog Blocks Via Hybrid Gradient Computation, by Timothy Nest et al.
Towards training digitally-tied analog blocks via hybrid gradient computation
by Timothy Nest, Maxence Ernoult
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Sep 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 A novel compute paradigm is proposed for gradient-based optimization of neural nets, combining energy-based analog circuits with the Equilibrium Propagation (EP) algorithm. This approach seeks to reduce the costs of AI training by leveraging power-efficient hardware. The authors introduce Feedforward-tied Energy-based Models (ff-EBMs), a hybrid model comprising feedforward and energy-based blocks that account for digital and analog circuits. A novel algorithm is derived to compute gradients end-to-end in ff-EBMs, enabling EP to be applied to more flexible and realistic architectures. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach on ff-EBMs with Deep Hopfield Networks (DHNs) as energy-based blocks, achieving state-of-the-art performance on ImageNet32. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper explores a new way to train AI models that uses a combination of digital and analog computers. The authors create a special type of model called Feedforward-tied Energy-based Models (ff-EBMs), which can be used with an algorithm called Equilibrium Propagation (EP). This approach is more efficient than traditional methods and allows for the use of more complex AI models. The authors test their method on a large dataset and achieve better results than previous attempts. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Optimization
