arXiv Machine Learning

Towards Efficient Convolutional Neural Network for Embedded Hardware via Multi-Dimensional Pruning

arXiv:2607. 11473v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this paper, we propose TECO, a multi-dimensional pruning framework to collaboratively prune the three dimensions (depth, width, and resolution) of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for better execution efficiency on embedded hardware.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 28

Pruning Binarized Neural Networks: A Dedicated Framework and Globally Weighted Algorithms

The paper presents a PyTorch-based framework for designing and optimizing binarized neural networks, incorporating freezing and pruning mechanisms. It introduces a novel pruning method that uses a global weighting scheme to assess parameter importance across abstraction levels, achieving a 70% pruning rate on VGG11 without sacrificing accuracy—outperforming existing binarized pruning results of 41%. The framework facilitates rapid, reproducible evaluation and prototyping of state‑of‑the‑art binarized network techniques.

By Roan Rubiales, Jean Pierre David
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 10

Prune Once: Retraining-Free Task-Agnostic Pruning for Vision-Language Models

arXiv:2608. 06901v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-language models (VLMs) have achieved remarkable generalization across diverse multimodal tasks through large-scale pre-training, yet their rapidly increasing computational and memory requirements pose significant challenges for deployment in constrained environments.

By Minseok Kang, Hyunwoo Kim, Chanyoung Kim, Minwoo Kim, Jaekoo Lee, Dahuin Jung
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 7

From Deep to Shallow: Unconstrained and Efficient Layer Merging Strategy

The paper proposes a new strategy for merging layers in deep neural networks, enabling depth compression without requiring an analytical solution for convolutions with padding and without increasing kernel size. This approach addresses limitations of previous methods that struggled with padded convolutions and larger kernels, and it is validated across various architectures and datasets with measured inference speed-ups on embedded platforms.

By Petro Shulzhenko, Gabriele Spadaro, Enzo Tartaglione