arXiv Machine Learning

MixFrag: Fragility-Guided Mixed-Precision Post-Training Quantization for Vision Transformers

arXiv:2607. 28589v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Post-training quantization (PTQ) has emerged as an effective solution for deploying Vision Transformers (ViTs) on resource-constrained devices.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 24

RAMP: Robust Adaptive Mixed-Precision Quantization for Edge CPU Vision Models

The paper introduces RAMP, a method for robust adaptive mixed‑precision quantization of vision models on edge CPUs. It evaluates 13 sensitivity metrics across four neural networks, finding that Jensen‑Shannon Divergence consistently identifies layers that can be safely quantized. Using K‑Means clustering on these metrics, RAMP achieves near‑lossless accuracy with an average 1.81× speed‑up, while cautioning against excluding low‑speed‑up layers that can fragment the computational graph.

By David Poblaci\'on-Criado, Dario Garcia-Gasulla, Eduardo Quinones
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 22

Recti-Q: Feature-Space Rectification for Out-of-Distribution-Robust Quantized Perception in Edge Robotics

arXiv:2607. 18540v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Robotic perception pipelines increasingly rely on large vision backbones deployed on SWaP-constrained edge platforms, making post-training quantization (PTQ) attractive for real-time inference.

By Hamidreza Yaghoubi Araghi, Parastoo Pilevar, Ming C. Lin
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

SCULPT: Training Edge Vision Models for Post-Training Quantization Readiness

SCULPT is a training-time method that enhances the readiness of edge vision models for low-bit post‑training quantization (PTQ). It introduces a topology‑aware activation regularizer to reduce skewness and kurtosis, and a stable percentile‑based clipping mechanism that learns deployment‑ready activation bounds during ordinary FP32 fine‑tuning. The resulting clipping bounds can be directly exported into standard PTQ workflows for INT8 or lower‑bit settings such as W4A8.

By Bharadwaj Kavuri, Sourav Babu-PK, Varadhraj Ellapan, Pullarao Maddu, Prasad Deshpande
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 1

Zero-Shot Quantization for Object Detectors using Off-the-Shelf Generative Models

arXiv:2606. 31456v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With an increasing number of Object Detection (OD) models being deployed on edge devices, Zero-Shot Quantization for OD (ZSQ-OD) aims to quantize these models when access to the original training data is prohibited.

By Hyunho Lee, Kyomin Hwang, Hyeonjin Kim, Suyoung Kim, Sunghyun Wee, Nojun Kwak