arXiv AI

A Mathematical Theory of Reusable Neural Bases for Network Compression

The paper introduces the Linear Reusable Neural Bases Architecture (LRNBA), a framework that represents each network block as a linear combination of shared neural bases to improve parameter efficiency and reduce memory cost. Inspired by recurrent neural network designs, LRNBA enables the construction of wider and deeper networks within the same parameter budget. Experiments show that models using LRNBA converge as fast or faster than classical architectures, achieve lower loss, and maintain stable training dynamics.

arXiv AI
3d ago

Tensorization is a powerful but underexplored tool for compression and interpretability of neural networks

The paper discusses tensorizing neural networks by reshaping dense weight matrices into higher-order tensors and approximating them with low-rank tensor network decompositions. This approach offers promising model compression and introduces bond indices that create new latent spaces, potentially enhancing interpretability. Despite encouraging empirical results, tensorized neural networks remain underused, and the authors call for more research to address practical scaling and adoption challenges.

By Safa Hamreras, Sukhbinder Singh, Rom\'an Or\'us
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 19

Dynamic Compression in Recurrent Networks

Dynamic Compression in Recurrent Networks proposes a method that lets recurrent models revisit and revise their fixed-size state through additional updates, rather than compressing all information in a single causal pass. This approach allows the model to retain lower-fidelity history and refine only the relevant parts when needed, reducing the required state size for accurate task reuse. Experiments show that dynamic compression lowers the recurrent state needed and scales better as the number of stored functions increases.

By Jyothish Pari, Ryan Bahlous-Boldi, Pulkit Agrawal
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
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

ONNX-Net: Towards Universal Representations and Instant Performance Prediction for Neural Architectures

ONNX-Net introduces a universal representation for neural architectures using natural language descriptions, enabling instant performance prediction across diverse search spaces. The authors present ONNX-Bench, a benchmark of over 600k architecture–accuracy pairs compiled from open‑source NAS‑bench networks in ONNX format. Experiments demonstrate strong zero‑shot predictive performance with minimal pretraining, overcoming the limitations of cell‑based, graph‑encoded approaches.

By Shiwen Qin, Alexander Auras, Shay B. Cohen, Elliot J. Crowley, Michael Moeller, Linus Ericsson, Jovita Lukasik