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CheapET-3: Cost-Efficient Use of Remote DNN Models

Software Engineering 2022-08-25 v1 Artificial Intelligence Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing

Abstract

On complex problems, state of the art prediction accuracy of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) can be achieved using very large-scale models, consisting of billions of parameters. Such models can only be run on dedicated servers, typically provided by a 3rd party service, which leads to a substantial monetary cost for every prediction. We propose a new software architecture for client-side applications, where a small local DNN is used alongside a remote large-scale model, aiming to make easy predictions locally at negligible monetary cost, while still leveraging the benefits of a large model for challenging inputs. In a proof of concept we reduce prediction cost by up to 50% without negatively impacting system accuracy.

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@article{arxiv.2208.11552,
  title  = {CheapET-3: Cost-Efficient Use of Remote DNN Models},
  author = {Michael Weiss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.11552},
  year   = {2022}
}

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