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FlowPrecision: Advancing FPGA-Based Real-Time Fluid Flow Estimation with Linear Quantization

Machine Learning 2025-10-28 v3 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

In industrial and environmental monitoring, achieving real-time and precise fluid flow measurement remains a critical challenge. This study applies linear quantization in FPGA-based soft sensors for fluid flow estimation, significantly enhancing Neural Network model precision by overcoming the limitations of traditional fixed-point quantization. Our approach achieves up to a 10.10% reduction in Mean Squared Error and a notable 9.39% improvement in inference speed through targeted hardware optimizations. Validated across multiple data sets, our findings demonstrate that the optimized FPGA-based quantized models can provide efficient, accurate real-time inference, offering a viable alternative to cloud-based processing in pervasive autonomous systems.

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@article{arxiv.2403.01922,
  title  = {FlowPrecision: Advancing FPGA-Based Real-Time Fluid Flow Estimation with Linear Quantization},
  author = {Tianheng Ling and Julian Hoever and Chao Qian and Gregor Schiele},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.01922},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures, The 22nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2024), PerConAI Workshop