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Deep neural networks (DNNs) depend on the storage of a large number of parameters, which consumes an important portion of the energy used during inference. This paper considers the case where the energy usage of memory elements can be…

Recurrent neural networks have achieved excellent performance in many applications. However, on portable devices with limited resources, the models are often too large to deploy. For applications on the server with large scale concurrent…

Verification of binary neural network (BNN) robustness is NP-hard, as it can be formulated as a combinatorial search for an adversarial perturbation that induces misclassification. Exact verification methods therefore scale poorly with…

This paper presents a storage-efficient learning model titled Recursive Binary Neural Networks for sensing devices having a limited amount of on-chip data storage such as < 100's kilo-Bytes. The main idea of the proposed model is to…

Binary Neural Networks (BNNs) are neural networks which use binary weights and activations instead of the typical 32-bit floating point values. They have reduced model sizes and allow for efficient inference on mobile or embedded devices…

The deployment of deep neural networks (DNNs) on compute-in-memory (CiM) accelerators offers significant energy savings and speed-up by reducing data movement during inference. However, the reliability of CiM-based systems is challenged by…

Binary Neural Networks (BNNs), neural networks with weights and activations constrained to -1(0) and +1, are an alternative to deep neural networks which offer faster training, lower memory consumption and lightweight models, ideal for use…

Deep neural networks (DNNs) can be made hardware-efficient by reducing the numerical precision of the weights and activations of the network and by improving the network's resilience to noise. However, this gain in efficiency often comes at…

In recent years the field of neuromorphic low-power systems that consume orders of magnitude less power gained significant momentum. However, their wider use is still hindered by the lack of algorithms that can harness the strengths of such…

Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) based Processing In Memory (PIM) Accelerator has emerged as a promising computing architecture for memory intensive applications, such as Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). However, due to its immaturity,…

Recent advances in training deep (multi-layer) architectures have inspired a renaissance in neural network use. For example, deep convolutional networks are becoming the default option for difficult tasks on large datasets, such as image…

Semi-supervised learning algorithms reduce the high cost of acquiring labeled training data by using both labeled and unlabeled data during learning. Deep Convolutional Networks (DCNs) have achieved great success in supervised tasks and as…

The paper discusses the use of the Absolute activation function in classification neural networks. An examples are shown of using this activation function in simple and more complex problems. Using as a baseline LeNet-5 network for solving…

We introduce a method to train Quantized Neural Networks (QNNs) --- neural networks with extremely low precision (e.g., 1-bit) weights and activations, at run-time. At train-time the quantized weights and activations are used for computing…

The primary operation in DNNs is the dot product of quantized input activations and weights. Prior works have proposed the design of memory-centric architectures based on the Processing-In-Memory (PIM) paradigm. Resistive RAM (ReRAM)…

Compute-in-memory accelerators built upon non-volatile memory devices excel in energy efficiency and latency when performing deep neural network (DNN) inference, thanks to their in-situ data processing capability. However, the stochastic…

Deep neural network (DNN) accelerators received considerable attention in past years due to saved energy compared to mainstream hardware. Low-voltage operation of DNN accelerators allows to further reduce energy consumption significantly,…

The effectiveness of deep neural architectures has been widely supported in terms of both experimental and foundational principles. There is also clear evidence that the activation function (e.g. the rectifier and the LSTM units) plays a…

We propose a diffractive neural network with strong robustness based on Weight Noise Injection training, which achieves accurate and fast optical-based classification while diffraction layers have a certain amount of surface shape error. To…

Emerging resistive random-access memory (ReRAM) has recently been intensively investigated to accelerate the processing of deep neural networks (DNNs). Due to the in-situ computation capability, analog ReRAM crossbars yield significant…