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Deep ensemble is a simple yet powerful way to improve the performance of deep neural networks. Under this motivation, recent works on mode connectivity have shown that parameters of ensembles are connected by low-loss subspaces, and one can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 EungGu Yun , Hyungi Lee , Giung Nam , Juho Lee

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable success across various application domains, but their enormous sizes and computational demands pose significant challenges for deployment on resource-constrained edge devices. To…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Kai Zhang , Hengtao He , Shenghui Song , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Edge nodes are crucial for detection against multitudes of cyber attacks on Internet-of-Things endpoints and is set to become part of a multi-billion industry. The resource constraints in this novel network infrastructure tier constricts…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-07 Praneet Singh , Jishnu Jaykumar , Akhil Pankaj , Reshmi Mitra

Deep learning models are being deployed in many mobile intelligent applications. End-side services, such as intelligent personal assistants, autonomous cars, and smart home services often employ either simple local models on the mobile or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Amir Erfan Eshratifar , Mohammad Saeed Abrishami , Massoud Pedram

Modern mobile devices are equipped with high-performance hardware resources such as graphics processing units (GPUs), making the end-side intelligent services more feasible. Even recently, specialized silicons as neural engines are being…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Amir Erfan Eshratifar , Amirhossein Esmaili , Massoud Pedram

The growing gap between the increasing complexity of large language models (LLMs) and the limited computational budgets of edge devices poses a key challenge for efficient on-device inference, despite gradual improvements in hardware…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Xiangchen Li , Dimitrios Spatharakis , Saeid Ghafouri , Jiakun Fan , Hans Vandierendonck , Deepu John , Bo Ji , Dimitrios Nikolopoulos

Distributed inference is a popular approach for efficient DNN inference at the edge. However, traditional Static and Dynamic DNNs are not distribution-friendly, causing system reliability and adaptability issues. In this paper, we introduce…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Lei Xun , Mingyu Hu , Hengrui Zhao , Amit Kumar Singh , Jonathon Hare , Geoff V. Merrett

Ensembling a neural network is a widely recognized approach to enhance model performance, estimate uncertainty, and improve robustness in deep supervised learning. However, deep ensembles often come with high computational costs and memory…

DNNs are ubiquitous on edge devices nowadays. With its increasing importance and use cases, it's not likely to pack all DNNs into device memory and expect that each inference has been warmed up. Therefore, cold inference, the process to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Rongjie Yi , Ting Cao , Ao Zhou , Xiao Ma , Shangguang Wang , Mengwei Xu

The recent ground-breaking advances in deep learning networks ( DNNs ) make them attractive for embedded systems. However, it can take a long time for DNNs to make an inference on resource-limited embedded devices. Offloading the…

Performance · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Ben Taylor , Vicent Sanz Marco , Willy Wolff , Yehia Elkhatib , Zheng Wang

Large language models (LLMs) have transformed natural language processing but face critical deployment challenges in device-edge systems due to resource limitations and communication overhead. To address these issues, collaborative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-18 Jiahong Ning , Ce Zheng , Tingting Yang

Edge computing's growing prominence, due to its ability to reduce communication latency and enable real-time processing, is promoting the rise of high-performance, heterogeneous System-on-Chip solutions. While current approaches often…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Rakshith Jayanth , Neelesh Gupta , Viktor Prasanna

AI inference at the edge is becoming increasingly common for low-latency services. However, edge environments are power- and resource-constrained, and susceptible to failures. Conventional failure resilience approaches, such as cloud…

Running deep neural network (DNN) inference on mobile devices, i.e., mobile inference, has become a growing trend, making inference less dependent on network connections and keeping private data locally. The prior studies on optimizing DNNs…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-04 Luting Yang , Bingqian Lu , Shaolei Ren

Deep-learning-based intelligent services have become prevalent in cyber-physical applications including smart cities and health-care. Deploying deep-learning-based intelligence near the end-user enhances privacy protection, responsiveness,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Sina Shahhosseini , Dongjoo Seo , Anil Kanduri , Tianyi Hu , Sung-soo Lim , Bryan Donyanavard , Amir M. Rahmani , Nikil Dutt

Edge inference is a technology that enables real-time data processing and analysis on clients near the data source. To ensure compliance with the Service-Level Objectives (SLOs), such as a 30% latency reduction target, caching is usually…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Wenyi Liang , Jianchun Liu , Hongli Xu , Chunming Qiao , Liusheng Huang

The next-generation of wireless networks will enable many machine learning (ML) tools and applications to efficiently analyze various types of data collected by edge devices for inference, autonomy, and decision making purposes. However,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Mingzhe Chen , Deniz Gündüz , Kaibin Huang , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan , H. Vincent Poor

Today, deep learning optimization is primarily driven by research focused on achieving high inference accuracy and reducing latency. However, the energy efficiency aspect is often overlooked, possibly due to a lack of sustainability mindset…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Xiaolong Tu , Anik Mallik , Dawei Chen , Kyungtae Han , Onur Altintas , Haoxin Wang , Jiang Xie

Mobile edge devices (e.g., AR/VR headsets) typically need to complete timely inference tasks while operating with limited on-board computing and energy resources. In this paper, we investigate the problem of collaborative inference in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Fatemeh Zahra Safaeipour , Jacob Chakareski , Morteza Hashemi

Large language models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success across various artificial intelligence tasks. However, their enormous sizes and computational demands pose significant challenges for the deployment on edge devices. To address…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Kai Zhang , Hengtao He , Shenghui Song , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief