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Nowadays, pre-training big models on large-scale datasets has become a crucial topic in deep learning. The pre-trained models with high representation ability and transferability achieve a great success and dominate many downstream tasks in…

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Several efficient distributed algorithms have been developed for matrix-matrix multiplication: the 3D algorithm, the 2D SUMMA algorithm, and the 2.5D algorithm. Each of these algorithms was independently conceived and they trade-off memory…

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With the overwhelming trend of mask image modeling led by MAE, generative pre-training has shown a remarkable potential to boost the performance of fundamental models in 2D vision. However, in 3D vision, the over-reliance on…

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