3 papers
cs.ET2025
First Demonstration of Second-order Training of Deep Neural Networks with In-memory Analog Matrix Computing
Saitao Zhang, Yubiao Luo, Shiqing Wang +5
Second-order optimization methods, which leverage curvature information, offer faster and more stable convergence than first-order methods such as stochastic gradient descent (SGD)…
cs.CV2025
ESCA: Enabling Seamless Codec Avatar Execution through Algorithm and Hardware Co-Optimization for Virtual Reality
Mingzhi Zhu, Ding Shang, Sai Qian Zhang
Photorealistic Codec Avatars (PCA), which generate high-fidelity human face renderings, are increasingly being used in Virtual Reality (VR) environments to enable immersive communi…
cs.CL2025
Rethinking the Outlier Distribution in Large Language Models: An In-depth Study
Rahul Raman, Khushi Sharma, Sai Qian Zhang
Investigating outliers in large language models (LLMs) is crucial due to their significant impact on various aspects of LLM performance, including quantization and compression. Out…