most citedMassively Parallel Genetic Optimization through Asynchronous Propagation of Populations

11 citations · 13 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.LG2024

AutoPQ: Automating Quantile estimation from Point forecasts in the context of sustainability

Stefan Meisenbacher, Kaleb Phipps, Oskar Taubert +4

Optimizing smart grid operations relies on critical decision-making informed by uncertainty quantification, making probabilistic forecasting a vital tool. Designing such forecastin…

cs.LG2024

Beyond Backpropagation: Optimization with Multi-Tangent Forward Gradients

Katharina Flügel, Daniel Coquelin, Marie Weiel +3

The gradients used to train neural networks are typically computed using backpropagation. While an efficient way to obtain exact gradients, backpropagation is computationally expen…

cs.LG2024

AB-Training: A Communication-Efficient Approach for Distributed Low-Rank Learning

Daniel Coquelin, Katherina Flügel, Marie Weiel +5

Communication bottlenecks severely hinder the scalability of distributed neural network training, particularly in high-performance computing (HPC) environments. We introduce AB-tra…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Harnessing Orthogonality to Train Low-Rank Neural Networks

Daniel Coquelin, Katharina Flügel, Marie Weiel +4

This study explores the learning dynamics of neural networks by analyzing the singular value decomposition (SVD) of their weights throughout training. Our investigation reveals tha…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

Feed-Forward Optimization With Delayed Feedback for Neural Network Training

Katharina Flügel, Daniel Coquelin, Marie Weiel +3

Backpropagation has long been criticized for being biologically implausible due to its reliance on concepts that are not viable in natural learning processes. Two core issues are t…

cs.NE2023★ 11 cited

Massively Parallel Genetic Optimization through Asynchronous Propagation of Populations

Oskar Taubert, Marie Weiel, Daniel Coquelin +5

We present Propulate, an evolutionary optimization algorithm and software package for global optimization and in particular hyperparameter search. For efficient use of HPC resource…