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20222026
most citedAnda: Unlocking Efficient LLM Inference with a Variable-Length Grouped Activation Data Format

15 citations · 28 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cs.LG2026

MONET: Modeling and Optimization of neural NEtwork Training from Edge to Data Centers

Jérémy Morlier, Robin Geens, Stef Cuyckens +4

While hardware-software co-design has significantly improved the efficiency of neural network inference, modeling the training phase remains a critical yet underexplored challenge.…

cs.CC2025

Hardware-Algorithm Co-Optimization of Early-Exit Neural Networks for Multi-Core Edge Accelerators

Alaa Zniber, Arne Symons, Ouassim Karrakchou +2

The deployment of Early-Exiting Neural Networks (EENNs) on edge accelerators requires optimizing not only the network architecture but also its hardware deployment. Exit configurat…

cs.AR2025★ 2 cited

Fine-Grained Fusion: The Missing Piece in Area-Efficient State Space Model Acceleration

Robin Geens, Arne Symons, Marian Verhelst

State Space Models (SSMs) offer a promising alternative to transformers for long-sequence processing. However, their efficiency remains hindered by memory-bound operations, particu…

cs.AR2024★ 15 cited

Anda: Unlocking Efficient LLM Inference with a Variable-Length Grouped Activation Data Format

Chao Fang, Man Shi, Robin Geens +3

The widely-used, weight-only quantized large language models (LLMs), which leverage low-bit integer (INT) weights and retain floating-point (FP) activations, reduce storage require…

cs.DC2024

MATCH: Model-Aware TVM-based Compilation for Heterogeneous Edge Devices

Mohamed Amine Hamdi, Francesco Daghero, Giuseppe Maria Sarda +6

Streamlining the deployment of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) on heterogeneous edge platforms, coupling within the same micro-controller unit (MCU) instruction processors and hardware…

cs.AR2024

Optimizing Layer-Fused Scheduling of Transformer Networks on Multi-accelerator Platforms

Steven Colleman, Arne Symons, Victor J. B. Jung +1

The impact of transformer networks is booming, yet, they come with significant computational complexity. It is therefore essential to understand how to optimally map and execute th…

cs.AR2023

SALSA: Simulated Annealing based Loop-Ordering Scheduler for DNN Accelerators

Victor J. B. Jung, Arne Symons, Linyan Mei +2

To meet the growing need for computational power for DNNs, multiple specialized hardware architectures have been proposed. Each DNN layer should be mapped onto the hardware with th…

cs.AR2022★ 10 cited

Stream: Design Space Exploration of Layer-Fused DNNs on Heterogeneous Dataflow Accelerators

Arne Symons, Linyan Mei, Steven Colleman +3

As the landscape of deep neural networks evolves, heterogeneous dataflow accelerators, in the form of multi-core architectures or chiplet-based designs, promise more flexibility an…

cs.AR2022★ 1 cited

DeFiNES: Enabling Fast Exploration of the Depth-first Scheduling Space for DNN Accelerators through Analytical Modeling

Linyan Mei, Koen Goetschalckx, Arne Symons +1

DNN workloads can be scheduled onto DNN accelerators in many different ways: from layer-by-layer scheduling to cross-layer depth-first scheduling (a.k.a. layer fusion, or cascaded…