4 papers
Can LLMs Beat Classical Hyperparameter Optimization Algorithms? A Study on autoresearch
Fabio Ferreira, Lucca Wobbe, Arjun Krishnakumar +2
The autoresearch repository enables an LLM agent to optimize hyperparameters by editing training code directly. We use it as a testbed to compare classical HPO algorithms against L…
Where to Begin: Efficient Pretraining via Subnetwork Selection and Distillation
Arjun Krishnakumar, Rhea Sanjay Sukthanker, Hannan Javed Mahadik +5
Small Language models (SLMs) offer an efficient and accessible alternative to Large Language Models (LLMs), delivering strong performance while using far fewer resources. We introd…
Weight-Entanglement Meets Gradient-Based Neural Architecture Search
Rhea Sanjay Sukthanker, Arjun Krishnakumar, Mahmoud Safari +1
Weight sharing is a fundamental concept in neural architecture search (NAS), enabling gradient-based methods to explore cell-based architectural spaces significantly faster than tr…
confopt: A Library for Implementation and Evaluation of Gradient-based One-Shot NAS Methods
Abhash Kumar Jha, Shakiba Moradian, Arjun Krishnakumar +2
Gradient-based one-shot neural architecture search (NAS) has significantly reduced the cost of exploring architectural spaces with discrete design choices, such as selecting operat…