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5 papers

cs.LG2026

Advancing Model Refinement: Muon-Optimized Distillation and Quantization for LLM Deployment

Jacob Sander, Brian Jalaian, Venkat R. Dasari

Large Language Models (LLMs) enable advanced natural language processing but face deployment challenges on resource-constrained edge devices due to high computational, memory, and…

cs.LG2025

Neurosymbolic AI Transfer Learning Improves Network Intrusion Detection

Huynh T. T. Tran, Jacob Sander, Achraf Cohen +2

Transfer learning is commonly utilized in various fields such as computer vision, natural language processing, and medical imaging due to its impressive capability to address subta…

cs.LG2025

Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence for Robust Network Intrusion Detection: From Scratch to Transfer Learning

Huynh T. T. Tran, Jacob Sander, Achraf Cohen +2

Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) play a vital role in protecting digital infrastructures against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. In this paper, we extend ODXU,…

cs.LG2025

Constrained Edge AI Deployment: Fine-Tuning vs Distillation for LLM Compression

Jacob Sander, David Moe, Achraf Cohen +3

Modern foundational models are often compressed via a combination of structured pruning and re-training to meet the strict compute, memory, and connectivity constraints of edge dep…

cs.LG2025

On Accelerating Edge AI: Optimizing Resource-Constrained Environments

Jacob Sander, Achraf Cohen, Venkat R. Dasari +2

Resource-constrained edge deployments demand AI solutions that balance high performance with stringent compute, memory, and energy limitations. In this survey, we present a compreh…