[Submitted on 27 Jun 2024]
View a PDF of the paper titled Reliable edge machine learning hardware for scientific applications, by Tommaso Baldi (1 and 2) and 22 other authors
Abstract:Extreme data rate scientific experiments create massive amounts of data that require efficient ML edge processing. This leads to unique validation challenges for VLSI implementations of ML algorithms: enabling bit-accurate functional simulations for performance validation in experimental software frameworks, verifying those ML models are robust under extreme quantization and pruning, and enabling ultra-fine-grained model inspection for efficient fault tolerance. We discuss approaches to developing and validating reliable algorithms at the scientific edge under such strict latency, resource, power, and area requirements in extreme experimental environments. We study metrics for developing robust algorithms, present preliminary results and mitigation strategies, and conclude with an outlook of these and future directions of research towards the longer-term goal of developing autonomous scientific experimentation methods for accelerated scientific discovery.
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From: Nhan Tran [view email] [via Fermilab Proxy as proxy]
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Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:45:08 UTC (2,968 KB)
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