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Autores principales: Morlier, Jérémy, Geens, Robin, Cuyckens, Stef, Symons, Arne, Verhelst, Marian, Gripon, Vincent, Léonardon, Mathieu
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15002
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author Morlier, Jérémy
Geens, Robin
Cuyckens, Stef
Symons, Arne
Verhelst, Marian
Gripon, Vincent
Léonardon, Mathieu
author_facet Morlier, Jérémy
Geens, Robin
Cuyckens, Stef
Symons, Arne
Verhelst, Marian
Gripon, Vincent
Léonardon, Mathieu
contents While hardware-software co-design has significantly improved the efficiency of neural network inference, modeling the training phase remains a critical yet underexplored challenge. Training workloads impose distinct constraints, particularly regarding memory footprint and backpropagation complexity, which existing inference-focused tools fail to capture. This paper introduces MONET, a framework designed to model the training of neural networks on heterogeneous dataflow accelerators. MONET builds upon Stream, an experimentally verified framework that that models the inference of neural networks on heterogeneous dataflow accelerators with layer fusion. Using MONET, we explore the design space of ResNet-18 and a small GPT-2, demonstrating the framework's capability to model training workflows and find better hardware architectures. We then further examine problems that become more complex in neural network training due to the larger design space, such as determining the best layer-fusion configuration. Additionally, we use our framework to find interesting trade-offs in activation checkpointing, with the help of a genetic algorithm. Our findings highlight the importance of a holistic approach to hardware-software co-design for scalable and efficient deep learning deployment.
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spellingShingle MONET: Modeling and Optimization of neural NEtwork Training from Edge to Data Centers
Morlier, Jérémy
Geens, Robin
Cuyckens, Stef
Symons, Arne
Verhelst, Marian
Gripon, Vincent
Léonardon, Mathieu
Machine Learning
While hardware-software co-design has significantly improved the efficiency of neural network inference, modeling the training phase remains a critical yet underexplored challenge. Training workloads impose distinct constraints, particularly regarding memory footprint and backpropagation complexity, which existing inference-focused tools fail to capture. This paper introduces MONET, a framework designed to model the training of neural networks on heterogeneous dataflow accelerators. MONET builds upon Stream, an experimentally verified framework that that models the inference of neural networks on heterogeneous dataflow accelerators with layer fusion. Using MONET, we explore the design space of ResNet-18 and a small GPT-2, demonstrating the framework's capability to model training workflows and find better hardware architectures. We then further examine problems that become more complex in neural network training due to the larger design space, such as determining the best layer-fusion configuration. Additionally, we use our framework to find interesting trade-offs in activation checkpointing, with the help of a genetic algorithm. Our findings highlight the importance of a holistic approach to hardware-software co-design for scalable and efficient deep learning deployment.
title MONET: Modeling and Optimization of neural NEtwork Training from Edge to Data Centers
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15002