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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Chun-Fu Chen, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Jui-Hsin Lai, White Plains, NY (US);
Ching-Yung Lin, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Guangnan Ye, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Ruichi Yu, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 3/082 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for optimizing a convolutional neural network (CNN). A respective measure of importance is calculated for each of a plurality of elements within a CNN. A first one of the measures of importance is calculated by back propagating a second one of the measures of importance through the CNN. One or more of the plurality of elements is pruned from the CNN, based on the calculated measures of importance.