Abstract
In this article, we propose EMNAPE, a multi-dimensional pruning framework to collaboratively prune the three dimensions (depth, width, and resolution) of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for better execution efficiency on embedded hardware. In EMNAPE, we first introduce a two-stage importance evaluation framework, which efficiently and comprehensively evaluates each pruning unit according to both the local importance inside each dimension and the global importance across different dimensions. Based on the evaluation framework, we present a heuristic pruning algorithm to progressively prune the three dimensions of CNNs toward the optimal trade-off between accuracy and efficiency. Experiments on multiple benchmarks validate the advantages of EMNAPE over existing state-of-the-art (SOTA) approaches.
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Recommended Citation
INC, HP, "A Multi-Dimensional Pruning Framework Based on Double Evaluation Mechanism", Technical Disclosure Commons, (June 08, 2023)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/5957