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MINAŘÍK, M. SEKANINA, L.
Original Title
On Evolutionary Approximation of Sigmoid Function for HW/SW Embedded Systems
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Original Abstract
Providing machine learning capabilities on low cost electronic devices is a challenging goal especially in the context of the Internet of Things paradigm. In order to deliver high performance machine intelligence on low power devices, suitable hardware accelerators have to be introduced. In this paper, we developed a method enabling to evolve a hardware implementation together with a corresponding software controller for key components of smart embedded systems. The proposed approach is based on a multi-objective design space exploration conducted by means of extended linear genetic programming. The approach was evaluated in the task of approximate sigmoid function design which is an important component of hardware implementations of neural networks. During these experiments, we automatically re-discovered some approximate sigmoid functions known from the literature. The method was implemented as an extension of an existing platform supporting concurrent evolution of hardware and software of embedded systems.
Keywords
Sigmoid, Linear genetic programming, HW/SW co-design
Authors
MINAŘÍK, M.; SEKANINA, L.
Released
19. 4. 2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Location
Berlin
ISBN
978-3-319-55696-3
Book
20th European Conference on Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2017
Edition
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Pages from
343
Pages to
358
Pages count
16
URL
https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/11298/
BibTex
@inproceedings{BUT135902, author="Miloš {Minařík} and Lukáš {Sekanina}", title="On Evolutionary Approximation of Sigmoid Function for HW/SW Embedded Systems", booktitle="20th European Conference on Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2017", year="2017", series="Lecture Notes in Computer Science", volume="10196", pages="343--358", publisher="Springer International Publishing", address="Berlin", doi="10.1007/978-3-319-55696-3\{_}22", isbn="978-3-319-55696-3", url="https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/11298/" }