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Dynamic Split Computing for Efficient Deep Edge Intelligence

AuthorsArian Bakhtiarnia, Nikola Milosevic, Qi Zhang, Dragana Bajovic and Alexandros Iosifidis
TitleDynamic Split Computing for Efficient Deep Edge Intelligence
AbstractDeploying deep neural networks (DNNs) on IoT and mobile devices is a challenging task due to their limited computational resources. Thus, demanding tasks are often entirely offloaded to edge servers which can accelerate inference, however, it also causes communication cost and evokes privacy concerns. In addition, this approach leaves the computational capacity of end devices unused. Split computing is a paradigm where a DNN is split into two sections; the first section is executed on the end device, and the output is transmitted to the edge server where the final section is executed. Here, we introduce dynamic split computing, where the optimal split location is dynamically selected based on the state of the communication channel. By using natural bottlenecks that already exist in modern DNN architectures, dynamic split computing avoids retraining and hyperparameter optimization, and does not have any negative impact on the final accuracy of DNNs. Through extensive experiments, we show that dynamic split computing achieves faster inference in edge computing environments where the data rate and server load vary over time.
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ConferenceICASSP 2023 – 2023 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
DateJuly 22 – 2022
LocationOnline
Year of Publication, Publisher2022
Urlhttps://zenodo.org/record/6737212
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  • Project Coordinator: Dr. Sotiris Ioannidis
  • Institution: Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)
  • E-mail: marvel-info@marvel-project.eu 
  • Start: 01.01.2021
  • Duration: 36 months
  • Participating Organisations: 17
  • Number of countries: 12

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program under grant agreement No 957337. The website reflects only the view of the author(s) and the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.