Added citations for sustainable ML, energy-efficient computing, mixed
precision training, and TinyML benchmarking to strengthen the future
work discussion.
New citations:
- Strubell et al. (2019): Energy and Policy Considerations for Deep
Learning in NLP - foundational work on ML carbon footprint
- Patterson et al. (2021): Carbon Emissions and Large Neural Network
Training - comprehensive analysis of energy use in large models
- Micikevicius et al. (2018): Mixed Precision Training - ICLR paper on
FP16/FP32 training techniques
- Banbury et al. (2021): Benchmarking TinyML Systems - TinyMLPerf
benchmarking framework for edge AI
Citations integrated into:
- Roofline Models section (mixed precision advantages)
- Energy and Power Profiling section (sustainable ML and edge AI)
These citations ground the future work proposals in established
research on green AI, energy-efficient ML, and edge deployment.
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- Improve module descriptions and learning objectives
- Standardize documentation format and structure
- Add clearer guidance for students
- Enhance module-specific context and examples
- Fix 14_profiling: Replace Tensor with Linear model in test_module, fix profile_forward_pass calls
- Fix 15_quantization: Increase error tolerance for INT8 quantization test, add export marker for QuantizedLinear
- Fix 19_benchmarking: Return Tensor objects from RealisticModel.parameters(), handle memoryview in pred_array.flatten()
- Fix 20_capstone: Make imports optional (MixedPrecisionTrainer, QuantizedLinear, compression functions)
- Fix 20_competition: Create Flatten class since it doesn't exist in spatial module
- Fix 16_compression: Add export markers for magnitude_prune and structured_prune
All modules now pass their inline tests.
Added all module development files to modules/XX_name/ directories:
Module notebooks and scripts:
- 18 modules with .ipynb and .py files (01-20, excluding some gaps)
- Moved from modules/source/ to direct module directories
- Includes tensor, autograd, layers, transformers, optimization modules
Module README files:
- Added README.md for modules with additional documentation
- Complements ABOUT.md files added earlier
This completes the module restructuring:
- Before: modules/source/XX_name/*_dev.{py,ipynb}
- After: modules/XX_name/*_dev.{py,ipynb}
All development happens directly in numbered module directories now.
