Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 2, 117(2023)

TBNN: totally-binary neural network for image classification

Qingsong ZHANG1,2, Linjun SUN2, Guowei YANG1、*, Baoli LU2, Xin NING2, and Weijun and LI2
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  • 1School of Electronic Information, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
  • 2Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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    Most binary networks apply full precision convolution at the first layer. Changing the first layer to the binary convolution will result in a significant loss of accuracy. In this paper, we propose a new approach to solve this problem by widening the data channel to reduce the information loss of the first convolutional input through the sign function. In addition, widening the channel increases the computation of the first convolution layer, and the problem is solved by using group convolution. The experimental results show that the accuracy of applying this paper's method to state-of-the-art (SOTA) binarization method is significantly improved, proving that this paper's method is effective and feasible.

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    ZHANG Qingsong, SUN Linjun, YANG Guowei, LU Baoli, NING Xin, and LI Weijun. TBNN: totally-binary neural network for image classification[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2023, 19(2): 117

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    Paper Information

    Category: Image and Information processing

    Received: Jun. 27, 2022

    Accepted: Oct. 12, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 18, 2023

    The Author Email: Guowei YANG (ygw_ustb@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-023-2113-2

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