Applications in Deep Learning
(CV, NLP, RL)

  • Prior-aware Neural Network for Partially-Supervised Multi-Organ Segmentation
    Yuyin Zhou*, Zhe Li*, Song Bai*, Chong Wang, Xinlei Chen, Mei Han, Elliot Fishman, Alan Yuille
    ICCV 2019 [pdf]
  • Learning Topics using Semantic Locality
    Ziyi Zhao, Krittaphat Pugdeethosapol, Sheng Lin, Zhe Li, Caiwen Ding, Yanzhi Wang, Qinru Qiu
    ICPR 2018 [pdf]
  • Thoracic Disease Identification and Localization with Limited Supervision
    Zhe Li, Chong Wang, Mei Han, Yuan Xue, Wei Wei, Li-Jia Li, Li Fei-Fei
    CVPR 2018 [pdf]
  • Hierarchical Framework of Cloud Resource Allocation and Power Management Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
    Zhe Li*, Ning Liu*,  Zhiyuan Xu*, Jielong Xu, Sheng Lin, Qinru Qiu, Jian Tang and Yanzhi Wang
    ICDCS 2017 [pdf(acceptance rate: 16.9%)

Deep Learning Acceleration using Circulant Matrix

  • CircConv: A Structured Convolution with Low Complexity
    Zhe Li*, Siyu Liao, Liang Zhao, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang, Bo Yuan
    AAAI 2019 [pdf]
  • E-RNN: Design Optimization for Efficient Recurrent Neural Networks in FPGAs
    Zhe Li, Caiwen Ding, Siyue Wang, Wujie Wen, Youwei Zhuo, etc.
    HPCA 2019 [pdf]
  • Efficient Recurrent Neural Networks using Structured Matrices in FPGAs
    Zhe Li, Shuo Wang, Caiwen Ding, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang, Yun Liang
    ICLR 2018 workshop [pdf]
  • Towards Ultra-High Performance and Energy Efficiency of Deep Learning Systems: An Algorithm-Hardware Co-Optimization Framework
    Yanzhi Wang, Caiwen Ding, Zhe Li, Geng Yuan, Siyu Liao, Xiaolong Ma, Bo Yuan, Xuehai Qian, Jian Tang, Qinru Qiu, Xue Lin
    AAAI 2018 [pdf(acceptance rate: 25%)
  • C-LSTM: Enabling Efficient LSTM using Structured Compression Techniques on FPGAs
    Zhe Li*, Shuo Wang*,  Caiwen Ding*, Bo Yuan, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang, Yun Liang
    FPGA 2018 [pdf] [code(acceptance rate: 25%)
  • CirCNN: Accelerating and Compressing Deep Neural Networks Using Block-Circulant Weight Matrices
    Caiwen Ding*, Siyu Liao*, Yanzhi Wang*, Zhe Li, Ning Liu, Youwei Zhuo, Chao Wang et al.
    MICRO 2017 [pdf(acceptance rate: 18.6%)
  • Energy-Efficient, High-Performance, Highly-Compressed Deep Neural Network Design using Block-Circulant Matrices
    Zhe Li*, Siyu Liao*,  Xue Lin, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang, Bo Yuan
    ICCAD 2017 [pdf]
  • Theoretical Properties for Neural Networks with Weight Matrices of Low Displacement Rank
    Liang Zhao, Siyu Liao, Yanzhi Wang, Zhe Li, Jian Tang, Victor Pan, Bo Yuan
    ICML 2017 [pdf(acceptance rate: 22%, Oral Presentation)

Deep Learning Acceleration using Stochastic Computing

  • HEIF: Highly Efficient Stochastic Computing based Inference Framework for Deep Neural Networks
    Zhe Li, Ji Li, Ao Ren, Ruizhe Cai, Caiwen Ding, Xuehai Qian, Jeffrey Draper, Bo Yuan, Jian Tang, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang
    IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems [pdf]
  • An Area and Energy Efficient Design of Domain-Wall Memory-Based Deep Convolutional Neural Networks using Stochastic Computing
    Xiaolong Ma*, Yipeng Zhang*, Geng Yuan, Ao Ren, Zhe Li, Jie Han, Jingtong Hu, Yanzhi Wang
    ISQED 2018 [pdf]  (Best paper nomination)
  • Normalization and dropout for stochastic computing-based deep convolutional neural networks
    Ji Li, Zihao Yuan, Zhe Li, Ao Ren, Caiwen Ding, Jeffrey Draper, Shahin Nazarian, Qinru Qiu, Bo Yuan, Yanzhi Wang
    Integration, the VLSI Journal [pdf]
  • Softmax Regression Design for Stochastic Computing Based Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
    Zihao Yuan, Ji Li, Zhe Li, Caiwen Ding, Ao Ren, Bo Yuan, Qinru Qiu, Jeffrey Draper, Yanzhi Wang
    GLVLSI 2017 [pdf(acceptance rate: 24.4%)
  • Hardware-Driven Nonlinear Activation for Stochastic Computing Based Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
    Ji Li, Zihao Yuan, Zhe Li, Caiwen Ding, Ao Ren, Qinru Qiu, Jeffrey Draper, Yanzhi Wang
    IJCNN 2017 [pdf]
  • Structural Design Optimization for Deep Convolutional Neural Networks using Stochastic Computing
    Zhe Li,  Ao Ren, Ji Li, Qinru Qiu, Bo Yuan, Jeffrey Draper, Yanzhi Wang
    DATE 2017 [pdf]
  • SC-DCNN: Highly-Scalable Deep Convolutional Neural Network using Stochastic Computing
    Ao Ren, Ji Li, Zhe Li, Caiwen Ding, Xuehai Qian, Qinru Qiu, Bo Yuan, Yanzhi Wang
    ASPLOS 2017 [pdf(acceptance rate: 17.4%)
  • Towards Acceleration of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks using Stochastic Computing
    Ji Li, Ao Ren, Zhe Li, Caiwen Ding, Bo Yuan, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang
    ASPDAC 2017 [pdf]
  • DSCNN: Hardware-Oriented Optimization for Stochastic Computing Based Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
    Zhe Li*, Ao Ren*, Ji Li, Qinru Qiu, Yanzhi Wang, and Bo Yuan
    ICCD 2016 [pdf]
  • Designing reconfigurable large-scale deep learning systems using stochastic computing
    Zhe Li*, Ao Ren*, Yanzhi Wang, Qinru Qiu, and Bo Yuan
    ICRC 2016 [pdf]

Neuromorphic Computing

  • Efficient Cloud Resource Management using Neuromorphic Modeling and Prediction for Virtual Machine Resource Utilization
    Zhe Li, Xiaolong Ma, Ji Li, Jian Tang, Qinru Qiu, and Yanzhi Wang
    ICESS 2019 [pdf]
  • Probabilistic Inference in Neuromorphic Architecture: Applications and Implementations
    Zhe Li, Yanzhi Wang, Qinru Qiu
    ICCAD 2016 HALO [poster]
  • Assisting Fuzzy Offline Handwriting Recognition Using Recurrent Belief Propagation
    Yilan Li, Zhe Li, Qinru Qiu
    SSCI 2016 [pdf]
  • Towards Parallel Implementation of Associative Inference for Cogent Confabulation
    Zhe Li, Qinru Qiu, and Mangesh Tamhankar.
    HPEC 2016 [pdf(Most Innovative Student Paper Award, Best Paper Finalist)
  • A Neuromorphic Architecture for Context Aware Text Image Recognition
    Qinru Qiu,Zhe Li, Khadeer Ahmed, Wei Liu, Syed Faisal Habib, Hai (Helen) Li, Miao Hu
    Journal of Signal Processing Systems (2015) [pdf(corresponding author)
  • Neuromorphic acceleration for context aware text image recognition
    Qinru Qiu, Zhe Li, Khandakar Ahmed, Hai Li, and Miao Hu
    SiPS Workshop 2014 [pdf(corresponding author)
  • Completion and parsing Chinese sentences using cogent confabulation
    Zhe Li, and Qinru Qiu
    SSCI 2014 [pdf]

Others

  • Developing a disaster surveillance system based on wireless sensor network and cloud platform
    Jianhu Cen, Tao Yu, Zhe Li, Song Jin, and Shaohua Liu
    ICCTA 2011 [pdf]

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