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BSC-CNS focuses its research areas in Computer Sciences, Life and Earth Sciences and Computer Applications in Science and Engineering. In the context of this multi-disciplinary approach, BSC counts with more than 350 researchers and experts in HPC (Hig...

How to Initialize your Network? Robust Initialization for WeightNorm & ResNets

Residual networks (ResNet) and weight normalization play an important ro...
06/05/2019 ∙ by Devansh Arpit, et al. ∙ 15 ∙ share

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On the Resilience of Deep Learning for Reduced-voltage FPGAs

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are inherently computation-intensive and als...
12/26/2019 ∙ by Kamyar Givaki, et al. ∙ 15 ∙ share

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Importance Weighted Evolution Strategies

Evolution Strategies (ES) emerged as a scalable alternative to popular R...
11/12/2018 ∙ by Victor Campos, et al. ∙ 6 ∙ share

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RVOS: End-to-End Recurrent Network for Video Object Segmentation

Multiple object video object segmentation is a challenging task, special...
03/13/2019 ∙ by Carles Ventura, et al. ∙ 6 ∙ share

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MetH: A family of high-resolution and variable-shape image challenges

High-resolution and variable-shape images have not yet been properly add...
11/20/2019 ∙ by Ferran Parés Pont, et al. ∙ 3 ∙ share

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Full-Network Embedding in a Multimodal Embedding Pipeline

The current state-of-the-art for image annotation and image retrieval ta...
07/24/2017 ∙ by Armand Vilalta, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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On the Behavior of Convolutional Nets for Feature Extraction

Deep neural networks are representation learning techniques. During trai...
03/03/2017 ∙ by Dario Garcia-Gasulla, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Skip RNN: Learning to Skip State Updates in Recurrent Neural Networks

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) continue to show outstanding performanc...
08/22/2017 ∙ by Victor Campos, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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More cat than cute? Interpretable Prediction of Adjective-Noun Pairs

The increasing availability of affect-rich multimedia resources has bols...
08/21/2017 ∙ by Delia Fernandez, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Disentangling Motion, Foreground and Background Features in Videos

This paper introduces an unsupervised framework to extract semantically ...
07/13/2017 ∙ by Xunyu Lin, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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A Visual Embedding for the Unsupervised Extraction of Abstract Semantics

Vector-space word representations obtained from neural network models ha...
07/31/2015 ∙ by D. Garcia-Gasulla, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Limitations and Alternatives for the Evaluation of Large-scale Link Prediction

Link prediction, the problem of identifying missing links among a set of...
11/02/2016 ∙ by Dario Garcia-Gasulla, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Hierarchical Object Detection with Deep Reinforcement Learning

We present a method for performing hierarchical object detection in imag...
11/11/2016 ∙ by Miriam Bellver, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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From Pixels to Sentiment: Fine-tuning CNNs for Visual Sentiment Prediction

Visual multimedia have become an inseparable part of our digital social ...
04/12/2016 ∙ by Victor Campos, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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A Massively Parallel Algorithm for the Approximate Calculation of Inverse p-th Roots of Large Sparse Matrices

We present the submatrix method, a highly parallelizable method for the ...
10/30/2017 ∙ by Michael Lass, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Accelerating K-mer Frequency Counting with GPU and Non-Volatile Memory

The emergence of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms has increase...
11/21/2017 ∙ by Nicola Cadenelli, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Weighted Contrastive Divergence

Learning algorithms for energy based Boltzmann architectures that rely o...
01/08/2018 ∙ by Enrique Romero Merino, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Comparing Fixed and Adaptive Computation Time for Recurrent Neural Networks

Adaptive Computation Time for Recurrent Neural Networks (ACT) is one of ...
03/21/2018 ∙ by Daniel Fojo, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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A Visual Distance for WordNet

Measuring the distance between concepts is an important field of study o...
04/24/2018 ∙ by Raquel Pérez-Arnal, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Performance Evaluation of an Algorithm-based Asynchronous Checkpoint-Restart Fault Tolerant Application Using Mixed MPI/GPI-2

One of the hardest challenges of the current Big Data landscape is the l...
04/30/2018 ∙ by Adrian Bazaga, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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PETGEM: A parallel code for 3D CSEM forward modeling using edge finite elements

We present the capabilities and results of the Parallel Edge-based Tool ...
08/01/2018 ∙ by Octavio Castillo-Reyes, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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AutoParallel: A Python module for automatic parallelization and distributed execution of affine loop nests

The last improvements in programming languages, programming models, and ...
10/26/2018 ∙ by Cristian Ramon-Cortes, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Integrating Blocking and Non-Blocking MPI Primitives with Task-Based Programming Models

In this paper we present the Task-Aware MPI library (TAMPI) that integra...
01/10/2019 ∙ by Kevin Sala, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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BVS Corpus: A Multilingual Parallel Corpus of Biomedical Scientific Texts

The BVS database (Health Virtual Library) is a centralized source of bio...
05/05/2019 ∙ by Felipe Soares, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Resource-aware Elastic Swap Random Forest for Evolving Data Streams

Continual learning based on data stream mining deals with ubiquitous sou...
05/14/2019 ∙ by Diego Marrón, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Exploiting nested task-parallelism in the ℋ-LU factorization

We address the parallelization of the LU factorization of hierarchical m...
06/03/2019 ∙ by Rocío Carratalá-Sáez, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Application-Level Differential Checkpointing for HPC Applications with Dynamic Datasets

High-performance computing (HPC) requires resilience techniques such as ...
06/12/2019 ∙ by Kai Keller, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Feature discriminativity estimation in CNNs for transfer learning

The purpose of feature extraction on convolutional neural networks is to...
11/08/2019 ∙ by Victor Gimenez-Abalos, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Quantum Observables for continuous control of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm via Reinforcement Learning

We present a classical control mechanism for Quantum devices using Reinf...
11/21/2019 ∙ by Artur Garcia-Saez, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Random Forest as a Tumour Genetic Marker Extractor

Finding tumour genetic markers is essential to biomedicine due to their ...
11/26/2019 ∙ by Raquel Pérez-Arnal, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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HDOT – an Approach Towards Productive Programming of Hybrid Applications

MPI applications matter. However, with the advent of many-core processor...
12/18/2019 ∙ by Jan Ciesko, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Holistic Slowdown Driven Scheduling and Resource Management for Malleable Jobs

In job scheduling, the concept of malleability has been explored since m...
02/19/2020 ∙ by Marco D'Amico, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Toward An Interdisciplinary Methodology to Solve New (Old) Transportation Problems

The rising availability of digital traces provides a fertile ground for ...
02/20/2020 ∙ by Eduardo Graells-Garrido, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Measuring Spatial Subdivisions in Urban Mobility with Mobile Phone Data

Urban population grows constantly. By 2050 two thirds of the world popul...
02/20/2020 ∙ by Eduardo Graells-Garrido, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Reducing Data Motion to Accelerate the Training of Deep Neural Networks

This paper reduces the cost of DNNs training by decreasing the amount of...
04/05/2020 ∙ by Sicong Zhuang, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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A Linux Kernel Scheduler Extension for Multi-core Systems

The Linux kernel is mostly designed for multi-programed environments, bu...
04/14/2020 ∙ by Aleix Roca, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Covid-19 and contact tracing apps: A review under the European legal framework

In this article, we would like to review the main technologies that have...
04/30/2020 ∙ by Teresa Scantamburlo, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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DMR API: Improving cluster productivity by turning applications into malleable

Adaptive workloads can change on–the–fly the configuration of their jobs...
05/12/2020 ∙ by Sergio Iserte, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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MPI+OpenMP Tasking Scalability for Multi-Morphology Simulations of the Human Brain

The simulation of the behavior of the human brain is one of the most amb...
05/13/2020 ∙ by Pedro Valero-Lara, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Every Colour You Are: Stance Prediction and Turnaround in Controversial Issues

Web platforms have allowed political manifestation and debate for decade...
05/19/2020 ∙ by Eduardo Graells-Garrido, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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HPC compact quasi-Newton algorithm for interface problems

In this work we present a robust interface coupling algorithm called Com...
05/22/2020 ∙ by A. Santiago, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Flight Networks

As COVID-19 transmissions spread worldwide, governments have announced a...
06/04/2020 ∙ by Toyotaro Suzumura, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Workflow environments for advanced cyberinfrastructure platforms

Progress in science is deeply bound to the effective use of high-perform...
06/12/2020 ∙ by Rosa M. Badia, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Multi-tenant Pub/Sub Processing for Real-time Data Streams

Devices and sensors generate streams of data across a diversity of locat...
07/06/2020 ∙ by Álvaro Villalba, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Performance and energy consumption of HPC workloads on a cluster based on Arm ThunderX2 CPU

In this paper, we analyze the performance and energy consumption of an A...
07/09/2020 ∙ by Filippo Mantovani, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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A Closer Look at Art Mediums: The MAMe Image Classification Dataset

Art is an expression of human creativity, skill and technology. An excep...
07/27/2020 ∙ by Ferran Parés, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Heterogeneous CPU/GPU co-execution of CFD simulations on the POWER9 architecture: Application to airplane aerodynamics

High fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations are generally ass...
05/12/2020 ∙ by R. Borrell, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Asynchronous Runtime with Distributed Manager for Task-based Programming Models

Parallel task-based programming models, like OpenMP, allow application d...
09/07/2020 ∙ by Jaume Bosch, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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On the Applicability of PEBS based Online Memory Access Tracking for Heterogeneous Memory Management at Scale

Operating systems have historically had to manage only a single type of ...
11/26/2020 ∙ by Aleix Roca Nonell, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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Resource Analysis of Ethereum 2.0 Clients

Scalability is a common issue among the most used permissionless blockch...
12/29/2020 ∙ by Mikel Cortes-Goicoechea, et al. ∙ 0 ∙ share

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