Robust Quantization: One Model to Rule Them All
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Abstract (arXiv)
Neural network quantization methods often involve simulating the quantization process during training, making the trained model highly dependent on the target bit-width and precise way quantization is performed. Robust quantization offers an alternative approach with improved tolerance to different classes of data-types and quantization policies. It opens up new exciting applications where the quantization process is not static and can vary to meet different circumstances and implementations. To address this issue, we propose a method that provides intrinsic robustness to the model against a broad range of quantization processes. Our method is motivated by theoretical arguments and enables us to store a single generic model capable of operating at various bit-widths and quantization policies. We validate our method's effectiveness on different ImageNet models.
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- 2024Towards Accurate Post-Training Quantization of Vision Transformers via Error Reductioncited by 23
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- 2026SCULPT: Training Edge Vision Models for Post-Training Quantization Readiness1 Sep 2026
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- 2026Recti-Q: Feature-Space Rectification for Out-of-Distribution-Robust Quantized Perception in Edge Robotics20 Jul 2026
- 2026Neural Network Quantization by Learning Low-Loss Subspaces23 Jun 2026
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- 2026LoopQ: Quantization for Looped Language Models8 May 2026
- 2026QuEPT: Quantized Elastic Precision Transformers with One-Shot Calibration for Multi-Bit Switching13 Feb 2026
- 2026Gradient Preconditioning for Efficient and Reliable Reward-Guided Generation9 Feb 2026
- 2026CooperLLM: Cloud-Edge-End Cooperative Federated Fine-tuning for LLMs via ZOO-based Gradient Correction19 Jan 2026
- 2025Bandwidth-Efficient Adaptive Mixture-of-Experts via Low-Rank Compensation18 Dec 2025
- 2025Efficient Multi-bit Quantization Network Training via Weight Bias Correction and Bit-wise Coreset Sampling23 Oct 2025
- 2025Value-State Gated Attention for Mitigating Extreme-Token Phenomena in Transformers10 Oct 2025
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- 2025Moment- and Power-Spectrum-Based Gaussianity Regularization for Text-to-Image Models7 Sep 2025
- 2025Neural Network Quantization for Microcontrollers: A Comprehensive Survey of Methods, Platforms, and Applications20 Aug 2025
- 2025TruncQuant: Truncation-Ready Quantization for DNNs with Flexible Weight Bit Precision13 Jun 2025
- 2025Analog Foundation Models14 May 2025
- 2025Low-bit Model Quantization for Deep Neural Networks: A Survey8 May 2025
- 2025Fast and Low-Cost Genomic Foundation Models via Outlier Removal1 May 2025
- 2025KurTail : Kurtosis-based LLM Quantization3 Mar 2025
- 2025Nearly Lossless Adaptive Bit Switching3 Feb 2025
- 2024FlatQuant: Flatness Matters for LLM Quantization12 Oct 2024
- 2024Designing a Classifier for Active Fire Detection from Multispectral Satellite Imagery Using Neural Architecture Search7 Oct 2024
- 2024Towards Accurate Post-Training Quantization of Vision Transformers via Error Reduction9 Jul 2024
- 2024MCNC: Manifold-Constrained Reparameterization for Neural Compression27 Jun 2024
- 2024Athena: Efficient Block-Wise Post-Training Quantization for Large Language Models Using Second-Order Matrix Derivative Information24 May 2024
- 2024Predicting High-precision Depth on Low-Precision Devices Using 2D Hilbert Curves22 May 2024
- 2024QGen: On the Ability to Generalize in Quantization Aware Training17 Apr 2024
- 2024Outlier-Efficient Hopfield Layers for Large Transformer-Based Models4 Apr 2024
- 2024Mitigating the Impact of Outlier Channels for Language Model Quantization with Activation Regularization4 Apr 2024
- 2024ALISA: Accelerating Large Language Model Inference via Sparsity-Aware KV Caching26 Mar 2024
- 2024FedComLoc: Communication-Efficient Distributed Training of Sparse and Quantized Models14 Mar 2024
- 2024QuantTune: Optimizing Model Quantization with Adaptive Outlier-Driven Fine Tuning11 Mar 2024
- 2024The Impact of Quantization on the Robustness of Transformer-based Text Classifiers8 Mar 2024
- 2024In-Distribution Consistency Regularization Improves the Generalization of Quantization-Aware Training21 Feb 2024
- 2023Post-Training Quantization for Re-parameterization via Coarse & Fine Weight Splitting17 Dec 2023
- 2023EQ-Net: Elastic Quantization Neural Networks15 Aug 2023
- 2023Quantization Variation: A New Perspective on Training Transformers with Low-Bit Precision1 Jul 2023
- 2023Quantizable Transformers: Removing Outliers by Helping Attention Heads Do Nothing22 Jun 2023
- 2023High-Resolution Convolutional Neural Networks on Homomorphically Encrypted Data via Sharding Ciphertexts15 Jun 2023
- 2023MBQuant: A Novel Multi-Branch Topology Method for Arbitrary Bit-width Network Quantization14 May 2023
- 2023R2 Loss: Range Restriction Loss for Model Compression and Quantization14 Mar 2023
- 2022BiMLP: Compact Binary Architectures for Vision Multi-Layer Perceptrons29 Dec 2022
- 2022Weight Fixing Networks24 Oct 2022
- 2022Outlier Suppression: Pushing the Limit of Low-bit Transformer Language Models27 Sep 2022
- 2022Symmetry Regularization and Saturating Nonlinearity for Robust Quantization31 Jul 2022
- 2022Quantization Robust Federated Learning for Efficient Inference on Heterogeneous Devices22 Jun 2022
- 2022SDQ: Stochastic Differentiable Quantization with Mixed Precision9 Jun 2022
- 2022NIPQ: Noise proxy-based Integrated Pseudo-Quantization2 Jun 2022
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- 2021A Survey of Quantization Methods for Efficient Neural Network Inferencecited by 815
- 2022Outlier Suppression: Pushing the Limit of Low-bit Transformer Language Modelscited by 181
- 2023Quantizable Transformers: Removing Outliers by Helping Attention Heads Do Nothingcited by 151
- 2024FlatQuant: Flatness Matters for LLM Quantizationcited by 131
- 2024ALISA: Accelerating Large Language Model Inference via Sparsity-Aware KV Cachingcited by 48
- 2024Outlier-Efficient Hopfield Layers for Large Transformer-Based Modelscited by 38
- 2022NIPQ: Noise proxy-based Integrated Pseudo-Quantizationcited by 35
- 2022SDQ: Stochastic Differentiable Quantization with Mixed Precisioncited by 28
- 2021Pareto-Optimal Quantized ResNet Is Mostly 4-bitcited by 26
- 2021Anchor-based Plain Net for Mobile Image Super-Resolutioncited by 24
- 2024Mitigating the Impact of Outlier Channels for Language Model Quantization with Activation Regularizationcited by 23
- 2024Towards Accurate Post-Training Quantization of Vision Transformers via Error Reductioncited by 23
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- 2026SCULPT: Training Edge Vision Models for Post-Training Quantization Readiness1 Sep 2026
- 2026MixQuant: Adaptive Mixed-Precision Quantization for Large Language Models25 Jul 2026
- 2026Recti-Q: Feature-Space Rectification for Out-of-Distribution-Robust Quantized Perception in Edge Robotics20 Jul 2026
- 2026Neural Network Quantization by Learning Low-Loss Subspaces23 Jun 2026
- 2026Attention Sinks and Outliers in Attention Residuals18 May 2026
- 2026LoopQ: Quantization for Looped Language Models8 May 2026
- 2026QuEPT: Quantized Elastic Precision Transformers with One-Shot Calibration for Multi-Bit Switching13 Feb 2026
- 2026CooperLLM: Cloud-Edge-End Cooperative Federated Fine-tuning for LLMs via ZOO-based Gradient Correction19 Jan 2026
- 2025Efficient Multi-bit Quantization Network Training via Weight Bias Correction and Bit-wise Coreset Sampling23 Oct 2025
- 2025Value-State Gated Attention for Mitigating Extreme-Token Phenomena in Transformers10 Oct 2025
- 2025FlexiQ: Adaptive Mixed-Precision Quantization for Latency/Accuracy Trade-Offs in Deep Neural Networks3 Oct 2025
- 2025Balancing Utility and Privacy: Dynamically Private SGD with Random Projection11 Sep 2025
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