# Towards Sampling Data Structures for Tensor Products in Turnstile Streams

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03678 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.03678/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 86 of its 135 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 4 Oct 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 86)

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## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper studies the computational challenges of large-scale attention-based models in artificial intelligence by utilizing importance sampling methods in the streaming setting. Inspired by the classical definition of the ℓ2 sampler and the recent progress of the attention scheme in Large Language Models (LLMs), we propose the definition of the attention sampler. Our approach significantly reduces the computational burden of traditional attention mechanisms. We analyze the effectiveness of the attention sampler from a theoretical perspective, including space and update time. Additionally, our framework exhibits scalability and broad applicability across various model architectures and domains.
