Search Results for author: Michele Magno

Found 40 papers, 10 papers with code

Accurate LoRA-Finetuning Quantization of LLMs via Information Retention

1 code implementation8 Feb 2024 Haotong Qin, Xudong Ma, Xingyu Zheng, Xiaoyang Li, Yang Zhang, Shouda Liu, Jie Luo, Xianglong Liu, Michele Magno

This paper proposes a novel IR-QLoRA for pushing quantized LLMs with LoRA to be highly accurate through information retention.

Quantization

BiLLM: Pushing the Limit of Post-Training Quantization for LLMs

1 code implementation6 Feb 2024 Wei Huang, Yangdong Liu, Haotong Qin, Ying Li, Shiming Zhang, Xianglong Liu, Michele Magno, Xiaojuan Qi

Pretrained large language models (LLMs) exhibit exceptional general language processing capabilities but come with significant demands on memory and computational resources.

Binarization Quantization

Body-Area Capacitive or Electric Field Sensing for Human Activity Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction: A Comprehensive Survey

no code implementations11 Jan 2024 Sizhen Bian, Mengxi Liu, Bo Zhou, Paul Lukowicz, Michele Magno

To this end, we first sorted the explorations into three domains according to the involved body forms: body-part electric field, whole-body electric field, and body-to-body electric field, and enumerated the state-of-art works in the domains with a detailed survey of the backed sensing tricks and targeted applications.

Human Activity Recognition

Angle of Arrival and Centimeter Distance Estimation on a Smart UWB Sensor Node

1 code implementation21 Dec 2023 Tobias Margiani, Silvano Cortesi, Milena Keller, Christian Vogt, Tommaso Polonelli, Michele Magno

Accurate and low-power indoor localization is becoming more and more of a necessity to empower novel consumer and industrial applications.

Indoor Localization

Q-Segment: Segmenting Images In-Sensor for Vessel-Based Medical Diagnosis

no code implementations15 Dec 2023 Pietro Bonazzi, Yawei Li, Sizhen Bian, Michele Magno

We present "Q-Segment", a quantized real-time segmentation algorithm, and conduct a comprehensive evaluation on a low-power edge vision platform with an in-sensors processor, the Sony IMX500.

Image Segmentation Medical Diagnosis +2

Retina : Low-Power Eye Tracking with Event Camera and Spiking Hardware

1 code implementation1 Dec 2023 Pietro Bonazzi, Sizhen Bian, Giovanni Lippolis, Yawei Li, Sadique Sheik, Michele Magno

This paper introduces a neuromorphic methodology for eye tracking, harnessing pure event data captured by a Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) camera.

Pupil Detection Pupil Tracking

Evaluation of a Non-Coherent Ultra-Wideband Transceiver for Micropower Sensor Nodes

no code implementations24 Nov 2023 Jonah Imfeld, Silvano Cortesi, Philipp Mayer, Michele Magno

Spatial and contextual awareness has the potential to revolutionize sensor nodes, enabling spatially augmented data collection and location-based services.

Enhancing Lightweight Neural Networks for Small Object Detection in IoT Applications

no code implementations13 Nov 2023 Liam Boyle, Nicolas Baumann, Seonyeong Heo, Michele Magno

Advances in lightweight neural networks have revolutionized computer vision in a broad range of IoT applications, encompassing remote monitoring and process automation.

Object object-detection +1

Quantitative Evaluation of a Multi-Modal Camera Setup for Fusing Event Data with RGB Images

no code implementations3 Nov 2023 Julian Moosmann, Jakub Mandula, Philipp Mayer, Luca Benini, Michele Magno

This work quantitatively evaluates a multi-modal camera setup for fusing high-resolution DVS data with RGB image data by static camera alignment.

Autonomous Driving object-detection +1

Ultra-Efficient On-Device Object Detection on AI-Integrated Smart Glasses with TinyissimoYOLO

no code implementations2 Nov 2023 Julian Moosmann, Pietro Bonazzi, Yawei Li, Sizhen Bian, Philipp Mayer, Luca Benini, Michele Magno

To this goal, we designed a smart glasses prototype as a research platform featuring two microcontrollers, including a novel milliwatt-power RISC-V parallel processor with a hardware accelerator for visual AI, and a Bluetooth low-power module for communication.

Benchmarking Edge-computing +3

Energy-Aware Adaptive Sampling for Self-Sustainability in Resource-Constrained IoT Devices

1 code implementation31 Oct 2023 Marco Giordano, Silvano Cortesi, Prodromos-Vasileios Mekikis, Michele Crabolu, Giovanni Bellusci, Michele Magno

In the ever-growing Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, smart power management algorithms combined with energy harvesting solutions are crucial to obtain self-sustainability.

Optimizing IoT-Based Asset and Utilization Tracking: Efficient Activity Classification with MiniRocket on Resource-Constrained Devices

no code implementations23 Oct 2023 Marco Giordano, Silvano Cortesi, Michele Crabolu, Lavinia Pedrollo, Giovanni Bellusci, Tommaso Bendinelli, Engin Türetken, Andrea Dunbar, Michele Magno

Known for its accuracy, scalability, and fast training for time-series classification, in this paper, it is proposed as a TinyML algorithm for inference on resource-constrained IoT devices.

Time Series Classification

Design and Implementation of an RSSI-Based Bluetooth Low Energy Indoor Localization System

no code implementations23 Oct 2023 Silvano Cortesi, Marc Dreher, Michele Magno

Experimental evaluation with the real-time data processing has been evaluated and presented in a 7. 2 m by 7. 2 m room with furniture and 5 beacon nodes.

Indoor Localization

Investigation of mmWave Radar Technology For Non-contact Vital Sign Monitoring

no code implementations15 Sep 2023 Steven Marty, Federico Pantanella, Andrea Ronco, Kanika Dheman, Michele Magno

At the same distance, the 60 GHz and the 120 GHz radar system shows the least noise level, 0. 0lmm at 0{\deg} angle of incidence, and error in range estimation 0. 64 +- 0. 01 cm and 0. 04 +- 0. 0 cm respectively.

In-Ear-Voice: Towards Milli-Watt Audio Enhancement With Bone-Conduction Microphones for In-Ear Sensing Platforms

no code implementations5 Sep 2023 Philipp Schilk, Niccolò Polvani, Andrea Ronco, Milos Cernak, Michele Magno

Such microphones can record the wearer's speech with much greater isolation, enabling personalized voice activity detection and further audio enhancement applications.

Action Detection Activity Detection

Evaluating Spiking Neural Network On Neuromorphic Platform For Human Activity Recognition

1 code implementation1 Aug 2023 Sizhen Bian, Michele Magno

Energy efficiency and low latency are crucial requirements for designing wearable AI-empowered human activity recognition systems, due to the hard constraints of battery operations and closed-loop feedback.

Human Activity Recognition

TinyTracker: Ultra-Fast and Ultra-Low-Power Edge Vision In-Sensor for Gaze Estimation

2 code implementations15 Jul 2023 Pietro Bonazzi, Thomas Ruegg, Sizhen Bian, Yawei Li, Michele Magno

We propose TinyTracker, a highly efficient, fully quantized model for 2D gaze estimation designed to maximize the performance of the edge vision systems considered in this study.

Gaze Estimation Object Tracking

Flexible and Fully Quantized Ultra-Lightweight TinyissimoYOLO for Ultra-Low-Power Edge Systems

no code implementations12 Jul 2023 Julian Moosmann, Hanna Mueller, Nicky Zimmerman, Georg Rutishauser, Luca Benini, Michele Magno

With this paper, we demonstrate the suitability and flexibility of TinyissimoYOLO on state-of-the-art detection datasets for real-time ultra-low-power edge inference.

object-detection Object Detection

ColibriUAV: An Ultra-Fast, Energy-Efficient Neuromorphic Edge Processing UAV-Platform with Event-Based and Frame-Based Cameras

no code implementations27 May 2023 Sizhen Bian, Lukas Schulthess, Georg Rutishauser, Alfio Di Mauro, Luca Benini, Michele Magno

The interest in dynamic vision sensor (DVS)-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is raising, especially due to the microsecond-level reaction time of the bio-inspired event sensor, which increases robustness and reduces latency of the perception tasks compared to a RGB camera.

Fully Automatic Gym Exercises Recording: An IoT Solution

no code implementations27 May 2023 Sizhen Bian, Alexander Rupp, Michele Magno

The system we have implemented is a working prototype of a bigger end goal and is supposed to initialize progress toward a smarter, more efficient, and still privacy-respect gym environment in the future.

A Fast and Accurate Optical Flow Camera for Resource-Constrained Edge Applications

no code implementations22 May 2023 Jonas Kühne, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

The paper characterizes the optical flow sensor in high frame-rate, low-latency settings, with a frame rate of up to 88 fps at the full resolution of 1124 by 1364 pixels and up to 240 fps at a reduced camera resolution of 280 by 336, for both classical camera images and optical flow data.

Optical Flow Estimation

Parallelizing Optical Flow Estimation on an Ultra-Low Power RISC-V Cluster for Nano-UAV Navigation

no code implementations22 May 2023 Jonas Kühne, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

On micro and nano UAVs, real-time calculation of the optical flow is run on low power and resource-constrained microcontroller units (MCUs).

Autonomous Navigation Optical Flow Estimation

TinyissimoYOLO: A Quantized, Low-Memory Footprint, TinyML Object Detection Network for Low Power Microcontrollers

no code implementations22 May 2023 Julian Moosmann, Marco Giordano, Christian Vogt, Michele Magno

The proposed quantized network architecture with 422k parameters, enables real-time object detection on embedded microcontrollers, and it has been evaluated to exploit CNN accelerators.

Object object-detection +2

Non-invasive urinary bladder volume estimation with artefact-suppressed bio-impedance measurements

no code implementations24 Mar 2023 Kanika Dheman, Stefan Walser, Philipp Mayer, Manuel Eggimann, Marko Kozomara, Denise Franke, Thomas Hermanns, Hugo Sax, Simone Schürle, Michele Magno

Here, a deep learning-based algorithm is presented that processes the local BI of the lower abdomen and suppresses artefacts to measure the bladder volume quantitatively, non-invasively and without the continuous need for additional personnel.

Kidney Function

Exploring Automatic Gym Workouts Recognition Locally On Wearable Resource-Constrained Devices

no code implementations13 Jan 2023 Sizhen Bian, Xiaying Wang, Tommaso Polonelli, Michele Magno

We also introduced an open data set composed of fifty sessions of eleven gym workouts collected from ten subjects that is publicly available.

Activity Recognition Quantization

Self-sustaining Ultra-wideband Positioning System for Event-driven Indoor Localization

no code implementations9 Dec 2022 Philipp Mayer, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

The energy consumption for position updates, with an accuracy of $40~cm$ (2D) in realistic non-line-of-sight conditions, is $10. 84~mJ$.

Indoor Localization Motion Detection +2

Nonlinear and Machine Learning Analyses on High-Density EEG data of Math Experts and Novices

no code implementations1 Dec 2022 Hanna Poikonen, Tomasz Zaluska, Xiaying Wang, Michele Magno, Manu Kapur

Our results clarify the different neural signature, analyzed by HFD, of math experts and novices during complex math and suggest machine learning as a promising data-driven approach to understand the brain processes in expertise and mathematical cognition.

EEG Math +1

Fully On-board Low-Power Localization with Multizone Time-of-Flight Sensors on Nano-UAVs

1 code implementation25 Nov 2022 Hanna Müller, Nicky Zimmerman, Tommaso Polonelli, Michele Magno, Jens Behley, Cyrill Stachniss, Luca Benini

Experimental evaluation using a nano-UAV open platform demonstrated that the proposed solution is capable of localizing on a 31. 2m$\boldsymbol{^2}$ map with 0. 15m accuracy and an above 95% success rate.

Aerosense: A Self-Sustainable And Long-Range Bluetooth Wireless Sensor Node for Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Monitoring on Wind Turbines

no code implementations24 May 2022 Tommaso Polonelli, Hanna Müller, Weikang Kong, Raphael Fischer, Luca Benini, Michele Magno

This paper presents a low-power, self-sustainable, and modular wireless sensor node for aerodynamic and acoustic measurements on wind turbines and other industrial structures.

Data Compression

MI-BMInet: An Efficient Convolutional Neural Network for Motor Imagery Brain--Machine Interfaces with EEG Channel Selection

no code implementations28 Mar 2022 Xiaying Wang, Michael Hersche, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

A brain--machine interface (BMI) based on motor imagery (MI) enables the control of devices using brain signals while the subject imagines performing a movement.

EEG Motor Imagery

Sound Event Detection with Binary Neural Networks on Tightly Power-Constrained IoT Devices

no code implementations12 Jan 2021 Gianmarco Cerutti, Renzo Andri, Lukas Cavigelli, Michele Magno, Elisabetta Farella, Luca Benini

This BNN reaches a 77. 9% accuracy, just 7% lower than the full-precision version, with 58 kB (7. 2 times less) for the weights and 262 kB (2. 4 times less) memory in total.

Event Detection Object Recognition +2

TinyRadarNN: Combining Spatial and Temporal Convolutional Neural Networks for Embedded Gesture Recognition with Short Range Radars

1 code implementation25 Jun 2020 Moritz Scherer, Michele Magno, Jonas Erb, Philipp Mayer, Manuel Eggimann, Luca Benini

Furthermore, the gesture recognition classifier has been implemented on a Parallel Ultra-Low Power Processor, demonstrating that real-time prediction is feasible with only 21 mW of power consumption for the full TCN sequence prediction network, while a system-level power consumption of less than 100 mW is achieved.

Hand Gesture Recognition Hand-Gesture Recognition

An Accurate EEGNet-based Motor-Imagery Brain-Computer Interface for Low-Power Edge Computing

no code implementations31 Mar 2020 Xiaying Wang, Michael Hersche, Batuhan Tömekce, Burak Kaya, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

Our novel method further scales down the standard EEGNet at a negligible accuracy loss of 0. 31% with 7. 6x memory footprint reduction and a small accuracy loss of 2. 51% with 15x reduction.

Edge-computing EEG +2

InfiniWolf: Energy Efficient Smart Bracelet for Edge Computing with Dual Source Energy Harvesting

no code implementations28 Feb 2020 Michele Magno, Xiaying Wang, Manuel Eggimann, Lukas Cavigelli, Luca Benini

This work presents InfiniWolf, a novel multi-sensor smartwatch that can achieve self-sustainability exploiting thermal and solar energy harvesting, performing computationally high demanding tasks.

Edge-computing

HR-SAR-Net: A Deep Neural Network for Urban Scene Segmentation from High-Resolution SAR Data

no code implementations10 Dec 2019 Xiaying Wang, Lukas Cavigelli, Manuel Eggimann, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is becoming increasingly available to a wide range of users through commercial service providers with resolutions reaching 0. 5m/px.

Scene Segmentation Segmentation

FANN-on-MCU: An Open-Source Toolkit for Energy-Efficient Neural Network Inference at the Edge of the Internet of Things

1 code implementation8 Nov 2019 Xiaying Wang, Michele Magno, Lukas Cavigelli, Luca Benini

The growing number of low-power smart devices in the Internet of Things is coupled with the concept of "Edge Computing", that is moving some of the intelligence, especially machine learning, towards the edge of the network.

BIG-bench Machine Learning Edge-computing +1

Computationally Efficient Target Classification in Multispectral Image Data with Deep Neural Networks

no code implementations9 Nov 2016 Lukas Cavigelli, Dominic Bernath, Michele Magno, Luca Benini

The required communication links and archiving of the video data are still expensive and this setup excludes preemptive actions to respond to imminent threats.

General Classification Scene Labeling

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