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Bit slicing approaches for variability aware ReRAM CIM macros 可变感知的ReRAM CIM宏的位切片方法
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2023-0018
C. Bengel, Leon Dixius, R. Waser, D. Wouters, S. Menzel
Abstract Computation-in-Memory accelerators based on resistive switching devices represent a promising approach to realize future information processing systems. These architectures promise orders of magnitudes lower energy consumption for certain tasks, while also achieving higher throughputs than other special purpose hardware such as GPUs, due to their analog computation nature. Due to device variability issues, however, a single resistive switching cell usually does not achieve the resolution required for the considered applications. To overcome this challenge, many of the proposed architectures use an approach called bit slicing, where generally multiple low-resolution components are combined to realize higher resolution blocks. In this paper, we will present an analog accelerator architecture on the circuit level, which can be used to perform Vector-Matrix-Multiplications or Matrix-Matrix-Multiplications. The architecture consists of the 1T1R crossbar array, the optimized select circuitry and an ADC. The components are designed to handle the variability of the resistive switching cells, which is verified through our verified and physical compact model. We then use this architecture to compare different bit slicing approaches and discuss their tradeoffs.
摘要基于电阻开关器件的内存计算加速器是实现未来信息处理系统的一种很有前途的方法。由于其模拟计算性质,这些架构承诺为某些任务降低几个数量级的能耗,同时也实现了比GPU等其他专用硬件更高的吞吐量。然而,由于器件的可变性问题,单个电阻开关单元通常不能达到所考虑的应用所需的分辨率。为了克服这一挑战,许多提出的体系结构使用了一种称为位切片的方法,通常将多个低分辨率组件组合起来以实现更高分辨率的块。在本文中,我们将在电路级别上提出一种模拟加速器架构,该架构可用于执行向量矩阵乘法或矩阵矩阵乘法。该体系结构由1T1R纵横制阵列、优化的选择电路和ADC组成。这些组件被设计用于处理电阻开关单元的可变性,这通过我们经过验证的物理紧凑模型进行了验证。然后,我们使用这个体系结构来比较不同的位切片方法,并讨论它们的权衡。
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Memristive computing in Germany 德国的记忆计算
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2023-0017
D. Fey
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Advanced tools and methods for treewidth-based problem solving 基于树宽度的问题解决的先进工具和方法
Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2023-02-10 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2023-0004
Markus Hecher
Abstract Computer programs, so-called solvers, for solving the well-known Boolean satisfiability problem (S at ) have been improving for decades. Among the reasons, why these solvers are so fast, is the implicit usage of the formula’s structural properties during solving. One of such structural indicators is the so-called treewidth, which tries to measure how close a formula instance is to being easy (tree-like). This work focuses on logic-based problems and treewidth-based methods and tools for solving them. Many of these problems are also relevant for knowledge representation and reasoning (KR) as well as artificial intelligence (AI) in general. We present a new type of problem reduction, which is referred to by decomposition-guided ( DG ). This reduction type forms the basis to solve a problem for quantified Boolean formulas (QBFs) of bounded treewidth that has been open since 2004. The solution of this problem then gives rise to a new methodology for proving precise lower bounds for a range of further formalisms in logic, KR, and AI. Despite the established lower bounds, we implement an algorithm for solving extensions of S at efficiently, by directly using treewidth. Our implementation is based on finding abstractions of instances, which are then incrementally refined in the process. Thereby, our observations confirm that treewidth is an important measure that should be considered in the design of modern solvers.
用于解决众所周知的布尔可满足性问题(S at)的计算机程序,即所谓的求解器,几十年来一直在不断改进。这些求解器速度如此之快的原因之一是在求解过程中隐式地使用了公式的结构性质。这种结构指标之一是所谓的树宽,它试图衡量公式实例与简单(树状)的接近程度。这项工作的重点是基于逻辑的问题和基于树宽度的方法和工具来解决它们。这些问题中的许多也与知识表示和推理(KR)以及人工智能(AI)相关。我们提出了一种新的问题约简方法,它被称为分解引导(DG)。这种约简类型构成了解决有界树宽的量化布尔公式(QBFs)问题的基础,该问题自2004年以来一直开放。这个问题的解决产生了一种新的方法,用于证明逻辑、KR和AI中一系列进一步形式的精确下界。尽管已经建立了下界,我们还是实现了一种算法,通过直接使用树宽来有效地求解S at的扩展。我们的实现基于查找实例的抽象,然后在过程中对其进行增量改进。因此,我们的观察证实,树宽是现代求解器设计中应该考虑的一个重要措施。
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Computational approaches towards the understanding of past boundaries: A case study based on archaeological and historical data in a hilly region in Germany 理解过去边界的计算方法:基于德国丘陵地区考古和历史数据的案例研究
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-11-15 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2022-0010
I. Herzog
Abstract Boundaries at different scales or in different cultural contexts vary in permeability, fuzziness, and continuity. The contribution of methods from the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) toolbox used in archaeology for the understanding of boundaries is explored in a case study based on known boundaries that are located in a hilly region east of Cologne, Germany. The known political and religious boundaries date back to the 16th and early 17th century. Furthermore, a linguistic boundary traversing the study area is well-known. A classification of the reliability of the political boundaries is presented based on evidence from different sources including archaeological sites. A traditional GIS method for delimiting territories is Voronoi polygon generation, also known as Thiessen polygons. A variant uses least-cost distances, accounting for costs of movement. A site catchment of a settlement consists of all locations that can be reached by expending a given cost limit. Both the initial Voronoi computations as well as the site catchments failed to reconstruct a significant proportion of the known past boundaries. Therefore, the association of the known boundaries with rivers, ridges, and modern parish boundaries was tested and found significant. In contrast, poor soils and voids identified by least-cost Kernel Density Estimation (LC-KDE) of 16th century settlement locations are no preferred locations of past boundaries. Boundaries of Voronoi polygons based on modified cost models taking the association of past boundaries with ridges, rivers, and modern boundaries into account reconstructed about 27 % of the confirmed past political boundaries successfully. The association of the linguistic boundary with the features mentioned above is insignificant. Diagnostic place names are the traits forming the basis of Voronoi diagrams and LC-KDE applied in archaeological studies for reconstructing boundaries. Considering the uneven distribution and fairly low number of traits, the results of these two approaches are satisfactory.
不同尺度或不同文化背景下的边界具有不同的渗透性、模糊性和连续性。地理信息系统(GIS)工具箱在考古学中用于理解边界的方法的贡献,在一个基于已知边界的案例研究中进行了探索,该边界位于德国科隆以东的一个丘陵地区。已知的政治和宗教界限可以追溯到16世纪和17世纪初。此外,跨越研究区域的语言边界是众所周知的。根据包括考古遗址在内的不同来源的证据,对政治边界的可靠性进行了分类。传统的GIS划分领土的方法是Voronoi多边形生成,也称为Thiessen多边形。一种变体使用最小成本距离,计算移动成本。一个聚落的地点集水区包括所有可以通过花费给定的成本限制到达的地点。最初的Voronoi计算和现场集水区都未能重建已知过去边界的很大一部分。因此,对已知边界与河流、山脊和现代教区边界的联系进行了测试,发现其意义重大。相比之下,通过最小成本核密度估算(LC-KDE)确定的16世纪定居地点的贫瘠土壤和空隙不是过去边界的首选地点。基于修正成本模型的Voronoi多边形边界,考虑了过去边界与山脊、河流和现代边界的关联,成功重建了约27%的已确认的过去政治边界。语言边界与上述特征的关联是微不足道的。诊断性地名是形成Voronoi图和LC-KDE在考古研究中用于重建边界的基础特征。考虑到性状分布不均匀且数量较少,这两种方法的结果是令人满意的。
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Digital Archaeology 数字考古
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2022-0061
H. Mara
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引用次数: 5
Advances in digital pottery analysis 数字陶器分析的进展
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-09-02 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2022-0006
S. Karl, Peter Houska, S. Lengauer, Jessica Haring, E. Trinkl, R. Preiner
Abstract Rapid progress in digitisation and computer techniques have enabled noteworthy new pottery analysis applications in recent decades. We focus on analytical techniques directed specifically at archaeological pottery research in this survey and review the specific benefits these have brought in the field. We consider techniques based on heterogeneous sources such as drawings, photographs, 3D scans and CT volume data. The various approaches and methods are structured according to the main steps in pottery processing in archaeology: documentation, classification and retrieval. Within these categories we review the most relevant papers and identify their advantages and limitations. We evaluate both freely and commercially available analysis tools and databases. Finally, we discuss open problems and future challenges in the field of pottery analysis.
近几十年来,数字化和计算机技术的快速发展使新的陶器分析应用成为可能。我们在本次调查中重点介绍了专门针对考古陶器研究的分析技术,并回顾了这些技术在该领域带来的具体好处。我们考虑基于异质来源的技术,如图纸、照片、3D扫描和CT体积数据。根据考古学中陶器加工的主要步骤:文献、分类和检索,构建了各种途径和方法。在这些类别中,我们回顾了最相关的论文,并确定了它们的优点和局限性。我们评估免费和商业上可用的分析工具和数据库。最后,我们讨论了陶器分析领域存在的问题和未来的挑战。
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引用次数: 3
Interactive annotation of geometric ornamentation on painted pottery assisted by deep learning 基于深度学习的彩陶几何纹饰交互标注
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2022-0007
S. Lengauer, Peter Houska, R. Preiner, E. Trinkl, S. Karl, I. Sipiran, Benjamin Bustos, T. Schreck
Abstract In Greek art, the phase from 900 to 700 BCE is referred to as the Geometric period due to the characteristically simple geometry-like ornamentations appearing on painted pottery surfaces during this era. Distinctive geometric patterns are typical for specific periods, regions, workshops as well as painters and are an important cue for archaeological tasks, such as dating and attribution. To date, these analyses are mostly conducted with the support of information technology. The primitives of an artefact’s ornamentation can be generally classified into a set of distinguishable pattern classes, which also appear in a similar fashion on other objects. Although a taxonomy of known pattern classes is given in subject-specific publications, the automatic detection and classification of surface patterns from object depictions poses a non-trivial challenge. Our long-term goal is to provide this classification functionality using a specifically designed and trained neural network. This, however, requires a large amount of labelled training data, which at this point does not exist for this domain context. In this work, we propose an effective annotation system, which allows a domain expert to interactively segment and label parts of digitized vessel surfaces. These user inputs are constantly fed back to a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), enabling the prediction of pattern classes for a given surface area with ever increasing precision. Our work paves the way for a fully automatic classification and analysis of large surface pattern collections, which, with the help of suitable visual analysis techniques, can answer research questions like pattern variability or change over time. While the capability of our proposed annotation pipeline is demonstrated at the example of two characteristic Greek pottery artefacts from the Geometric period, the proposed methods can be readily adopted for the patternation in any other chronological periods as well as for stamped motifs.
在希腊艺术中,公元前900年至公元前700年这一时期被称为几何时期,因为这一时期彩陶表面出现了典型的简单几何状装饰。独特的几何图案是特定时期、地区、作坊和画家的典型特征,也是考古任务的重要线索,比如年代和归属。迄今为止,这些分析大多是在信息技术的支持下进行的。一件人工制品的纹饰的基本元素通常可以分为一组可区分的纹饰,这些纹饰也以类似的方式出现在其他物品上。虽然在特定主题的出版物中给出了已知模式类的分类,但是从对象描述中自动检测和分类表面模式提出了一个不小的挑战。我们的长期目标是使用专门设计和训练的神经网络来提供这种分类功能。然而,这需要大量标记的训练数据,而这一点在这个领域上下文中并不存在。在这项工作中,我们提出了一个有效的标注系统,该系统允许领域专家交互式地分割和标记数字化容器表面的部分。这些用户输入不断反馈到卷积神经网络(CNN),从而能够以越来越高的精度预测给定表面积的模式类别。我们的工作为大型表面图案集合的全自动分类和分析铺平了道路,在合适的视觉分析技术的帮助下,可以回答图案可变性或随时间变化等研究问题。虽然我们提出的注释管道的能力在两个具有几何时期特征的希腊陶器文物的例子中得到了证明,但所提出的方法可以很容易地用于任何其他时间顺序时期的图案以及印花图案。
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Advanced tools and methods for treewidth-based problem solving 用于基于树宽度的问题解决的高级工具和方法
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-08-24 DOI: 10.25932/PUBLISHUP-51251
Markus Hecher
Abstract Computer programs, so-called solvers, for solving the well-known Boolean satisfiability problem (Sat) have been improving for decades. Among the reasons, why these solvers are so fast, is the implicit usage of the formula’s structural properties during solving. One of such structural indicators is the so-called treewidth, which tries to measure how close a formula instance is to being easy (tree-like). This work focuses on logic-based problems and treewidth-based methods and tools for solving them. Many of these problems are also relevant for knowledge representation and reasoning (KR) as well as artificial intelligence (AI) in general. We present a new type of problem reduction, which is referred to by decomposition-guided (DG). This reduction type forms the basis to solve a problem for quantified Boolean formulas (QBFs) of bounded treewidth that has been open since 2004. The solution of this problem then gives rise to a new methodology for proving precise lower bounds for a range of further formalisms in logic, KR, and AI. Despite the established lower bounds, we implement an algorithm for solving extensions of Sat efficiently, by directly using treewidth. Our implementation is based on finding abstractions of instances, which are then incrementally refined in the process. Thereby, our observations confirm that treewidth is an important measure that should be considered in the design of modern solvers.
摘要几十年来,用于解决众所周知的布尔可满足性问题(Sat)的计算机程序,即所谓的求解器,一直在改进。这些求解器速度如此之快的原因之一是在求解过程中隐含使用了公式的结构属性。其中一个结构指标是所谓的树宽度,它试图衡量公式实例离简单(树状)有多近。这项工作的重点是基于逻辑的问题和基于树宽度的解决方法和工具。这些问题中的许多还与知识表示和推理(KR)以及一般的人工智能(AI)有关。我们提出了一种新的问题约简,它被称为分解引导(DG)。这种约简类型形成了解决自2004年以来一直开放的有界树宽的量化布尔公式(QBF)问题的基础。然后,这个问题的解决方案产生了一种新的方法,用于证明逻辑、KR和AI中一系列进一步形式主义的精确下界。尽管已经建立了下界,但我们通过直接使用树宽度来实现一种有效求解Sat扩展的算法。我们的实现是基于找到实例的抽象,然后在过程中对其进行增量细化。因此,我们的观察结果证实,树宽是现代求解器设计中应该考虑的一个重要指标。
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引用次数: 0
Complementary interfaces for visual computing 视觉计算的补充接口
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2022-0031
Johannes Zagermann, Sebastian Hubenschmid, Priscilla Balestrucci, Tiare M. Feuchtner, Sven Mayer, M. Ernst, Albrecht Schmidt, Harald Reiterer
Abstract With increasing complexity in visual computing tasks, a single device may not be sufficient to adequately support the user’s workflow. Here, we can employ multi-device ecologies such as cross-device interaction, where a workflow can be split across multiple devices, each dedicated to a specific role. But what makes these multi-device ecologies compelling? Based on insights from our research, each device or interface component must contribute a complementary characteristic to increase the quality of interaction and further support users in their current activity. We establish the term complementary interfaces for such meaningful combinations of devices and modalities and provide an initial set of challenges. In addition, we demonstrate the value of complementarity with examples from within our own research.
摘要随着视觉计算任务的复杂性不断增加,单个设备可能不足以充分支持用户的工作流程。在这里,我们可以使用多设备生态,如跨设备交互,其中工作流可以在多个设备上拆分,每个设备专用于特定的角色。但是,是什么让这些多设备生态系统引人注目呢?根据我们研究的见解,每个设备或接口组件都必须有一个互补的特性,以提高交互质量,并进一步支持用户当前的活动。我们为这种有意义的设备和模式组合建立了“互补接口”一词,并提出了一系列初步挑战。此外,我们通过自己研究中的例子证明了互补性的价值。
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Robust visualization of trajectory data 轨迹数据的稳健可视化
IF 0.9 Q2 Computer Science Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1515/itit-2022-0036
Ying Zhang, Karsten Klein, O. Deussen, Theodor Gutschlag, Sabine Storandt
Abstract The analysis of movement trajectories plays a central role in many application areas, such as traffic management, sports analysis, and collective behavior research, where large and complex trajectory data sets are routinely collected these days. While automated analysis methods are available to extract characteristics of trajectories such as statistics on the geometry, movement patterns, and locations that might be associated with important events, human inspection is still required to interpret the results, derive parameters for the analysis, compare trajectories and patterns, and to further interpret the impact factors that influence trajectory shapes and their underlying movement processes. Every step in the acquisition and analysis pipeline might introduce artifacts or alterate trajectory features, which might bias the human interpretation or confound the automated analysis. Thus, visualization methods as well as the visualizations themselves need to take into account the corresponding factors in order to allow sound interpretation without adding or removing important trajectory features or putting a large strain on the analyst. In this paper, we provide an overview of the challenges arising in robust trajectory visualization tasks. We then discuss several methods that contribute to improved visualizations. In particular, we present practical algorithms for simplifying trajectory sets that take semantic and uncertainty information directly into account. Furthermore, we describe a complementary approach that allows to visualize the uncertainty along with the trajectories.
摘要运动轨迹的分析在许多应用领域发挥着核心作用,如交通管理、体育分析和集体行为研究,这些领域通常会收集大量复杂的轨迹数据集。虽然自动化分析方法可用于提取轨迹的特征,例如可能与重要事件相关联的几何结构、运动模式和位置的统计数据,但仍需要人工检查来解释结果、导出分析参数、比较轨迹和模式,并进一步解释影响轨迹形状及其潜在运动过程的影响因素。采集和分析流程中的每一步都可能引入伪影或改变轨迹特征,这可能会使人类的解释产生偏差或混淆自动分析。因此,可视化方法以及可视化本身需要考虑相应的因素,以便在不添加或删除重要轨迹特征或给分析员带来巨大压力的情况下进行合理的解释。在本文中,我们概述了鲁棒轨迹可视化任务中出现的挑战。然后,我们讨论了几种有助于改进可视化的方法。特别是,我们提出了简化轨迹集的实用算法,这些算法直接考虑了语义和不确定性信息。此外,我们描述了一种互补的方法,该方法允许将不确定性与轨迹一起可视化。
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