@inproceedings{ba47acfde93a405db5305b3a3a5f5811,
title = "Accuracy-aware optimization of approximate programs",
abstract = "Many modern applications (such as multimedia processing, machine learning, and big-data analytics) exhibit an inherent tradeoff between performance and the accuracy of the produced results. These applications allow us to investigate new, more aggressive program optimizations. We present a novel approximate optimization framework based on accuracy-aware program transformations. These transformations reduce accuracy of computation in return for improved performance, energy efficiency, and/or resilience. The optimization framework includes program analyses that characterize the accuracy of transformed programs, and search techniques that navigate the tradeoff space induced by transformations to find approximate programs with profitable tradeoffs. Our research shows that this approach can significantly improve program performance while providing acceptably accurate results.",
keywords = "Accuracy, Approximation methods, Computational efficiency, Hardware, Optimization, Probabilistic logic, Programming",
author = "Sasa Misailovic",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES 2015 ; Conference date: 04-10-2015 Through 09-10-2015",
year = "2015",
month = nov,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1109/CASES.2015.7324543",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2015 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "37--38",
booktitle = "2015 International Conference on Compilers, Architecture and Synthesis for Embedded Systems, CASES 2015",
address = "United States",
}