analogvnn 1.0.0rc3

A fully modular framework for modeling and optimizing analog/photonic neural networks

AnalogVNN

Documentation: https://analogvnn.readthedocs.io/

Installation:

• Install PyTorch
• Install AnalogVNN using pip

pip install analogvnn

Abstract

AnalogVNN is a simulation framework built on PyTorch which can simulate the effects of optoelectronic noise, limited precision, and signal normalization present in photonic neural network accelerators. We use this framework to train and optimize linear and convolutional neural networks with up to 9 layers and ~1.7 million parameters, while gaining insights into how normalization, activation function, reduced precision, and noise influence accuracy in analog photonic neural networks. By following the same layer structure design present in PyTorch, the AnalogVNN framework allows users to convert most digital neural network models to their analog counterparts with just a few lines of code, taking full advantage of the open-source optimization, deep learning, and GPU acceleration libraries available through PyTorch.

AnalogVNN Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.10048

Citing AnalogVNN

We would appreciate if you cite the following paper in your publications for which you used AnalogVNN:

@article{shah2022analogvnn,
  title={AnalogVNN: A fully modular framework for modeling and optimizing photonic neural networks},
  author={Shah, Vivswan and Youngblood, Nathan},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.10048},
  year={2022}
}

Or in textual form:

Vivswan Shah, and Nathan Youngblood. "AnalogVNN: A fully modular framework for modeling 
and optimizing photonic neural networks." *arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.10048 (2022)*.