Transformer Model
Transformer models are a class of neural networks built upon an attention mechanism, enabling them to process sequential data like text and time series with remarkable effectiveness. Current research focuses on improving training stability (e.g., mitigating loss spikes), enhancing expressiveness through novel attention mechanisms and embedding techniques, and optimizing performance for various applications by exploring different architectures (e.g., hybrid Transformer-Mamba models) and parallelization strategies. This work is significant due to the widespread adoption of transformers in diverse fields, from natural language processing and computer vision to scientific computing and engineering, driving advancements in both theoretical understanding and practical applications.
Papers
Unraveling the Dominance of Large Language Models Over Transformer Models for Bangla Natural Language Inference: A Comprehensive Study
Fatema Tuj Johora Faria, Mukaffi Bin Moin, Asif Iftekher Fahim, Pronay Debnath, Faisal Muhammad Shah
IceFormer: Accelerated Inference with Long-Sequence Transformers on CPUs
Yuzhen Mao, Martin Ester, Ke Li