Layer-wise Curriculum Learning for Efficient LLM Compression
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arXiv:2609.19213v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this paper, we introduce layer-wise curriculum learning for efficient LLM compression. The proposed method facilitates the knowledge transfer from the teacher model to the student model, utilizing a curriculum learning approach that begins with easier optimization tasks and progressively tackles harder ones. In order to adopt the layer-wise learning in LLM compression, we partition the whole model into multiple segments consisting of layers, thereby enabling more computationally efficient knowledge transfer for LLMs. Based on our theoretical
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- arXiv:2609.19213v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this paper, we introduce layer-wise curriculum learning for efficient LLM compression.
- The proposed method facilitates the knowledge transfer from the teacher model to the student model, utilizing a curriculum learning approach that begins with easier optimization tasks and progressively tackles harder ones.
- In order to adopt the layer-wise learning in LLM compression, we partition the whole model into multiple segments consisting of layers, thereby enabling more computationally efficient knowledge transfer for LLMs.
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