Alban Desmaison

28.4k citations
9 papers · 5.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 5
Co-authors
Zachary DeVitoLuca AntigaSam GrossAdam PaszkeAdam LererEdward Z. YangZeming LinSoumith Chintala
Topics
Advanced Neural Network Applications (3 papers)Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis (2 papers)Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (2 papers)
Cited by
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionArtificial IntelligenceMedia Technology
Journals
Proceedings of the VLDB EndowmentSIAM Journal on Imaging SciencesApollo (University of Cambridge)
Partner nations
United KingdomUnited StatesMexico

In The Last Decade

Alban Desmaison

9 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Automatic differentiation in PyTorch20172026202020232017202310002.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Automatic differentiation in PyTorch
    2017 5.7k citations Adam Paszke, Sam Gross et al. profile →
  2. PyTorch FSDP: Experiences on Scaling Fully Sharded Data Parallel
    2023 83 citations Yanli Zhao, Rohan Varma et al. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment profile →

Peers

Alban Desmaison
Comparison fields: 5 of 182
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3.0k
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.5k
  • Signal Processing 423
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 402
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 400
Replace Edward Z. Yang with:
Edward Z. Yang United States
Adam Paszke United States
Zachary DeVito United States
Sam Gross Israel
Soumith Chintala United States
Vinod Nair India
Xavier Glorot Canada
Timothy M. Hospedales United Kingdom
Kurt Keutzer United States
Pierre-Antoine Manzagol Canada
Alban Desmaison relative to Edward Z. Yang United States Edward Z. Yang's profile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alban Desmaison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alban Desmaison

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alban Desmaison. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alban Desmaison based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alban Desmaison. Alban Desmaison is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1
Dr. DNA: Combating Silent Data Corruptions in Deep Learning using Distribution of Neuron Activations
2024 ·(unknown),(unknown),Alban Desmaison,Joel Coburn,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)
8
2
PyTorch FSDP: Experiences on Scaling Fully Sharded Data Parallelbreakdown →
2023 ·Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment ·Yanli Zhao,(unknown),Rohan Varma,Liang Luo,Chien-Chin Huang,Min Xu,(unknown),(unknown),Myle Ott,Sam Shleifer,Alban Desmaison,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Shen Li
83
3
Efficient Relaxations for Dense CRFs with Sparse Higher-Order Potentials
2019 ·SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences ·(unknown),Alban Desmaison,Thalaiyasingam Ajanthan,Rudy Bunel,Mathieu Salzmann,Pushmeet Kohli,Philip H. S. Torr,Manish Kumar
2
4
Learning disentangled representations with semi-supervised deep generative models
2018 ·Apollo (University of Cambridge) ·N. Siddharth,Brooks Paige,Jan-Willem van de Meent,Alban Desmaison,Noah D. Goodman,Pushmeet Kohli,Frank Wood,Philip H. S. Torr
37
5
Efficient Linear Programming for Dense CRFs
2017 ·Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ·Thalaiyasingam Ajanthan,Alban Desmaison,Rudy Bunel,Mathieu Salzmann,Philip H. S. Torr,Manish Kumar
4
6
Learning Disentangled Representations in Deep Generative Models
2017 ·N. Siddharth,Brooks Paige,Alban Desmaison,Jan-Willem van de Meent,Frank Wood,Noah D. Goodman,Pushmeet Kohli,Philip H. S. Torr
5
7
Automatic differentiation in PyTorchbreakdown →
2017 ·Adam Paszke,Sam Gross,Soumith Chintala,(unknown),Edward Z. Yang,Zachary DeVito,Zeming Lin,Alban Desmaison,Luca Antiga,Adam Lerer
5707
8
Adaptive neural compilation
2016 ·Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·Rudy Bunel,Alban Desmaison,Pushmeet Kohli,Philip H. S. Torr,Manish Kumar
4
9
Learning to superoptimize programs
2016 ·Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) ·Rudy Bunel,Alban Desmaison,Manish Kumar,Philip H. S. Torr,Pushmeet Kohli
3

About Alban Desmaison

Alban Desmaison is a scholar working on General Social Sciences, Hardware and Architecture and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, having authored 9 papers that have together received 5.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Neural Network Applications (3 papers), Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis (2 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (3.0k citations), Artificial Intelligence (2.5k citations) and Media Technology (398 citations). Alban Desmaison has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include Zachary DeVito, Luca Antiga, Sam Gross, Adam Paszke, Adam Lerer, Edward Z. Yang, Zeming Lin, Soumith Chintala, Philip H. S. Torr and Pushmeet Kohli. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences and Apollo (University of Cambridge).

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