Technologies

RaNNC (Rapid Neural Network Connector), automatic parallelization middleware for deep learning developed jointly by Data-driven Intelligent System Research Center (DIRECT), NICT, and the University of Tokyo, won first place at the PyTorch Annual Hackathon 2021 (PyTorch Developer Tools & Libraries category). PyTorch is the de facto standard framework for deep learning, and this hackathon is the only worldwide event that both awards PyTorch projects and is officially held by Facebook, the leading PyTorch developer (https://pytorch2021.devpost.com/). RaNNC drastically simplifies large-scale neural networks training, which would otherwise require high-level expertise and large development costs. RaNNC is available as open-source software, and anyone can download and use it for free, even for commercial purposes.

en
Technologies
1