Neural Heterogeneous Scheduler

Access to parallel and distributed computation has enabled researchers and developers to improve algorithms and performance in many applications. Recent research has focused on next generation special purpose systems with multiple kinds of coprocessors, known as heterogeneous system-on-chips (SoC)....

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Published in:arXiv.org 2019-06
Main Authors: Tegg Taekyong Sung, Chockalingam, Valliappa, Yahja, Alex, Ryu, Bo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Coprocessors
Decision making
Machine learning
Schedules
Task scheduling
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Summary:Access to parallel and distributed computation has enabled researchers and developers to improve algorithms and performance in many applications. Recent research has focused on next generation special purpose systems with multiple kinds of coprocessors, known as heterogeneous system-on-chips (SoC). In this paper, we introduce a method to intelligently schedule--and learn to schedule--a stream of tasks to available processing elements in such a system. We use deep reinforcement learning enabling complex sequential decision making and empirically show that our reinforcement learning system provides for a viable, better alternative to conventional scheduling heuristics with respect to minimizing execution time.
ISSN:2331-8422