autoslim

**AutoSlim** is an **automated approach to finding optimal channel configurations for slimmable networks** — instead of using uniform width multipliers (0.25×, 0.5×, etc.), AutoSlim searches for the best per-layer channel allocation under a given computation budget. **How AutoSlim Works** - **Non-Uniform**: Different layers may have different optimal widths — AutoSlim finds per-layer widths. - **Greedy Slimming**: Start from the full network and greedily prune channels layer-by-layer, removing the least important ones. - **Evaluation**: After each pruning step, evaluate accuracy to guide which channels to remove next. - **Pareto Frontier**: Produces a set of architectures along the accuracy-FLOPs Pareto frontier. **Why It Matters** - **Better Than Uniform**: Non-uniform width allocation outperforms uniform scaling at the same FLOP budget. - **Automated**: No manual architecture design — the search finds optimal per-layer widths. - **Efficient Search**: Greedy slimming is much faster than full NAS — can complete in one training run. **AutoSlim** is **smart channel allocation** — automatically finding the best per-layer width configuration for optimal accuracy within any computation budget.