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NeTS:Small: Efficient Collective Communication for Distributed ML in the Cloud — NSF Award to Cornell University (NY, $525,000)

Machine learning (ML) has transformed how we solve complex problems, from understanding languages to making accurate predictions in medicine and economics. However, modern ML models have grown extremely large—often involving trillions of parameters—that they can no longer run efficiently on a single computer. Instead,

Award titleNeTS:Small: Efficient Collective Communication for Distributed ML in the Cloud
Award ID2435852
AwardeeCornell University
CityITHACA
StateNY
Amount obligated$525,000
Principal investigatorRachee Singh
ProgramNetworking Technology and Syst
Start date07/15/2025
AbstractMachine learning (ML) has transformed how we solve complex problems, from understanding languages to making accurate predictions in medicine and economics. However, modern ML models have grown extremely large—often involving trillions of parameters—that they can no longer run efficiently on a single computer. Instead, these enormous models must be distributed across many powerful processors, known as accelerators, in data centers. A critical challenge in running distributed ML models efficiently
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