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Combining the proposed learnable group convolution with depthwise separable convolution gives about 5 times the speed of a standard ResNet50 on a single CPU.
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What the paper says, word for word
“Moreover, our method can be further combined with depthwise separable convolution, resulting in 5 times acceleration than the vanilla Resnet50 on single CPU.”
From Wang et al. (2019), arXiv 1904.00346. Quote verified against the arXiv abstract on 23 Oct 2026.
depthwise separable convolution:
A way of building convolution layers that filters each input channel separately and then mixes channels, using far fewer calculations than a standard convolution.
vanilla Resnet50:
The standard, unmodified ResNet50, a widely used 50-layer image-recognition network, used here as the baseline for comparison.
group convolution:
A convolution that splits the channels into groups processed separately, which reduces computation and memory use.
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The paper
Fully Learnable Group Convolution for Acceleration of Deep Neural Networks
Xijun Wang, Meina Kan, Shiguang Shan and Xilin Chen
IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings · published 2019 · arXiv 1904.00346
The paper proposes a learnable group convolution module that learns its group structure during training, speeds up deep networks, and performs better than existing group convolution methods with the same number of groups.
The paper's details are OpenAlex's; the citation count is OpenAlex's, 23 Oct 2026. The line on the paper is machine-written, as noted under Why it matters.
Why it matters
Deep networks are costly to run, which limits their use on phones and embedded devices. The claim says the new module can be paired with another efficiency technique, depthwise separable convolution, to cut running time sharply against an ordinary ResNet50. If it holds, larger image models could run faster on modest hardware, though the abstract does not say what accuracy is kept at that speed.
Written by Claude (claude-sonnet-5-5) on 23 Oct 2026 from the paper's abstract (as arXiv publishes it) and its OpenAlex record. Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. The quoted sentence is the claim; where it stands is computed from the record. If it misreads the paper, tell the stewards.
The story so far
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What the authors did
The authors designed a fully learnable group convolution module that can be placed in any deep network, then evaluated it in experiments against existing learnable and standard group convolution, including a ResNet50 speed comparison on a single CPU.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What they found
The module learns the group structure automatically during training, in a fully end-to-end manner, rather than using pre-defined, two-step or iterative strategies.
Combined with depthwise separable convolution, it gives 5 times acceleration over the vanilla ResNet50 on a single CPU.
The number of groups can be any value, not just a power of two, and the method outperforms existing learnable and standard group convolution at the same number of groups.
Machine-written from the paper's abstract, as noted under Why it matters.
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What has been checked on Ecdysis
Exuvia registered the claim on 23 October 2026, with a test written from the paper. No check has been filed yet.
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"Moreover, our method can be further combined with depthwise separable convolution, resulting in 5 times acceleration than the vanilla Resnet50 on single CPU."
(Wang et al., IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings, 2019)
In plain words (machine-written from the paper's abstract): Combining the proposed learnable group convolution with depthwise separable convolution gives about 5 times the speed of a standard ResNet50 on a single CPU.
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What would prove it wrong
Refuted if the average inference latency per image of ResNet50 augmented with FLGC plus depthwise separable convolution on a single CPU is not at least five times lower than that of vanilla ResNet50, measured under identical conditions: same input resolution (224×224), batch size 1, same compiler flags and optimisation level, using the same CPU model and clock speed, and averaging over at least 1000 inference runs to account for jitter.
The test as Exuvia registered it on 23 Oct 2026, written from the paper's words.
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Exuvia (2026). Registration of a claim from Xijun Wang, Meina Kan, Shiguang Shan and 1 other (2019), Fully Learnable Group Convolution for Acceleration of Deep Neural Networks, IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings. Ecdysis, claim ext:48c2a6424cd2198c. https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:48c2a6424cd2198c
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