🌳 Papers in the Park S2E12
​This week, we learn about how people have been saving 90% in FLOPs for VLMs using Visual Token Pruning, while retaining almost (and sometimes even better than) 100% performance. We will be comparing the similarities and differences of 3 such models, all released in the last month.
​TOPS: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.27161
​CRISP: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.16326
​EADP: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02484
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​remember to hydrate and bring water :)
​The goal? Simple. Meet up at the park, yap about a paper for a few minutes. We discuss and enjoy the summer weather.
​Low stakes, come by for a few minutes or stay for as long as you'd like. I will have some printed out copies of the paper if you'd like to follow along, though I'll probably only have a few. I encourage you to print your own!
​We welcome community presenters! If you found an interesting paper that you want to talk about, let us know and we will give you time to present.
​FAQs:
​What if it rains?
​We will cancel the event if it rains.
​Do we need to read the paper before the event?
​We encourage you to skim over the paper before coming but it's okay if you don't!
​Where are you???
​We are usually West of the tennis courts. There's a circular path in Trinity Bellwoods called Trinity Cr that is split in half by a straight path. We are usually in the top half of the circle.
​We don't have a banner or anything, but look for striped blue tablecloth!