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The advent of larger machine learning (ML) models have improved state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in various modeling tasks, ranging from computer vision to natural language. As ML models continue increasing in size, so does their respective energy consumption and computational requirements. However, the methods for tracking, reporting, and comparing energy consumption remain limited. We present EnergyVis, an interactive energy consumption tracker for ML models. Consisting of multiple coordinated views, EnergyVis enables researchers to interactively track, visualize and compare model energy consumption across key energy consumption and carbon footprint metrics (kWh and CO2), helping users explore alternative deployment locations and hardware that may reduce carbon footprints. EnergyVis aims to raise awareness concerning computational sustainability by interactively highlighting excessive energy usage during model training; and by providing alternative training options to reduce energy usage. 

Local graph partitioning is a key graph mining tool that allows researchers to identify small groups of interrelated nodes (e.g., people) and their connective edges (e.g., interactions). As local graph partitioning focuses primarily on the graph structure (vertices and edges), it often fails to consider the additional information contained in the attributes. We propose a scalable algorithm to improve local graph partitioning by taking into account both the graph structure and attributes. Experimental results show that our proposed AttriPart algorithm finds up to 1.6× denser local partitions, while running approximately 43× faster than traditional local partitioning techniques (PageRank-Nibble). 

This research focuses on accelerating the computational time of two base network algorithms (k-simple shortest paths and minimum spanning tree for a subset of nodes)---cornerstones behind a variety of network connectivity mining tasks---with the goal of rapidly finding networkpathways andtrees using a set of user-specific query nodes. To facilitate this process we utilize: (1) multi-threaded algorithm variations, (2) network re-use for subsequent queries and (3) a novel algorithm, Key Neighboring Vertices (KNV), to reduce the network search space. The proposed KNV algorithm serves a dual purpose: (a) to reduce the computation time for algorithmic analysis and (b) to identify key vertices in the network (\textit ). Empirical results indicate this combination of techniques significantly improves the baseline performance of both algorithms. We have also developed a web platform utilizing the proposed network algorithms to enable researchers and practitioners to both visualize and interact with their datasets (PathFinder: http://www.path-finder.io.) 

In this paper we present a web-based prototype for an explainable ranking algorithm in multi-layered networks, incorporating both network topology and knowledge information. While traditional ranking algorithms such as PageRank and HITS are important tools for exploring the underlying structure of networks, they have two fundamental limitations in their efforts to generate high accuracy rankings. First, they are primarily focused on network topology, leaving out additional sources of information (e.g. attributes, knowledge). Secondly, most algorithms do not provide explanations to the end-users on why the algorithm gives the specific ranking results, hindering the usability of the ranking information. We developed Xrank, an explainable ranking tool, to address these drawbacks. Empirical results indicate that our explainable ranking method not only improves ranking accuracy, but facilitates user understanding of the ranking by exploring the top influential elements in multi-layered networks. The web-based prototype (Xrank: http://www.x-rank.net) is currently online - we believe it will assist both researchers and practitioners looking to explore and exploit multi-layered network data.