Chunmyong Park  Jeewoong Kim  Yunho Kee  Jihyeon Kim  Seonggyeol Yoon  Eunseo Choi  Injung Kim

10.5626/JOK.2019.46.3.253

WICWIU Deep Learning Neural Networks Framework Open Source

In this paper, we introduce WICWIU, the first open source deep learning framework among Korean universities. WICWIU provides a variety of operators and modules together with a network structure that can represent an arbitrary general computational graph. The WICWIU features are sufficient to compose widely used deep learning models such as Inception, ResNet, and DenseNet. WICWIU also supports GPU-based massive parallel computing which significantly accelerates the training of neural networks. It is also easily accessible for C++ developers because the whole API is provided in C++. WICWIU has an advantage over Python-based frameworks in memory and performance optimization based on the C++ environment. This eases the customizability of WICWIU for environments with limited resources. WICWIU is readable and extensible because it is composed of C++ codes coupled with consistent APIs. With Korean documentation, it is particularly suitable for Korean developers. WICWIU applies the Apache 2.0 license which is available for any research or commercial purposes for free.