论文标题
ALPA：自动化分布式深度学习的间和内部手术器并行性
Alpa: Automating Inter- and Intra-Operator Parallelism for Distributed Deep Learning
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论文摘要
ALPA通过生成统一数据，操作员和管道并行性的执行计划来自动对大型深度学习（DL）模型的模型平行训练。现有的模型并行训练系统要求用户手动创建并行化计划，或者自动从有限的模型并行性配置中生成一个计划。它们不足以在分布式计算设备上扩展复杂的DL模型。 ALPA通过将并行性视为两个层次级别来分配大型DL模型的训练：操作员和操作员的并行性。基于它，ALPA构建了一个新的层次空间，用于大规模的模型并行执行计划。 ALPA设计了许多汇编，以在每个并行性级别自动得出有效的并行执行计划。 ALPA实现了有效的运行时，以在分布式计算设备上协调两级并行执行。我们的评估表明，ALPA生成的并行化计划，即使在其设计的型号上，也可以匹配或胜过手动平行训练系统。与专业系统不同，ALPA还推广到具有异质体系结构和模型的模型，而没有手动设计的计划。 ALPA的源代码可在https://github.com/alpa-projects/alpa上公开获得
Alpa automates model-parallel training of large deep learning (DL) models by generating execution plans that unify data, operator, and pipeline parallelism. Existing model-parallel training systems either require users to manually create a parallelization plan or automatically generate one from a limited space of model parallelism configurations. They do not suffice to scale out complex DL models on distributed compute devices. Alpa distributes the training of large DL models by viewing parallelisms as two hierarchical levels: inter-operator and intra-operator parallelisms. Based on it, Alpa constructs a new hierarchical space for massive model-parallel execution plans. Alpa designs a number of compilation passes to automatically derive efficient parallel execution plans at each parallelism level. Alpa implements an efficient runtime to orchestrate the two-level parallel execution on distributed compute devices. Our evaluation shows Alpa generates parallelization plans that match or outperform hand-tuned model-parallel training systems even on models they are designed for. Unlike specialized systems, Alpa also generalizes to models with heterogeneous architectures and models without manually-designed plans. Alpa's source code is publicly available at https://github.com/alpa-projects/alpa
