What is EfficientNet? The Ultimate Guide.
Blog post from Roboflow
EfficientNet, introduced by Google AI researchers in 2019, revolutionized deep learning by balancing computational efficiency and model performance through a novel compound scaling approach. This method scales the model's width, depth, and resolution in a coordinated manner, controlled by a compound coefficient "phi," allowing EfficientNet to adapt to various computational budgets without sacrificing accuracy. Utilizing Mobile Inverted Bottleneck (MBConv) layers and Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE) optimization, EfficientNet delivers high performance and efficiency across computer vision tasks, achieving state-of-the-art results with fewer parameters than previous models. The architecture includes various variants, each offering a different trade-off between size and accuracy, making it a versatile choice for diverse hardware capabilities and industrial applications.