EDEN-AlexNet-CIFAR-100 — EDEN Classic

Primary KPI: EAG (Energy-to-Accuracy Gradient) = 4.5587e-09 ΔAcc/ΔJoules

Abstract

This model is part of Project EDEN (Energy-Driven Evolution of Networks), implementing the E2AM (Energy Efficient Advanced Model) Framework. The goal is to shift AI benchmarking from pure accuracy to Green SOTA — maximising predictive power per Joule consumed.

Applied Technique: Phase 2 – EDEN Classic Energy-Aware Sparse Training

Profiling Environment

Component	Specification
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB VRAM, 250 W TDP)
CPU	Intel Xeon W-2125 (4 cores / 8 threads @ 4.00 GHz)
RAM	63.66 GB System RAM
OS	Windows 10
Dataset	CIFAR-100 — 60,000 images – 100 classes (32×32 px)

🟢 Green Delta Table

Comparing this model against the reference baseline (ResNet-50 equivalent)

Metric	ResNet50 Baseline	AlexNet (EDEN)	Δ
Accuracy	0.9492	0.8933	-5.59%
Total Energy (J)	40,102,666	27,844,651	30.57% saved
CO₂ Emissions (kg)	5.2913	3.6739	—
EAG Score	—	4.5587e-09	ΔAcc/ΔJoules

A positive EAG means this model learns more per Joule than the baseline. A negative EAG indicates a trade-off where higher accuracy required more energy investment.

E2AM Algorithm — Applied Phases

Phase 1 – Zero-Overhead Initialization: Dataset cached in System RAM.

Phase 2 – EDEN Classic: Energy-aware training loop on classic CNN architectures. Applies the same EAG early-exit criterion (EAG < γ_EAG for 3 consecutive epochs → terminate), L1 sparsity penalty, and AMP to architectures like ResNet, VGG, AlexNet, DenseNet, InceptionV3, and UNet.

Training Statistics

Metric	Value
Final Accuracy	0.8933 (89.33%)
Total Energy Consumed	27,844,651 J (7.7346 kWh)
Training Time	0 s (0.00 hrs)
Estimated CO₂	3.6739 kg CO₂e
Training Log	test3\alexnet_EDEN_CIFAR100_stats.csv

📊 Training Visualizations

Accuracy & Energy over Training

Green = accuracy (left axis) · Orange dashed = cumulative energy (right axis)

EAG Metric Trajectory

EAG = ΔAccuracy / ΔJoules — positive means learning more per Joule than baseline

Project-Wide Overview

All EDEN models: energy vs accuracy

Cite This Research

@misc{eden2025,
  title     = {Project EDEN: Energy-Driven Evolution of Networks},
  author    = {EDEN Research Team},
  year      = {2025},
  note      = {Hugging Face: Shanmuk4622},
  url       = {https://huggingface.co/Shanmuk4622}
}