Real-time Artificial Neural Tool (RANT)
Original authorDouglas Santry
Release2023
Operating systemLinux,[1]
Mac OS,[1]
Microsoft Windows[1]
Type
LicenseBSD License 2.0
Websitegithub.com/nom-de-guerre/RANT

RANT is Deep Learning library written in C++, with Python (programming language) bindings. The library addresses real-time deep learning applications. There are many deep learning libraries and frameworks available for Python; there is rich deep learning ecosystem. Real-time systems tend to have few resources, and bounded compute times. Many applications, such as embedded systems do not support running Python. RANT is written in C++. It can be used to build light-weight C++ applications, or it can be used in Python with RANT's Python bindings.

RANT is written in C++ and compared to Python frameworks experimentally. RANT typically requires only 10's of megabytes of memory, instead of gigabytes. The library also offers predictable inference latencies that are orders of magnitude smaller than python, as are the means and standard deviations [2].

At around 10,000 lines of code the library is extremely extensible and adaptable.

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RANT was written in support of the book, Demystifying Deep Learning, published by Wiley and the IEEE Press (ISBN 978-1-394-20562-2). It demonstrates the principles involved in designing and implementing a deep learning library. The focus is CPU oriented, as opposed to distributed systems of GPUs. By targeting embedded and real-time systems the modest resource demands make it easy for students to experiment. The assumption of a CPU lends itself to pedagogical use as students have access to CPUs on their laptops.

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