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ATHENA framework streamlines Transformer-based EHR modeling via agentic NAS

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Researchers have developed ATHENA, a novel knowledge-guided agentic neural architecture search (NAS) framework specifically designed for Transformer-based electronic health record (EHR) modeling. This framework aims to reduce the extensive manual tuning typically required for these models by leveraging a weight-sharing supernet and a two-layer cross-hospital architecture prior. ATHENA demonstrated competitive or superior performance compared to four NAS baselines across six clinical prediction tasks and two health systems, showing more consistent architecture selection. AI

IMPACT This framework could significantly reduce the manual effort and computational cost associated with optimizing Transformer models for clinical prediction tasks.

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ATHENA framework streamlines Transformer-based EHR modeling via agentic NAS

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Deyi Li, Qi Xu, Lingyao Li, Tiansheng Wang, Muxuan Liang, Mei Liu ·

    ATHENA: Knowledge-guided agentic neural architecture search for AutoFormer-based electronic health record modeling

    arXiv:2608.21712v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Transformer-based models are widely used for clinical prediction from electronic health records (EHRs), yet their architectures still require substantial manual tuning, and the optimal configuration may vary across tasks and hospita…

  2. arXiv cs.MA (Multiagent) TIER_1 English(EN) · Mei Liu ·

    ATHENA: Knowledge-guided agentic neural architecture search for AutoFormer-based electronic health record modeling

    Transformer-based models are widely used for clinical prediction from electronic health records (EHRs), yet their architectures still require substantial manual tuning, and the optimal configuration may vary across tasks and hospitals. Neural architecture search (NAS) automates a…

  3. arXiv cs.MA (Multiagent) TIER_1 English(EN) · Mei Liu ·

    ATHENA: Knowledge-guided agentic neural architecture search for AutoFormer-based electronic health record modeling

    Transformer-based models are widely used for clinical prediction from electronic health records (EHRs), yet their architectures require manual tuning, and the optimal configuration may vary across tasks and hospitals. Neural architecture search (NAS) automates architecture design…

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