Reducing the Complexity of Deep Learning Models for EEG Analysis on Wearable Devices

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12742v2
• Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:39:59 GMT
• Title: Reducing the Complexity of Deep Learning Models for EEG Analysis on Wearable Devices
• Abstract summary: Deep neural networks are considered the primary way to process and analyze ECG and EEG signals.<n>Tight energy and computational power constraints in wearable devices are far below the computational, energy, and memory bandwidth demands of DNN models.<n>This paper investigates the feasibility of deploying state-of-the-art DNN models in resource-constrained wearable devices.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Wearable healthcare devices are the fastest-growing Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Many automated healthcare services rely on two crucial biological signals, namely ECG and EEG, which reflect the activity of the heart and brain, respectively. Although deep neural networks are considered the primary way to process and analyze these signals, the very tight energy and computational power constraints in wearable devices are far below the computational, energy, and memory bandwidth demands of DNN models, thereby impeding the deployment of deep learning in many practical wearable services. This paper investigates the feasibility of deploying state-of-the-art DNN models in resource-constrained wearable devices. Notably, we explore the trade-off between accuracy and computational complexity of DNNs when parameter quantization and electrode reduction methods are used. Our investigation centers on several state-of-the-art DNN models designed for EEG signal analysis, specifically for detecting epileptic seizures. Our findings demonstrate that, when applied judiciously, these techniques can significantly reduce the complexity of the DNNs under consideration with minimal adverse effects on accuracy. These results reveal the explicit trade-offs between accuracy and complexity reduction encountered when adapting DNN-based online EEG analysis for wearable devices.

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