Maxout Networks

Closed weights University of Montreal / Université de Montréal February 2013

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

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Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
University of Montreal / Université de Montréal
Organisation type
Academia
Country
Canada
Published
18 February 2013
Authors
Ian J. Goodfellow, David Warde-Farley, Mehdi Mirza, Aaron Courville, Yoshua Bengio

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Vision
Task
Image classification

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
604,388 tokens

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
2,576

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Maxout Networks
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

Maxout Networks was published by University of Montreal / Université de Montréal, in Canada, in February 2013. academia is the category the publisher falls under.

It works in Vision, and is recorded as doing image classification.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

How it was trained

It was trained on about 604,388 tokens of text.

Answers

Maxout Networks — common questions

01

Is Maxout Networks open source?

The licensing for Maxout Networks was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

02

How many parameters does Maxout Networks have?

No parameter count has been published for Maxout Networks, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

03

Who created Maxout Networks?

Maxout Networks was published by University of Montreal / Université de Montréal, based in Canada, categorised as academia.

04

When was Maxout Networks released?

Maxout Networks was published in February 2013. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

05

What is Maxout Networks used for?

Maxout Networks works in Vision, and is recorded as handling image classification. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

06

What GPU do I need to run Maxout Networks?

None. Maxout Networks is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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