@article{layerwiseprogressivefreezingenablesstefr,
  title = {Layerwise Progressive Freezing Enables STE-Free Training of Deep Binary Neural Networks},
  author = {Evan Gibson Smith and Bashima Islam},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2601.22660},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.22660},
}