A Survey on Efficient Large Language Model Training: From Data-centric Perspectives

Jul 31, 2025·
Junyu Luo
,
Bohan Wu
,
Xiao Luo
,
Zhiping Xiao
Yiqiao Jin
Yiqiao Jin
,
Rong-Cheng Tu
,
Nan Yin
,
Yifan Wang
,
Jingyang Yuan
,
Wei Ju
,
Ming Zhang
· 1 min read
Abstract
Efficient training of large language models has become a central concern as model and data scales grow. This survey reviews efficient LLM training from a data-centric perspective, organizing techniques around data selection, mixing, ordering, and synthesis. We discuss trade-offs between compute, data quality, and downstream performance, and identify open challenges in scaling data-centric efficiency to frontier LLMs.
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Publication
Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) 2025, Main Conference

Abstract

Efficient training of large language models has become a central concern as model and data scales grow. This survey reviews efficient LLM training from a data-centric perspective, organizing techniques around data selection, mixing, ordering, and synthesis.

Yiqiao Jin
Authors
Final-year Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science
My research sits at the intersection of multimodal foundation models, intelligent agents, and spatial/physical intelligence. I build general-purpose models that perceive, reason, learn, and act in interactive virtual and physical environments.