Model reference · open weights
star is an open-weight embedding model from AIDA-UPM. star (BF16) weighs 1.4 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
For self-hosting, compare this build's requirements below with the GPU you plan to rent.
Summary of the AIDA-UPM/star model card, 2026-10-01
What it is
| Released by | AIDA-UPM |
|---|---|
| Released | 2023-10-05 |
| VRAM | 1.4 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | Runs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | fits | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | fits | 31.0 GB |
| L40S 48 GB | fits | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | fits | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | fits | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | fits | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | fits | 176 GB |
From the model card
This is the repository for the Style Transformer for Authorship Representations (STAR) model. We present the weights of our model here.
Also check out our github repo for STAR for replication.
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained('roberta-large')
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained('AIDA-UPM/star')
examples = ['My text 1', 'This is another text']
def extract_embeddings(texts):
encoded_texts = tokenizer(texts)
with torch.no_grad():
style_embeddings = model(encoded_texts.input_ids,
attention_mask=encoded_texts.attention_mask).pooler_output
return style_embeddings
print(extract_embeddings(examples))
@article{Huertas-Tato2023Oct,
author = {Huertas-Tato, Javier and Martin, Alejandro and Camacho, David},
title = {{Understanding writing style in social media with a supervised contrastively pre-trained transformer}},
journal = {arXiv},
year = {2023},
month = oct,
eprint = {2310.11081},
doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2310.11081}
}
Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.