facebookresearch/fairseq

Finetune without resetting learning rate

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#5,250 opened on Jul 10, 2023

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Description

Finetune-from-model rests learning rate, is there a way to finetune without resetting it?

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Research direction
Inspect the fairseq training pipeline to locate where the learning rate is reset during finetuning and identify configuration options or code changes to preserve the learning rate from the pre trained model.
Tech stack
python
Domain
machine learning
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Pythonfairseq
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60