DetNet as backbone model

Description

Contributor guide

Tech stack

python

Domain

machine learning

Issue type

feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

3

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

3-5 days

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

mostly clear

Prerequisites

Familiarity with KerasUnderstanding of RetinaNetKnowledge of object detection

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

45

Research direction

Study the DetNet architecture from the provided paper (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.06215.pdf). Examine how existing backbones like ResNet are integrated in the repository, specifically in the 'keras retinanet/models' directory. Adapt the DetNet Keras implementation (https://github.com/becauseofAI/DetNet Keras) to fit the RetinaNet model structure, and ensure compatibility with the training pipeline.