pytorch/ignite

[FR] Engine with data echoing/minibatch persistency/BA

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#672 opened on Nov 23, 2019

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Description

Idea is to propose 2 things:

  • a supervised trainer with minibatch persistency [3] (configurable K = same batch reusage)
  • a handler that can be used inside user's update_fn of the trainer and implementing
    • minibatch persistency [3] or
    • Batch Augmentation [1]

Refs: [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.09335 [2] https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.05550 [3] https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.07353

cc @ericspod

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Research direction
Study the referenced papers and existing trainer infrastructure in the ignite library to design a supervised trainer with minibatch persistency and a handler for batch augmentation.
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pythonpytorch
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