I have a student-teacher network for a self-supervised learning network. Basically, my teacher network predicts classes and calculates the loss and updates its parameters using the gradient flow. Typically, the student network updates its parameters using the moving average of teacher network. But in my case, i have some unique layers for the student network that are needed to train using gradient flow. For instance, as the figure shows, there is a unique layer (layer X) in the student network, and rest are common for both networks. The layer 1 layer 2 and layer 3 in the student network need to be updated with the moving average of teacher network and the layer x needs to be updated with gradient flow. How do I design such a network using Python torch DDP.
Follow these steps:
1. Set up Distributed Data-Parallel (DDP): Initialize DDP to wrap your student network. DDP helps in distributing the training across multiple GPUs or machines. Consult the documentation or examples of your deep learning framework (such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.) for specific instructions on setting up DDP.
2. Define different optimization strategies: Split your student network into two groups: layers to be updated with gradients and layers to be updated with moving averages. Create separate optimizer objects for each group.
3. Compute gradients and update gradient layers: For the layers that should be updated with gradients, perform a forward pass of the network on the input data, compute the loss, and backpropagate the gradients. Then, call the optimizer's `step()` function to update the gradients of these layers.
4. Update moving average layers: For the layers that should be updated with moving averages, after the forward pass and loss computation, calculate the moving average of the layer weights. This can typically be done by maintaining a separate copy of the network's parameters and updating them using an exponential moving average formula. The exact implementation may vary depending on your deep learning framework.
5. Synchronize parameters: To ensure that all processes in the DDP have the same parameters, you need to synchronize the parameters of the student network. The DDP framework usually provides a method to achieve this synchronization.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 for multiple training iterations: Iterate over your training data, repeating steps 3-5 for each iteration, until you have completed the desired number of training steps.
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Mohammad Imam Thank you very much for your descriptive answer. what happens if I don't have any specific loss value to be calculated at layer x? Can I update the layer x weights with the teacher network loss?
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