README.md

ml-lab-ss24-challenge

This repos contains the code for the Embedded Machine Learning Lab Challenge. The focus of the lab was to speedup inference of TinyYolov2 by applying different steps: finetuning, layer fusion, pruning and other optimizations.

TODOs

Step 1

• refactor training
• tune hyperparam (lr?)
• add early stopping to not overfit
• save model after each epoch

Step 2

• Add quantized version of yolo
• add fusion and quantization with pytorch API (model 1: PTQ, model 2: QAT)
• test model 1
• train and test model 2
• add self-implemented fused conv_bn layer and quantized tinyyolo (model 3)
• train model 3

Resources:

• tutorial quantization with pytorch
• pytorch quantization api

Step 3

• Add pruning

Step 4

• export to ONNX
• test inference with ONNX

Step 5

• Add detection pipeline to camera loop
• Add framerate measurements
• Test each model for demo

Other tasks

• add tensorboard logging for every step
• Add visuals for different models
• see this graphs from this paper
• compare roc curves of different models (one plot with all curves)
• compare size of models (stae_dicts) after each step (histogram)
• implement test for inference time improvement (see last cell in quantization notebook)

Extensions

• Other pruning method: https://github.com/NVlabs/Taylor_pruning
• ONNX Graph optimization: https://onnxruntime.ai/docs/performance/model-optimizations/graph-optimizations.html
• Up-to-date Jetson Docker container https://github.com/dusty-nv/jetson-containers