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| Adding Tasks | |
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| This is a tutorial on adding new machine learning tasks using ``lavis.tasks`` module. | |
| The LAVIS library includes a standard task module that centralizes the model training and evaluation procedure of machine learning tasks. | |
| The ``lavis.tasks`` module is designed such that any new tasks can be added and integrated, catering to any customization in the training and testing procedures. | |
| In this tutorial, we will replicate the steps to add a new task into LAVIS for the `video-grounded dialogue tasks <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.09107.pdf>`_. | |
| Base Task ``lavis.tasks.base_task`` | |
| ******************************************************************************** | |
| Note that any new model definition should inherit the base task class ``BaseTask``: | |
| .. code-block:: python | |
| import logging | |
| import os | |
| import torch.distributed as dist | |
| from lavis.common.dist_utils import get_rank, get_world_size, is_main_process | |
| from lavis.common.logger import MetricLogger, SmoothedValue | |
| from lavis.common.registry import registry | |
| from lavis.datasets.data_utils import prepare_sample | |
| class BaseTask: | |
| def __init__(self, **kwargs): | |
| super().__init__() | |
| self.inst_id_key = "instance_id" | |
| @classmethod | |
| def setup_task(cls, **kwargs): | |
| return cls() | |
| def build_model(self, cfg): | |
| model_config = cfg.model_cfg | |
| model_cls = registry.get_model_class(model_config.arch) | |
| return model_cls.from_config(model_config) | |
| def build_datasets(self, cfg): | |
| """ | |
| Build a dictionary of datasets, keyed by split 'train', 'valid', 'test'. | |
| Download dataset and annotations automatically if not exist. | |
| Args: | |
| cfg (common.config.Config): _description_ | |
| Returns: | |
| dict: Dictionary of torch.utils.data.Dataset objects by split. | |
| """ | |
| datasets = dict() | |
| datasets_config = cfg.datasets_cfg | |
| assert len(datasets_config) > 0, "At least one dataset has to be specified." | |
| for name in datasets_config: | |
| dataset_config = datasets_config[name] | |
| builder = registry.get_builder_class(name)(dataset_config) | |
| dataset = builder.build_datasets() | |
| datasets[name] = dataset | |
| return datasets | |
| def train_step(self, model, samples): | |
| loss = model(samples)["loss"] | |
| return loss | |
| ... | |
| In this base task, we already declare and standardize many common methods such as ``train_step``, ``build_model``, and ``build_datasets``. | |
| Inheriting this base task class allows us to standardize operations of tasks across all task classes. | |
| We recommend users not change the implementation of the base task class as this will have an impact on all existing task subclasses. | |
| Dialogue Task ``lavis.tasks.dialogue`` | |
| ******************************************************************************** | |
| In this step, we can define a new task class, e.g. under ``lavis.tasks.dialogue``, for video-grounded dialogues. | |
| For instance, we define a new task class ``DialogueTask`` that inherits the super task class ``BaseTask``. | |
| .. code-block:: python | |
| import json | |
| import os | |
| from lavis.common.dist_utils import main_process | |
| from lavis.common.logger import MetricLogger | |
| from lavis.common.registry import registry | |
| from lavis.tasks.base_task import BaseTask | |
| from lavis.datasets.data_utils import prepare_sample | |
| import numpy as np | |
| @registry.register_task("dialogue") | |
| class DialogueTask(BaseTask): | |
| def __init__(self, num_beams, max_len, min_len, evaluate, report_metric=True): | |
| super().__init__() | |
| self.num_beams = num_beams | |
| self.max_len = max_len | |
| self.min_len = min_len | |
| self.evaluate = evaluate | |
| self.report_metric = report_metric | |
| @classmethod | |
| def setup_task(cls, cfg): | |
| run_cfg = cfg.run_cfg | |
| num_beams = run_cfg.num_beams | |
| max_len = run_cfg.max_len | |
| min_len = run_cfg.min_len | |
| evaluate = run_cfg.evaluate | |
| report_metric = run_cfg.get("report_metric", True) | |
| return cls( | |
| num_beams=num_beams, | |
| max_len=max_len, | |
| min_len=min_len, | |
| evaluate=evaluate, | |
| report_metric=report_metric, | |
| ) | |
| def valid_step(self, model, samples): | |
| results = [] | |
| loss = model(samples)["loss"].item() | |
| return [loss] | |
| ... | |
| Note that for any new task, we advise the users to review carefully the functions implemented within ``BaseTask`` and consider which methods should be modified. | |
| For instance, the base task class already contains a standard implementation of model training steps that are common among machine learning steps. | |
| Some major methods we want to emphasize and should be customized by each task are the ``valid_step`` and ``evaluation``. | |
| These operations were not fully implemented in the base task class due to the differences in evaluation procedures among many machine learning tasks. | |
| Another method that should be considered is the ``setup_task`` method. | |
| This method will receive configurations that set task-specific parameters to initialize any task instance. | |
| Registering New Task ``lavis.tasks.__init__`` | |
| ******************************************************************************** | |
| Any new task must be officially registered as part of the ``lavis.tasks`` module. For instance, to add a new task for video-grounded dialogues, we can modify the ``__init__.py`` as follows: | |
| .. code-block:: python | |
| from lavis.tasks.dialogue import DialogueTask | |
| ... | |
| __all__ = [ | |
| ... | |
| "DialogueTask" | |
| ] | |
| Assigning Task | |
| *************** | |
| From the above example of task class, note that we define a ``setup_task`` method for each task class. | |
| This method will process a configuration file and pass specific parameters e.g. ``num_beams`` (for beam search generative tasks during the inference stage), to initialize the task classes properly. | |
| To assign and associate any task, we need to specify the correct registry of task classes in a configuration file. | |
| For instance, the following should be specified in a configuration file e.g. ``dialogue_avsd_ft.yaml``: | |
| .. code-block:: yaml | |
| run: | |
| task: dialogue # name of the task | |
| # optimizer | |
| ... | |
| max_len: 20 | |
| min_len: 5 | |
| num_beams: 3 | |
| ... | |
| Subsequently, any processes (e.g. training) should load this configuration file to assign the correct task. | |
| .. code-block:: sh | |
| python train.py --cfg-path dialogue_avsd_ft.yaml |