Implement Feature Pyramid Network for semantic segmentation
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Description
Splitting off of https://github.com/mapbox/robosat/issues/12. Eventually we want to implement an object detection architecture in addition to out current semantic segmentation architecture. The RetinaNet (ticketed in #12) is a perfect fit for our goals. It will be based on top of a ResNet feature extractor and a feature pyramid network.
We can use the ResNet feature extractor and the feature pyramid network already for semantic segmentation. Then later down the line we can extend it adding a bounding box regression head and get a single unified simple architecture for both object detection as well as semantic segmentation.
Resources:
- https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.03144 - Feature Pyramid Networks for Object Detection
- http://presentations.cocodataset.org/COCO17-Stuff-FAIR.pdf
Here is the main gist from the second PDF:

The ResNet will give us the leftmost upward path. The downward path and the lateral connections then make up the feature pyramid network. The rightmost part is the semantic segmentation head.
Tasks
- Implement the feature pyramid network on top of ResNet
- Implement semantic segmentation head on top of the feature pyramid network
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Feature Pyramid Networks paper and the COCO17-Stuff-FAIR presentation linked in the issue, then inspect the existing ResNet feature extractor and semantic segmentation architecture. Implement the feature pyramid network and the semantic segmentation head described in the two tasks, with completion defined by both checklist items being addressed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- computer-vision, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100