patrick-kidger / patrick-kidger/diffrax
Have SDEs using `RecursiveCheckpointAdjoint` rather than `DirectAdjoint`
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Description
This relies on JAX implementing a way to detect symbolic zero tangents to a custom_vjp.
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 by checking whether JAX can detect symbolic zero tangents to a custom_vjp, as this is the stated prerequisite. Done means SDEs use RecursiveCheckpointAdjoint rather than DirectAdjoint.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100