tensorflow / tensorflow/model-optimization

AdaptiveEncodingStageInterface decode should be able to receive and update a state

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Description

System information

  • TensorFlow version (you are using): 2.2.1
  • Are you willing to contribute it (Yes/No): Maybe

Motivation

What is the use case and how does it broadly benefits users? Prioritization and whether a feature is added is based on how it
helps the community and the feature's maintenance costs.

The benefit is more communication efficient ML and more consolidated research in that field.

As examples:

Some encoding processes maintain a server state, such as server-side error-feedback and pre-decode momentum

For example, see https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.04434 (signum) https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.07682 (fetchsgd)

Describe the feature
currently only encode is able to update the encoding-stage state.

it would be beneficial if decode could also return updated-state-tensors (which would do not need to be aggregated)

for example, pre-decode momentum tensor would be updated in this way (momentum on the possibly aggregated encoded values)

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Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating AdaptiveEncodingStageInterface and comparing how encode and decode handle state. Define the requested decode behavior so updated-state tensors are returned without aggregation, then verify it against the server-side state use cases described in the issue.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python, tensorflow
Domain
machine-learning
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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