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Replication Checkpoint #2

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

For Checkpoint 2 we are going to add deep learning to our toolkit, in order to eventually apply the Grad-CAM XAI techniques to the COCO dataset (but that will not happen until the final checkpoint).

PyTorch is a machine learning API which builds on top of Torch. Its most developed interface is in Python.

Code Portion

For this checkpoint you need to create a PyTorch application in Python to do the following things:

• Import the COCO dataset using the torchvision package. This tutorial may be useful.
• Teach a convolutional neural network image classification, using the COCO dataset.
• Implement a demo for your image classification algorithm.

Report Portion

• Describe the classification problem you set out to implement.
• Describe the approach of your solution.
• How accurate are the results of your image classification demo? (compare against ground truth)
• Suggest at least 3 things one could try to get more accurate results. (eg, network design, training data, training parameters, etc.)