Batch normalization is most useful when building deep neural networks. To demonstrate this, we'll create a convolutional neural network with 20 convolutional layers, followed by a fully connected layer. We'll use it to classify handwritten digits in the MNIST dataset, which should be familiar to you by now.
This is not a good network for classfying MNIST digits. You could create a much simpler network and get better results. However, to give you hands-on experience with batch normalization, we had to make an example that was:
This notebook includes two versions of the network that you can edit. The first uses higher level functions from the tf.layers package. The second is the same network, but uses only lower level functions in the tf.nn package.
The following cell loads TensorFlow, downloads the MNIST dataset if necessary, and loads it into an object named mnist. You'll need to run this cell before running anything else in the notebook.
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import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.examples.tutorials.mnist import input_data
mnist = input_data.read_data_sets("MNIST_data/", one_hot=True, reshape=False)
tf.layers.batch_normalizationThis version of the network uses tf.layers for almost everything, and expects you to implement batch normalization using tf.layers.batch_normalization
We'll use the following function to create fully connected layers in our network. We'll create them with the specified number of neurons and a ReLU activation function.
This version of the function does not include batch normalization.
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"""
DO NOT MODIFY THIS CELL
"""
def fully_connected(prev_layer, num_units):
"""
Create a fully connectd layer with the given layer as input and the given number of neurons.
:param prev_layer: Tensor
The Tensor that acts as input into this layer
:param num_units: int
The size of the layer. That is, the number of units, nodes, or neurons.
:returns Tensor
A new fully connected layer
"""
layer = tf.layers.dense(prev_layer, num_units, activation=tf.nn.relu)
return layer
We'll use the following function to create convolutional layers in our network. They are very basic: we're always using a 3x3 kernel, ReLU activation functions, strides of 1x1 on layers with odd depths, and strides of 2x2 on layers with even depths. We aren't bothering with pooling layers at all in this network.
This version of the function does not include batch normalization.
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"""
DO NOT MODIFY THIS CELL
"""
def conv_layer(prev_layer, layer_depth):
"""
Create a convolutional layer with the given layer as input.
:param prev_layer: Tensor
The Tensor that acts as input into this layer
:param layer_depth: int
We'll set the strides and number of feature maps based on the layer's depth in the network.
This is *not* a good way to make a CNN, but it helps us create this example with very little code.
:returns Tensor
A new convolutional layer
"""
strides = 2 if layer_depth % 3 == 0 else 1
conv_layer = tf.layers.conv2d(prev_layer, layer_depth*4, 3, strides, 'same', activation=tf.nn.relu)
return conv_layer
Run the following cell, along with the earlier cells (to load the dataset and define the necessary functions).
This cell builds the network without batch normalization, then trains it on the MNIST dataset. It displays loss and accuracy data periodically while training.
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"""
DO NOT MODIFY THIS CELL
"""
def train(num_batches, batch_size, learning_rate):
# Build placeholders for the input samples and labels
inputs = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 28, 28, 1])
labels = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 10])
# Feed the inputs into a series of 20 convolutional layers
layer = inputs
for layer_i in range(1, 20):
layer = conv_layer(layer, layer_i)
# Flatten the output from the convolutional layers
orig_shape = layer.get_shape().as_list()
layer = tf.reshape(layer, shape=[-1, orig_shape[1] * orig_shape[2] * orig_shape[3]])
# Add one fully connected layer
layer = fully_connected(layer, 100)
# Create the output layer with 1 node for each
logits = tf.layers.dense(layer, 10)
# Define loss and training operations
model_loss = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.sigmoid_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=logits, labels=labels))
train_opt = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(learning_rate).minimize(model_loss)
# Create operations to test accuracy
correct_prediction = tf.equal(tf.argmax(logits,1), tf.argmax(labels,1))
accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))
# Train and test the network
with tf.Session() as sess:
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
for batch_i in range(num_batches):
batch_xs, batch_ys = mnist.train.next_batch(batch_size)
# train this batch
sess.run(train_opt, {inputs: batch_xs, labels: batch_ys})
# Periodically check the validation or training loss and accuracy
if batch_i % 100 == 0:
loss, acc = sess.run([model_loss, accuracy], {inputs: mnist.validation.images,
labels: mnist.validation.labels})
print('Batch: {:>2}: Validation loss: {:>3.5f}, Validation accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(batch_i, loss, acc))
elif batch_i % 25 == 0:
loss, acc = sess.run([model_loss, accuracy], {inputs: batch_xs, labels: batch_ys})
print('Batch: {:>2}: Training loss: {:>3.5f}, Training accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(batch_i, loss, acc))
# At the end, score the final accuracy for both the validation and test sets
acc = sess.run(accuracy, {inputs: mnist.validation.images,
labels: mnist.validation.labels})
print('Final validation accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(acc))
acc = sess.run(accuracy, {inputs: mnist.test.images,
labels: mnist.test.labels})
print('Final test accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(acc))
# Score the first 100 test images individually. This won't work if batch normalization isn't implemented correctly.
correct = 0
for i in range(100):
correct += sess.run(accuracy,feed_dict={inputs: [mnist.test.images[i]],
labels: [mnist.test.labels[i]]})
print("Accuracy on 100 samples:", correct/100)
num_batches = 800
batch_size = 64
learning_rate = 0.002
tf.reset_default_graph()
with tf.Graph().as_default():
train(num_batches, batch_size, learning_rate)
With this many layers, it's going to take a lot of iterations for this network to learn. By the time you're done training these 800 batches, your final test and validation accuracies probably won't be much better than 10%. (It will be different each time, but will most likely be less than 15%.)
Using batch normalization, you'll be able to train this same network to over 90% in that same number of batches.
We've copied the previous three cells to get you started. Edit these cells to add batch normalization to the network. For this exercise, you should use tf.layers.batch_normalization to handle most of the math, but you'll need to make a few other changes to your network to integrate batch normalization. You may want to refer back to the lesson notebook to remind yourself of important things, like how your graph operations need to know whether or not you are performing training or inference.
If you get stuck, you can check out the Batch_Normalization_Solutions notebook to see how we did things.
TODO: Modify fully_connected to add batch normalization to the fully connected layers it creates. Feel free to change the function's parameters if it helps.
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def fully_connected(prev_layer, num_units, is_training):
"""
Create a fully connectd layer with the given layer as input and the given number of neurons.
:param prev_layer: Tensor
The Tensor that acts as input into this layer
:param num_units: int
The size of the layer. That is, the number of units, nodes, or neurons.
:returns Tensor
A new fully connected layer
"""
layer = tf.layers.dense(prev_layer, num_units, activation=None)
layer = tf.layers.batch_normalization(layer, training=is_training)
layer = tf.nn.relu(layer)
return layer
TODO: Modify conv_layer to add batch normalization to the convolutional layers it creates. Feel free to change the function's parameters if it helps.
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def conv_layer(prev_layer, layer_depth, is_training):
"""
Create a convolutional layer with the given layer as input.
:param prev_layer: Tensor
The Tensor that acts as input into this layer
:param layer_depth: int
We'll set the strides and number of feature maps based on the layer's depth in the network.
This is *not* a good way to make a CNN, but it helps us create this example with very little code.
:returns Tensor
A new convolutional layer
"""
strides = 2 if layer_depth % 3 == 0 else 1
conv_layer = tf.layers.conv2d(prev_layer, layer_depth*4, 3, strides, 'same', activation=None)
conv_layer = tf.layers.batch_normalization(conv_layer, training=is_training)
conv_layer = tf.nn.relu(conv_layer)
return conv_layer
TODO: Edit the train function to support batch normalization. You'll need to make sure the network knows whether or not it is training, and you'll need to make sure it updates and uses its population statistics correctly.
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def train(num_batches, batch_size, learning_rate):
# Build placeholders for the input samples and labels
inputs = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 28, 28, 1])
labels = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 10])
is_training = tf.placeholder(tf.bool)
# Feed the inputs into a series of 20 convolutional layers
layer = inputs
for layer_i in range(1, 20):
layer = conv_layer(layer, layer_i, is_training)
# Flatten the output from the convolutional layers
orig_shape = layer.get_shape().as_list()
layer = tf.reshape(layer, shape=[-1, orig_shape[1] * orig_shape[2] * orig_shape[3]])
# Add one fully connected layer
layer = fully_connected(layer, 100, is_training)
# Create the output layer with 1 node for each
logits = tf.layers.dense(layer, 10)
# Define loss and training operations
model_loss = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.sigmoid_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=logits, labels=labels))
extra_update_ops = tf.get_collection(tf.GraphKeys.UPDATE_OPS)
with tf.control_dependencies(extra_update_ops):
train_opt = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(learning_rate).minimize(model_loss)
# Create operations to test accuracy
correct_prediction = tf.equal(tf.argmax(logits,1), tf.argmax(labels,1))
accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))
# Train and test the network
with tf.Session() as sess:
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
for batch_i in range(num_batches):
batch_xs, batch_ys = mnist.train.next_batch(batch_size)
# train this batch
sess.run(train_opt, {inputs: batch_xs, labels: batch_ys, is_training: True})
# Periodically check the validation or training loss and accuracy
if batch_i % 100 == 0:
loss, acc = sess.run([model_loss, accuracy], {inputs: mnist.validation.images,
labels: mnist.validation.labels,
is_training: False})
print('Batch: {:>2}: Validation loss: {:>3.5f}, Validation accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(batch_i, loss, acc))
elif batch_i % 25 == 0:
loss, acc = sess.run([model_loss, accuracy], {inputs: batch_xs, labels: batch_ys, is_training: False})
print('Batch: {:>2}: Training loss: {:>3.5f}, Training accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(batch_i, loss, acc))
# At the end, score the final accuracy for both the validation and test sets
acc = sess.run(accuracy, {inputs: mnist.validation.images,
labels: mnist.validation.labels,
is_training: False})
print('Final validation accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(acc))
acc = sess.run(accuracy, {inputs: mnist.test.images,
labels: mnist.test.labels,
is_training: False})
print('Final test accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(acc))
# Score the first 100 test images individually. This won't work if batch normalization isn't implemented correctly.
correct = 0
for i in range(100):
correct += sess.run(accuracy,feed_dict={inputs: [mnist.test.images[i]],
labels: [mnist.test.labels[i]],
is_training: False})
print("Accuracy on 100 samples:", correct/100)
num_batches = 800
batch_size = 64
learning_rate = 0.002
tf.reset_default_graph()
with tf.Graph().as_default():
train(num_batches, batch_size, learning_rate)
With batch normalization, you should now get an accuracy over 90%. Notice also the last line of the output: Accuracy on 100 samples. If this value is low while everything else looks good, that means you did not implement batch normalization correctly. Specifically, it means you either did not calculate the population mean and variance while training, or you are not using those values during inference.
tf.nn.batch_normalizationMost of the time you will be able to use higher level functions exclusively, but sometimes you may want to work at a lower level. For example, if you ever want to implement a new feature – something new enough that TensorFlow does not already include a high-level implementation of it, like batch normalization in an LSTM – then you may need to know these sorts of things.
This version of the network uses tf.nn for almost everything, and expects you to implement batch normalization using tf.nn.batch_normalization.
Optional TODO: You can run the next three cells before you edit them just to see how the network performs without batch normalization. However, the results should be pretty much the same as you saw with the previous example before you added batch normalization.
TODO: Modify fully_connected to add batch normalization to the fully connected layers it creates. Feel free to change the function's parameters if it helps.
Note: For convenience, we continue to use tf.layers.dense for the fully_connected layer. By this point in the class, you should have no problem replacing that with matrix operations between the prev_layer and explicit weights and biases variables.
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def fully_connected(prev_layer, num_units):
"""
Create a fully connectd layer with the given layer as input and the given number of neurons.
:param prev_layer: Tensor
The Tensor that acts as input into this layer
:param num_units: int
The size of the layer. That is, the number of units, nodes, or neurons.
:returns Tensor
A new fully connected layer
"""
weights = tf.Variable(tf.random_normal([prev_layer.shape[0], num_units]))
layer = tf.matmul(prev_layer, weights)
# missing: ReLU
return layer
TODO: Modify conv_layer to add batch normalization to the fully connected layers it creates. Feel free to change the function's parameters if it helps.
Note: Unlike in the previous example that used tf.layers, adding batch normalization to these convolutional layers does require some slight differences to what you did in fully_connected.
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def conv_layer(prev_layer, layer_depth):
"""
Create a convolutional layer with the given layer as input.
:param prev_layer: Tensor
The Tensor that acts as input into this layer
:param layer_depth: int
We'll set the strides and number of feature maps based on the layer's depth in the network.
This is *not* a good way to make a CNN, but it helps us create this example with very little code.
:returns Tensor
A new convolutional layer
"""
strides = 2 if layer_depth % 3 == 0 else 1
in_channels = prev_layer.get_shape().as_list()[3]
out_channels = layer_depth*4
weights = tf.Variable(
tf.truncated_normal([3, 3, in_channels, out_channels], stddev=0.05))
bias = tf.Variable(tf.zeros(out_channels))
conv_layer = tf.nn.conv2d(prev_layer, weights, strides=[1,strides, strides, 1], padding='SAME')
conv_layer = tf.nn.bias_add(conv_layer, bias)
conv_layer = tf.nn.relu(conv_layer)
return conv_layer
TODO: Edit the train function to support batch normalization. You'll need to make sure the network knows whether or not it is training.
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def train(num_batches, batch_size, learning_rate):
# Build placeholders for the input samples and labels
inputs = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 28, 28, 1])
labels = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None, 10])
# Feed the inputs into a series of 20 convolutional layers
layer = inputs
for layer_i in range(1, 20):
layer = conv_layer(layer, layer_i)
# Flatten the output from the convolutional layers
orig_shape = layer.get_shape().as_list()
layer = tf.reshape(layer, shape=[-1, orig_shape[1] * orig_shape[2] * orig_shape[3]])
# Add one fully connected layer
layer = fully_connected(layer, 100)
# Create the output layer with 1 node for each
logits = tf.layers.dense(layer, 10)
# Define loss and training operations
model_loss = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.sigmoid_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=logits, labels=labels))
train_opt = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(learning_rate).minimize(model_loss)
# Create operations to test accuracy
correct_prediction = tf.equal(tf.argmax(logits,1), tf.argmax(labels,1))
accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))
# Train and test the network
with tf.Session() as sess:
sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
for batch_i in range(num_batches):
batch_xs, batch_ys = mnist.train.next_batch(batch_size)
# train this batch
sess.run(train_opt, {inputs: batch_xs, labels: batch_ys})
# Periodically check the validation or training loss and accuracy
if batch_i % 100 == 0:
loss, acc = sess.run([model_loss, accuracy], {inputs: mnist.validation.images,
labels: mnist.validation.labels})
print('Batch: {:>2}: Validation loss: {:>3.5f}, Validation accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(batch_i, loss, acc))
elif batch_i % 25 == 0:
loss, acc = sess.run([model_loss, accuracy], {inputs: batch_xs, labels: batch_ys})
print('Batch: {:>2}: Training loss: {:>3.5f}, Training accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(batch_i, loss, acc))
# At the end, score the final accuracy for both the validation and test sets
acc = sess.run(accuracy, {inputs: mnist.validation.images,
labels: mnist.validation.labels})
print('Final validation accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(acc))
acc = sess.run(accuracy, {inputs: mnist.test.images,
labels: mnist.test.labels})
print('Final test accuracy: {:>3.5f}'.format(acc))
# Score the first 100 test images individually. This won't work if batch normalization isn't implemented correctly.
correct = 0
for i in range(100):
correct += sess.run(accuracy,feed_dict={inputs: [mnist.test.images[i]],
labels: [mnist.test.labels[i]]})
print("Accuracy on 100 samples:", correct/100)
num_batches = 800
batch_size = 64
learning_rate = 0.002
tf.reset_default_graph()
with tf.Graph().as_default():
train(num_batches, batch_size, learning_rate)
Once again, the model with batch normalization should reach an accuracy over 90%. There are plenty of details that can go wrong when implementing at this low level, so if you got it working - great job! If not, do not worry, just look at the Batch_Normalization_Solutions notebook to see what went wrong.