Can we use pre-trained pytorch models?

kareem_mohamed_elsaw · August 21, 2020, 8:21pm

Many pre-trained models exist within the torchvision library; can these models be used or is it considered as an external data source?

sijpapi · August 22, 2020, 5:31pm

If it’s publicly available, I believe yes it is.

ashivani · August 22, 2020, 6:37pm

Hey,

Yes, pretrained models which are packaged in libraries like pytorch and tensorflow are allowed.

Regards
Ayush

AnimeshSinha1309 · August 30, 2020, 4:07pm

What if the pretrained models are not a part of either library, but trained on a standard publically available dataset, eg. ImageNet. And similarly many of the transformer models, BERT, GPT2, etc.

And who decides what a popular dataset is.

mohanty · August 30, 2020, 5:55pm

Yes, the broader sentiment is that as long as the pretrained models are generally available for all participants you can very well use them.

It would also be important to announce all such pretrained models that you are using, on the forums.

Cheers,
Mohanty