TLU.py

from core.leras import nn
tf = nn.tf

class TLU(nn.LayerBase):
    """
    Tensorflow implementation of
    Filter Response Normalization Layer: Eliminating Batch Dependence in theTraining of Deep Neural Networks
    https://arxiv.org/pdf/1911.09737.pdf
    """
    def __init__(self, in_ch, dtype=None, **kwargs):
        self.in_ch = in_ch

        if dtype is None:
            dtype = nn.floatx
        self.dtype = dtype

        super().__init__(**kwargs)

    def build_weights(self):
        self.tau = tf.get_variable("tau", (self.in_ch,), dtype=self.dtype, initializer=tf.initializers.zeros() )

    def get_weights(self):
        return [self.tau]

    def forward(self, x):
        if nn.data_format == "NHWC":
            shape = (1,1,1,self.in_ch)
        else:
            shape = (1,self.in_ch,1,1)

        tau = tf.reshape ( self.tau, shape )
        return tf.math.maximum(x, tau)
nn.TLU = TLU