🔴 Developing a Text-to-Image Generation Model with Diffusion Models

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Developing a Text-to-Image Generation Model with Diffusion Models

Objective

Build a text-to-image generation system using Diffusion Models, specifically focusing on implementing a model similar to Stable Diffusion. This project involves training a generative model that can create high-quality images from textual descriptions. You will gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art generative models, understanding the intricacies of Diffusion Models and how they surpass traditional GANs in generating realistic images.

Learning Outcomes

By completing this project, you will:

• Understand Diffusion Models and their role in generative modeling.
• Implement a text-to-image generation pipeline using advanced architectures.
• Gain experience with large-scale model training, including handling substantial computational requirements.
• Explore optimization techniques specific to Diffusion Models.
• Evaluate generative models using appropriate metrics and human evaluations.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in generative AI technologies.

Prerequisites and Theoretical Foundations

1. Advanced Python Programming

• Deep Learning Frameworks: Proficiency with PyTorch.
• Efficient Coding Practices: Writing optimized code for high-performance computing.
• Parallel Computing: Understanding of GPU acceleration and distributed training.

2. Mathematics and Machine Learning Foundations

• Probability and Statistics: Understanding stochastic processes.
• Optimization Techniques: Familiarity with gradient descent, learning rate scheduling.
• Deep Learning Concepts:
  • Transformers: Attention mechanisms.
  • Autoencoders: Variational Autoencoders (VAEs).
  • Generative Models: GANs, Normalizing Flows.

3. Understanding of Diffusion Models

• Concepts:
  • Forward and reverse diffusion processes.
  • Denoising autoencoders.
• Key Papers:
  • “Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models” by Ho et al.
  • “Diffusion Models Beat GANs on Image Synthesis” by Dhariwal and Nichol.

4. Experience with Natural Language Processing

• Text Embeddings: Understanding of tokenization and embedding techniques.
• Transformer Models: Familiarity with BERT, GPT architectures.

Tools Required

• Programming Language: Python 3.8+
• Libraries and Frameworks:
  • PyTorch: Deep learning framework (pip install torch>=1.13.0)
  • PyTorch Lightning: For easier model training (pip install pytorch-lightning>=1.9.0)
  • Transformers: Hugging Face Transformers (pip install transformers>=4.26.0)
  • Datasets: For data handling (pip install datasets>=2.10.0)
  • Accelerate: For distributed training (pip install accelerate>=0.17.0)
  • OpenAI CLIP: For text-image embeddings (pip install git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git)
• Hardware Requirements:
  • Minimum: GPU with 12GB VRAM, 16GB RAM, and 10GB storage.
  • Recommended: GPU with 16GB VRAM, 32GB RAM, and 50GB storage.

• Datasets:
  • Oxford Flowers-102: Access via Hugging Face Datasets
    • Size: ~330MB
    • 8,189 images with captions
  • Alternative: Pokemon BLIP Captions
    • Size: ~150MB
    • Access via lambdalabs/pokemon-blip-captions
  • Consider working with a subset of the data to match your hardware capabilities and optimize training.
    

Project Structure

text_to_image_diffusion/
│
├── data/
│   └── captions_images_dataset/
│       ├── images/
│       └── captions.txt
│
├── src/
│   ├── dataset.py
│   ├── model.py
│   ├── train.py
│   ├── sample.py
│   └── utils.py
│
└── notebooks/
    └── exploration.ipynb

Steps and Tasks

1. Data Preparation

Tasks:

• Choose a Dataset:
  • Oxford Flowers: Contains flowers with detailed descriptions
  • Pokemon Dataset: Smaller dataset with clear image-text pairs
• Download and Preprocess Data:
  • Ensure images are resized and normalized.
  • Tokenize and encode text descriptions.

Implementation:

# Example of data loading with Oxford Flowers
from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("nelorth/oxford-flowers", split="train")

# Preprocessing
from transformers import AutoTokenizer

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained('bert-base-unclosed')

def preprocess(examples):
    examples['input_ids'] = tokenizer(examples['caption'], truncation=True, padding='max_length')['input_ids']
    return examples

dataset = dataset.map(preprocess)

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2. Understanding and Implementing Diffusion Models

Tasks:

• Study Diffusion Model Architecture:
  • Understand forward and reverse diffusion processes.
• Implement the Denoising Process:
  • Build the neural network that predicts noise.
• Integrate Text Conditioning:
  • Use text embeddings to condition the image generation.

Implementation:

import torch.nn as nn

class UNetModel(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, text_embedding_dim):
        super(UNetModel, self).__init__()
        # Define the layers of the UNet model
        # Integrate text embeddings at appropriate layers

    def forward(self, x, t, text_embeddings):
        # x: noised image
        # t: timestep
        # text_embeddings: encoded text
        # Implement the forward pass
        return denoised_image

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3. Setting Up the Training Pipeline

Tasks:

• Define the Noise Schedule:
  • Set up beta schedules for forward diffusion.
• Implement Loss Functions:
  • Use simplified loss functions as per DDPM.
• Configure Training Loop:
  • Handle data loading, model saving, and logging.

Implementation:

import torch

# Noise schedule
betas = torch.linspace(1e-4, 0.02, 1000)

# Training loop
for epoch in range(num_epochs):
    for batch in dataloader:
        images = batch['image']
        captions = batch['caption']
        # Add noise
        t = torch.randint(0, 1000, (images.size(0),))
        noisy_images = add_noise(images, t, betas)
        # Forward pass
        loss = compute_loss(model, noisy_images, t, captions)
        # Backpropagation
        optimizer.zero_grad()
        loss.backward()
        optimizer.step()

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4. Text Embedding with CLIP

Tasks:

• Use Pre-trained CLIP Model:
  • Extract text embeddings for conditioning.
• Integrate CLIP Embeddings into the Model:
  • Modify the UNet model to accept text embeddings.

Implementation:

import clip

# Load CLIP model
device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
clip_model, preprocess = clip.load("ViT-B/32", device=device)

# Get text embeddings
def get_text_embeddings(captions):
    text_tokens = clip.tokenize(captions).to(device)
    with torch.no_grad():
        text_embeddings = clip_model.encode_text(text_tokens)
    return text_embeddings

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5. Sampling and Image Generation

Tasks:

• Implement the Reverse Diffusion Process:
  • Generate images from pure noise using the trained model.
• Develop Sampling Techniques:
  • Use guidance techniques to improve image quality.

Implementation:

def sample_images(model, text_embeddings, num_steps=1000):
    # Start from random noise
    x = torch.randn((batch_size, 3, image_size, image_size)).to(device)
    for t in reversed(range(num_steps)):
        # Predict noise
        x = denoise_step(model, x, t, text_embeddings)
    return x

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6. Evaluation and Fine-Tuning

Tasks:

• Evaluate Generated Images:
  • Use metrics like FID (Fréchet Inception Distance).
  • Perform human evaluations for quality and relevance.
• Fine-Tune Model Parameters:
  • Adjust hyperparameters based on evaluation results.

Implementation:

from pytorch_fid import fid_score

# Calculate FID score
fid = fid_score.calculate_fid_given_paths([real_images_path, generated_images_path], batch_size, device)
print(f"FID Score: {fid}")

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7. Optimization and Scaling

Tasks:

• Optimize Training Performance:
  • Use mixed-precision training with AMP.
  • Implement gradient checkpointing.
• Scale Up Training:
  • Utilize multiple GPUs or distributed training.
• Experiment with Larger Models:
  • Increase model depth or width for better performance.

Implementation:

# Mixed-precision training
scaler = torch.cuda.amp.GradScaler()

with torch.cuda.amp.autocast():
    loss = compute_loss(model, noisy_images, t, captions)

# Backpropagation with scaler
scaler.scale(loss).backward()
scaler.step(optimizer)
scaler.update()

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8. Documentation and Reporting

Tasks:

• Document the Model Architecture and Training Process:
  • Provide clear explanations of choices made.
• Visualize Results:
  • Create a gallery of generated images.
• Prepare a Project Report or Presentation:
  • Summarize objectives, methods, results, and conclusions.

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Further Enhancements

• Implement Classifier-Free Guidance:
  • Improve image-text alignment and quality.
• Explore Latent Diffusion Models:
  • Reduce computational requirements by operating in latent space.
• Integrate with User Interfaces:
  • Build a web app to generate images from user input texts.
• Experiment with Different Architectures:
  • Try other backbone models like ViT or ResNet.