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[feat] make sure AdaScale works with Lightning trainer loop

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#293 opened on Jan 6, 2021

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good first issueicebox

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Description

🚀 Feature

as title

Motivation

changing the LR schedule based on the effective step is not easy to do for the user, it would be nice to support it without user's change.

Pitch

make sure adascale works without or with small user impacts

Alternatives

not supporting it

Additional context

surface from an internal discussion and use case

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Research direction
Study the existing AdaScale implementation and the Lightning trainer loop to identify required changes for integration.
Tech stack
pythonpytorch
Domain
backendmachine learning
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
PythonPyTorchLightning
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40