Computer Vision Skill

Build visual AI systems from classification to detection.

Quick Start

import torch
import timm
from PIL import Image
from torchvision import transforms

# Load pretrained model
model = timm.create_model('efficientnet_b0', pretrained=True, num_classes=10)
model.eval()

# Preprocessing
transform = transforms.Compose([
    transforms.Resize(256),
    transforms.CenterCrop(224),
    transforms.ToTensor(),
    transforms.Normalize([0.485, 0.456, 0.406], [0.229, 0.224, 0.225])
])

# Inference
image = Image.open('image.jpg').convert('RGB')
input_tensor = transform(image).unsqueeze(0)

with torch.no_grad():
    output = model(input_tensor)
    predicted_class = output.argmax(dim=1).item()

Key Topics

1. Data Augmentation

import albumentations as A
from albumentations.pytorch import ToTensorV2

train_transform = A.Compose([
    A.RandomResizedCrop(224, 224, scale=(0.8, 1.0)),
    A.HorizontalFlip(p=0.5),
    A.ShiftScaleRotate(shift_limit=0.1, scale_limit=0.1, rotate_limit=15),
    A.ColorJitter(brightness=0.2, contrast=0.2),
    A.Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406], std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225]),
    ToTensorV2()
])

val_transform = A.Compose([
    A.Resize(256, 256),
    A.CenterCrop(224, 224),
    A.Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406], std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225]),
    ToTensorV2()
])

2. Transfer Learning

import timm

class TransferClassifier(torch.nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, backbone='efficientnet_b0', num_classes=10):
        super().__init__()
        self.backbone = timm.create_model(backbone, pretrained=True, num_classes=0)
        self.classifier = torch.nn.Linear(self.backbone.num_features, num_classes)

        # Freeze backbone
        for param in self.backbone.parameters():
            param.requires_grad = False

    def unfreeze(self):
        for param in self.backbone.parameters():
            param.requires_grad = True

    def forward(self, x):
        features = self.backbone(x)
        return self.classifier(features)

3. Object Detection (YOLOv8)

from ultralytics import YOLO

# Load model
model = YOLO('yolov8n.pt')

# Train
results = model.train(
    data='dataset.yaml',
    epochs=100,
    imgsz=640,
    batch=16
)

# Inference
results = model('image.jpg')
for r in results:
    boxes = r.boxes
    for box in boxes:
        print(f"Class: {r.names[int(box.cls)]}, Conf: {box.conf:.2f}")

4. Image Segmentation

import segmentation_models_pytorch as smp

# Create U-Net model
model = smp.Unet(
    encoder_name='resnet50',
    encoder_weights='imagenet',
    in_channels=3,
    classes=21
)

# Loss function
loss_fn = smp.losses.DiceLoss(mode='multiclass')

5. Model Evaluation

from sklearn.metrics import classification_report, confusion_matrix

def evaluate_classifier(model, dataloader, device):
    model.eval()
    all_preds, all_labels = [], []

    with torch.no_grad():
        for images, labels in dataloader:
            outputs = model(images.to(device))
            preds = outputs.argmax(dim=1)
            all_preds.extend(preds.cpu().numpy())
            all_labels.extend(labels.numpy())

    return {
        'report': classification_report(all_labels, all_preds),
        'confusion_matrix': confusion_matrix(all_labels, all_preds)
    }

Best Practices

DO

• Use pretrained models
• Apply consistent augmentation
• Use mixed precision training
• Normalize with ImageNet stats
• Visualize predictions

DON'T

• Don't train from scratch on small data
• Don't use same augmentations for val
• Don't ignore class imbalance
• Don't skip visual error analysis

Exercises

Exercise 1: Transfer Learning

# TODO: Fine-tune EfficientNet on CIFAR-10
# Freeze backbone first, then unfreeze

Exercise 2: Object Detection

# TODO: Train YOLOv8 on custom dataset
# Create dataset.yaml and train

Unit Test Template

import pytest
import torch

def test_model_output_shape():
    """Test model output dimensions."""
    model = TransferClassifier(num_classes=10)
    x = torch.randn(4, 3, 224, 224)

    output = model(x)

    assert output.shape == (4, 10)

def test_augmentation_preserves_shape():
    """Test augmentation output shape."""
    import numpy as np
    image = np.random.randint(0, 255, (256, 256, 3), dtype=np.uint8)

    augmented = train_transform(image=image)['image']

    assert augmented.shape == (3, 224, 224)

Troubleshooting

Related Resources

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Version: 1.4.0 | Status: Production Ready