Welcome to the GANs tutorial! This guide will walk you through building a Generative Adversarial Network using PyTorch. GANs are a class of deep learning algorithms used to generate new data that resembles the training data, such as images, text, or audio.
🧠 What is a GAN?
A GAN consists of two neural networks:
- Generator: Creates synthetic data (e.g., images) from random noise.
- Discriminator: Judges whether the data is real or fake.
They compete in a zero-sum game, improving together through adversarial training.
🛠️ Step-by-Step Implementation
- Install PyTorch: Get started with PyTorch
- Define Networks:
- Use
nn.Module
for custom architectures. - Example:
Convolutional Neural Network
for image generation.
- Use
- Training Loop:
- Alternate between generator and discriminator updates.
- Optimize using
Adam
optimizer andBCELoss
for binary classification.
📜 Example Code
import torch
from torch import nn
class Generator(nn.Module):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.model = nn.Sequential(
nn.Linear(100, 256),
nn.ReLU(),
nn.Linear(256, 512),
nn.ReLU(),
nn.Linear(512, 784),
nn.Tanh()
)
def forward(self, z):
return self.model(z)
📈 Visualizing Results
- After training, generate samples using the
Generator
network. - Plot the loss curves to monitor convergence:
📘 Further Reading
For advanced topics like StyleGAN or CycleGAN, check out:
/tools/pytorch/advanced_topics
Let me know if you need help with training tips or dataset preparation! 🚀