Deep Generative Models that Solve PDEs: Distributed Computing for Training Large Data-Free Models
- Iowa State University
Recent progress in scientific machine learning (SciML) has opened up the possibility of training novel neural network architectures that solve complex partial differential equations (PDEs). Several (nearly data free) approaches have been recently reported that successfully solve PDEs, with examples including deep feed forward networks, generative networks, and deep encoder-decoder networks. However, practical adoption of these approaches is limited by the difficulty in training these models, especially to make predictions at large output resolutions (≥1024×1024). Here we report on a software framework for data parallel distributed deep learning that resolves the twin challenges of training these large SciML models - training in reasonable time as well as distributing the storage requirements. Our framework provides several out of the box functionality including (a) loss integrity independent of number of processes, (b) synchronized batch normalization, and (c) distributed higher-order optimization methods. We show excellent scalability of this framework on both cloud as well as HPC clusters, and report on the interplay between bandwidth, network topology and bare metal vs cloud. We deploy this approach to train generative models of sizes hitherto not possible, showing that neural PDE solvers can be viably trained for practical applications. We also demonstrate that distributed higher-order optimization methods are 2-3× faster than stochastic gradient-based methods and provide minimal convergence drift with higher batch-size.
- Research Organization:
- Iowa State University
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- Contributing Organization:
- RocketML Inc.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0001215
- OSTI ID:
- 1648524
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:2007.12792
- Journal Information:
- Workshop on Machine Learning in HPC Environments (Online), Journal Name: Workshop on Machine Learning in HPC Environments (Online) Vol. 2020; ISSN 2768-4253
- Publisher:
- IEEE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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