ultralytics/ultralytics v8.2.52

v8.2.52 - `ultralytics 8.2.52` fix CenterCrop transforms for PIL Image inputs (#14308)

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🌟 Summary

Release v8.2.52 of Ultralytics introduces detailed guidance on maintaining computer vision models, along with modifications to various dataset download links and a few minor updates for better functionality.

📊 Key Changes

• New Guide Added: 📘 "Maintaining Your Computer Vision Model."
• Dataset Links Updated: 🗂 Many dataset download links now point to GitHub instead of the Ultralytics website.
• Testing URLs Adjusted: 🔄 Updated certain URLs in test scripts to point to new locations.
• Conversion Update: 🔄 Adjustments to ensure compatibility with torch 1.13+ for some model and dataset handling functions.
• Various Fixes: 🛠️ Including typo corrections, descriptor enhancements, and code improvements.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Comprehensive Model Maintenance Guide:

  • Purpose: 📚 To help users understand how to keep their models accurate and functional post-deployment through monitoring, anomaly detection, and retraining strategies.
  • Impact: 🌟 Enhanced reliability and performance of deployed computer vision models; helps users identify and address model drift and anomalies proactively.

• Updated Dataset Links:

  • Purpose: 🌐 Ensure the datasets are accessible with feature improvements using GitHub releases.
  • Impact: 📦 Users will experience streamlined, reliable access to datasets, avoiding potential downtime or slowdowns previously encountered with older links.

• Compatibility Fixes:

  • Purpose: 🔄 To maintain seamless conversion and implementation especially in environments running torch 1.13+.
  • Impact: 🚀 Users working with recent versions of torch will benefit from increased stability and compatibility, facilitating smoother model training and deployment.

In Summary

The v8.2.52 update is geared toward ensuring continuous model effectiveness and improving data access and functional resilience, leading to a more robust and user-friendly experience.

What's Changed

• Allow OpenVINO export from CUDA by @wh1t3h47 in #14256
• Fix end2end attribute in init_criterion by @Alejandro-Casanova in #14267
• Add Maintaining Your Computer Vision Models Docs Page by @abirami-vina in #14304
• allow_empty=True for Classify dataset class directories by @Alexis-IMBERT in #14301
• Fix Annotator PIL Image size (width, height) order by @SheffeyG in #14227
• ultralytics 8.2.52 fix CenterCrop transforms for PIL Image inputs by @glenn-jocher in #14308

New Contributors

• @wh1t3h47 made their first contribution in #14256
• @Alejandro-Casanova made their first contribution in #14267
• @Alexis-IMBERT made their first contribution in #14301
• @SheffeyG made their first contribution in #14227

Full Changelog: v8.2.51...v8.2.52