ultralytics 8.3.64

v8.3.64 - `ultralytics 8.3.64` new `torchvision.ops` access in model YAMLs (#18680)

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🌟 Summary

Ultralytics v8.3.64 introduces enhanced model flexibility with torchvision.ops compatibility in YAML-defined architectures, alongside significant usability improvements for handling tuning directories and cloud environments. Minor bug fixes, documentation, and educational updates further refine the overall user experience. 🚀

📊 Key Changes

• Integration of torchvision.ops Layers in Model YAMLs 🛠️

  • Users can now leverage PyTorch's torchvision.ops utility classes directly in YAML model definitions, enhancing architecture customization (e.g., ops.Permute for tensor reshaping).
  • Made the truncate option configurable in YAML-defined models.

• Improved Hyperparameter Tuning Usability 🎛️

  • Added the ability to set the tuning directory using the name parameter, making it easier to resume tuning runs.
  • Introduced better configuration handling during model tuning processes.

• Enhanced Cloud Environment Detection 🌐

  • Added a new is_runpod() function to detect if code is running in a RunPod environment, optimizing cloud-based workflows.
  • Documentation updated to reflect these improvements for cloud users.

• YOLOv3 Documentation Streamlined 📘

  • Consolidated YOLOv3 variants (YOLOv3u, YOLOv3-Tinyu, YOLOv3u-SPPu) and updated examples to use unified naming conventions.
  • Clarified the anchor-free head design inherited from YOLOv8, making guidance more intuitive for users.

• Minor Fixes and Updates ✅

  • Addressed Docker-related issues, including clearer comments about GPU usage.
  • Fixed documentation link redirects for consistent user navigation.
  • Updated the "Model Monitoring" guide with an embedded instructional video on data drift detection.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• Flexibility in Model Design 🎨
  The new torchvision.ops integration allows for greater customization in defining models, simplifying workflows such as tensor manipulation for frameworks like Swin Transformer.

• Streamlined Tuning Experience 🔄
  Improved directory handling ensures cleaner setups and makes resuming training or tuning easier, saving developers time and effort.

• Enhanced Cloud and Deployment Support ☁️
  With better RunPod integration, users benefit from environment-specific optimizations, ensuring smoother and more efficient cloud-based operations.

• Improved YOLOv3 Accessibility 🧑‍🏫
  Updated documentation and examples help reduce confusion around YOLOv3 variants, ensuring users can quickly understand and use the updated models effectively.

• Refined User Experience 💡
  Documentation fixes, embedded video guides, and Docker comment updates ensure users have accurate and beginner-friendly information at their fingertips.

This release focuses on usability, extensibility, and clarity, making it easier for both new and advanced users to work with Ultralytics tools! 🚀✨

What's Changed

• Fix sudo Docker build by @ambitious-octopus in #18736
• Fix sudo 2 by @glenn-jocher in #18738
• Fixed wrong GPU comment in docker-quickstart by @Fruchtzwerg94 in #18746
• Moved IMX under Deployment section by @ambitious-octopus in #18742
• Fix YOLOv3 pre-trained weights and examples by @Y-T-G in #18757
• Add https://youtu.be/zCupPHqSLTI to docs by @RizwanMunawar in #18743
• Fix link redirects by @glenn-jocher in #18756
• New is_runpod() function by @glenn-jocher in #18761
• Allow tuning directory to be set using name by @Y-T-G in #18760
• ultralytics 8.3.64 new torchvision.ops access in model YAMLs by @Y-T-G in #18680

New Contributors

• @Fruchtzwerg94 made their first contribution in #18746

Full Changelog: v8.3.63...v8.3.64