Task Parallelism Pipeline

Learn how to build a scalable inference pipeline using task parallelism.

In this tutorial, we’ll build a scalable inference pipeline for breast cancer detection using task parallelism.

Before You Start #

You must have a Pachyderm cluster up and running
You should have some basic familiarity with Pachyderm pipeline specs – see the Transform, Join Input, Resource Limits, Resource Requests, and Parallelism sections in particular

Tutorial #

Our Docker image’s user code for this tutorial is built on top of the pytorch/pytorch base image, which includes necessary dependencies. The underlying code and pre-trained breast cancer detection model comes from this repo, developed by the Center of Data Science and Department of Radiology at NYU. Their original paper can be found here.

1. Create an Input Repo #

Make sure your Tutorials project we created in the Standard ML Pipeline tutorial is set to your active context. (This would only change if you have updated your active context since completing the first tutorial.)
```
pachctl config get context localhost:80

# {
#   "pachd_address": "grpc://localhost:80",
#   "cluster_deployment_id": "KhpCZx7c8prdB268SnmXjELG27JDCaji",
#   "project": "Tutorials"
# }
```

Create the following repos:

pachctl create repo models
pachctl create repo sample_data

2. Create CPU Pipelines #

In task parallelism, we separate out the CPU-based preprocessing and GPU-related tasks, saving us cloud costs when scaling. By separating inference into multiple tasks, each task pipeline can be updated independently, allowing ease of model deployment and collaboration.

We can split the run.sh script used in the previous tutorial (Data Parallelism Pipeline) into 5 separate processing steps (4 already defined in the script + a visualization step) which will become Pachyderm pipelines, so each can be scaled separately.

Crop Pipeline #

Create a file named crop.json with the following contents:

{
"pipeline": {
  "name": "crop"
},
"description": "Remove background of image and save cropped files.",
"input": {
  "pfs": {
    "repo": "sample_data",
    "glob": "/*"
  }
},
"transform": {
  "cmd": [
    "/bin/bash",
    "multi-stage/crop.sh"
  ],
  "image": "pachyderm/breast_cancer_classifier:1.11.6"
}
}

Save the file.
Create the pipeline.

pachctl create pipeline -f /path/to/crop.json

Extract Centers Pipeline #

Create a file named extract_centers.json with the following contents:

{
  "pipeline": {
      "name": "extract_centers"
  },
  "description": "Compute and Extract Optimal Image Centers.",
  "input": {
    "pfs": {
      "repo": "crop",
      "glob": "/*"
    }
  },
  "transform": {
      "cmd": [
          "/bin/bash",
          "multi-stage/extract_centers.sh"
      ],
      "image": "pachyderm/breast_cancer_classifier:1.11.6"
  }
}

Save the file.
Create the pipeline.

pachctl create pipeline -f /path/to/extract_centers.json

3. Create GPU Pipelines #

Generate Heatmaps Pipeline #

Create a file named generate_heatmaps.json with the following contents:

{
"pipeline": {
  "name": "generate_heatmaps"
},
"description": "Generates benign and malignant heatmaps for cropped images using patch classifier.",
"input": {
  "cross": [
    {
      "join": [
        {
          "pfs": {
            "repo": "crop",
            "glob": "/(*)",
            "join_on": "$1",
            "lazy": false
          }
        },
        {
          "pfs": {
            "repo": "extract_centers",
            "glob": "/(*)",
            "join_on": "$1",
            "lazy": false
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "pfs": {
        "repo": "models",
        "glob": "/",
        "lazy": false
      }
    }
  ]
},
"transform": {
  "cmd": [
    "/bin/bash",
    "multi-stage/generate_heatmaps.sh"
  ],
  "image": "pachyderm/breast_cancer_classifier:1.11.6"
},
"resource_limits": {
  "gpu": {
    "type": "nvidia.com/gpu",
    "number": 1
  }
},
"resource_requests": {
  "memory": "4G",
  "cpu": 1
}
}

Save the file.
Create the pipeline.

pachctl create pipeline -f /path/to/generate_heatmaps.json

Classify Pipeline #

Create a file named classify.json with the following contents:

 {
"pipeline": {
  "name": "classify"
},
"description": "Runs the image only model and image+heatmaps model for breast cancer prediction.",
"input": {
  "cross": [
    {
      "join": [
        {
          "pfs": {
            "repo": "crop",
            "glob": "/(*)",
            "join_on": "$1"
          }
        },
        {
          "pfs": {
            "repo": "extract_centers",
            "glob": "/(*)",
            "join_on": "$1"
          }
        },
        {
          "pfs": {
            "repo": "generate_heatmaps",
            "glob": "/(*)",
            "join_on": "$1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "pfs": {
        "repo": "models",
        "glob": "/"
      }
    }
  ]
},
"transform": {
  "cmd": [
    "/bin/bash",
    "multi-stage/classify.sh"
  ],
  "image": "pachyderm/breast_cancer_classifier:1.11.6"
},
"resource_limits": {
  "gpu": {
    "type": "nvidia.com/gpu",
    "number": 1
  }
},
"resource_requests": {
  "memory": "4G",
  "cpu": 1
}
}

Save the file.

Create the pipeline

pachctl create pipeline -f /path/to/classify.json

4. Upload Dataset #

Open or download this github repo.
```
gh repo clone pachyderm/docs-content
```

Navigate to this tutorial.

cd content/2.7.x/build-dags/tutorials/task-parallelism

Upload the sample_data and models folders to your repos.

pachctl put file -r sample_data@master -f sample_data/
pachctl put file -r models@master -f models/

User Code Assets #

The Docker image used in this tutorial was built with the following assets:

Assets:

FROM pytorch/pytorch:1.7.1-cuda11.0-cudnn8-devel

# Update NVIDIA's apt-key
# Announcement: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/notice-cuda-linux-repository-key-rotation/212772
ENV DISTRO ubuntu1804
ENV CPU_ARCH x86_64
RUN apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/$DISTRO/$CPU_ARCH/3bf863cc.pub

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git libgl1-mesa-glx libglib2.0-0

WORKDIR /workspace
RUN git clone https://github.com/jimmywhitaker/breast_cancer_classifier.git /workspace
RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r requirements.txt
RUN pip install matplotlib --ignore-installed

RUN apt-get -y install tree

COPY . /workspace

#!/bin/bash

NUM_PROCESSES=10

ID=$(ls /pfs/sample_data/ | head -n 1)
DATA_FOLDER="/pfs/sample_data/${ID}/"
INITIAL_EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/sample_data/${ID}/gen_exam_list_before_cropping.pkl"

CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/cropped_images"
CROPPED_EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/cropped_images/cropped_exam_list.pkl"
EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/data.pkl"
export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):$PYTHONPATH

echo 'Stage 1: Crop Mammograms'
python3 src/cropping/crop_mammogram.py \
    --input-data-folder $DATA_FOLDER \
    --output-data-folder $CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH \
    --exam-list-path $INITIAL_EXAM_LIST_PATH  \
    --cropped-exam-list-path $CROPPED_EXAM_LIST_PATH  \
    --num-processes $NUM_PROCESSES

#!/bin/bash

DEVICE_TYPE='gpu'
NUM_EPOCHS=10
HEATMAP_BATCH_SIZE=100
GPU_NUMBER=0

ID=$(ls /pfs/crop/ | head -n 1)
IMAGEHEATMAPS_MODEL_PATH="/pfs/models/sample_imageheatmaps_model.p"

CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH="/pfs/crop/${ID}/cropped_images"
EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/extract_centers/${ID}/data.pkl"
HEATMAPS_PATH="/pfs/generate_heatmaps/${ID}/heatmaps"
IMAGEHEATMAPS_PREDICTIONS_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/imageheatmaps_predictions.csv"
export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):$PYTHONPATH

echo 'Stage 4b: Run Classifier (Image+Heatmaps)'
python3 src/modeling/run_model.py \
    --model-path $IMAGEHEATMAPS_MODEL_PATH \
    --data-path $EXAM_LIST_PATH \
    --image-path $CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH \
    --output-path $IMAGEHEATMAPS_PREDICTIONS_PATH \
    --use-heatmaps \
    --heatmaps-path $HEATMAPS_PATH \
    --use-augmentation \
    --num-epochs $NUM_EPOCHS \
    --device-type $DEVICE_TYPE \
    --gpu-number $GPU_NUMBER

#!/bin/bash

NUM_PROCESSES=10

ID=$(ls /pfs/crop/ | head -n 1)

CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH="/pfs/crop/${ID}/cropped_images"
CROPPED_EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/crop/${ID}/cropped_images/cropped_exam_list.pkl"
EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/data.pkl"
export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):$PYTHONPATH

echo 'Stage 2: Extract Centers'
python3 src/optimal_centers/get_optimal_centers.py \
    --cropped-exam-list-path $CROPPED_EXAM_LIST_PATH \
    --data-prefix $CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH \
    --output-exam-list-path $EXAM_LIST_PATH \
    --num-processes $NUM_PROCESSES

#!/bin/bash

DEVICE_TYPE='gpu'
HEATMAP_BATCH_SIZE=100
GPU_NUMBER=0

ID=$(ls /pfs/crop/ | head -n 1)
PATCH_MODEL_PATH="/pfs/models/sample_patch_model.p"

CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH="/pfs/crop/${ID}/cropped_images"
EXAM_LIST_PATH="/pfs/extract_centers/${ID}/data.pkl"
HEATMAPS_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/heatmaps"
export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):$PYTHONPATH

echo 'Stage 3: Generate Heatmaps'
python3 src/heatmaps/run_producer.py \
    --model-path $PATCH_MODEL_PATH \
    --data-path $EXAM_LIST_PATH \
    --image-path $CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH \
    --batch-size $HEATMAP_BATCH_SIZE \
    --output-heatmap-path $HEATMAPS_PATH \
    --device-type $DEVICE_TYPE \
    --gpu-number $GPU_NUMBER

#!/bin/bash

ID=$(ls /pfs/crop/ | head -n 1)

CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH="/pfs/crop/${ID}/cropped_images/"
HEATMAPS_PATH="/pfs/generate_heatmaps/${ID}/heatmaps/"
OUTPUT_PATH="/pfs/out/${ID}/"

export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):$PYTHONPATH

echo 'Stage 5: Visualize Heatmaps'
python3 src/heatmaps/visualize_heatmaps.py \
    --image-path $CROPPED_IMAGE_PATH \
    --heatmap-path $HEATMAPS_PATH \
    --output-path $OUTPUT_PATH