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Task: cv-meanflow-perceptual-loss

Flow Matching with Perceptual Loss

Background

Flow matching trains a neural network to predict velocity fields that transport samples from noise to data. Traditional training uses only MSE loss on the predicted velocity:

loss = ||v_pred - v_target||^2

However, we can also compute the denoised image from the predicted velocity:

x_denoised = x_t - t * v_pred

And apply perceptual losses (LPIPS, gradient loss, etc.) on x_denoised to encourage the network to generate high-quality images, not just accurate velocities.

Research Question

Can adding perceptual losses to flow matching training improve FID scores?

Task

You are given custom_train_perceptual.py, a self-contained training script that trains a small DiT on CIFAR-10 (32x32) using flow matching with mean velocity objectives.

The editable region contains the loss computation in the training loop:

# Current: MSE loss only
loss_mse = ((pred_mean_vel - mean_vel_target) ** 2).mean()
loss = loss_mse

The fixed code already exposes:

  • lpips_fn(x_denoised, x_target) - perceptual loss
  • compute_gradient_loss(x_denoised, x_target) - gradient-domain loss
  • compute_multiscale_loss(x_denoised, x_target) - multi-resolution loss

Numerical note: skip the t <= 0.1 samples when computing auxiliary losses on x_denoised. At very small t, x_t = (1-t)*x + t*noise is essentially clean, the velocity target degenerates, and any auxiliary gradient through x_denoised = x_t - t*v_pred becomes ill-conditioned.

Evaluation

  • Dataset: CIFAR-10 (32x32)
  • Model: SmallDiT (512 hidden, 8 layers, ~40M params)
  • Training: 10000 steps, batch size 128
  • Metric: FID (lower is better), computed with clean-fid against CIFAR-10 train set
  • Inference: 10-step Euler sampler

Baselines

All baselines use a clean linear loss combination (no inverse-loss adaptive reweighting), and the auxiliary perceptual losses on x_denoised are masked out for t <= 0.1 and decayed quadratically by (1-t)**2 so they peak at low noise where the denoised image is meaningful.

Your method is evaluated on train_small and train_medium (train_large is skipped during agent runs). FID (lower is better):

NameRecipefid (small)
mse_basePure MSE on predicted mean velocity. Floor.21.91
lpips_gradMSE + LPIPS (Zhang 2018) + Sobel-gradient L1 (compute_gradient_loss). Spatial-domain perceptual recipe — Pix2PixHD / EnhanceNet style edge-sharpness matching.17.79
lpips_spectralMSE + LPIPS + FFT-magnitude L1. Frequency-domain perceptual recipe (Mathieu 2016 / Fuoli 2021 "Fourier Space Losses").17.38

The strongest baseline is lpips_spectral at fid 17.38 on train_small. Your method must achieve lower fid than lpips_spectral on both train_small and train_medium to count as a successful improvement. A method that wins on one scale but regresses on the other is a partial f

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   408|             # Predict mean velocity
   409|             pred_mean_vel = net(x_t, sigma=t, sigma_next=t_next)
   410| 
   411              # ── Proposed: Adaptive Perceptual Loss with Spectral Consistency ──
   412              #
   413              # Key ideas:
   414              # 1) Adaptive perceptual weighting: scale LPIPS/gradient/spectral
   415              #    inversely with MSE magnitude. When the model is uncertain
   416              #    (high MSE), reduce perceptual weight to avoid conflicting
   417              #    gradients. When confident (low MSE), increase weight for
   418              #    fine-grained quality refinement.
   419              # 2) FFT spectral loss: L1 on log-magnitude of 2D FFT per channel,
   420              #    encouraging f
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[Test #1] (2 tests remaining; call submit(n=1) to submit this result)

### train_small (scripts/train_small.sh)
Training results:
FID: 19.53, Best FID: 19.79

### train_medium (scripts/train_medium.sh)
Training results:
FID: 15.25, Best FID: 15.56

[Leaderboard] Results saved: {'fid': 15.25, 'best_fid': 15.56, 'fid_small': 19.53, 'best_fid_small': 19.79, 'elapsed_train_small': 6106, 'fid_medium': 15.25, 'best_fid_medium': 15.56, 'elapsed_train_medium': 7893}
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This enforces correct frequency energy\n                # distribution (blur vs sharp) independent of phase.\n                H, W = fft_d.shape[-2], fft_d.shape[-1]\n                # Compute radial distance for each frequency bin\n                y_coords, x_coords = torch.meshgrid(\n                    torch.arange(H, device=fft_d.device, dtype=torch.float32),\n                    torch.arange(W, device=fft_d.device, dtype=torch.float32),\n                    indexing='ij'\n                )\n                # Normalised radial distance\n                r = torch.sqrt((y_coords / H) ** 2 + (x_coords / W) ** 2)\n                num_rings = 16\n                r_quantized = (r * num_rings).floor().long().clamp(0, num_rings - 1)\n                # Average log-magnitude per ring\n                log_mag_d = torch.log(mag_d + eps_fft)\n                log_mag_c = torch.log(mag_c + eps_fft)\n                radial_loss_batch = torch.zeros(mask.sum(), device=fft_d.device)\n                for ring_idx in range(num_rings):\n                    ring_mask = (r_quantized == ring_idx).float()\n                    count = ring_mask.sum() + 1e-4\n                    avg_d = (log_mag_d * ring_mask).flatten(1).sum(1) / count\n                    avg_c = (log_mag_c * ring_mask).flatten(1).sum(1) / count\n                    radial_loss_batch += (avg_d - avg_c).abs()\n                loss_radial[mask] = radial_loss_batch.float()\n\n            # Weight coefficients — tuned for CIFAR-10 32x32\n            w_mse = 1.0\n            w_lpips = 0.12\n            w_grad = 0.05\n            w_spec = 0.06\n            w_phase = 0.08\n            w_radial = 0.04\n\n            loss = (\n                w_mse * loss_mse_unscaled\n                + perceptual_w * (\n                    w_lpips * loss_lpips\n                    + w_grad * loss_grad\n                    + w_spec * loss_spec\n                    + w_phase * loss_phase\n                    + w_radial * loss_radial\n                )\n            ).mean()"
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   408|             # Predict mean velocity
   409|             pred_mean_vel = net(x_t, sigma=t, sigma_next=t_next)
   410| 
   411              # ── Proposed: Phase-Aware Spectral Perceptual Loss ──
   412              #
   413              # Novel contribution: In addition to standard MSE + LPIPS + FFT
   414              # magnitude, we add a Fourier PHASE loss. The Fourier phase
   415              # spectrum encodes spatial structure (edges, shapes, object
   416              # placement) far more than magnitude. Minimising phase error on
   417              # the denoised image encourages correct geometry and sharp edges.
   418              #
   419              # Phase difference uses a circular metric: d(φ1,φ2) = min(|Δφ|, 2π-|Δφ|)
   420              # which correc
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[Test #2] (1 test remaining; call submit(n=2) to submit this result)

### train_small (scripts/train_small.sh)
Training results:
FID: 35.24, Best FID: 35.79

### train_medium (scripts/train_medium.sh)
Training results:
FID: 633.24, Best FID: 633.24

[Leaderboard] Results saved: {'fid': 633.24, 'best_fid': 633.24, 'fid_small': 35.24, 'best_fid_small': 35.79, 'elapsed_train_small': 6279, 'fid_medium': 633.24, 'best_fid_medium': 633.24, 'elapsed_train_medium': 7907}
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θ_c) = cos(θ_d)*cos(θ_c) + sin(θ_d)*sin(θ_c)\n                # which equals (gx_d*gx_c + gy_d*gy_c) / (|g_d|*|g_c|)\n                # We use 1 - cosine_similarity as the loss\n                # First compute Sobel gradients\n                sobel_x = torch.tensor(\n                    [[-1, 0, 1], [-2, 0, 2], [-1, 0, 1]],\n                    device=device, dtype=torch.float32\n                ).view(1, 1, 3, 3)\n                sobel_y = torch.tensor(\n                    [[-1, -2, -1], [0, 0, 0], [1, 2, 1]],\n                    device=device, dtype=torch.float32\n                ).view(1, 1, 3, 3)\n\n                gx_d = F.conv2d(xd, sobel_x.repeat(3, 1, 1, 1), groups=3, padding=1)\n                gy_d = F.conv2d(xd, sobel_y.repeat(3, 1, 1, 1), groups=3, padding=1)\n                gx_c = F.conv2d(xc, sobel_x.repeat(3, 1, 1, 1), groups=3, padding=1)\n                gy_c = F.conv2d(xc, sobel_y.repeat(3, 1, 1, 1), groups=3, padding=1)\n\n                # Cosine similarity of gradient vectors\n                dot = gx_d * gx_c + gy_d * gy_c\n                norm_d = torch.sqrt(gx_d ** 2 + gy_d ** 2 + 1e-8)\n                norm_c = torch.sqrt(gx_c ** 2 + gy_c ** 2 + 1e-8)\n                cos_sim = (dot / (norm_d * norm_c + 1e-8)).mean(dim=[1, 2, 3])\n                # Loss = 1 - cos_sim (0 = perfect alignment, 2 = opposite)\n                loss_gdir[mask] = (1.0 - cos_sim).clamp(0, 2).float()\n\n                # Wavelet subband loss (1-level Haar, novel for flow matching)\n                # Haar wavelet via averaging and differencing adjacent pixels\n                def haar_decompose(img):\n                    \"\"\"1-level 2D Haar wavelet decomposition.\"\"\"\n                    # Horizontal split\n                    lo_h = 0.5 * (img[..., ::2] + img[..., 1::2])\n                    hi_h = 0.5 * (img[..., ::2] - img[..., 1::2])\n                    # Vertical split\n                    LL = 0.5 * (lo_h[..., ::2, :] + lo_h[..., 1::2, :])\n                    LH = 0.5 * (lo_h[..., ::2, :] - lo_h[..., 1::2, :])\n                    HL = 0.5 * (hi_h[..., ::2, :] + hi_h[..., 1::2, :])\n                    HH = 0.5 * (hi_h[..., ::2, :] - hi_h[..., 1::2, :])\n                    return LL, LH, HL, HH\n\n                LL_d, LH_d, HL_d, HH_d = haar_decompose(xd)\n                LL_c, LH_c, HL_c, HH_c = haar_decompose(xc)\n\n                # L1 on each subband, weighted by perceptual importance\n                w_LL, w_LH, w_HL, w_HH = 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.5\n                wavelet_loss_batch = (\n                    w_LL * F.l1_loss(LL_d, LL_c, reduction='none').flatten(1).mean(1)\n                    + w_LH * F.l1_loss(LH_d, LH_c, reduction='none').flatten(1).mean(1)\n                    + w_HL * F.l1_loss(HL_d, HL_c, reduction='none').flatten(1).mean(1)\n                    + w_HH * F.l1_loss(HH_d, HH_c, reduction='none').flatten(1).mean(1)\n                )\n                loss_wavelet[mask] = wavelet_loss_batch.float()\n\n            # Weight coefficients — calibrated for CIFAR-10 32x32\n            w_vel = 1.0\n            w_lpips = 0.12\n            w_grad = 0.05\n            w_spec = 0.04\n            w_gdir = 0.06\n            w_wavelet = 0.03\n\n            loss = (\n                w_vel * loss_vel\n                + perceptual_w * (\n                    w_lpips * loss_lpips\n                    + w_grad * loss_grad\n                    + w_spec * loss_spec\n                    + w_gdir * loss_gdir\n                    + w_wavelet * loss_wavelet\n                )\n            ).mean()"
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   408|             # Predict mean velocity
   409|             pred_mean_vel = net(x_t, sigma=t, sigma_next=t_next)
   410| 
   411              # ── Proposed: Structure-Aware Perceptual Loss ──
   412              #
   413              # Novel contributions:
   414              # 1) Gradient DIRECTION consistency: match the angle of spatial
   415              #    gradients between denoised and clean images. This is
   416              #    complementary to gradient MAGNITUDE loss (already in baseline)
   417              #    — direction enforces correct edge orientation, not just
   418              #    intensity change.
   419              # 2) Huber loss on velocity: smooth-L1 instead of pure MSE for
   420              #    robust outlier handling.
   421            
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   408|             # Predict mean velocity
   409|             pred_mean_vel = net(x_t, sigma=t, sigma_next=t_next)
   410| 
   411              # ── Proposed: MSE + LPIPS + Spectral + SSIM Structural Loss ──
   412              #
   413              # Novel contribution: SSIM (Structural Similarity) loss on the
   414              # denoised image. While LPIPS captures deep-feature similarity
   415              # and FFT captures global frequency content, SSIM directly
   416              # optimizes for local structural similarity (luminance, contrast,
   417              # and correlation structure) which is complementary to both.
   418              #
   419              # SSIM = (2*μx*μy + C1)/(μx²+μy²+C1) * (2*σxy + C2)/(σx²+σy²+C2)
   420              #
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Returns list of band-pass residuals.\"\"\"\n                    pyramid = []\n                    current = img\n                    for _ in range(levels):\n                        blurred = gaussian_blur(current)\n                        # Downsample then upsample to get coarse version\n                        coarse = F.interpolate(\n                            blurred, scale_factor=0.5, mode='bilinear',\n                            align_corners=False, recompute_scale_factor=True\n                        )\n                        upsampled = F.interpolate(\n                            coarse, size=current.shape[2:], mode='bilinear',\n                            align_corners=False, recompute_scale_factor=True\n                        )\n                        # Laplacian = original upsampled - upsampled(coarse)\n                        laplacian = current - upsampled\n                        pyramid.append(laplacian)\n                        current = coarse\n                    # Add the coarsest level\n                    pyramid.append(current)\n                    return pyramid\n\n                # Build pyramids for both images\n                pyr_d = build_laplacian_pyramid(xd, levels=3)\n                pyr_c = build_laplacian_pyramid(xc, levels=3)\n\n                # L1 loss on each level, weighted to emphasize fine detail\n                # Levels: 0=finest, 1=medium, 2=coarse, 3=coarsest\n                level_weights = [1.0, 0.8, 0.5, 0.3]\n                laplacian_loss_batch = torch.zeros(mask.sum(), device=xd.device)\n                for level, (ld, lc) in enumerate(zip(pyr_d, pyr_c)):\n                    w = level_weights[level]\n                    laplacian_loss_batch += w * F.l1_loss(ld, lc, reduction='none').flatten(1).mean(1)\n                loss_laplacian[mask] = laplacian_loss_batch.float()\n\n            # Weight coefficients — tuned for CIFAR-10 32x32\n            w_mse = 1.0\n            w_lpips = 0.12\n            w_grad = 0.05\n            w_spec = 0.06\n            w_laplacian = 0.05\n\n            loss = (\n                w_mse * loss_mse_unscaled\n                + perceptual_w * (\n                    w_lpips * loss_lpips\n                    + w_grad * loss_grad\n                    + w_spec * loss_spec\n                    + w_laplacian * loss_laplacian\n                )\n            ).mean()"
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   408|             # Predict mean velocity
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   410| 
   411              # ── Proposed: MSE + LPIPS + Spectral + Laplacian Pyramid Loss ──
   412              #
   413              # Novel contribution: Laplacian pyramid reconstruction loss.
   414              # The Laplacian pyramid decomposes an image into band-pass residuals
   415              # at multiple scales. Each level captures structure at a specific
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### train_small (scripts/train_small.sh)
NCCL version 2.21.5+cuda12.4
Model parameters: 38.7M, 8 GPUs, ema=0.999
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