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Task: optimization-gradient-compression

Gradient Compression for Communication-Efficient Distributed Training

Research Question

Design a gradient compression operator that reduces communication cost in distributed training while maintaining convergence quality (test accuracy).

Background

In distributed data-parallel training, gradient communication is often the bottleneck. Workers compute local gradients, which must be aggregated (e.g., via all-reduce) before the optimizer step. Gradient compression reduces the volume of data communicated by applying lossy compression to gradients before transmission.

Three main families of compression exist:

  • Sparsification: Keep only a subset of gradient elements (e.g., TopK selects the largest magnitudes)
  • Quantization: Reduce the precision of gradient values (e.g., QSGD uses stochastic rounding to discrete levels)
  • Low-rank approximation: Approximate gradient matrices with low-rank factors (e.g., PowerSGD)

A key challenge is that naive compression introduces bias or variance that degrades convergence. Error feedback (accumulating compression residuals for the next iteration) is a widely-used technique to correct this.

Task

Modify the Compressor class in custom_compressor.py. Your compressor must implement:

  • __init__(self, compress_ratio): Initialize with a target compression ratio (0.01 = 100x compression)
  • compress(self, tensor, name): Compress a gradient tensor, returning (compressed_tensors, ctx)
  • decompress(self, compressed_tensors, ctx): Reconstruct the gradient

The compressor may maintain internal state (e.g., error feedback residuals) across calls. The name parameter identifies parameters for per-parameter state tracking.

Interface

class Compressor:
    def __init__(self, compress_ratio=0.01): ...
    def compress(self, tensor, name) -> (list[Tensor], ctx): ...
    def decompress(self, compressed_tensors, ctx) -> Tensor: ...
  • compress_ratio: Fraction of gradient elements/information to retain (0.01 = keep 1%)
  • compressed_tensors: List of tensors that would be communicated over the network
  • ctx: Local context (not communicated) needed for decompression
  • The decompressed tensor must have the same shape as the original input

Evaluation

Trained and evaluated on three settings with 100x compression (compress_ratio=0.01):

  • ResNet-20 / CIFAR-10 (0.27M params): Small model, standard benchmark
  • VGG-11-BN / CIFAR-100 (9.8M params): Larger model, harder 100-class problem
  • ResNet-56 / CIFAR-10 (0.85M params): Deeper model, tests scalability

Metric: best test accuracy (higher is better). All settings use SGD with momentum, cosine LR schedule, and 200 training epochs.

Hints

  • Error feedback is essential for biased compressors (like TopK). Without it, convergence degrades significantly.
  • Combining sparsification with quantization can yield better compression/accuracy tradeoffs.
  • Adaptive compression (differen
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6  "content": "class Compressor:\n    \"\"\"Adaptive TopK with Quantization and Momentum Error Feedback (ATQ-MEF).\n    \n    Combines sparsification (TopK) with quantization (8-bit) and random exploration.\n    Key features:\n    1. Allocates communication budget based on total bit budget: uses 8-bit values\n       and 32-bit indices, allowing more elements to be kept for same compress_ratio.\n    2. Momentum error feedback: residual is updated with momentum to smooth corrections.\n    3. Random exploration: replaces a fraction of smallest-magnitude indices with\n       random ones to explore small gradients, aiding convergence.\n    4. Per-tensor scaling for quantization to preserve dynamic range.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, compress_ratio=0.01):\n        self.compress_ratio = compress_ratio\n        self.residuals = {}\n        # momentum for error feedback (0 = no momentum, 1 = full residual carryover)\n        self.momentum = 0.9\n        # fraction of kept indices to replace with random exploration\n        self.explore_frac = 0.1\n        # quantization bits for values (8 reduces communication 4x)\n        self.bits_per_value = 8\n        # bits per index (32 bits sufficient for up to 4B parameters)\n        self.bits_per_index = 32\n        # dtype for indices based on bits_per_index\n        if self.bits_per_index <= 8:\n            self.index_dtype = torch.uint8\n        elif self.bits_per_index <= 16:\n            self.index_dtype = torch.int16\n        elif self.bits_per_index <= 32:\n            self.index_dtype = torch.int32\n        else:\n            self.index_dtype = torch.int64\n\n    def compress(self, tensor, name):\n        # Error feedback with momentum: add previous residual with momentum factor\n        if name in self.residuals:\n            tensor = tensor + self.momentum * self.residuals[name]\n\n        shape = tensor.shape\n        tensor_flat = tensor.flatten()\n        numel = tensor_flat.numel()\n        \n        # Compute how many elements we can keep under the bit budget\n        # Original bits = numel * 32\n        # Compressed bits = k * (bits_per_value + bits_per_index) + 32 (scale)\n        # Target compressed bits = compress_ratio * (numel * 32)\n        # Solve for k:\n        # k = (compress_ratio * numel * 32 - 32) / (bits_per_value + bits_per_index)\n        # Ignore scale for simplicity (negligible)\n        total_bits = self.compress_ratio * numel * 32\n        k = int(total_bits / (self.bits_per_value + self.bits_per_index))\n        k = max(1, min(k, numel - 1))  # ensure at least 1 and less than numel\n        \n        # Select top-k by magnitude\n        values, indices = torch.topk(tensor_flat.abs(), k, sorted=False)\n        # Get actual values at those indices\n        values = tensor_flat[indices]\n        \n        # Random exploration: replace some indices with random ones\n        if self.explore_frac > 0 and k > 1:\n            explore_k = max(1, int(k * self.explore_frac))\n            # Generate random indices not already selected\n            all_indices = torch.arange(numel, device=tensor.device)\n            mask = torch.ones(numel, dtype=torch.bool, device=tensor.device)\n            mask[indices] = False\n            available = all_indices[mask]\n            if len(available) > explore_k:\n                rand_indices = available[torch.randperm(len(available))[:explore_k]]\n                # Replace smallest magnitude indices\n                # Find indices of smallest absolute values among selected\n                _, smallest_pos = torch.topk(-values.abs(), explore_k, sorted=False)\n                indices[smallest_pos] = rand_indices\n                values[smallest_pos] = tensor_flat[rand_indices]\n        \n        # Quantize values to reduced bitwidth\n        if self.bits_per_value < 16:\n            # Scale to use full range of signed integer\n            v_max = values.abs().max()\n            if v_max == 0:\n                scale = 1.0\n            else:\n                # For signed int with b bits, range is [-2^(b-1), 2^(b-1)-1]\n                max_val = 2 ** (self.bits_per_value - 1) - 1\n                scale = max_val / v_max\n            # Quantize and clamp\n            values_quant = torch.clamp((values * scale).round(),\n                                       -2 ** (self.bits_per_value - 1),\n                                       2 ** (self.bits_per_value - 1) - 1)\n            # Convert to appropriate dtype\n            if self.bits_per_value <= 8:\n                values_quant = values_quant.to(torch.int8)\n            elif self.bits_per_value <= 16:\n                values_quant = values_quant.to(torch.int16)\n            else:\n                values_quant = values_quant.to(torch.int32)\n            scale_tensor = torch.tensor([scale], device=values.device, dtype=torch.float32)\n        else:\n            values_quant = values\n            scale_tensor = torch.tensor([1.0], device=values.device, dtype=torch.float32)\n        \n        # Convert indices to reduced bitwidth dtype\n        indices = indices.to(self.index_dtype)\n        \n        # Compute decompressed version for residual update\n        if self.bits_per_value < 16:\n            values_dequant = values_quant.float() / scale_tensor\n        else:\n            values_dequant = values_quant.clone()\n        decompressed_flat = torch.zeros_like(tensor_flat)\n        decompressed_flat.scatter_(0, indices.to(torch.int64), values_dequant)\n        # Update residual: original (after momentum addition) minus decompressed\n        self.residuals[name] = tensor_flat - decompressed_flat\n        self.residuals[name] = self.residuals[name].view(shape)\n        \n        # Compressed tensors: indices, quantized values, scale\n        return [indices, values_quant, scale_tensor], (numel, shape)\n\n    def decompress(self, compressed_tensors, ctx):\n        indices, values_quant, scale_tensor = compressed_tensors\n        numel, shape = ctx\n        # Dequantize if needed\n        if self.bits_per_value < 16:\n            values = values_quant.float() / scale_tensor\n        else:\n            values = values_quant.float()\n        # Ensure indices are int64 for scatter\n        indices = indices.to(torch.int64)\n        tensor_decompressed = torch.zeros(numel, dtype=values.dtype, device=values.device)\n        tensor_decompressed.scatter_(0, indices, values)\n        return tensor_decompressed.view(shape)"
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   179| # ============================================================================
   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
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   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive TopK with Quantization and Momentum Error Feedback (ATQ-MEF).
   184      
   185      Combines sparsification (TopK) with quantization (8-bit) and random exploration.
   186      Key features:
   187      1. Allocates communication budget based on total bit budget: uses 8-bit values
   188         and 32-bit indices, allowing more elements to be kept for same compress_ratio.
   189      2. Momentum error feedback: residual is updated with momentum to smooth corrections.
   190      3. Random exploration
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We'll compute per block.\n\n        # Process block-wise\n        values_list = []\n        indices_list = []\n        scale_list = []\n\n        # For each block, select top-k within block\n        k_per_block = max(1, int(block_size * self.compress_ratio))\n        # Ensure total selected elements approximates k_total\n        # Adjust k_per_block to meet target\n        num_blocks = (numel + block_size - 1) // block_size\n        actual_k_total = k_per_block * num_blocks\n        if actual_k_total > k_total * 1.5:\n            # Reduce k_per_block\n            k_per_block = max(1, int(k_total / num_blocks))\n        elif actual_k_total < k_total * 0.5:\n            k_per_block = max(1, int(k_total / num_blocks))\n\n        for block_idx in range(num_blocks):\n            start = block_idx * block_size\n            end = min(start + block_size, numel)\n            block = tensor_flat[start:end]\n            block_len = end - start\n\n            # Select top-k by magnitude within block\n            k = min(k_per_block, block_len)\n            if k == 0:\n                continue\n            # Use torch.topk\n            block_abs = block.abs()\n            # If k >= block_len, keep all\n            if k >= block_len:\n                block_indices = torch.arange(block_len, device=tensor.device)\n                block_values = block\n            else:\n                _, block_indices = torch.topk(block_abs, k, sorted=False)\n                block_values = block[block_indices]\n\n            # Convert block-local indices to global indices\n            global_indices = block_indices + start\n\n            # Quantize block_values to 4 bits using stochastic quantization\n            # Scale to range [min_val, max_val] across block_values\n            if block_values.numel() == 0:\n                continue\n            v_min = block_values.min()\n            v_max = block_values.max()\n            scale = (v_max - v_min) / (2**self.quant_bits - 1)\n            if scale == 0:\n                # All values equal\n                quantized = torch.zeros_like(block_values, dtype=torch.uint8)\n                scale = 1.0\n            else:\n                # Stochastic rounding to nearest integer level\n                normalized = (block_values - v_min) / scale\n                floor = normalized.floor()\n                prob = torch.rand_like(normalized)\n                quantized = (floor + (prob < (normalized - floor)).float()).to(torch.uint8)\n                # Clamp to allowed range\n                quantized = torch.clamp(quantized, 0, 2**self.quant_bits - 1)\n\n            values_list.append(quantized)\n            indices_list.append(global_indices)\n            scale_list.append(torch.tensor([v_min.item(), scale.item()], device=tensor.device))\n\n        # Concatenate across blocks\n        if not values_list:\n            # No elements selected (should not happen with k_total >=1)\n            # Fallback: select a single element\n            _, idx = torch.topk(tensor_flat.abs(), 1, sorted=False)\n            values = tensor_flat[idx]\n            # Quantize\n            v_min = values.min()\n            v_max = values.max()\n            scale = (v_max - v_min) / (2**self.quant_bits - 1)\n            if scale == 0:\n                quantized = torch.zeros_like(values, dtype=torch.uint8)\n                scale = 1.0\n            else:\n                normalized = (values - v_min) / scale\n                floor = normalized.floor()\n                prob = torch.rand_like(normalized)\n                quantized = (floor + (prob < (normalized - floor)).float()).to(torch.uint8)\n            values_list = [quantized]\n            indices_list = [idx]\n            scale_list = [torch.tensor([v_min.item(), scale.item()], device=tensor.device)]\n\n        # Pack indices using int32 (enough for up to 2^31 elements)\n        indices_concat = torch.cat(indices_list).to(torch.int32)\n        values_concat = torch.cat(values_list)  # uint8\n        scales_concat = torch.stack(scale_list)  # shape (n_blocks, 2)\n\n        # Update residual: original - reconstructed\n        # First reconstruct to compute error\n        reconstructed_flat = torch.zeros(numel, dtype=tensor.dtype, device=tensor.device)\n        # We'll compute after decompression? We need reconstructed now for residual.\n        # Let's compute reconstructed using the same logic as decompress.\n        # Simpler: we can compute residual after decompression in this function\n        # but we need to store residual for next iteration. We'll compute\n        # decompressed now.\n        # Actually we can compute decompressed tensor from compressed representation\n        # using helper method. Let's implement a helper.\n\n        # For now, compute decompressed using the same logic as decompress will use.\n        # We'll call a private method.\n        decompressed = self._decompress_from_parts(values_concat, indices_concat, scales_concat, numel, shape)\n        # Update residual\n        self.residuals[name] = (tensor - decompressed).view(shape)\n\n        # Compressed tensors to communicate: quantized values, indices, scales\n        return [values_concat, indices_concat, scales_concat], (numel, shape)\n\n    def _decompress_from_parts(self, values_quantized, indices, scales, numel, shape):\n        \"\"\"Reconstruct tensor from quantized values, indices, and scales.\"\"\"\n        # Reconstruct per block\n        reconstructed = torch.zeros(numel, dtype=torch.float32, device=values_quantized.device)\n        # Scales shape: (n_blocks, 2) where each row is [v_min, scale]\n        # We need to map each value to its block.\n        # Since indices are global, we need to know which block each index belongs to.\n        # Simpler: we stored scales per block, but we didn't store block boundaries.\n        # Need to change representation: store block_start indices.\n        # For simplicity, assume all blocks same size except last.\n        # Let's redesign: store block starts and per-block scales.\n        # However time is limited; we'll use a simpler approach: store scales per value?\n        # Actually we can store v_min and scale per block, and also block size.\n        # Let's adjust compress to store block boundaries.\n        # Given time, I'll revert to non-blockwise quantization for now.\n        # Let's implement simpler: top-k with 4-bit quantization per value (no blocks).\n        # We'll keep block-wise top-k but store per-value scale? Too heavy.\n        # Let's go back to simpler algorithm: top-k with 4-bit stochastic quantization\n        # using global scaling.\n        pass\n\n    def decompress(self, compressed_tensors, ctx):\n        values_quantized, indices, scales = compressed_tensors\n        numel, shape = ctx\n        # For now, assume scales is a single tensor [v_min, scale] (global scaling)\n        # This matches the fallback case.\n        if scales.dim() == 1 and scales.numel() == 2:\n            v_min, scale = scales[0], scales[1]\n            values = values_quantized.float() * scale + v_min\n        else:\n            # Multiple blocks: need to map each value to its block scale.\n            # Not implemented; fallback to zeros.\n            values = torch.zeros_like(values_quantized, dtype=torch.float32)\n\n        reconstructed = torch.zeros(numel, dtype=torch.float32, device=values.device)\n        reconstructed.scatter_(0, indices.to(torch.int64), values)\n        return reconstructed.view(shape)"
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   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
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   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive Sparse Quantization with Error Feedback (ASQ-EF).
   184  
   185      Combines block-wise top-k sparsification with 4-bit stochastic quantization
   186      of the kept values, and error feedback with momentum tuning.
   187      Key features:
   188      1. Block-wise top-k: splits gradient tensor into fixed-size blocks,
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6  "content": "class Compressor:\n    \"\"\"Adaptive TopK with Momentum Error Feedback and Quantization (ATMQ).\n\n    Novel contributions:\n    1. Adaptive error feedback momentum: momentum factor beta increases from 0.5 to 0.9\n       over training, allowing early exploration and later stable convergence.\n    2. Gradient clipping before compression: clip gradient values to median ± 3*MAD\n       to reduce extreme outliers that hurt quantization.\n    3. 8-bit quantization of kept values: after selecting top-k elements by magnitude,\n       quantize the kept values to 8 bits using stochastic rounding with per-tensor\n       scaling, reducing communicated bits per value from 32 to 8.\n    4. 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   179| # ============================================================================
   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
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   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive TopK with Momentum Error Feedback and Quantization (ATMQ).
   184  
   185      Novel contributions:
   186      1. Adaptive error feedback momentum: momentum factor beta increases from 0.5 to 0.9
   187         over training, allowing early exploration and later stable convergence.
   188      2. Gradient clipping before compression: clip gradient values to median ± 3*MAD
   189         to reduce extreme outliers that hurt quantization.
   190      3. 8-bit quantization of kept values: after selecting t
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   179| # ============================================================================
   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
   181| # ============================================================================
   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive TopK with Momentum Error Feedback and Quantization (ATMQ).
   184  
   185      Novel contributions:
   186      1. Adaptive error feedback momentum: momentum factor beta increases from 0.5 to 0.9
   187         over training, allowing early exploration and later stable convergence.
   188      2. Gradient clipping before compression: clip gradient values to median ± 3*MAD
   189         to reduce extreme outliers that hurt quantization.
   190      3. 8-bit quantization of kept values: after selecting to
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6  "content": "class Compressor:\n    \"\"\"Adaptive Sparse-Quantized Gradient Compression with Error Feedback.\n\n    Combines TopK sparsification with 8‑bit quantization of the retained values,\n    and error feedback to compensate for the bias introduced by both operations.\n    The compression ratio is interpreted as the fraction of gradient elements\n    to keep (same as TopK). Because quantization reduces the per‑element bit\n    width from 32 to 8, we can retain more elements while staying within the\n    same communication budget. Specifically, we keep\n        k = max(1, int(numel * compress_ratio * extra_factor))\n    where extra_factor = 1.33 (derived from 32→8 bit reduction and index overhead).\n    The retained values are linearly quantized to 8‑bit integers using a per‑tensor\n    scaling factor (max absolute value). Error feedback accumulates the difference\n    between the original gradient (plus previous residual) and the dequantized\n    sparse approximation.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, compress_ratio=0.01):\n        self.compress_ratio = compress_ratio\n        self.residuals = {}\n        # Factor by which we increase the number of kept elements thanks to 8‑bit quantization.\n        # Baseline TopK sends k elements of 32‑bit values + 64‑bit indices.\n        # We send k' elements of 8‑bit values + 64‑bit indices + one scaling float.\n        # Setting extra_factor = 1.33 keeps the total communicated bits roughly equal\n        # to the baseline TopK while retaining more gradient information.\n        self.extra_factor = 1.33\n\n    def compress(self, tensor, name):\n        # Error feedback: add accumulated residual\n        if name in self.residuals:\n            tensor = tensor + self.residuals[name]\n\n        shape = tensor.shape\n        tensor_flat = tensor.flatten()\n        numel = tensor_flat.numel()\n        # Compute number of elements to keep\n        k = max(1, int(numel * self.compress_ratio * self.extra_factor))\n\n        # Select top‑k by magnitude\n        _, indices = torch.topk(tensor_flat.abs(), k, sorted=False)\n        values = tensor_flat[indices]\n\n        # Linear quantization to 8‑bit signed integer\n        max_abs = values.abs().max()\n        if max_abs == 0:\n            # All selected values are zero; send zeros directly\n            quantized = torch.zeros_like(values, dtype=torch.int8)\n            scale = 1.0\n        else:\n            scale = 127.0 / max_abs\n            quantized = torch.round(values * scale).clamp(-127, 127).to(torch.int8)\n\n        # Update residual: store the difference between the original (with residual)\n        # and the dequantized sparse approximation\n        dequantized = quantized.float() / scale\n        decompressed_flat = torch.zeros_like(tensor_flat)\n        decompressed_flat.scatter_(0, indices, dequantized)\n        self.residuals[name] = tensor_flat - decompressed_flat\n        self.residuals[name] = self.residuals[name].view(shape)\n\n        # compressed_tensors: quantized values (int8), indices (int64), scaling factor (float32)\n        return [quantized, indices, torch.tensor([scale], dtype=torch.float32, device=tensor.device)], (numel, shape)\n\n    def decompress(self, compressed_tensors, ctx):\n        quantized, indices, scale_tensor = compressed_tensors\n        scale = scale_tensor.item()\n        numel, shape = ctx\n\n        # Dequantize\n        values = quantized.float() / scale\n\n        # Reconstruct sparse tensor\n        tensor_decompressed = torch.zeros(numel, dtype=values.dtype, device=values.device)\n        tensor_decompressed.scatter_(0, indices, values)\n        return tensor_decompressed.view(shape)"
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   179| # ============================================================================
   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
   181| # ============================================================================
   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive Sparse-Quantized Gradient Compression with Error Feedback.
   184  
   185      Combines TopK sparsification with 8‑bit quantization of the retained values,
   186      and error feedback to compensate for the bias introduced by both operations.
   187      The compression ratio is interpreted as the fraction of gradient elements
   188      to keep (same as TopK). Because quantization reduces the per‑element bit
   189      width from 32 to 8, we can retain more elements while staying within the
   190  
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## Seed 42

### resnet20-cifar10 (scripts/resnet20_cifar10.sh)
Training metrics (last steps):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=148 lr=0.017975 train_loss=0.1940 train_acc=93.35
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=149 lr=0.017378 train_loss=0.1886 train_acc=93.45
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=150 lr=0.016790 train_loss=0.1885 train_acc=93.50 test_acc=89.28 test_loss=0.3329
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=151 lr=0.016210 train_loss=0.1789 train_acc=93.83
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=152 lr=0.015639 train_loss=0.1805 train_acc=93.73

### vgg11-cifar100 (scripts/vgg11_cifar100.sh)
Training metrics (last steps):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=196 lr=0.000580 train_loss=0.0092 train_acc=99.90
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=197 lr=0.000551 train_loss=0.0089 train_acc=99.88
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=198 lr=0.000529 train_loss=0.0091 train_acc=99.87
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=199 lr=0.000513 train_loss=0.0084 train_acc=99.91
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=200 lr=0.000503 train_loss=0.0090 train_acc=99.88 test_acc=70.32 test_los
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6  "content": "          # Stochastic rounding to 8‑bit signed integer (unbiased)\n          max_abs = values.abs().max()\n          if max_abs == 0:\n              # All selected values are zero; send zeros directly\n              quantized = torch.zeros_like(values, dtype=torch.int8)\n              scale = 1.0\n          else:\n              scale = 127.0 / max_abs\n              # Map values to [-127, 127] range\n              scaled = values * scale\n              # Stochastic rounding\n              floor = scaled.floor()\n              prob = torch.rand_like(scaled)\n              is_next = (prob < (scaled - floor)).float()\n              rounded = floor + is_next\n              # Clamp to valid range\n              quantized = rounded.clamp(-127, 127).to(torch.int8)\n\n          # Update residual: store the difference between the original (with residual)\n          # and the dequantized sparse approximation\n          dequantized = quantized.float() / scale\n          decompressed_flat = torch.zeros_like(tensor_flat)\n          decompressed_flat.scatter_(0, indices, dequantized)\n          self.residuals[name] = tensor_flat - decompressed_flat\n          self.residuals[name] = self.residuals[name].view(shape)"
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   179| # ============================================================================
   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
   181| # ============================================================================
   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive Sparse-Quantized Gradient Compression with Error Feedback.
   184  
   185      Combines TopK sparsification with 8‑bit quantization of the retained values,
   186      and error feedback to compensate for the bias introduced by both operations.
   187      The compression ratio is interpreted as the fraction of gradient elements
   188      to keep (same as TopK). Because quantization reduces the per‑element bit
   189      width from 32 to 8, we can retain more elements while staying within the
   190  
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6  "content": "          # Compute number of elements to keep\n          k = max(1, int(numel * self.compress_ratio * self.extra_factor))\n\n          # Select top‑k by magnitude\n          _, indices = torch.topk(tensor_flat.abs(), k, sorted=False)\n          values = tensor_flat[indices]\n\n          # Stochastic rounding to 8‑bit signed integer (unbiased)\n          max_abs = values.abs().max()\n          if max_abs == 0:\n              # All selected values are zero; send zeros directly\n              quantized = torch.zeros_like(values, dtype=torch.int8)\n              scale = 1.0\n          else:\n              scale = 127.0 / max_abs\n              # Map values to [-127, 127] range\n              scaled = values * scale\n              # Stochastic rounding\n              floor = scaled.floor()\n              prob = torch.rand_like(scaled)\n              is_next = (prob < (scaled - floor)).float()\n              rounded = floor + is_next\n              # Clamp to valid range\n              quantized = rounded.clamp(-127, 127).to(torch.int8)\n\n          # Update residual: store the difference between the original (with residual)\n          # and the dequantized sparse approximation\n          dequantized = quantized.float() / scale\n          decompressed_flat = torch.zeros_like(tensor_flat)\n          decompressed_flat.scatter_(0, indices, dequantized)\n          self.residuals[name] = tensor_flat - decompressed_flat\n          self.residuals[name] = self.residuals[name].view(shape)"
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   179| # ============================================================================
   180| # EDITABLE SECTION — Gradient Compressor (lines 182-232)
   181| # ============================================================================
   182  class Compressor:
   183      """Adaptive Sparse-Quantized Gradient Compression with Error Feedback.
   184  
   185      Combines TopK sparsification with 8‑bit quantization of the retained values,
   186      and error feedback to compensate for the bias introduced by both operations.
   187      The compression ratio is interpreted as the fraction of gradient elements
   188      to keep (same as TopK). Because quantization reduces the per‑element bit
   189      width from 32 to 8, we can retain more elements while staying within the
   190