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  "train_code": "import json\nimport math\nimport os\nimport time\n\nimport torch\nimport torch.nn as nn\nimport torch.nn.functional as F\n\nfrom prepare import MAX_SEQ_LEN, TIME_BUDGET, VOCAB_SIZE, evaluate_bpb, make_dataloader\n\n\nd_model = 128\nn_heads = 4\nn_layers = 3\nd_ff = 512\n\nbatch_size = 12\neval_batch_size = 64\nlearning_rate = 0.0016\nmin_lr_ratio = 0.15\nwarmup_ratio = 0.06\nweight_decay = 0.1\ngrad_clip = 1.0\ntrain_deadline = TIME_BUDGET - 6.0\ndevice = \"cpu\"\n\nhead_dim = d_model // n_heads\nseed = int(os.environ.get(\"TORCH_SEED\", \"42\"))\ntorch.manual_seed(seed)\n\n\nclass Attention(nn.Module):\n    def __init__(self):\n        super().__init__()\n        self.qkv = nn.Linear(d_model, 3 * d_model, bias=False)\n        self.out_proj = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model, bias=False)\n\n    def forward(self, x):\n        bsz, seq_len, channels = x.shape\n        q, k, v = self.qkv(x).chunk(3, dim=-1)\n        q = q.view(bsz, seq_len, n_heads, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)\n        k = k.view(bsz, seq_len, n_heads, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)\n        v = v.view(bsz, seq_len, n_heads, head_dim).transpose(1, 2)\n        y = F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, dropout_p=0.0, is_causal=True)\n        y = y.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(bsz, seq_len, channels)\n        return self.out_proj(y)\n\n\nclass MLP(nn.Module):\n    def __init__(self):\n        super().__init__()\n        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(d_model, d_ff)\n        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(d_ff, d_model)\n\n    def forward(self, x):\n        return self.fc2(F.gelu(self.fc1(x), approximate=\"tanh\"))\n\n\nclass Block(nn.Module):\n    def __init__(self):\n        super().__init__()\n        self.ln1 = nn.LayerNorm(d_model)\n        self.ln2 = nn.LayerNorm(d_model)\n        self.attn = Attention()\n        self.mlp = MLP()\n\n    def forward(self, x):\n        x = x + self.attn(self.ln1(x))\n        x = x + self.mlp(self.ln2(x))\n        return x\n\n\nclass GPT(nn.Module):\n    def __init__(self):\n        super().__init__()\n        self.tok_emb = nn.Embedding(VOCAB_SIZE, d_model)\n        self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(MAX_SEQ_LEN, d_model)\n        self.blocks = nn.ModuleList([Block() for _ in range(n_layers)])\n        self.ln_f = nn.LayerNorm(d_model)\n        self.head = nn.Linear(d_model, VOCAB_SIZE, bias=False)\n        self.head.weight = self.tok_emb.weight\n        self.apply(self._init_weights)\n\n    @staticmethod\n    def _init_weights(module):\n        if isinstance(module, nn.Linear):\n            nn.init.normal_(module.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n            if module.bias is not None:\n                nn.init.zeros_(module.bias)\n        elif isinstance(module, nn.Embedding):\n            nn.init.normal_(module.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)\n\n    def forward(self, x, targets=None):\n        _, seq_len = x.shape\n        positions = torch.arange(seq_len, device=x.device)\n        h = self.tok_emb(x) + self.pos_emb(positions)\n        for block in self.blocks:\n            h = block(h)\n        logits = self.head(self.ln_f(h))\n        if targets is None:\n            return logits\n        return F.cross_entropy(logits.reshape(-1, VOCAB_SIZE), targets.reshape(-1))\n\n\ndef build_optimizer(model: nn.Module) -> torch.optim.Optimizer:\n    decay_params = []\n    no_decay_params = []\n    for param in model.parameters():\n        if not param.requires_grad:\n            continue\n        if param.dim() >= 2:\n            decay_params.append(param)\n        else:\n            no_decay_params.append(param)\n    return torch.optim.AdamW(\n        [\n            {\"params\": decay_params, \"weight_decay\": weight_decay},\n            {\"params\": no_decay_params, \"weight_decay\": 0.0},\n        ],\n        lr=learning_rate,\n        betas=(0.9, 0.95),\n    )\n\n\ndef lr_for(elapsed: float) -> float:\n    progress = min(1.0, elapsed / train_deadline)\n    if progress < warmup_ratio:\n        return learning_rate * (progress / max(warmup_ratio, 1e-8))\n    cosine_progress = (progress - warmup_ratio) / max(1.0 - warmup_ratio, 1e-8)\n    cosine = 0.5 * (1.0 + math.cos(math.pi * cosine_progress))\n    return learning_rate * (min_lr_ratio + (1.0 - min_lr_ratio) * cosine)\n\n\ndef set_lr(optimizer: torch.optim.Optimizer, lr: float) -> None:\n    for group in optimizer.param_groups:\n        group[\"lr\"] = lr\n\n\ndef train():\n    model = GPT().to(device)\n    optimizer = build_optimizer(model)\n    train_loader = make_dataloader(batch_size, MAX_SEQ_LEN, \"train\", device)\n\n    start = time.time()\n    avg_step_time = 1.5\n    step = 0\n    last_loss = None\n\n    while True:\n        elapsed = time.time() - start\n        if elapsed + avg_step_time >= train_deadline:\n            break\n\n        set_lr(optimizer, lr_for(elapsed))\n        step_start = time.time()\n\n        x, y = next(train_loader)\n        loss = model(x, y)\n        optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)\n        loss.backward()\n        torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), grad_clip)\n        optimizer.step()\n\n        step_time = time.time() - step_start\n        avg_step_time = 0.9 * avg_step_time + 0.1 * step_time\n        step += 1\n        last_loss = loss.item()\n\n    training_time = time.time() - start\n    eval_start = time.time()\n    val_bpb = evaluate_bpb(model, eval_batch_size, device)\n    eval_time = time.time() - eval_start\n\n    print(\n        json.dumps(\n            {\n                \"val_bpb\": round(val_bpb, 6),\n                \"train_loss\": round(last_loss, 6) if last_loss is not None else None,\n                \"total_steps\": step,\n                \"training_time_secs\": round(training_time, 2),\n                \"eval_time_secs\": round(eval_time, 2),\n                \"num_params_M\": round(sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters()) / 1e6, 4),\n                \"d_model\": d_model,\n                \"n_layers\": n_layers,\n                \"n_heads\": n_heads,\n                \"d_ff\": d_ff,\n                \"batch_size\": batch_size,\n                \"eval_batch_size\": eval_batch_size,\n                \"learning_rate\": learning_rate,\n            }\n        )\n    )\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    train()\n",
  "methodology": "## Experiment Log\n\n- run-0 `baseline`: val_bpb=4.001349, steps=61, train_time=204.98s\n- run-1 `throughput_first`: val_bpb=4.901305, steps=158, train_time=192.85s\n- run-2 `conservative_transformer`: val_bpb=3.557283, steps=126, train_time=180.46s\n- run-3 `deeper_narrower_transformer`: val_bpb=3.583560, steps=119, train_time=181.68s\n- run-4 `smaller_batch_transformer`: val_bpb=3.526792, steps=160, train_time=179.30s\n- run-5 `longer_training_best_arch`: val_bpb=3.518979, steps=163, train_time=187.32s\n- run-6 `lower_decay_best_arch`: val_bpb=3.520554, steps=173, train_time=186.61s\n\n## Key Findings\n\n- The untouched baseline badly overshot the 180s training budget and only reached 61 steps, landing at 4.001349 val_bpb.\n- A throughput-only short-context attempt trained much faster but generalized poorly at evaluation time, so pure speed was not enough.\n- The best family kept full 256-token training, switched to a 3-layer pre-LN transformer with GELU, tied input/output embeddings, AdamW, grad clipping, and a cosine schedule.\n- Decoupling training and evaluation batch size mattered. Training with batch size 12 improved update count, while evaluating with batch size 64 kept validation overhead low.\n- Letting the best configuration train a bit longer improved 3.526792 to 3.518979, while lowering weight decay after that did not help.\n\n## Final Configuration\n\n- Architecture: 3-layer transformer, d_model=128, n_heads=4, d_ff=512, pre-LayerNorm, GELU, tied embeddings\n- Optimization: AdamW, lr=1.6e-3, betas=(0.9, 0.95), weight_decay=0.1, grad clip=1.0\n- Batching: train batch size 12, eval batch size 64\n- Timing: time-based warmup+cosine schedule and explicit step-time-aware stopping before evaluation\n\n## Best Result\n\n- Best run: `run-5`\n- val_bpb: 3.518979\n- total_steps: 163\n- training_time_secs: 187.32"
}