Create Model

Define and load pre-trained or local weights based on our use cases.

Introduction to model creation

Model creation is the first step in building an image classification model. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to create a new model based on our desired architecture.

Import

Place the following import statement at the top of our file to import the PyTorch Image Model (timm).

import timm

Instantiate a new model

Model instantiation is via the built-in create_model(modelName) function. The model name t is a required parameter, so we need to pass it in. We can now use it normally. To understand how the PyTorch model actually works, study the code in the following widget:

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