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TensorBoard Callback in Keras does not respect initial_epoch of fit?

I'm trying to train multiple models in parallel on a single graphics card. To achieve that I need to resume training of models from saved weights which is not a problem. The model.fit() method has even a parameter initial_epoch that lets me tell the model which epoch the loaded model is on. However when i pass a TensorBoard callback to the fit() method in order to monitor the training of the models, on Tensorboard all data is shown on x=0.

Is there a ways to overcome this and adjust the epoch on tensorboard?

By the way: Im running Keras 2.0.6 and Tensorflow 1.3.0. 

self.callbacks = [TensorBoardCallback(log_dir='./../logs/'+self.model_name, histogram_freq=0, write_graph=True, write_images=False, start_epoch=self.step_num)]
self.model.fit(x=self.data['X_train'], y=self.data['y_train'], batch_size=self.input_params[-1]['batch_size'], epochs=1, validation_data=(self.data['X_test'], self.data['y_test']), verbose=verbose, callbacks=self.callbacks, shuffle=self.hyperparameters['shuffle_data'], initial_epoch=self.step_num)
self.model.save_weights('./weights/%s.hdf5'%(self.model_name))
self.model.load_weights('./weights/%s.hdf5'%(self.model_name))
self.model.fit(x=self.data['X_train'], y=self.data['y_train'], batch_size=self.input_params[-1]['batch_size'], epochs=1, validation_data=(self.data['X_test'], self.data['y_test']), verbose=verbose, callbacks=self.callbacks, shuffle=self.hyperparameters['shuffle_data'], initial_epoch=self.step_num)
self.model.save_weights('./weights/%s.hdf5'%(self.model_name))

The resulting graph on Tensorboard looks like this which is not what i was hoping for: enter image description here

Update:

When passing epochs=10 to the first model.fit() the 10 epoch results are displayed in TensorBoard (see picture).

However when reloading the model and running it (with the same callback attached) the on_epoch_end method of the callback gets never called.

enter image description here

Solution

  • Turns out that when i pass the number of episodes to model.fit() to tell it how long to train, it has to be the number FROM the initial_epoch specified. So if initial_epoch=self.step_num then , epochs=self.step_num+10 if i want to train for 10 episodes.