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ks-equation-1d-forecast

claude-code claude-opus-4-8 ✗ failed GOOD_FAILURE ↑ View task

Solved from the instruction alone, tests/ and solution/ were withheld from the agent's workspace and restored only for grading.

Reward = tests/test.sh exit code (0 → resolved); the classification below is post-hoc and cannot change it.

Classification , post-hoc; cannot change the reward

GOOD_FAILUREHonest miss, the agent ran correctly but couldn't solve it. Expected for a hard task; the task is sound.

SubtypeInsufficient Exploration / Implementation Gap

EvidenceAgent achieved raw_score=0.46 vs required 0.50 to pass. The agent's improved training recipe (unrolled rollout curriculum with KS-symmetry augmentation, relative-L2 loss, EMA, ~90 epochs) dramatically improved performance from the 10-epoch baseline (val rollout rel_l2: 0.0099 → 0.0021, roughly 4.7x better). However, the test metrics were: val rollout_rel_l2_score=0.0021 vs target threshold 0.0016 (agent missed by ~31%), rollout_rmse_score improved significantly, but the multi-metric reward policy requires ALL three metrics to meet target. The grading shows 'reward rule: continuous: score 0.46 < 0.5 => reward = 0.0 (FAIL)' and directory listing shows model.pt (551860 bytes) was successfully saved.

Root causeThe agent's solution was technically sound (sophisticated unrolled training with curriculum and augmentation) but fell short of the numerical targets on the hidden test set. The agent achieved substantial improvements over baseline but needed approximately 31% better performance on rollout_rel_l2_score (0.0021 vs target 0.0016) to cross the 0.50 reward threshold. This is a hard task requiring specific metric targets, not a task specification problem.

RecommendationN/A - task is fine. The task is well-specified with clear numeric targets (0.0016 for rel_l2, 0.0027 for rmse, 0.0026 for final_step) defined in task_config.json. The agent's approach was reasonable but incomplete, they needed either: (1) more aggressive optimization (longer training at H=20, higher peak LR, different augmentation/regularization balance), (2) architectural insights beyond the fixed model (e.g., training-time tricks like gradient checkpointing to enable larger rollout windows), or (3) earlier detection that baseline was insufficient and pivot to more intensive hyperparameter search. The baseline (10-epoch MSE) achieves only ~0.0099, and reaching 0.0016 requires substantial improvements, which the agent partially achieved but not fully.

Trajectory

Tool-by-tool agent trajectory

129 tool calls · 3 tool types · 129 steps

# Kuramoto-Sivashinsky 1D Forecasting Train a neural surrogate to forecast the 1D Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation: u_t + u*u_x + u_xx + u_xxxx = 0 on x in [0, L] periodic, L=22 This equation produces spatiotemporal chaos , small errors compound quickly over the rollout. ## What You Predict Given the last k=4 frames as input window [B, 4, 128], predict the next single frame [B, 1, 128]. At evaluation the hidden grader rolls your model autoregressively for 20 steps and scores the full rollout. ## Files Available - `/app/data/train/trajectories.pt` , 200 trajectories, shape [200, 100, 128] - `/app/data/val/trajectories.pt` , 32 trajectories - `/app/data/public_test/trajectories.pt` , 16 trajectories - `/app/task_config.json` , model config, training defaults - `/app/feature_schema.json` , grid spec and channel definitions - `/app/candidate_model.py` , fixed FNO-1D architecture - `/app/dataset.py` , KSForecast dataset yielding (window, next_frame) pairs - `/app/train.py` , weak baseline training script ## What To Do Improve the training recipe. You may change loss, optimizer, scheduler, augmentation, EMA, epochs. The checkpoint must be compatible with build_model(config) in candidate_model.py. Save your checkpoint to `/app/outputs/model.pt`. ## Output Contract model.pt must be a dict loadable with torch.load(..., weights_only=True) containing: - state_dict , state dict matching build_model(task_config) - feat_mean, feat_std , float scalars for input/output standardization ## Local Training ```bash python3 /app/train.py TASK_EPOCHS_OVERRIDE=2 python3 /app/train.py ```

Let me start by exploring the environment to understand what I'm working with.

I'll start by exploring the environment to understand the task, the provided files, and the architecture I need to work with.

bash

cat /app/task_config.json; echo "---FEATURE SCHEMA---"; cat /app/feature_schema.json

output

{
  "task_id": "ks-equation-1d-forecast",
  "dataset_name": "ks-equation-1d-chaotic",
  "feature_format": "trajectory-window-k-frames",
  "label_format": "next-frame",
  "grid_size": 128,
  "in_channels": 4,
  "out_channels": 1,
  "rollout_horizon": 20,
  "seed": 20260517,
  "model": {
    "width": 32,
    "modes": 16,
    "num_layers": 4
  },
  "training": {
    "epochs": 10,
    "batch_size": 64,
    "lr": 0.001,
    "weight_decay": 0.0001,
    "loss": "MSE"
  },
  "evaluation": {
    "primary_metric": "rollout_rel_l2_score",
    "secondary_metrics": [
      "rollout_rmse_score",
      "final_step_rel_l2_score"
    ]
  }
}
---FEATURE SCHEMA---
{
  "domain": "1d-periodic",
  "grid_size": 128,
  "domain_length": 22.0,
  "dt_effective": 0.25,
  "input": {"channels": 4, "description": "last k=4 frames of u(x,t)"},
  "output": {"channels": 1, "description": "next frame u(x,t+1)"}
}

Let me look at the other files.

Let me look at the model architecture, dataset, and the baseline training script.

bash

cat /app/candidate_model.py

output

from __future__ import annotations
from typing import Mapping
import torch
import torch.nn as nn


class SpectralConv1d(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, in_channels: int, out_channels: int, modes: int) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.in_channels = in_channels
        self.out_channels = out_channels
        self.modes = modes
        scale = 1.0 / (in_channels * out_channels)
        self.weight = nn.Parameter(
            scale * torch.randn(in_channels, out_channels, modes, dtype=torch.cfloat)
        )

    @staticmethod
    def _mul1d(inp: torch.Tensor, weight: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return torch.einsum("bix,iox->box", inp, weight)

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        b, _, n = x.shape
        x_ft = torch.fft.rfft(x, norm="ortho")
        out_ft = torch.zeros(b, self.out_channels, n // 2 + 1, dtype=torch.cfloat, device=x.device)
        m = min(self.modes, x_ft.shape[-1])
        out_ft[:, :, :m] = self._mul1d(x_ft[:, :, :m], self.weight[:, :, :m])
        return torch.fft.irfft(out_ft, n=n, norm="ortho")


class FNO1dBlock(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, width: int, modes: int) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.spectral = SpectralConv1d(width, width, modes)
        self.bypass = nn.Conv1d(width, width, 1)
        self.act = nn.GELU()

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        return self.act(self.spectral(x) + self.bypass(x))


class FNO1d(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, in_channels: int, out_channels: int, width: int, modes: int, num_layers: int, grid_size: int) -> None:
        super().__init__()
        self.lift = nn.Conv1d(in_channels + 1, width, 1)
        self.blocks = nn.ModuleList(FNO1dBlock(width, modes) for _ in range(num_layers))
        self.proj = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Conv1d(width, width, 1),
            nn.GELU(),
            nn.Conv1d(width, out_channels, 1),
        )
        self.register_buffer("_grid", torch.linspace(0.0, 1.0, grid_size + 1)[:grid_size].view(1, 1, grid_size), persistent=False)

    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
        b = x.shape[0]
        grid = self._grid.expand(b, -1, -1).to(x.device, dtype=x.dtype)
        x = torch.cat([x, grid], dim=1)
        x = self.lift(x)
        for block in self.blocks:
            x = block(x)
        return self.proj(x)


def build_model(config: Mapping) -> FNO1d:
    m = config["model"]
    return FNO1d(
        in_channels=int(config["in_channels"]),
        out_channels=int(config["out_channels"]),
        width=int(m["width"]),
        modes=int(m["modes"]),
        num_layers=int(m["num_layers"]),
        grid_size=int(config["grid_size"]),
    )

bash

cat /app/dataset.py

output

from __future__ import annotations
from pathlib import Path
import torch
from torch.utils.data import Dataset


class KSForecast(Dataset):
    def __init__(self, split_dir: str | Path, k: int = 4) -> None:
        self.dir = Path(split_dir)
        self.k = int(k)
        payload = torch.load(self.dir / "trajectories.pt", map_location="cpu", weights_only=True)
        self.trajectories: torch.Tensor = payload["trajectories"].float()
        n_traj, t_stored, _ = self.trajectories.shape
        if t_stored <= self.k:
            raise ValueError(f"trajectories too short for k={self.k}: t_stored={t_stored}")
        self._index = [(i, t) for i in range(n_traj) for t in range(self.k, t_stored)]

    def __len__(self) -> int:
        return len(self._index)

    def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> dict:
        i, t = self._index[idx]
        return {
            "window": self.trajectories[i, t - self.k : t],
            "next_frame": self.trajectories[i, t : t + 1],
        }


def compute_standardization(trajectories: torch.Tensor) -> tuple[float, float]:
    mean = float(trajectories.mean().item())
    std = float(trajectories.std().clamp_min(1e-6).item())
    return mean, std

bash

cat /app/train.py

output

from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
import sys
from pathlib import Path
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F

APP_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("APP_DIR", "/app"))
sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
from candidate_model import build_model
from dataset import KSForecast, compute_standardization


def main() -> None:
    with (APP_DIR / "task_config.json").open() as fh:
        cfg = json.load(fh)

    device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
    torch.manual_seed(int(cfg["seed"]))
    k = int(cfg["in_channels"])

    train_ds = KSForecast(APP_DIR / "data" / "train", k=k)
    val_ds   = KSForecast(APP_DIR / "data" / "val",  k=k)
    feat_mean, feat_std = compute_standardization(train_ds.trajectories)

    model  = build_model(cfg).to(device)
    epochs = int(os.environ.get("TASK_EPOCHS_OVERRIDE", cfg["training"]["epochs"]))
    batch_size = int(cfg["training"]["batch_size"])
    lr         = float(cfg["training"]["lr"])
    optim  = torch.optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=lr, weight_decay=float(cfg["training"]["weight_decay"]))
    sched  = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.CosineAnnealingLR(optim, T_max=max(1, epochs))

    def normalize(t): return (t - feat_mean) / feat_std

    idx    = torch.tensor(train_ds._index, dtype=torch.long)
    traj   = train_ds.trajectories
    t_idx  = idx[:, 1]
    offsets = torch.arange(-k, 0)
    train_x = traj[idx[:, 0].unsqueeze(1).expand(-1, k), t_idx.unsqueeze(1) + offsets]
    train_y = traj[idx[:, 0], t_idx].unsqueeze(1)

    idx_v   = torch.tensor(val_ds._index, dtype=torch.long)
    traj_v  = val_ds.trajectories
    t_idx_v = idx_v[:, 1]
    val_x   = traj_v[idx_v[:, 0].unsqueeze(1).expand(-1, k), t_idx_v.unsqueeze(1) + offsets]
    val_y   = traj_v[idx_v[:, 0], t_idx_v].unsqueeze(1)

    print(f"[train] device={device} epochs={epochs} pairs={len(train_ds)}", flush=True)

    for epoch in range(epochs):
        model.train()
        perm = torch.randperm(train_x.shape[0])
        running, n_batches = 0.0, 0
        for start in range(0, train_x.shape[0], batch_size):
            idx_b = perm[start:start + batch_size]
            xb = normalize(train_x[idx_b]).to(device)
            yb = normalize(train_y[idx_b]).to(device)
            optim.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
            loss = F.mse_loss(model(xb), yb)
            loss.backward()
            optim.step()
            running += loss.item()
            n_batches += 1
        sched.step()
        with torch.no_grad():
            model.eval()
            pred = model(normalize(val_x).to(device)).cpu() * feat_std + feat_mean
            val_rl2 = ((pred - val_y).pow(2).sum(-1).sqrt() / val_y.pow(2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8)).mean().item()
        print(f"[train] epoch={epoch+1}/{epochs} mse={running/max(n_batches,1):.4e} val_rel_l2={val_rl2:.4f}", flush=True)

    out_dir = APP_DIR / "outputs"
    out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    torch.save({"state_dict": model.state_dict(), "feat_mean": feat_mean, "feat_std": feat_std}, out_dir / "model.pt")
    print(f"[train] wrote {out_dir / 'model.pt'}", flush=True)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Now let me understand the environment: check for GPU, data shapes, and library versions.

Now let me check the compute environment and inspect the data.

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import torch, platform
print('torch', torch.__version__)
print('cuda available', torch.cuda.is_available())
if torch.cuda.is_available():
    print('device', torch.cuda.get_device_name(0))
import os
print('cpus', os.cpu_count())
" 2>&1; echo "---"; nproc; free -h 2>/dev/null | head -2

output

torch 2.5.1+cu124
cuda available True
device NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3
cpus 3
---
3
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            30Gi        64Mi        29Gi          0B        29Mi        29Gi

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import torch
for split in ['train','val','public_test']:
    p = f'data/{split}/trajectories.pt'
    d = torch.load(p, map_location='cpu', weights_only=True)
    print(split, type(d), list(d.keys()) if isinstance(d,dict) else '')
    t = d['trajectories']
    print('  shape', t.shape, 'dtype', t.dtype)
    print('  min %.4f max %.4f mean %.4f std %.4f'%(t.min(),t.max(),t.mean(),t.std()))
"

output

train <class 'dict'> ['trajectories']
  shape torch.Size([200, 100, 128]) dtype torch.float32
  min -3.2449 max 3.2476 mean -0.0000 std 1.1600
val <class 'dict'> ['trajectories']
  shape torch.Size([32, 100, 128]) dtype torch.float32
  min -3.1972 max 3.2103 mean -0.0000 std 1.1339
public_test <class 'dict'> ['trajectories']
  shape torch.Size([16, 100, 128]) dtype torch.float32
  min -3.1724 max 3.1835 mean 0.0000 std 1.2252

Let me understand the evaluation. The grader rolls the model autoregressively for 20 steps. Let me think about what that means. Given a window of 4 frames [B,4,128], the model predicts the next frame [B,1,128]. Then autoregressive rollout for 20 steps: take the predicted frame, append it to the window (drop oldest), predict the next, etc. This is done for 20 steps and scored against ground truth. The primary metric is `rollout_rel_l2_score`. Let me think about how the score is likely computed. The val_rel_l2 in training is relative L2 per frame. A "score" is probably something like 1 - rel_l2 or exp(-rel_l2) or a clamped value. Let me think. We don't have the grader, but we want to minimize rollout relative L2 error. Let me understand the key insight: The baseline trains single-step prediction with MSE. But the evaluation is a 20-step autoregressive rollout. The key to improving rollout performance in chaotic systems: 1. **Train on multi-step rollout loss** (pushforward / unrolled training): Instead of just single-step, unroll the model for several steps during training and accumulate loss. This makes the model robust to its own error distribution. 2. **Noise injection / pushforward trick**: Add noise to inputs during training to simulate the error accumulation at test time (the "pushforward trick" from Brandstetter et al.). 3. **Predicting the residual/delta**: Instead of predicting the next frame directly, predict the difference from the last frame. This often helps for time-stepping because the change is small. Actually for KS with dt_effective=0.25, the frames can change quite a bit. Let me check frame-to-frame differences. Let me analyze the data more - temporal correlation, how much frames change. Important: The model architecture is FIXED (candidate_model.py, build_model). I cannot change architecture. I can only change the training recipe and the standardization scalars. And the checkpoint contract: state_dict + feat_mean + feat_std (float scalars). So I cannot change the model to predict residuals internally unless I do it via... no, the grader uses build_model and the forward pass directly. The grader does: - load state_dict into build_model(config) - normalize input with feat_mean/feat_std - model predicts, denormalize with feat_mean/feat_std - roll out. Wait, but I don't know exactly how the grader does the rollout and normalization. Let me think carefully about the output contract. It says feat_mean, feat_std are "float scalars for input/output standardization". So the grader presumably does: ``` x_norm = (window - feat_mean) / feat_std pred_norm = model(x_norm) pred = pred_norm * feat_std + feat_mean ``` This matches what the baseline train.py does. So the model operates in normalized space: input normalized frames, output normalized next frame. I need to match that convention exactly. So whatever I do, the model must: take normalized window, output normalized next frame. I cannot change the rollout logic. So residual prediction would have to be internal to the model, but the model architecture is fixed and outputs a frame directly. I can't add residual connection from input to output because the forward pass is fixed. Hmm, actually wait. Could I bake a "predict residual" behavior by training the model to output the full next frame anyway? The model CAN learn to output last_frame + delta since last_frame is part of its input. The FNO can in principle learn the identity plus correction. But explicit residual helps optimization. However, since architecture is fixed and the grader calls model forward directly, I must have the model output the next frame in normalized units. I can't inject a skip connection. So I just train it to predict the next frame (in normalized space). Fine. So the main lever is the training recipe: 1. Multi-step / pushforward rollout training in normalized space (this directly optimizes the thing being evaluated). 2. Noise injection. 3. Better optimization (more epochs, good LR …[truncated]

Let me analyze the temporal dynamics of the data to inform the training design (how fast frames change, autocorrelation, and how a naive "persistence" baseline behaves over a 20-step rollout).

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import torch
tr = torch.load('data/train/trajectories.pt', weights_only=True)['trajectories']
print('shape', tr.shape)
# frame-to-frame rel L2 change
def rl2(a,b):
    return (((a-b)**2).sum(-1).sqrt()/(b**2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8))
# consecutive
d1 = rl2(tr[:,1:],tr[:,:-1]).mean().item()
print('consecutive-frame rel L2:', round(d1,4))
# persistence over horizon h: predict frame t+h = frame t
for h in [1,2,5,10,20]:
    pred = tr[:,:-h]
    tgt = tr[:,h:]
    print(f'persistence h={h}: rel_l2={rl2(pred,tgt).mean().item():.4f}')
# mean over all of relL2 vs zero baseline is 1.0
"

output

shape torch.Size([200, 100, 128])
consecutive-frame rel L2: 0.038
persistence h=1: rel_l2=0.0379
persistence h=2: rel_l2=0.0755
persistence h=5: rel_l2=0.1860
persistence h=10: rel_l2=0.3583
persistence h=20: rel_l2=0.6424

So consecutive frames differ by ~3.8% rel L2. This is a slowly-evolving system relative to the frame spacing , good, meaning there's strong predictability. Persistence (just copying) over 20 steps gives rel L2 of 0.64. A good model should do much better. This tells me: - The dynamics are smooth step-to-step. Residual-style learning is very natural (delta is small, ~4%). - Rollout stability matters: errors compound. At h=1 a model can easily get well below 0.038 (persistence). The question is how well it holds over 20 steps. Let me quickly run the baseline to get a reference number. Let me run with few epochs first to see timing, then think. Actually, let me first build a proper evaluation harness that mimics the grader: autoregressive 20-step rollout on val and public_test, computing rollout rel L2. I'll need to define the rollout. The grader: given last k=4 frames as input window, predict next frame, roll for 20 steps. So for a trajectory of 100 frames, presumably it takes the first 4 frames [0:4] as initial window, then predicts frames 4..23 (20 steps), comparing to ground truth frames 4..23. Or it might pick the window somewhere. Most likely: initial window = frames [0:4], rollout 20 steps → predict frames 4:24, compare to true 4:24. Actually, we don't know the exact start. But a robust model should handle any start. Let me design my eval to use the first 4 frames as the seed and predict the next 20, and also maybe average over multiple seeds. Let me build this. Let me define rollout rel L2 per step: for each predicted frame, rel L2 = ||pred - true|| / ||true||, then average over 20 steps and over trajectories. I'll report both mean-over-steps and final-step. Let me write an eval function and measure the baseline. First run baseline training quickly. Let me time one epoch.

Consecutive frames only differ by ~3.8% rel L2 , the dynamics are smooth between frames, so the system is quite predictable per step, but errors will compound over 20 autoregressive steps (persistence alone gives 0.64 at h=20). This tells me rollout-stability is the key lever. Let me build an evaluation harness that mimics the grader (autoregressive 20-step rollout), then measure the baseline. First, let me time the baseline training.

bash

cd /app && timeout 120 bash -c 'TASK_EPOCHS_OVERRIDE=1 python3 train.py' 2>&1 | tail -20

output

[train] device=cuda epochs=1 pairs=19200
[train] epoch=1/1 mse=6.0238e-02 val_rel_l2=0.0136
[train] wrote /app/outputs/model.pt

One epoch is fast. val single-step rel_l2 = 0.0136 after 1 epoch. Let me now write an evaluation harness that does the 20-step autoregressive rollout, which is what actually matters. Let me create an eval script.

One epoch is very fast. The single-step val rel L2 is already 0.0136, but that's not what's graded. Let me write a proper rollout evaluation harness that mimics the grader's 20-step autoregressive rollout.

str_replace_based_edit_tool

command: create
path: /app/eval_rollout.py
file_text: from __future__ import annotations
import json, os, sys
from pathlib import Path
import torch

APP_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("APP_DIR", "/app"))
sys.path.insert(0, str(APP_DIR))
from candidate_model import build_model


def load_ckpt(path, cfg, device):
    ckpt = torch.load(path, map_location="cpu", weights_only=True)
    model = build_model(cfg).to(device)
    model.load_state_dict(ckpt["state_dict"])
    model.eval()
    return model, float(ckpt["feat_mean"]), float(ckpt["feat_std"])


@torch.no_grad()
def rollout_eval(model, feat_mean, feat_std, traj, k=4, horizon=20, device="cuda", start=0):
    """Autoregressive rollout. Seed with frames [start:start+k], predict next `horizon`."""
    model.eval()
    traj = traj.to(device)
    B, T, N = traj.shape
    window = traj[:, start:start + k].clone()  # [B,k,N]
    preds = []
    for step in range(horizon):
        xin = (window - feat_mean) / feat_std
        out = model(xin) * feat_std + feat_mean  # [B,1,N]
        preds.append(out)
        window = torch.cat([window[:, 1:], out], dim=1)
    pred = torch.cat(preds, dim=1)  # [B,horizon,N]
    tgt = traj[:, start + k:start + k + horizon]  # [B,horizon,N]
    # per-step rel L2 averaged over batch
    rel = (((pred - tgt) ** 2).sum(-1).sqrt() / (tgt ** 2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8))  # [B,horizon]
    per_step = rel.mean(0)  # [horizon]
    rmse = ((pred - tgt) ** 2).mean().sqrt()
    return {
        "mean_rel_l2": per_step.mean().item(),
        "final_rel_l2": per_step[-1].item(),
        "rmse": rmse.item(),
        "per_step": per_step.detach().cpu(),
    }


def main():
    with (APP_DIR / "task_config.json").open() as fh:
        cfg = json.load(fh)
    device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
    k = int(cfg["in_channels"]); H = int(cfg["rollout_horizon"])
    path = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else str(APP_DIR / "outputs" / "model.pt")
    model, fm, fs = load_ckpt(path, cfg, device)
    print(f"ckpt={path} feat_mean={fm:.4f} feat_std={fs:.4f}")
    for split in ["val", "public_test"]:
        traj = torch.load(APP_DIR / "data" / split / "trajectories.pt", weights_only=True)["trajectories"].float()
        r = rollout_eval(model, fm, fs, traj, k=k, horizon=H, device=device, start=0)
        ps = r["per_step"]
        print(f"[{split}] mean_rel_l2={r['mean_rel_l2']:.4f} final={r['final_rel_l2']:.4f} rmse={r['rmse']:.4f}")
        print(f"    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: " + " ".join(f"{ps[i]:.4f}" for i in [0,4,9,14,19]))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

output

New file created successfully at /app/eval_rollout.py

bash

cd /app && python3 eval_rollout.py 2>&1 | tail -10

output

ckpt=/app/outputs/model.pt feat_mean=-0.0000 feat_std=1.1600
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0473 final=0.0829 rmse=0.0728
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0143 0.0278 0.0464 0.0624 0.0829
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0421 final=0.0730 rmse=0.0625
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0121 0.0238 0.0410 0.0573 0.0730

The 1-epoch baseline gives rollout mean rel L2 = 0.0473 on val, final = 0.0829. Let me establish the full 10-epoch baseline as the reference. Let me run it.

The 1-epoch baseline gives a rollout mean rel L2 of 0.047 on val. Let me get the full 10-epoch baseline as my reference point.

bash

cd /app && python3 train.py 2>&1 | tail -6 && echo "=== ROLLOUT EVAL ===" && python3 eval_rollout.py 2>&1 | tail -6

output

[train] epoch=6/10 mse=1.8479e-05 val_rel_l2=0.0034
[train] epoch=7/10 mse=1.4761e-05 val_rel_l2=0.0032
[train] epoch=8/10 mse=1.2601e-05 val_rel_l2=0.0030
[train] epoch=9/10 mse=1.1432e-05 val_rel_l2=0.0029
[train] epoch=10/10 mse=1.0889e-05 val_rel_l2=0.0028
[train] wrote /app/outputs/model.pt
=== ROLLOUT EVAL ===
ckpt=/app/outputs/model.pt feat_mean=-0.0000 feat_std=1.1600
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0099 final=0.0192 rmse=0.0171
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0030 0.0055 0.0088 0.0133 0.0192
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0082 final=0.0149 rmse=0.0186
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0023 0.0047 0.0079 0.0109 0.0149

Baseline (10 epochs): - val: mean_rel_l2=0.0099, final=0.0192, rmse=0.0171 - public_test: mean_rel_l2=0.0082, final=0.0149, rmse=0.0186 Single-step val rel L2 = 0.0028. So rollout accumulates error: step1=0.0030, step20=0.0192. Now my goal: reduce the rollout error. Key idea: train with rollout-aware loss (pushforward/unrolled training), plus noise injection to make model robust to its own errors, EMA, more epochs, and possibly a relative-L2 loss matching the metric. Let me think about the design carefully to maximize improvement. The biggest lever: the model is trained only on ground-truth one-step inputs, but at test time it sees its own (slightly wrong) predictions. This distribution shift causes error compounding. Training on multi-step rollouts directly addresses this. Let me design an unrolled training: - Sample a trajectory and a random start index s (with enough room for k history + H rollout). - Seed window = frames [s : s+k] (ground truth). - Unroll model for H steps, feeding predictions back. - Loss = sum over steps of per-step loss (MSE or rel L2) between prediction and ground truth. - Backprop through the whole unrolled chain (BPTT), or use pushforward (detach all but last). Full BPTT for small H on H100 is fine. A curriculum: increase H over epochs. Start H=1, ramp to H=~10 or the full 20. But training at the full 20 is the most faithful to eval. Let me consider compute: 19200 pairs... but with rollouts, the number of valid start positions is reduced. With T=100, k=4, H=20: start can range from 0 to 100-4-20 = 76. So 77 starts per trajectory × 200 = 15400 samples. Each sample requires H forward passes. That's 20× the compute per sample. With batch 64, that's 15400/64 ≈ 240 batches × 20 forward/backward each. Let me just try and time it. Actually, a more efficient approach: For a given batch, I can compute the rollout for all start positions simultaneously. But memory for BPTT over 20 steps... the model is tiny (width 32). Fine. Let me think about the loss weighting across rollout steps. Early steps are easier and more certain; later steps compound. If I weight all steps equally, the later steps (larger error) dominate the gradient naturally. That's probably good since we care about the full rollout. But to avoid the model sacrificing one-step accuracy, equal weighting is reasonable. Some works use discounted weighting. I'll go with equal weight (sum or mean over steps), matching the eval metric (mean over steps of rel L2). Actually, the eval metric is mean over 20 steps of rel L2. So I should train to minimize exactly that: unroll 20 steps, compute per-step rel L2, average. Let me use rel-L2 loss (per sample, per step) to match the metric precisely, perhaps combined with MSE for stability. Actually rel-L2 on normalized frames... hmm. The eval computes rel L2 on the denormalized frames (physical units). But since feat_mean≈0, normalized = physical/feat_std, and rel L2 is scale invariant (ratio), so rel L2 is identical in normalized and physical space when mean=0. Since feat_mean is ~0 (global mean of u is 0 for KS), and we subtract the same constant from num and denom? No , rel L2 = ||pred-tgt|| / ||tgt||. If we compute in normalized space where norm = (x - mean)/std, then pred_norm - tgt_norm = (pred-tgt)/std, and tgt_norm = (tgt-mean)/std. So rel L2 in normalized space = ||pred-tgt|| / ||tgt-mean||, which differs from physical rel L2 = ||pred-tgt||/||tgt|| unless mean=0. Here mean≈-0.0000, essentially 0. So they're effectively equal. Good. I'll compute rollout in physical space for loss to be safe and match eval exactly. Actually I'll just denormalize inside the loss like the eval does. Let me design the training to operate like the eval: keep feat_mean, feat_std fixed (computed from train), normalize input, model predicts normalized next frame, denormalize, feed back. For loss, I'll compute in physical units: - rollout H steps - per-step rel L2 = ||pred_t - tgt_t||_2 / ||tgt_t||_2 (per sample) - also …[truncated]

Now I understand the problem well. The key insight: the baseline trains **single-step** with MSE on ground-truth inputs, but it's evaluated on a **20-step autoregressive rollout** where errors compound. The fixes that matter most: 1. **Unrolled/rollout-aware training** (the model sees its own predictions) , directly optimizes the graded metric. 2. **Loss matching the metric** (relative L2). 3. **Physics-based augmentation** using KS symmetries (periodic translation + reflection `u(x)→-u(-x)`). 4. **EMA, grad clipping, warmup+cosine, more epochs**. Let me verify the reflection symmetry and augmentation mechanics numerically, and time an unrolled epoch before committing.

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import torch, time
traj = torch.load('data/train/trajectories.pt', weights_only=True)['trajectories'].cuda()
B,T,N = traj.shape
print('traj on gpu', traj.shape, traj.device)
# timing a fake unrolled rollout of H=20 with a tiny model
import json,sys; sys.path.insert(0,'/app')
from candidate_model import build_model
cfg=json.load(open('task_config.json'))
m=build_model(cfg).cuda()
opt=torch.optim.AdamW(m.parameters(),lr=1e-3)
fm,fs=0.0,1.16
def gather(ids,starts,k,H):
    win_idx=starts[:,None]+torch.arange(k,device=ids.device)[None,:]
    tgt_idx=starts[:,None]+k+torch.arange(H,device=ids.device)[None,:]
    win=traj[ids[:,None].expand(-1,k),win_idx]
    tgt=traj[ids[:,None].expand(-1,H),tgt_idx]
    return win,tgt
k,H=4,20; bs=256
ids=torch.randint(0,B,(bs,),device='cuda'); starts=torch.randint(0,T-k-H,(bs,),device='cuda')
win,tgt=gather(ids,starts,k,H)
print('win',win.shape,'tgt',tgt.shape)
torch.cuda.synchronize(); t0=time.time()
for it in range(20):
    opt.zero_grad()
    w=(win-fm)/fs
    preds=[]
    for s in range(H):
        o=m(w)
        preds.append(o)
        w=torch.cat([w[:,1:],o],dim=1)
    pred=torch.cat(preds,dim=1)*fs+fm
    rel=(((pred-tgt)**2).sum(-1).sqrt()/(tgt**2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8)).mean()
    rel.backward(); opt.step()
torch.cuda.synchronize(); print('20 iters H=20 bs=256 took %.3fs'%(time.time()-t0))
print('one full-epoch (~60 batches) est %.2fs'%((time.time()-t0)/20*60))
"

output

traj on gpu torch.Size([200, 100, 128]) cuda:0
win torch.Size([256, 4, 128]) tgt torch.Size([256, 20, 128])
20 iters H=20 bs=256 took 3.280s
one full-epoch (~60 batches) est 9.84s

An epoch with ~60 batches at H=20, bs=256, full BPTT takes ~10s. That's very affordable. I can do many epochs. With 15200 combos / 256 = ~60 batches. Good. Let me verify the reflection symmetry augmentation doesn't break the data distribution , I can check that a transformed trajectory still has the same statistics and that consecutive-frame rel L2 is preserved (a sanity that it's a consistent transform). But the real check (is it a valid KS solution) can't be done without a solver. I'll trust the analytic derivation. But let me at least confirm the flip+negate+roll alignment by checking: the transformed trajectory should have identical per-frame statistics and identical consecutive-frame differences (since it's an isometry). That's trivially true for flip/negate/roll. The real question is whether the model trained with it generalizes , I'll rely on the math. Let me also double check the grid channel behavior and confirm translation augmentation is sensible. I'll proceed. Now, let me think about whether I should use full BPTT or pushforward. Full BPTT over H=20 directly optimizes the rollout metric. Risk: the model could learn to over-smooth to minimize late-step error, hurting... no, minimizing rel L2 at each step is exactly the goal. Let me go with full BPTT but with a curriculum: start at small H and increase, so early training is stable and fast, later training refines long rollouts. Let me design the curriculum: - Use total ~80-120 epochs (each ~a few seconds to 10s). Actually at H=20 each epoch is 10s; smaller H proportionally less. 100 epochs averaging ~7s = ~12 min. Fine. But let me be mindful of total wall time. Let me target maybe 60-80 epochs. Curriculum idea: - epochs 1-10: H=1 (pure single step, like baseline) to get a good base fast. - epochs 11-25: H=4 - epochs 26-40: H=8 - epochs 41-60: H=13 - epochs 61-80: H=20 Actually, simpler: ramp H based on epoch fraction. But distinct phases with LR schedule are cleaner. Alternatively a single schedule with warmup where H increases. Let me think about a potential subtlety: If I only ever train with seed windows drawn from GROUND TRUTH frames [s:s+k], the very first input distribution matches eval (eval seeds from ground truth frames [0:k]). Good, that's consistent. During rollout both train and eval feed predictions. Good. One more consideration: noise injection on the seed window. Eval seeds from clean ground-truth frames (no noise). So adding noise to the seed during training creates a slight train/test mismatch for step 1, but improves robustness for later steps (which are fed noisy predictions). Since BPTT already feeds real predictions (which carry realistic error), I think the explicit seed noise is less critical. I'll use a small amount and can ablate. Let me keep seed noise small (e.g., 0.0 to 0.02) , or skip it and rely on pushforward. Let me test both. Actually, the combination that tends to work best (from PDE-surrogate literature, e.g., "Message Passing Neural PDE Solvers", Brandstetter et al.): the pushforward trick = add an adversarial-like perturbation by running the model one step without grad to produce the input. Unrolled BPTT is related. Let me do unrolled BPTT (which is stronger) plus a touch of input noise for extra robustness. I'll ablate quickly. Let me also decide the loss: - Option A: mean over steps of per-sample rel L2 (matches metric exactly). - Option B: MSE over all. Let me use primarily rel L2 (matches metric) but I'll verify it trains stably. I saw above it does (loss decreased). Let me consider combining: loss = rel_l2_mean + 0.1 * mse or similar. Actually pure rel L2 matches the metric; I'll use that, maybe with small weighting to later steps? No, equal weight = metric. Keep equal. Wait, the metric is mean over 20 steps of rel L2. If I train with curriculum H<20, the per-step weighting differs, but that's fine for building up. Final phase H=20 matches exactly. Let me also consider: should I weight later steps more since they …[truncated]

An unrolled H=20 epoch is only ~10s, so I can afford a long curriculum with many epochs. Let me quickly sanity-check the reflection+shift augmentation preserves data statistics (an isometry check) before building the full recipe.

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import torch
traj = torch.load('data/train/trajectories.pt', weights_only=True)['trajectories']
N=128
# reflection symmetry candidate: v_j = -u_{(N-j)%N} = -roll(flip(u),1)
def reflect(u):  # u [...,N]
    return -torch.roll(torch.flip(u,dims=[-1]),shifts=1,dims=-1)
def shift(u,s):
    return torch.roll(u,shifts=s,dims=-1)
u = traj[0]  # [100,128]
v = reflect(u)
print('mean/std preserved:', float(v.mean()), float(v.std()), 'vs', float(u.mean()), float(u.std()))
# consecutive frame rel l2 preserved under transform (isometry)?
def c(x): return ((( x[1:]-x[:-1])**2).sum(-1).sqrt()/(x[:-1]**2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8)).mean().item()
print('consec relL2 u=%.5f reflect=%.5f shift=%.5f'%(c(u),c(v),c(shift(u,37))))
# double reflect = identity?
print('double reflect err', (reflect(reflect(u))-u).abs().max().item())
"

output

mean/std preserved: 2.42292884422568e-07 1.1699280738830566 vs -2.4244189944511163e-07 1.1699280738830566
consec relL2 u=0.04633 reflect=0.04633 shift=0.04633
double reflect err 0.0

Good. The reflection is an involution (double reflect = identity) and preserves statistics. These augmentations are valid isometries consistent with KS symmetries. Now let me write the full improved training script.

The augmentations are clean isometries (reflection is an involution, statistics preserved). Now I'll write the improved training script with unrolled curriculum training, KS-symmetry augmentation, relative-L2 loss, EMA, grad clipping, and warmup+cosine scheduling.

str_replace_based_edit_tool

command: create
path: /app/train_improved.py
file_text: from __future__ import annotations
import json, os, sys, math, copy, time
from pathlib import Path
import torch

APP_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("APP_DIR", "/app"))
sys.path.insert(0, str(APP_DIR))
from candidate_model import build_model
from dataset import KSForecast, compute_standardization


def getenv_f(name, default):
    v = os.environ.get(name)
    return float(v) if v is not None else default


def getenv_i(name, default):
    v = os.environ.get(name)
    return int(v) if v is not None else default


# ---------------- augmentation (KS symmetries) ----------------
def augment(frames: torch.Tensor, do_shift: bool, do_reflect: bool) -> torch.Tensor:
    """frames: [B, F, N]. Apply per-sample random circular shift + reflection (u(x)->-u(-x)).
    Same transform across all F frames of a sample => stays a valid trajectory."""
    B, F, N = frames.shape
    out = frames
    if do_reflect:
        mask = (torch.rand(B, device=frames.device) < 0.5)
        refl = -torch.roll(torch.flip(out, dims=[-1]), shifts=1, dims=-1)
        out = torch.where(mask.view(B, 1, 1), refl, out)
    if do_shift:
        shifts = torch.randint(0, N, (B,), device=frames.device)
        base = torch.arange(N, device=frames.device)
        idx = (base.view(1, N) - shifts.view(B, 1)) % N          # [B,N]
        idx = idx.view(B, 1, N).expand(B, F, N)
        out = torch.gather(out, 2, idx)
    return out


# ---------------- unrolled rollout loss ----------------
def rollout_loss(model, win_n, tgt_n, H, noise_std=0.0):
    """win_n: [B,k,N] normalized seed. tgt_n: [B,H,N] normalized targets.
    Returns mean-over-steps per-sample relative-L2 (computed in normalized space;
    feat_mean~0 so this equals physical rel-L2)."""
    w = win_n
    if noise_std > 0:
        w = w + noise_std * torch.randn_like(w)
    rel_sum = 0.0
    for s in range(H):
        o = model(w)                                   # [B,1,N]
        t = tgt_n[:, s:s + 1]
        num = (o - t).pow(2).sum(-1).sqrt()
        den = t.pow(2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8)
        rel_sum = rel_sum + (num / den).mean()
        w = torch.cat([w[:, 1:], o], dim=1)
    return rel_sum / H


@torch.no_grad()
def val_rollout(model, traj, fm, fs, k, H, start=0):
    model.eval()
    window = traj[:, start:start + k].clone()
    preds = []
    for _ in range(H):
        o = model((window - fm) / fs) * fs + fm
        preds.append(o)
        window = torch.cat([window[:, 1:], o], dim=1)
    pred = torch.cat(preds, dim=1)
    tgt = traj[:, start + k:start + k + H]
    rel = (((pred - tgt) ** 2).sum(-1).sqrt() / (tgt ** 2).sum(-1).sqrt().clamp_min(1e-8))
    return rel.mean().item(), rel.mean(0)[-1].item()


def ema_update(ema, model, decay):
    with torch.no_grad():
        for pe, pm in zip(ema.parameters(), model.parameters()):
            pe.mul_(decay).add_(pm, alpha=1 - decay)
        for be, bm in zip(ema.buffers(), model.buffers()):
            be.copy_(bm)


def main():
    with (APP_DIR / "task_config.json").open() as fh:
        cfg = json.load(fh)
    device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
    seed = int(cfg["seed"]); torch.manual_seed(seed)
    k = int(cfg["in_channels"]); Hmax = int(cfg["rollout_horizon"])

    train_ds = KSForecast(APP_DIR / "data" / "train", k=k)
    val_ds = KSForecast(APP_DIR / "data" / "val", k=k)
    feat_mean, feat_std = compute_standardization(train_ds.trajectories)
    traj = train_ds.trajectories.to(device)
    traj_v = val_ds.trajectories.to(device)
    traj_n = (traj - feat_mean) / feat_std                       # normalized train

    model = build_model(cfg).to(device)
    ema = copy.deepcopy(model)
    for p in ema.parameters():
        p.requires_grad_(False)

    # hyperparameters (env-overridable)
    epochs = getenv_i("TASK_EPOCHS_OVERRIDE", getenv_i("EPOCHS", 90))
    bs = getenv_i("BS", 128)
    lr = getenv_f("LR", 2e-3)
    wd = getenv_f("WD", 1e-4)
    noise_st
…[truncated]

output

New file created successfully at /app/train_improved.py

Let me do a quick smoke test with a few epochs to make sure it runs and the numbers look reasonable.

Let me smoke-test with a few epochs to verify it runs correctly before a full run.

bash

cd /app && TASK_EPOCHS_OVERRIDE=6 python3 train_improved.py 2>&1 | tail -20

output

[train] device=cuda epochs=6 bs=128 lr=0.002 noise=0.01 shift=True reflect=True ema=0.999
[train] ep=1/6 H=1 lr=4.00e-04 loss=3.0411e-01 val_raw=0.0682 val_ema=1.0120 best=0.0682(raw@ep1) 2.7s
[train] ep=2/6 H=4 lr=8.00e-04 loss=2.5711e-02 val_raw=0.0526 val_ema=1.0088 best=0.0526(raw@ep2) 3.8s
[train] ep=3/6 H=8 lr=1.20e-03 loss=4.1211e-02 val_raw=0.1076 val_ema=1.0049 best=0.0526(raw@ep2) 7.7s
[train] ep=5/6 H=20 lr=2.00e-03 loss=1.2080e-01 val_raw=0.0979 val_ema=0.9932 best=0.0526(raw@ep2) 12.7s
[train] ep=6/6 H=20 lr=2.00e-03 loss=8.7321e-02 val_raw=0.0825 val_ema=0.9843 best=0.0526(raw@ep2) 12.4s
[train] BEST val_rollout_rel_l2=0.0526 (raw@ep2) -> /app/outputs/model.pt

It runs. The EMA is lagging badly because with few epochs and decay 0.999, the EMA hasn't caught up from the random init (it's essentially still near init). With 90 epochs and ~115 batches/epoch, that's ~10000 updates; 0.999^10000 ≈ e^{-10} ≈ 4.5e-5, so EMA would converge. But early on EMA is bad. That's fine since I pick best over both raw and ema. For a short run EMA looks terrible; for long run it'll be fine. But maybe decay 0.999 is too slow to be useful even at 90 epochs? Let me reconsider: updates = epochs * batches_per_epoch. batches_per_epoch varies with H (since max_start changes): for H=20, max_start=76 → 77*200=15400 samples → /128 = 120 batches. For H=1, 96*200=19200 → 150 batches. So ~120-150 batches/epoch. 90 epochs → ~11000 updates. EMA 0.999 → effective window ~1000 updates ~ last ~8 epochs. That's reasonable for the final phase. Good. But the full 6-epoch smoke shows val got worse after the curriculum jumped to H=8, H=20 with high LR (2e-3). The loss went up because LR peaked (warmup to epoch 5) exactly when H increased. In the real 90-epoch run, the LR will peak at epoch 5 then cosine-decay over the rest, and H increases gradually, so by the time H=20 the LR is lower. So it should be fine. But the val numbers here (0.05) are worse than baseline (0.0099) because only 6 epochs and high LR at the end. Need full run. However, I'm a bit concerned: the peak LR of 2e-3 with full BPTT over H=20 might be unstable. Let me reconsider the LR. The baseline used 1e-3 and got good results. With unrolled training, gradients are larger; 2e-3 might be too high. Let me think about the schedule ordering: warmup 5 epochs to peak 2e-3, but at epoch 5 we're entering H=8/13 territory. Peak LR coincides with medium horizons. Might be ok with grad clip=1.0. Let me just run the full thing and see. But first, let me reduce risk: maybe lower peak LR to 1.5e-3 and make warmup align. Actually, let me run the default 90-epoch and observe. It'll take ~90 * ~8s avg ≈ 12 min. Acceptable. Let me kick it off in the background and monitor. Actually let me run in foreground with output to a log so I can watch, but 12 min might hit limits per command (300s). So I must background it. Let me launch in background, redirect to log.

It runs correctly. The EMA looks bad only because 6 epochs is far too few for decay 0.999 to converge from random init , over a full 90-epoch run (~11k updates) it will be meaningful, and I select the best of raw/EMA anyway. The end-of-run val is worse here simply because LR peaks (warmup=5) right as the horizon jumps, with too few epochs to recover. Let me launch the full run in the background and monitor it.

bash

cd /app && nohup python3 train_improved.py > /app/run_main.log 2>&1 &
echo "launched PID $!"; sleep 60; echo "--- log after 60s ---"; cat /app/run_main.log

output

launched PID 214
--- log after 60s ---
[train] device=cuda epochs=90 bs=128 lr=0.002 noise=0.01 shift=True reflect=True ema=0.999
[train] ep=1/90 H=1 lr=4.00e-04 loss=3.0411e-01 val_raw=0.0682 val_ema=1.0120 best=0.0682(raw@ep1) 3.2s
[train] ep=2/90 H=1 lr=8.00e-04 loss=1.7539e-02 val_raw=0.0609 val_ema=1.0088 best=0.0609(raw@ep2) 1.6s
[train] ep=3/90 H=1 lr=1.20e-03 loss=2.0477e-02 val_raw=0.0572 val_ema=1.0046 best=0.0572(raw@ep3) 1.6s
[train] ep=5/90 H=1 lr=2.00e-03 loss=2.1166e-02 val_raw=0.0684 val_ema=0.9915 best=0.0568(raw@ep4) 1.6s
[train] ep=10/90 H=1 lr=1.99e-03 loss=1.6458e-02 val_raw=0.0610 val_ema=0.9129 best=0.0513(raw@ep9) 1.6s
[train] ep=15/90 H=4 lr=1.95e-03 loss=2.9235e-02 val_raw=0.0710 val_ema=0.7007 best=0.0429(raw@ep11) 4.1s

I notice the H=1 phase val_raw stays around 0.05-0.068, which is WORSE than the baseline's 0.0099. This is surprising. Why? Because at H=1 with LR up to 2e-3 and heavy augmentation (random shift over all 128 positions + reflection) plus noise 0.01, the single-step model isn't fitting as tightly. The baseline with lr 1e-3, no aug, 10 epochs got single-step val rollout 0.0099. Wait, but val_raw here at H=1 is the full 20-step rollout rel L2 using the current model. At epoch 9 it's 0.0513. The baseline after 10 epochs was 0.0099. So my model is much worse at this stage. The augmentation might be too aggressive / the LR too high, preventing tight fitting. Hmm. But the curriculum should improve things once H increases. Let me keep watching. But I'm worried the heavy augmentation (shift across ALL 128 positions) combined with the grid channel is making the task harder , the model must predict correctly regardless of absolute position, but the grid channel gives a misleading absolute coordinate. Actually that's the point: we want it position-invariant. But the grid channel is fixed input; with random shifts the model learns to ignore/contextualize grid. This is harder to fit but should generalize better. The concern is whether it ultimately beats baseline. Let me let it run and see the final number. Meanwhile, let me think about whether the augmentation is helping or hurting. I should run an ablation: a version WITHOUT augmentation, and WITHOUT noise, to isolate the effect of unrolled training alone. But that doubles compute. Let me wait for this run to progress to H=20 phase and see val. Actually, let me reconsider the whole approach. The baseline achieves 0.0099 rollout with plain single-step MSE and NO augmentation. My unrolled+aug approach is at 0.04+ during the H=1/H=4 phase. The real test is the final H=20 phase with decayed LR. Let me wait. Let me monitor more.

The H=1 phase val (~0.05) is currently worse than the 10-epoch baseline (0.0099) , the aggressive augmentation and high LR prevent tight single-step fitting early on. The real test is the later H=20 phase with decayed LR. Let me keep monitoring.

bash

sleep 120; cat /app/run_main.log | tail -12

output

[train] device=cuda epochs=90 bs=128 lr=0.002 noise=0.01 shift=True reflect=True ema=0.999
[train] ep=1/90 H=1 lr=4.00e-04 loss=3.0411e-01 val_raw=0.0682 val_ema=1.0120 best=0.0682(raw@ep1) 3.2s
[train] ep=2/90 H=1 lr=8.00e-04 loss=1.7539e-02 val_raw=0.0609 val_ema=1.0088 best=0.0609(raw@ep2) 1.6s
[train] ep=3/90 H=1 lr=1.20e-03 loss=2.0477e-02 val_raw=0.0572 val_ema=1.0046 best=0.0572(raw@ep3) 1.6s
[train] ep=5/90 H=1 lr=2.00e-03 loss=2.1166e-02 val_raw=0.0684 val_ema=0.9915 best=0.0568(raw@ep4) 1.6s
[train] ep=10/90 H=1 lr=1.99e-03 loss=1.6458e-02 val_raw=0.0610 val_ema=0.9129 best=0.0513(raw@ep9) 1.6s
[train] ep=15/90 H=4 lr=1.95e-03 loss=2.9235e-02 val_raw=0.0710 val_ema=0.7007 best=0.0429(raw@ep11) 4.1s
[train] ep=20/90 H=4 lr=1.87e-03 loss=1.2771e-02 val_raw=0.0325 val_ema=0.3405 best=0.0315(raw@ep19) 3.6s
[train] ep=25/90 H=4 lr=1.76e-03 loss=1.1134e-02 val_raw=0.0252 val_ema=0.1478 best=0.0209(raw@ep23) 3.6s
[train] ep=30/90 H=8 lr=1.63e-03 loss=2.4242e-02 val_raw=0.0208 val_ema=0.0688 best=0.0208(raw@ep30) 6.4s
[train] ep=35/90 H=8 lr=1.48e-03 loss=1.0507e-02 val_raw=0.0217 val_ema=0.0396 best=0.0204(raw@ep34) 6.0s
[train] ep=40/90 H=8 lr=1.31e-03 loss=1.3915e-02 val_raw=0.0682 val_ema=0.0231 best=0.0139(raw@ep39) 6.5s

Now at epoch 40, best val is 0.0139 (raw@ep39), and EMA is catching up (0.0231 at ep40). The val is improving as LR decays and horizon increases. But it's still above baseline 0.0099. Let me wait for the H=13 and H=20 phases with lower LR. The LR at ep40 is 1.31e-3; it will keep decaying to 0 by ep90. The final phases should push val well below baseline. Let me wait. Actually, I'm now noticing val_raw fluctuates a lot (0.0217 at 35, 0.0682 at 40) , high LR causing instability. The EMA is much smoother (0.0231 at 40) and likely to win in the end. Let me continue.

Now at epoch 40, best val is 0.0139 and improving as LR decays and horizon grows; the EMA is catching up (0.023) and is much smoother than the noisy raw. Let me wait for the final H=13 and H=20 phases.

bash

sleep 150; cat /app/run_main.log | tail -10

output

[train] ep=10/90 H=1 lr=1.99e-03 loss=1.6458e-02 val_raw=0.0610 val_ema=0.9129 best=0.0513(raw@ep9) 1.6s
[train] ep=15/90 H=4 lr=1.95e-03 loss=2.9235e-02 val_raw=0.0710 val_ema=0.7007 best=0.0429(raw@ep11) 4.1s
[train] ep=20/90 H=4 lr=1.87e-03 loss=1.2771e-02 val_raw=0.0325 val_ema=0.3405 best=0.0315(raw@ep19) 3.6s
[train] ep=25/90 H=4 lr=1.76e-03 loss=1.1134e-02 val_raw=0.0252 val_ema=0.1478 best=0.0209(raw@ep23) 3.6s
[train] ep=30/90 H=8 lr=1.63e-03 loss=2.4242e-02 val_raw=0.0208 val_ema=0.0688 best=0.0208(raw@ep30) 6.4s
[train] ep=35/90 H=8 lr=1.48e-03 loss=1.0507e-02 val_raw=0.0217 val_ema=0.0396 best=0.0204(raw@ep34) 6.0s
[train] ep=40/90 H=8 lr=1.31e-03 loss=1.3915e-02 val_raw=0.0682 val_ema=0.0231 best=0.0139(raw@ep39) 6.5s
[train] ep=45/90 H=8 lr=1.13e-03 loss=7.9259e-03 val_raw=0.0149 val_ema=0.0164 best=0.0139(raw@ep39) 7.3s
[train] ep=50/90 H=13 lr=9.45e-04 loss=2.0756e-02 val_raw=0.0235 val_ema=0.0129 best=0.0117(raw@ep46) 10.3s
[train] ep=55/90 H=13 lr=7.62e-04 loss=7.1433e-03 val_raw=0.0073 val_ema=0.0104 best=0.0073(raw@ep55) 8.9s

Now at epoch 55, best val = 0.0073 (raw@ep55), already beating baseline 0.0099. EMA at 0.0104. The H=20 phase is still coming (frac>=0.72 → ep >= ~64). LR continuing to decay. This should improve further. Let me wait for completion.

At epoch 55, best val is now **0.0073**, already beating the 0.0099 baseline, with the H=20 phase and further LR decay still to come. Let me wait for it to finish.

bash

sleep 180; cat /app/run_main.log | tail -10

output

[train] ep=25/90 H=4 lr=1.76e-03 loss=1.1134e-02 val_raw=0.0252 val_ema=0.1478 best=0.0209(raw@ep23) 3.6s
[train] ep=30/90 H=8 lr=1.63e-03 loss=2.4242e-02 val_raw=0.0208 val_ema=0.0688 best=0.0208(raw@ep30) 6.4s
[train] ep=35/90 H=8 lr=1.48e-03 loss=1.0507e-02 val_raw=0.0217 val_ema=0.0396 best=0.0204(raw@ep34) 6.0s
[train] ep=40/90 H=8 lr=1.31e-03 loss=1.3915e-02 val_raw=0.0682 val_ema=0.0231 best=0.0139(raw@ep39) 6.5s
[train] ep=45/90 H=8 lr=1.13e-03 loss=7.9259e-03 val_raw=0.0149 val_ema=0.0164 best=0.0139(raw@ep39) 7.3s
[train] ep=50/90 H=13 lr=9.45e-04 loss=2.0756e-02 val_raw=0.0235 val_ema=0.0129 best=0.0117(raw@ep46) 10.3s
[train] ep=55/90 H=13 lr=7.62e-04 loss=7.1433e-03 val_raw=0.0073 val_ema=0.0104 best=0.0073(raw@ep55) 8.9s
[train] ep=60/90 H=13 lr=5.88e-04 loss=6.0462e-03 val_raw=0.0071 val_ema=0.0071 best=0.0064(raw@ep59) 10.5s
[train] ep=65/90 H=13 lr=4.27e-04 loss=5.4054e-03 val_raw=0.0061 val_ema=0.0047 best=0.0047(ema@ep65) 10.6s
[train] ep=70/90 H=20 lr=2.86e-04 loss=6.4989e-03 val_raw=0.0067 val_ema=0.0035 best=0.0035(ema@ep70) 14.0s

Now the EMA is winning: best val = 0.0035 (ema@ep70), and we're in the H=20 phase with low LR. This is much better than baseline 0.0099. Let me wait for the final epochs (LR → 0), which should refine further.

Now the EMA is winning decisively: best val **0.0035** at epoch 70 (vs. baseline 0.0099), in the final H=20 phase with LR annealing toward zero. Let me wait for completion.

bash

sleep 170; cat /app/run_main.log | tail -6; echo "=== proc still running? ==="; pgrep -f train_improved.py || echo "FINISHED"

output

[train] ep=60/90 H=13 lr=5.88e-04 loss=6.0462e-03 val_raw=0.0071 val_ema=0.0071 best=0.0064(raw@ep59) 10.5s
[train] ep=65/90 H=13 lr=4.27e-04 loss=5.4054e-03 val_raw=0.0061 val_ema=0.0047 best=0.0047(ema@ep65) 10.6s
[train] ep=70/90 H=20 lr=2.86e-04 loss=6.4989e-03 val_raw=0.0067 val_ema=0.0035 best=0.0035(ema@ep70) 14.0s
[train] ep=75/90 H=20 lr=1.70e-04 loss=5.4291e-03 val_raw=0.0032 val_ema=0.0028 best=0.0028(ema@ep75) 14.0s
[train] ep=80/90 H=20 lr=8.15e-05 loss=4.2108e-03 val_raw=0.0027 val_ema=0.0025 best=0.0025(ema@ep80) 12.5s
[train] ep=85/90 H=20 lr=2.45e-05 loss=3.7246e-03 val_raw=0.0023 val_ema=0.0023 best=0.0023(raw@ep85) 12.9s
=== proc still running? ===
216

Best val now 0.0023 at ep85, still improving. LR nearly 0. Let me wait for final.

bash

sleep 60; cat /app/run_main.log | tail -4; echo "==="; pgrep -f train_improved.py || echo "FINISHED"

output

[train] ep=80/90 H=20 lr=8.15e-05 loss=4.2108e-03 val_raw=0.0027 val_ema=0.0025 best=0.0025(ema@ep80) 12.5s
[train] ep=85/90 H=20 lr=2.45e-05 loss=3.7246e-03 val_raw=0.0023 val_ema=0.0023 best=0.0023(raw@ep85) 12.9s
[train] ep=90/90 H=20 lr=6.83e-07 loss=3.6558e-03 val_raw=0.0021 val_ema=0.0022 best=0.0021(raw@ep90) 15.1s
[train] BEST val_rollout_rel_l2=0.0021 (raw@ep90) -> /app/outputs/model.pt
===
FINISHED

Final best val = 0.0021, a huge improvement over the baseline 0.0099 (about 4.7× lower). Let me now run the full rollout eval to confirm on both val and public_test.

Training finished with best val rollout rel L2 = **0.0021** (vs baseline 0.0099). Let me verify with the independent rollout eval harness on both val and public_test.

bash

cd /app && python3 eval_rollout.py 2>&1 | tail -8

output

ckpt=/app/outputs/model.pt feat_mean=-0.0000 feat_std=1.1600
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0021 final=0.0027 rmse=0.0034
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0019 0.0018 0.0020 0.0023 0.0027
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0018 final=0.0024 rmse=0.0035
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0013 0.0013 0.0019 0.0022 0.0024

Excellent! The improved model: - val: mean_rel_l2=0.0021 (baseline 0.0099), final=0.0027 (baseline 0.0192), rmse=0.0034 (baseline 0.0171) - public_test: mean_rel_l2=0.0018 (baseline 0.0082), final=0.0024 (baseline 0.0149) The per-step error is now nearly FLAT across the rollout (0.0019 → 0.0027 over 20 steps), whereas baseline grew steeply (0.0030 → 0.0192). This is exactly the rollout-stability improvement we wanted , error barely compounds now. About 4.7-6× better final-step error. This is a big win. Now let me make sure the checkpoint satisfies the output contract exactly: - dict loadable with weights_only=True ✓ (it's a plain dict of tensors + floats) - state_dict matching build_model(task_config) ✓ - feat_mean, feat_std float scalars ✓ Let me verify by loading it fresh and checking compatibility, including strict load. Let me also verify there are no buffers issue: the model has a non-persistent buffer `_grid` (persistent=False), so it won't be in state_dict. build_model creates it fresh. load_state_dict(strict=True) should still work because _grid is not in state_dict and is registered as a buffer... wait, strict=True checks that keys match exactly. Non-persistent buffers are NOT included in state_dict, and load_state_dict with strict=True does not expect them (they're excluded from the expected keys too). So strict load should pass. Let me verify.

Outstanding , the improved model achieves val mean rel L2 **0.0021** and public_test **0.0018**, roughly **4.7–6× better** than the baseline. Critically, the per-step error is now nearly flat across the rollout (0.0019 → 0.0027) instead of compounding steeply (baseline 0.0030 → 0.0192). That flatness is exactly the rollout stability the unrolled training was designed to produce. Now let me rigorously verify the checkpoint satisfies the output contract (loadable with `weights_only=True`, strict state_dict match, scalar dtypes).

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import json, torch
from candidate_model import build_model
cfg=json.load(open('task_config.json'))
ckpt=torch.load('outputs/model.pt', weights_only=True)   # must work with weights_only
print('keys:', list(ckpt.keys()))
print('feat_mean', ckpt['feat_mean'], type(ckpt['feat_mean']).__name__)
print('feat_std ', ckpt['feat_std'], type(ckpt['feat_std']).__name__)
assert isinstance(ckpt['feat_mean'], float) and isinstance(ckpt['feat_std'], float)
m=build_model(cfg)
ret=m.load_state_dict(ckpt['state_dict'], strict=True)   # strict match
print('strict load OK:', ret)
# forward sanity with expected shapes
m.eval()
x=torch.randn(5,4,128)
with torch.no_grad(): y=m(x)
print('forward [5,4,128] ->', tuple(y.shape))
assert y.shape==(5,1,128)
# param count + no NaNs
import math
n=sum(p.numel() for p in m.parameters()); print('params',n)
assert all(torch.isfinite(v).all() for v in ckpt['state_dict'].values())
print('ALL CONTRACT CHECKS PASSED')
"

output

keys: ['state_dict', 'feat_mean', 'feat_std']
feat_mean -3.819819571759808e-09 float
feat_std  1.1599736213684082 float
strict load OK: <All keys matched successfully>
forward [5,4,128] -> (5, 1, 128)
params 71041
ALL CONTRACT CHECKS PASSED

All contract checks pass. Now let me do a few things to make this robust and be confident: 1. Run an ablation to confirm the augmentation and noise are actually helping (not hurting). But I already have a strong result. Given limited token budget, I should be judicious. Let me consider whether the result could be even better, and whether there's any risk. 2. Robustness to the grader's rollout start position. The grader might seed from a different start than 0. My training used random starts, so the model should be robust. Let me verify by evaluating rollout from multiple start positions on val/public_test. This is important , if the grader uses a different start, I want to confirm good performance. 3. Check: does the grader maybe seed with the LAST k frames and roll forward, or seed from frame 0? Either way, random-start training covers it. Let me test multiple starts. Let me evaluate rollout from several start positions to confirm robustness. For a trajectory of 100 frames, start can go up to 100-4-20=76. Let me test starts 0, 20, 40, 76. Let me write a quick multi-start eval.

All contract checks pass. Now let me verify robustness to the grader's choice of rollout **start position** , I don't know exactly where the grader seeds the rollout, so the model should perform well from any start. My training used random starts, so let me confirm across several seed positions.

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import json, torch
from candidate_model import build_model
from eval_rollout import load_ckpt, rollout_eval
cfg=json.load(open('task_config.json')); dev='cuda'
m,fm,fs=load_ckpt('outputs/model.pt',cfg,dev)
for split in ['val','public_test']:
    traj=torch.load(f'data/{split}/trajectories.pt',weights_only=True)['trajectories'].float()
    print(f'--- {split} (T={traj.shape[1]}) ---')
    for s in [0,10,20,40,60,76]:
        r=rollout_eval(m,fm,fs,traj,k=4,horizon=20,device=dev,start=s)
        print(f'  start={s:2d}: mean_rel_l2={r[\"mean_rel_l2\"]:.4f} final={r[\"final_rel_l2\"]:.4f}')
"

output

--- val (T=100) ---
  start= 0: mean_rel_l2=0.0021 final=0.0027
  start=10: mean_rel_l2=0.0019 final=0.0028
  start=20: mean_rel_l2=0.0019 final=0.0029
  start=40: mean_rel_l2=0.0017 final=0.0024
  start=60: mean_rel_l2=0.0019 final=0.0029
  start=76: mean_rel_l2=0.0019 final=0.0028
--- public_test (T=100) ---
  start= 0: mean_rel_l2=0.0018 final=0.0024
  start=10: mean_rel_l2=0.0016 final=0.0026
  start=20: mean_rel_l2=0.0016 final=0.0031
  start=40: mean_rel_l2=0.0015 final=0.0022
  start=60: mean_rel_l2=0.0015 final=0.0022
  start=76: mean_rel_l2=0.0016 final=0.0022

The model is very robust across all start positions (0.0015-0.0021 mean rel L2 everywhere). Great, this confirms the random-start training made it position/seed robust. Now, the result is already excellent (4.7-6x better than baseline). But let me verify that my key design choices are actually contributing positively, and consider if I'm leaving performance on the table. Given token budget, let me run a couple of targeted ablations in parallel to confirm robustness of the recipe and possibly squeeze more. But I should be careful with time/tokens. Actually, the result is strong and robust. The main risk is overfitting to val selection, but public_test (held-out, never used for selection) is actually BETTER than val (0.0018 vs 0.0021), so no overfitting concern. Let me consider whether I should push further. A few ideas: 1. Longer training / more epochs at H=20. 2. Check if removing noise or augmentation changes things (ablation). But honestly, the current result is excellent and robust across starts and across the held-out public_test. The per-step error is essentially flat, meaning the model is near the limit of what's achievable (error barely grows over the rollout). Going from 0.0099 to 0.0021 is a 4.7x improvement; further gains are likely marginal. However, I want to make sure my selection of "best" checkpoint via val isn't fragile. Let me reconsider: I select best over raw and ema at each epoch by val mean rel L2. The final saved is raw@ep90 (0.0021), but ema@ep90 was 0.0022 , essentially tied. Both are great. One concern: could training longer purely at H=20 help? The loss was still slowly decreasing (3.65e-3 at ep90). But val had plateaued around 0.0021-0.0023. Diminishing returns. I think 90 epochs is good. Let me also double-check I'm not accidentally missing something about how the grader computes the score. The metric names: rollout_rel_l2_score, rollout_rmse_score, final_step_rel_l2_score. "score" suggests higher is better, so it's probably something like max(0, 1 - rel_l2) or 1/(1+rel_l2) or similar. Either way, lower rel_l2 → higher score. My improvement directly helps all three (mean rel l2, rmse, final step all dramatically reduced). Let me verify rmse improvement too: baseline val rmse 0.0171 → mine 0.0034 (5x better). final rel l2: 0.0192 → 0.0027 (7x better). All secondary metrics also improved. I think this is a solid, complete solution. But let me do one more robustness thing: confirm the checkpoint loads and runs on CPU too (in case grader uses CPU), and that weights_only load gives float (not numpy/tensor) for the scalars. Already confirmed floats. Let me confirm CPU forward. Also, let me make sure the model.pt is the final best one and not overwritten. The file is saved. Let me also save a backup copy in case I run more experiments. Let me think about whether to attempt to squeeze more with a quick ablation. Given the strong result and to be scientific, let me run ONE confirmation: a variant without augmentation and without noise (pure unrolled curriculum) to see if aug/noise actually helped or if the gain is purely from unrolled training. This validates my design narrative. But it costs ~13 min. Given I have a strong, verified, contract-compliant result, and a limited budget, I'll do a faster confirmation: a shorter ablation at reduced epochs to compare recipes relatively. Actually, relative comparisons at short epochs may be misleading due to the curriculum needing full length. Let me instead be efficient: back up the current best model, then run two background ablations at full settings but I'll only keep the current one unless an ablation clearly wins. Actually, that's a lot of compute/time. Let me reconsider the value. The current solution is excellent and robust. The task asks to "improve the training recipe" and save a checkpoint. I've done that with a large, verified improvement. Additional ablations are for my own confidence but add risk (overwriting). Let me at least back up …[truncated]

The model is very robust across all seed positions (0.0015–0.0021 everywhere), and public_test (never used for selection) is actually better than val , so no overfitting. Let me back up the checkpoint and confirm it also works on CPU (in case the grader runs on CPU).

bash

cd /app && cp outputs/model.pt outputs/model_main.pt && echo "backup saved" && python3 -c "
import json, torch
from candidate_model import build_model
cfg=json.load(open('task_config.json'))
ckpt=torch.load('outputs/model.pt', map_location='cpu', weights_only=True)
m=build_model(cfg); m.load_state_dict(ckpt['state_dict']); m.eval()
x=torch.randn(3,4,128)
with torch.no_grad(): y=m(x)
print('CPU forward OK, out', tuple(y.shape), 'finite', bool(torch.isfinite(y).all()))
"

output

backup saved
CPU forward OK, out (3, 1, 128) finite True

Now let me run an ablation to confirm the augmentation and noise contribute. I'll run a version with no augmentation and no noise (pure unrolled curriculum) in the background, saving to a different output path so it doesn't overwrite. I'll modify the script to accept an output path via env var. Let me check, the script hardcodes out_dir/model.pt. Let me add an env override for output filename. Actually, simpler: I'll run the ablation and have it write to outputs/model.pt, but I already backed up to model_main.pt. Then I compare and restore the best. But that's risky if something crashes. Let me add an OUT_NAME env var to the script. Let me add that quickly.

The checkpoint works on CPU too. Now, for scientific rigor, let me confirm that the KS-symmetry augmentation and noise actually contribute (vs. just the unrolled curriculum alone). I'll add an output-name override to the script and run an ablation in the background without overwriting my main model.

str_replace_based_edit_tool

command: str_replace
path: /app/train_improved.py
old_str:     out_dir = APP_DIR / "outputs"; out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    torch.save({"state_dict": best["sd"], "feat_mean": float(feat_mean), "feat_std": float(feat_std)},
               out_dir / "model.pt")
    print(f"[train] BEST val_rollout_rel_l2={best['val']:.4f} ({best['tag']}) -> {out_dir/'model.pt'}", flush=True)
new_str:     out_dir = APP_DIR / "outputs"; out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    out_name = os.environ.get("OUT_NAME", "model.pt")
    torch.save({"state_dict": best["sd"], "feat_mean": float(feat_mean), "feat_std": float(feat_std)},
               out_dir / out_name)
    print(f"[train] BEST val_rollout_rel_l2={best['val']:.4f} ({best['tag']}) -> {out_dir/out_name}", flush=True)

output

The file /app/train_improved.py has been edited successfully.

bash

cd /app && AUG_SHIFT=0 AUG_REFLECT=0 NOISE=0 OUT_NAME=model_noaug.pt nohup python3 train_improved.py > /app/run_noaug.log 2>&1 &
echo "launched ablation (no aug, no noise) PID $!"

output

launched ablation (no aug, no noise) PID 339

While that ablation runs (~13 min), let me think about whether there's anything else I should consider or improve. Let me reconsider the possibility that the grader evaluates differently. Let me re-read the task: "Given the last k=4 frames as input window [B, 4, 128], predict the next single frame [B, 1, 128]. At evaluation the hidden grader rolls your model autoregressively for 20 steps and scores the full rollout." So input window [B,4,128], output [B,1,128]. My model matches. The grader rolls autoregressively 20 steps. Scores the full rollout (mean over 20 steps of rel L2 presumably, plus rmse and final step). "The checkpoint must be compatible with build_model(config)." ✓ "model.pt must be a dict loadable with torch.load(..., weights_only=True) containing: state_dict, feat_mean, feat_std , float scalars for input/output standardization." ✓ So my understanding is correct and my solution is compliant. One thing to double-check: the grader normalizes input with feat_mean/feat_std and denormalizes output the same way. My training does exactly this convention (normalize input frames by (x-mean)/std, model outputs normalized next frame, denormalize by *std+mean). The val_rollout in my eval does the same. So consistent. But wait , is it possible the grader does NOT denormalize/normalize and just feeds raw frames, using feat_mean/feat_std only for something else? The contract explicitly says "float scalars for input/output standardization," strongly implying the grader standardizes inputs and de-standardizes outputs using these. The baseline train.py confirms this convention (it's the reference implementation). So I'm confident. Let me also consider: what if the grader applies the model and expects the output to already be the next frame in physical units WITHOUT denormalization? That would be inconsistent with "input/output standardization" naming and with the baseline. I'll trust the baseline convention, which is the standard interpretation. Now, while waiting, let me think about whether I can squeeze more performance. The current per-step error is nearly flat (~0.002). Since the single-step floor even for the baseline was 0.0028 single-step rel l2, and my rollout achieves ~0.002 per step, I'm essentially at or below the single-step accuracy floor , the unrolled training actually improved single-step too (because it trains on a richer distribution and with augmentation). This is close to optimal for this architecture. Is there any more headroom? Possibly with a larger model, but architecture is FIXED. With better optimization, maybe marginal. I think 0.002 is near the architecture's limit. Let me consider if there's risk my model is slightly overfit to the specific val/public distributions. The hidden grader uses its own trajectories (same KS system, L=22, same generation). Since my model generalizes from train→val→public_test consistently (and public wasn't used for selection and is best), it should generalize to the hidden set too. The augmentation further improves generalization. Let me wait for the ablation and compare. Meanwhile, let me also prepare a combined final verification. Actually, let me reconsider one potential improvement: test-time, the grader seeds with ground-truth frames [0:4] (clean). My model at step 1 has val per-step 0.0019. The noise injection during training (noise=0.01 on seed) might slightly hurt step-1 accuracy because it trains the model expecting noisy inputs. But since the later steps feed predictions (which have ~0.002 error, comparable to noise 0.01?). Actually noise 0.01 in normalized units... the prediction error is ~0.002 rel L2 = in normalized terms, ||err||/||x|| ~ 0.002, and ||x|| ~ sqrt(128) ~ 11.3, so ||err|| ~ 0.023 abs, per-point std ~0.002. Noise 0.01 per point (std) is larger than the actual per-point prediction error (~0.002). So noise=0.01 might be too large, making the model expect noisier inputs than it actually gets. This could slightly hurt. The ablation (noise=0 …[truncated]

While the ablation runs, let me reason about the noise level. My prediction error is ~0.002 rel L2 (per-point std ~0.002 in normalized units), but I injected seed noise of std 0.01 , potentially larger than the model's actual rollout error, which could slightly hurt. Let me launch a second ablation (augmentation ON, noise OFF) in parallel to isolate the noise contribution.

bash

cd /app && AUG_SHIFT=1 AUG_REFLECT=1 NOISE=0 OUT_NAME=model_aug_nonoise.pt nohup python3 train_improved.py > /app/run_aug_nonoise.log 2>&1 &
echo "launched ablation (aug, no noise) PID $!"; sleep 2; nvidia-smi --query-gpu=utilization.gpu,memory.used --format=csv,noheader

output

launched ablation (aug, no noise) PID 354
100 %, 48590 MiB

Hmm, 48GB used , that's a lot. Wait, two training runs plus... actually the model is tiny. 48GB is surprising. Oh, probably PyTorch caching allocator reserving memory, and two processes. It's fine, 80GB GPU. Let me wait for both to finish. They'll take longer running concurrently (~20 min maybe). Let me wait and monitor periodically. While waiting, let me think about whether there's a smarter curriculum or loss. Actually, let me reconsider whether I should also try a variant with smaller noise (e.g., 0.005) and a slightly different LR. But that's a lot of runs. Let me first see the two ablations. Let me also reconsider: my main model used noise=0.01 and got val 0.0021, public 0.0018. If aug+nonoise does better, I'll switch. If noaug+nonoise is much worse, that confirms aug helps. Let me wait ~5 min and check progress of both. Let me be mindful of token budget. I'll do fewer, longer sleeps and check both logs together.

Both ablations are running concurrently on the H100. Let me wait and then compare all three recipes together. I'll check periodically.

bash

sleep 280; echo "=== no-aug/no-noise ==="; tail -3 /app/run_noaug.log; echo "=== aug/no-noise ==="; tail -3 /app/run_aug_nonoise.log

output

=== no-aug/no-noise ===
[train] ep=40/90 H=8 lr=1.31e-03 loss=9.6263e-03 val_raw=0.0457 val_ema=0.0237 best=0.0191(raw@ep34) 7.8s
[train] ep=45/90 H=8 lr=1.13e-03 loss=7.1492e-03 val_raw=0.0135 val_ema=0.0158 best=0.0135(raw@ep45) 7.9s
[train] ep=50/90 H=13 lr=9.45e-04 loss=1.6094e-02 val_raw=0.0713 val_ema=0.0101 best=0.0101(ema@ep50) 10.5s
=== aug/no-noise ===
[train] ep=35/90 H=8 lr=1.48e-03 loss=9.8718e-03 val_raw=0.0137 val_ema=0.0384 best=0.0137(raw@ep35) 7.2s
[train] ep=40/90 H=8 lr=1.31e-03 loss=8.8622e-03 val_raw=0.0335 val_ema=0.0225 best=0.0135(raw@ep36) 7.8s
[train] ep=45/90 H=8 lr=1.13e-03 loss=7.0934e-03 val_raw=0.0137 val_ema=0.0159 best=0.0135(raw@ep36) 7.8s

Both are progressing. They're at epoch 45-50. They're running concurrently so slower. Let me wait more for them to reach the H=20 phase and finish. Let me wait another ~5-6 min.

Both ablations are progressing through the curriculum. Let me wait for them to reach the final H=20 phase and finish.

bash

sleep 290; echo "=== no-aug/no-noise ==="; tail -3 /app/run_noaug.log; echo "=== aug/no-noise ==="; tail -3 /app/run_aug_nonoise.log

output

=== no-aug/no-noise ===
[train] ep=65/90 H=13 lr=4.27e-04 loss=4.0936e-03 val_raw=0.0055 val_ema=0.0047 best=0.0047(ema@ep65) 10.8s
[train] ep=70/90 H=20 lr=2.86e-04 loss=6.8785e-03 val_raw=0.0053 val_ema=0.0038 best=0.0038(ema@ep70) 13.0s
[train] ep=75/90 H=20 lr=1.70e-04 loss=4.5148e-03 val_raw=0.0043 val_ema=0.0032 best=0.0032(ema@ep75) 13.0s
=== aug/no-noise ===
[train] ep=60/90 H=13 lr=5.88e-04 loss=5.1391e-03 val_raw=0.0078 val_ema=0.0061 best=0.0061(ema@ep60) 10.3s
[train] ep=65/90 H=13 lr=4.27e-04 loss=3.8182e-03 val_raw=0.0050 val_ema=0.0046 best=0.0046(ema@ep65) 10.9s
[train] ep=70/90 H=20 lr=2.86e-04 loss=5.3819e-03 val_raw=0.0065 val_ema=0.0036 best=0.0036(ema@ep70) 13.8s

bash

sleep 200; echo "=== no-aug/no-noise ==="; tail -2 /app/run_noaug.log; echo "=== aug/no-noise ==="; tail -2 /app/run_aug_nonoise.log; echo; pgrep -f train_improved.py || echo "ALL FINISHED"

output

=== no-aug/no-noise ===
[train] ep=90/90 H=20 lr=6.83e-07 loss=1.6701e-03 val_raw=0.0024 val_ema=0.0025 best=0.0024(raw@ep88) 13.1s
[train] BEST val_rollout_rel_l2=0.0024 (raw@ep88) -> /app/outputs/model_noaug.pt
=== aug/no-noise ===
[train] ep=80/90 H=20 lr=8.15e-05 loss=2.3852e-03 val_raw=0.0025 val_ema=0.0026 best=0.0025(raw@ep80) 14.3s
[train] ep=85/90 H=20 lr=2.45e-05 loss=1.8322e-03 val_raw=0.0023 val_ema=0.0024 best=0.0023(raw@ep85) 13.4s

356

no-aug/no-noise finished at val 0.0024. aug/no-noise still running, currently best 0.0023 at ep85. Let me wait for it to finish and then do a proper comparison via the rollout eval on public_test (the unbiased held-out set).

The no-aug/no-noise run finished at val 0.0024. Let me wait for the last one, then compare all three fairly on the **public_test** set (the unbiased held-out set, never used for checkpoint selection).

bash

sleep 45; tail -2 /app/run_aug_nonoise.log; pgrep -f train_improved.py || echo "ALL FINISHED"; echo "=== COMPARISON (public_test is unbiased) ==="; cd /app
for f in model_main model_noaug model_aug_nonoise; do
  echo "--- $f ---"; python3 eval_rollout.py outputs/$f.pt 2>&1 | grep -E "val|public"
done

output

[train] ep=90/90 H=20 lr=6.83e-07 loss=1.7382e-03 val_raw=0.0022 val_ema=0.0023 best=0.0022(raw@ep87) 13.5s
[train] BEST val_rollout_rel_l2=0.0022 (raw@ep87) -> /app/outputs/model_aug_nonoise.pt
ALL FINISHED
=== COMPARISON (public_test is unbiased) ===
--- model_main ---
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0021 final=0.0027 rmse=0.0034
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0018 final=0.0024 rmse=0.0035
--- model_noaug ---
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0024 final=0.0035 rmse=0.0042
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0021 final=0.0029 rmse=0.0037
--- model_aug_nonoise ---
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0022 final=0.0030 rmse=0.0038
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0017 final=0.0024 rmse=0.0033

Comparison (public_test, unbiased): - model_main (aug + noise=0.01): val 0.0021, public 0.0018 final 0.0024 rmse 0.0035 - model_noaug (no aug, no noise): val 0.0024, public 0.0021 final 0.0029 rmse 0.0037 - model_aug_nonoise (aug, no noise): val 0.0022, public 0.0017 final 0.0024 rmse 0.0033 Findings: 1. Augmentation clearly helps: noaug (0.0021 public) vs aug variants (0.0017-0.0018 public). So KS-symmetry augmentation improves generalization by ~15-20%. Confirmed. 2. Noise: model_main (noise 0.01) public 0.0018 vs model_aug_nonoise (no noise) public 0.0017. They're very close; aug_nonoise is marginally better on public (0.0017 vs 0.0018) and rmse (0.0033 vs 0.0035), but marginally worse on val (0.0022 vs 0.0021). Essentially a wash, with aug_nonoise slightly ahead on the unbiased set. So the unrolled curriculum + augmentation is the main driver; noise injection is roughly neutral (slightly unnecessary given BPTT already feeds realistic prediction errors). The best on the unbiased public_test is model_aug_nonoise (0.0017 mean, 0.0024 final, 0.0033 rmse). It's also essentially tied on val. Given that: - aug_nonoise wins on public_test across all three metrics (mean, final, rmse) - it's simpler (no noise hyperparameter to mistune) - model_main wins on val by a hair (0.0021 vs 0.0022) These are within noise of each other. To pick the most robust, I'll consider: public_test is the better proxy for the hidden grader (it's held out and not used for selection). aug_nonoise is best there. But the difference is tiny (0.0017 vs 0.0018). Hmm, both are extremely close. Let me make a more robust decision by evaluating across multiple start positions on BOTH val and public_test combined, to reduce selection variance. Let me compute an aggregate metric averaging over several starts for both models (main and aug_nonoise), and pick the better. Actually, given how close they are, and to be principled, let me combine the decision: evaluate mean over starts {0,10,20,40,60,76} averaged over val+public for each candidate. Whichever is lower wins. Let me do that. Let me also reconsider: maybe a small noise (0.005) would combine the benefits. But the gains are marginal and I risk overfitting my decisions to tiny differences. Let me just pick between the two best via a robust multi-start, multi-split evaluation. Let me compute.

Clear findings from the ablation (public_test is the unbiased proxy): - **Augmentation helps**: no-aug gives 0.0021 vs. ~0.0017–0.0018 with augmentation (~15–20% better generalization). Confirmed valuable. - **Noise is roughly neutral**: `model_main` (noise 0.01) and `model_aug_nonoise` (no noise) are within a hair of each other, since BPTT already exposes the model to realistic prediction errors. `model_aug_nonoise` and `model_main` are essentially tied. To choose robustly rather than chase tiny differences, let me evaluate each across many start positions over **both** splits combined.

bash

cd /app && python3 -c "
import json, torch
from eval_rollout import load_ckpt, rollout_eval
cfg=json.load(open('task_config.json')); dev='cuda'
splits={s: torch.load(f'data/{s}/trajectories.pt',weights_only=True)['trajectories'].float() for s in ['val','public_test']}
starts=[0,5,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,76]
for name in ['model_main','model_aug_nonoise','model_noaug']:
    m,fm,fs=load_ckpt(f'outputs/{name}.pt',cfg,dev)
    agg_mean=[]; agg_final=[]; agg_rmse=[]
    for s in splits.values():
        for st in starts:
            r=rollout_eval(m,fm,fs,s,k=4,horizon=20,device=dev,start=st)
            agg_mean.append(r['mean_rel_l2']); agg_final.append(r['final_rel_l2']); agg_rmse.append(r['rmse'])
    import statistics as S
    print(f'{name:20s} mean={S.mean(agg_mean):.5f} final={S.mean(agg_final):.5f} rmse={S.mean(agg_rmse):.5f}')
"

output

model_main           mean=0.00176 final=0.00256 rmse=0.00328
model_aug_nonoise    mean=0.00178 final=0.00260 rmse=0.00338
model_noaug          mean=0.00199 final=0.00308 rmse=0.00372

Now with a robust multi-start, multi-split aggregate: - model_main (aug + noise 0.01): mean=0.00176, final=0.00256, rmse=0.00328 - model_aug_nonoise (aug, no noise): mean=0.00178, final=0.00260, rmse=0.00338 - model_noaug: mean=0.00199, final=0.00308, rmse=0.00372 So model_main is actually marginally best on the robust aggregate across all three metrics! The earlier single-start public_test reading that favored aug_nonoise was within noise. Averaged over 20 configurations (2 splits × 10 starts), model_main wins slightly on all three. So my original model_main (aug + noise=0.01) is the best choice. It's already saved as outputs/model.pt (and model_main.pt). The differences between main and aug_nonoise are tiny (0.00176 vs 0.00178), essentially a tie, but main is consistently very slightly ahead and also won the val selection. Both are far better than noaug. So noise=0.01 is at worst neutral and provides a tiny robustness benefit. I'll keep model_main. Let me confirm outputs/model.pt is identical to model_main.pt (it should be, since model_main.pt was a copy of it). Let me verify and make sure the final deliverable is in place. Actually, I want to be extra careful: the current outputs/model.pt , is it still the main model? I ran two ablations with OUT_NAME set to different files, so they did NOT overwrite model.pt. And I never re-ran with OUT_NAME=model.pt. So outputs/model.pt is still the original main model. Let me verify it's identical to model_main.pt via checksum, and re-run the final verification + eval on it. Let me finalize and clean up.

The robust aggregate (2 splits × 10 start positions = 20 configs) confirms **`model_main` (augmentation + noise) is marginally best across all three metrics**, and it also won the val-based selection. The earlier single-start reading favoring the no-noise variant was within noise. The differences between the two augmented models are negligible, but noise injection is at worst neutral and gives a tiny robustness edge, so I'll keep `model_main`. Let me confirm `outputs/model.pt` is still the main model (untouched by the ablations, which wrote to separate files) and do a final contract verification.

bash

cd /app && echo "checksums:"; md5sum outputs/model.pt outputs/model_main.pt
echo "--- final deliverable verification ---"
python3 -c "
import json, torch
from candidate_model import build_model
cfg=json.load(open('task_config.json'))
ckpt=torch.load('outputs/model.pt', weights_only=True)
assert set(ckpt)=={'state_dict','feat_mean','feat_std'}, ckpt.keys()
assert isinstance(ckpt['feat_mean'],float) and isinstance(ckpt['feat_std'],float)
m=build_model(cfg); m.load_state_dict(ckpt['state_dict'], strict=True); m.eval()
x=torch.randn(2,4,128)
with torch.no_grad(): y=m(x)
assert y.shape==(2,1,128) and torch.isfinite(y).all()
print('OK: weights_only load, strict state_dict match, shape', tuple(y.shape))
print('feat_mean=%.3e feat_std=%.6f'%(ckpt['feat_mean'],ckpt['feat_std']))
"
echo "--- final rollout score ---"; python3 eval_rollout.py 2>&1 | tail -5

output

checksums:
1e5d0556dc3b09cead5f345d80b0314a  outputs/model.pt
1e5d0556dc3b09cead5f345d80b0314a  outputs/model_main.pt
--- final deliverable verification ---
OK: weights_only load, strict state_dict match, shape (2, 1, 128)
feat_mean=-3.820e-09 feat_std=1.159974
--- final rollout score ---
ckpt=/app/outputs/model.pt feat_mean=-0.0000 feat_std=1.1600
[val] mean_rel_l2=0.0021 final=0.0027 rmse=0.0034
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0019 0.0018 0.0020 0.0023 0.0027
[public_test] mean_rel_l2=0.0018 final=0.0024 rmse=0.0035
    per-step[1,5,10,15,20]: 0.0013 0.0013 0.0019 0.0022 0.0024

Everything checks out. The final deliverable at /app/outputs/model.pt is the main model, confirmed identical to the backup, passes all contract checks, and achieves the best robust score. Let me clean up the extra ablation checkpoints to avoid confusion (optional but tidy). Actually, the task only requires /app/outputs/model.pt. Having extra files doesn't hurt, but let me remove the ablation models and backup to keep outputs clean , actually, keeping model_main.pt as a backup is harmless, and the grader looks for model.pt specifically. Let me remove the ablation artifacts to avoid any confusion, but keep model.pt. Actually, I'll leave them; they don't interfere. But to be clean, let me remove the ablation checkpoints since they're not needed. I'll keep model.pt only (and remove model_main, model_noaug, model_aug_nonoise). Hmm, but keeping a backup is good practice. The grader only reads model.pt. Let me just remove the two inferior ablation checkpoints and keep model.pt plus the backup. Let me do a final summary of what's in outputs. Let me remove the clearly-inferior noaug and the redundant ones, keep model.pt. Actually simplest and safest: leave model.pt as the deliverable, remove the others to avoid clutter. I'll keep model_main.pt as an explicit backup too. Let me just remove model_noaug.pt and model_aug_nonoise.pt. Let me finalize.

Everything is confirmed: `outputs/model.pt` is the main model (checksum matches the backup), passes all contract checks (loads with `weights_only=True`, strict `state_dict` match, correct shapes, scalar `feat_mean`/`feat_std`), and delivers the best robust score. Let me tidy up the ablation artifacts, keeping the deliverable plus one backup.

bash

cd /app && rm -f outputs/model_noaug.pt outputs/model_aug_nonoise.pt && ls -la outputs/

output

total 1086
drwxr-sr-x 2 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 07:22 .
drwxrws--- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 07:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 551860 Jun 20 07:06 model.pt
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 551860 Jun 20 07:07 model_main.pt

I'm done. Here's a summary of what I did and the results. ## Summary The core problem: the baseline trains a **single-step** predictor with MSE on ground-truth inputs, but the grader scores a **20-step autoregressive rollout**. In chaotic KS dynamics, the train/test mismatch (the model never sees its own slightly-wrong predictions during training) causes errors to compound steeply. ### What I changed (in `/app/train_improved.py`) 1. **Unrolled rollout training with a curriculum** , the biggest win. I unroll the model with full backprop-through-time and compute loss against ground-truth future frames, feeding predictions back in exactly as the grader does. Horizon ramps `1 → 4 → 8 → 13 → 20` over training so optimization stays stable early, then directly optimizes the graded 20-step rollout. 2. **Loss matching the metric** , per-step relative-L2 averaged over the rollout (since `feat_mean≈0`, this equals the physical-space rel-L2 the grader uses). 3. **Physics-based augmentation from KS symmetries** , random periodic translation (circular shift) and reflection `u(x)→−u(−x)`, applied consistently across each window+target. I verified analytically and numerically that these map solutions to valid solutions. Ablation confirmed this improves held-out generalization by ~15–20%. 4. **EMA of weights, gradient clipping, warmup + cosine LR, 90 epochs**, with checkpoint selection by val rollout rel-L2 (choosing the better of raw vs. EMA each epoch). A small seed-noise term was roughly neutral and kept for a tiny robustness edge. ### Results (20-step rollout rel-L2, lower is better) | | val mean | val final | public mean | public final | |---|---|---|---|---| | Baseline (10 ep) | 0.0099 | 0.0192 | 0.0082 | 0.0149 | | **This model** | **0.0021** | **0.0027** | **0.0018** | **0.0024** | That's about **4.7× lower** mean rollout error and **~7× lower** final-step error. Crucially, the per-step error is now nearly **flat** across the rollout (0.0019 → 0.0027) instead of compounding (baseline 0.0030 → 0.0192) , the rollout stability the unrolled training was designed to produce. Results are consistent across 10 different seed/start positions and on the held-out public_test set (which was never used for selection and scores best), indicating no overfitting. ### Deliverable `/app/outputs/model.pt` , verified to load with `torch.load(..., weights_only=True)`, contains `state_dict` (strict match to `build_model(task_config)`), and float scalars `feat_mean`/`feat_std`, with correct `[B,4,128] → [B,1,128]` forward behavior on both GPU and CPU. One caveat worth noting: I inferred the grader's rollout/standardization convention from the reference `train.py` and the output-contract wording (normalize input by `(x−mean)/std`, denormalize output by `·std+mean`, seed from ground-truth frames). My evaluation harness mirrors that convention, and I made the model robust to the seed-start position since the exact grader start index isn't specified.

Final diff , what the agent changed

No file changes, the agent left the workspace untouched.

Verifier output , the proof behind the reward

tests/test.sh

# SyncVals normalized verifier summary
# task: ks-equation-1d-forecast
# attempt: 4  status: completed  raw_score: 0.46
# reward rule: continuous: score 0.46 < 0.5
# => reward = 0.0  (FAIL)
#
# Note: these tasks score via an external hidden grader; no pytest/verifier
# block is embedded in the agent transcript. The block below is the last
# sizable tool-output captured in the run (supporting evidence).
----------------------------------------------------------------------
total 1086
drwxr-sr-x 2 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 07:22 .
drwxrws--- 1 h2tagent h2tagent   4096 Jun 20 07:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 551860 Jun 20 07:06 model.pt
-rw-r--r-- 1 h2tagent h2tagent 551860 Jun 20 07:07 model_main.pt

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_786c2cb8cf224821. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_786c2cb8cf224821 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.