đ NAT (mini variant)
NAT-Mini is trained on ImageNet-1K at a resolution of 224x224. It offers a novel approach to image classification using Neighborhood Attention.
đ Quick Start
You can use the raw model for image classification. Check out the model hub to find fine - tuned versions for tasks that interest you.
Example
Here's how to classify an image from the COCO 2017 dataset into one of the 1,000 ImageNet classes using this model:
from transformers import AutoImageProcessor, NatForImageClassification
from PIL import Image
import requests
url = "http://images.cocodataset.org/val2017/000000039769.jpg"
image = Image.open(requests.get(url, stream=True).raw)
feature_extractor = AutoImageProcessor.from_pretrained("shi-labs/nat-mini-in1k-224")
model = NatForImageClassification.from_pretrained("shi-labs/nat-mini-in1k-224")
inputs = feature_extractor(images=image, return_tensors="pt")
outputs = model(**inputs)
logits = outputs.logits
predicted_class_idx = logits.argmax(-1).item()
print("Predicted class:", model.config.id2label[predicted_class_idx])
For more examples, refer to the documentation.
Requirements
Apart from transformers
, this model requires the NATTEN package.
If you're on Linux, you can refer to shi-labs.com/natten for instructions on installing with pre - compiled binaries (just select your torch build to get the correct wheel URL).
Alternatively, you can use pip install natten
to compile on your device, which may take up to a few minutes. Mac users only have the latter option (no pre - compiled binaries).
For more information, refer to NATTEN's GitHub.
⨠Features
- Neighborhood Attention: NAT is a hierarchical vision transformer based on Neighborhood Attention (NA). NA is a restricted self - attention pattern where each token's receptive field is limited to its nearest neighboring pixels. It is a sliding - window attention pattern, which is highly flexible and maintains translational equivariance.
- PyTorch Implementation: NA is implemented in PyTorch through its extension, NATTEN.
đ Documentation
Model description
NAT is a hierarchical vision transformer based on Neighborhood Attention (NA). Neighborhood Attention is a restricted self - attention pattern in which each token's receptive field is limited to its nearest neighboring pixels. NA is a sliding - window attention pattern, and as a result, it is highly flexible and maintains translational equivariance.
NA is implemented in PyTorch implementations through its extension, NATTEN.

Source
BibTeX entry and citation info
@article{hassani2022neighborhood,
title = {Neighborhood Attention Transformer},
author = {Ali Hassani and Steven Walton and Jiachen Li and Shen Li and Humphrey Shi},
year = 2022,
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07143},
eprint = {2204.07143},
archiveprefix = {arXiv},
primaryclass = {cs.CV}
}
đ License
This project is licensed under the MIT license.
đĻ Additional Information
Property |
Details |
Model Type |
NAT (mini variant) for image classification |
Training Data |
ImageNet - 1K |
Tags |
vision, image - classification |