diff --git a/references/optical_flow/train.py b/references/optical_flow/train.py
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+import argparse
+import warnings
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import torch
+import utils
+from presets import OpticalFlowPresetTrain, OpticalFlowPresetEval
+from torchvision.datasets import KittiFlow, FlyingChairs, FlyingThings3D, Sintel, HD1K
+from torchvision.models.optical_flow import raft_large, raft_small
+
+
+def get_train_dataset(stage, dataset_root):
+    if stage == "chairs":
+        transforms = OpticalFlowPresetTrain(crop_size=(368, 496), min_scale=0.1, max_scale=1.0, do_flip=True)
+        return FlyingChairs(root=dataset_root, split="train", transforms=transforms)
+    elif stage == "things":
+        transforms = OpticalFlowPresetTrain(crop_size=(400, 720), min_scale=-0.4, max_scale=0.8, do_flip=True)
+        return FlyingThings3D(root=dataset_root, split="train", pass_name="both", transforms=transforms)
+    elif stage == "sintel_SKH":  # S + K + H as from paper
+        crop_size = (368, 768)
+        transforms = OpticalFlowPresetTrain(crop_size=crop_size, min_scale=-0.2, max_scale=0.6, do_flip=True)
+
+        things_clean = FlyingThings3D(root=dataset_root, split="train", pass_name="clean", transforms=transforms)
+        sintel = Sintel(root=dataset_root, split="train", pass_name="both", transforms=transforms)
+
+        kitti_transforms = OpticalFlowPresetTrain(crop_size=crop_size, min_scale=-0.3, max_scale=0.5, do_flip=True)
+        kitti = KittiFlow(root=dataset_root, split="train", transforms=kitti_transforms)
+
+        hd1k_transforms = OpticalFlowPresetTrain(crop_size=crop_size, min_scale=-0.5, max_scale=0.2, do_flip=True)
+        hd1k = HD1K(root=dataset_root, split="train", transforms=hd1k_transforms)
+
+        # As future improvement, we could probably be using a distributed sampler here
+        # The distribution is S(.71), T(.135), K(.135), H(.02)
+        return 100 * sintel + 200 * kitti + 5 * hd1k + things_clean
+    elif stage == "kitti":
+        transforms = OpticalFlowPresetTrain(
+            # resize and crop params
+            crop_size=(288, 960),
+            min_scale=-0.2,
+            max_scale=0.4,
+            stretch_prob=0,
+            # flip params
+            do_flip=False,
+            # jitter params
+            brightness=0.3,
+            contrast=0.3,
+            saturation=0.3,
+            hue=0.3 / 3.14,
+            asymmetric_jitter_prob=0,
+        )
+        return KittiFlow(root=dataset_root, split="train", transforms=transforms)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown stage {stage}")
+
+
+@torch.no_grad()
+def _validate(model, args, val_dataset, *, padder_mode, num_flow_updates=None, batch_size=None, header=None):
+    """Helper function to compute various metrics (epe, etc.) for a model on a given dataset.
+
+    We process as many samples as possible with ddp, and process the rest on a single worker.
+    """
+    batch_size = batch_size or args.batch_size
+
+    model.eval()
+
+    sampler = torch.utils.data.distributed.DistributedSampler(val_dataset, shuffle=False, drop_last=True)
+    val_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
+        val_dataset,
+        sampler=sampler,
+        batch_size=batch_size,
+        pin_memory=True,
+        num_workers=args.num_workers,
+    )
+
+    num_flow_updates = num_flow_updates or args.num_flow_updates
+
+    def inner_loop(blob):
+        if blob[0].dim() == 3:
+            # input is not batched so we add an extra dim for consistency
+            blob = [x[None, :, :, :] if x is not None else None for x in blob]
+
+        image1, image2, flow_gt = blob[:3]
+        valid_flow_mask = None if len(blob) == 3 else blob[-1]
+
+        image1, image2 = image1.cuda(), image2.cuda()
+
+        padder = utils.InputPadder(image1.shape, mode=padder_mode)
+        image1, image2 = padder.pad(image1, image2)
+
+        flow_predictions = model(image1, image2, num_flow_updates=num_flow_updates)
+        flow_pred = flow_predictions[-1]
+        flow_pred = padder.unpad(flow_pred).cpu()
+
+        metrics, num_pixels_tot = utils.compute_metrics(flow_pred, flow_gt, valid_flow_mask)
+
+        # We compute per-pixel epe (epe) and per-image epe (called f1-epe in RAFT paper).
+        # per-pixel epe: average epe of all pixels of all images
+        # per-image epe: average epe on each image independently, then average over images
+        for name in ("epe", "1px", "3px", "5px", "f1"):  # f1 is called f1-all in paper
+            logger.meters[name].update(metrics[name], n=num_pixels_tot)
+        logger.meters["per_image_epe"].update(metrics["epe"], n=batch_size)
+
+    logger = utils.MetricLogger()
+    for meter_name in ("epe", "1px", "3px", "5px", "per_image_epe", "f1"):
+        logger.add_meter(meter_name, fmt="{global_avg:.4f}")
+
+    num_processed_samples = 0
+    for blob in logger.log_every(val_loader, header=header, print_freq=None):
+        inner_loop(blob)
+        num_processed_samples += blob[0].shape[0]  # batch size
+
+    num_processed_samples = utils.reduce_across_processes(num_processed_samples)
+    print(
+        f"Batch-processed {num_processed_samples} / {len(val_dataset)} samples. "
+        "Going to process the remaining samples individually, if any."
+    )
+
+    if args.rank == 0:  # we only need to process the rest on a single worker
+        for i in range(num_processed_samples, len(val_dataset)):
+            inner_loop(val_dataset[i])
+
+    logger.synchronize_between_processes()
+    print(header, logger)
+
+
+def validate(model, args):
+    val_datasets = args.val_dataset or []
+    for name in val_datasets:
+        if name == "kitti":
+            # Kitti has different image sizes so we need to individually pad them, we can't batch.
+            # see comment in InputPadder
+            if args.batch_size != 1 and args.rank == 0:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Batch-size={args.batch_size} was passed. For technical reasons, evaluating on Kitti can only be done with a batch-size of 1."
+                )
+
+            val_dataset = KittiFlow(root=args.dataset_root, split="train", transforms=OpticalFlowPresetEval())
+            _validate(
+                model, args, val_dataset, num_flow_updates=24, padder_mode="kitti", header="Kitti val", batch_size=1
+            )
+        elif name == "sintel":
+            for pass_name in ("clean", "final"):
+                val_dataset = Sintel(
+                    root=args.dataset_root, split="train", pass_name=pass_name, transforms=OpticalFlowPresetEval()
+                )
+                _validate(
+                    model,
+                    args,
+                    val_dataset,
+                    num_flow_updates=32,
+                    padder_mode="sintel",
+                    header=f"Sintel val {pass_name}",
+                )
+        else:
+            warnings.warn(f"Can't validate on {val_dataset}, skipping.")
+
+
+def train_one_epoch(model, optimizer, scheduler, train_loader, logger, current_step, args):
+    for data_blob in logger.log_every(train_loader):
+
+        optimizer.zero_grad()
+
+        image1, image2, flow_gt, valid_flow_mask = (x.cuda() for x in data_blob)
+        flow_predictions = model(image1, image2, num_flow_updates=args.num_flow_updates)
+
+        loss = utils.sequence_loss(flow_predictions, flow_gt, valid_flow_mask, args.gamma)
+        metrics, _ = utils.compute_metrics(flow_predictions[-1], flow_gt, valid_flow_mask)
+
+        metrics.pop("f1")
+        logger.update(loss=loss, **metrics)
+
+        loss.backward()
+
+        torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), max_norm=1)
+
+        optimizer.step()
+        scheduler.step()
+
+        current_step += 1
+
+        if current_step == args.num_steps:
+            return True, current_step
+
+    return False, current_step
+
+
+def main(args):
+    utils.setup_ddp(args)
+
+    model = raft_small() if args.small else raft_large()
+    model = model.to(args.local_rank)
+    model = torch.nn.parallel.DistributedDataParallel(model, device_ids=[args.local_rank])
+
+    if args.resume is not None:
+        d = torch.load(args.resume, map_location="cpu")
+        model.load_state_dict(d, strict=True)
+
+    if args.train_dataset is None:
+        # Set deterministic CUDNN algorithms, since they can affect epe a fair bit.
+        torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = False
+        torch.backends.cudnn.deterministic = True
+        validate(model, args)
+        return
+
+    print(f"Parameter Count: {sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters() if p.requires_grad)}")
+
+    torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = True
+
+    model.train()
+    if args.freeze_batch_norm:
+        utils.freeze_batch_norm(model.module)
+
+    train_dataset = get_train_dataset(args.train_dataset, args.dataset_root)
+
+    sampler = torch.utils.data.distributed.DistributedSampler(train_dataset, shuffle=True, drop_last=True)
+    train_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(
+        train_dataset,
+        sampler=sampler,
+        batch_size=args.batch_size,
+        pin_memory=True,
+        num_workers=args.num_workers,
+    )
+
+    optimizer = torch.optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=args.lr, weight_decay=args.weight_decay, eps=args.adamw_eps)
+
+    scheduler = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.OneCycleLR(
+        optimizer=optimizer,
+        max_lr=args.lr,
+        total_steps=args.num_steps + 100,
+        pct_start=0.05,
+        cycle_momentum=False,
+        anneal_strategy="linear",
+    )
+
+    logger = utils.MetricLogger()
+
+    done = False
+    current_epoch = current_step = 0
+    while not done:
+        print(f"EPOCH {current_epoch}")
+
+        sampler.set_epoch(current_epoch)  # needed, otherwise the data loading order would be the same for all epochs
+        done, current_step = train_one_epoch(
+            model=model,
+            optimizer=optimizer,
+            scheduler=scheduler,
+            train_loader=train_loader,
+            logger=logger,
+            current_step=current_step,
+            args=args,
+        )
+
+        # Note: we don't sync the SmoothedValues across processes, so the printed metrics are just those of rank 0
+        print(f"Epoch {current_epoch} done. ", logger)
+
+        current_epoch += 1
+
+        if args.rank == 0:
+            # TODO: Also save the optimizer and scheduler
+            torch.save(model.state_dict(), Path(args.output_dir) / f"{args.name}_{current_epoch}.pth")
+            torch.save(model.state_dict(), Path(args.output_dir) / f"{args.name}.pth")
+
+        if current_epoch % args.val_freq == 0 or done:
+            validate(model, args)
+            model.train()
+            if args.freeze_batch_norm:
+                utils.freeze_batch_norm(model.module)
+
+
+def get_args_parser(add_help=True):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=add_help, description="Train or evaluate an optical-flow model.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--name",
+        default="raft",
+        type=str,
+        help="The name of the experiment - determines the name of the files where weights are saved.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-dir", default="checkpoints", type=str, help="Output dir where checkpoints will be stored."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--resume",
+        type=str,
+        help="A path to previously saved weights. Used to re-start training from, or evaluate a pre-saved model.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument("--num-workers", type=int, default=12, help="Number of workers for the data loading part.")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--train-dataset",
+        type=str,
+        help="The dataset to use for training. If not passed, only validation is performed (and you probably want to pass --resume).",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--val-dataset", type=str, nargs="+", help="The dataset(s) to use for validation.")
+    parser.add_argument("--val-freq", type=int, default=2, help="Validate every X epochs")
+    # TODO: eventually, it might be preferable to support epochs instead of num_steps.
+    # Keeping it this way for now to reproduce results more easily.
+    parser.add_argument("--num-steps", type=int, default=100000, help="The total number of steps (updates) to train.")
+    parser.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=6)
+
+    parser.add_argument("--lr", type=float, default=0.00002, help="Learning rate for AdamW optimizer")
+    parser.add_argument("--weight-decay", type=float, default=0.00005, help="Weight decay for AdamW optimizer")
+    parser.add_argument("--adamw-eps", type=float, default=1e-8, help="eps value for AdamW optimizer")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--freeze-batch-norm", action="store_true", help="Set BatchNorm modules of the model in eval mode."
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument("--small", action="store_true", help="Use the 'small' RAFT architecture.")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--num_flow_updates",
+        type=int,
+        default=12,
+        help="number of updates (or 'iters') in the update operator of the model.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument("--gamma", type=float, default=0.8, help="exponential weighting for loss. Must be < 1.")
+
+    parser.add_argument("--dist-url", default="env://", help="URL used to set up distributed training")
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dataset-root",
+        help="Root folder where the datasets are stored. Will be passed as the 'root' parameter of the datasets.",
+        required=True,
+    )
+
+    return parser
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = get_args_parser().parse_args()
+    Path(args.output_dir).mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    main(args)
diff --git a/references/optical_flow/utils.py b/references/optical_flow/utils.py
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+import datetime
+import os
+import time
+from collections import defaultdict
+from collections import deque
+
+import torch
+import torch.distributed as dist
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+
+
+class SmoothedValue:
+    """Track a series of values and provide access to smoothed values over a
+    window or the global series average.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, window_size=20, fmt="{median:.4f} ({global_avg:.4f})"):
+        self.deque = deque(maxlen=window_size)
+        self.total = 0.0
+        self.count = 0
+        self.fmt = fmt
+
+    def update(self, value, n=1):
+        self.deque.append(value)
+        self.count += n
+        self.total += value * n
+
+    def synchronize_between_processes(self):
+        """
+        Warning: does not synchronize the deque!
+        """
+        t = reduce_across_processes([self.count, self.total])
+        t = t.tolist()
+        self.count = int(t[0])
+        self.total = t[1]
+
+    @property
+    def median(self):
+        d = torch.tensor(list(self.deque))
+        return d.median().item()
+
+    @property
+    def avg(self):
+        d = torch.tensor(list(self.deque), dtype=torch.float32)
+        return d.mean().item()
+
+    @property
+    def global_avg(self):
+        return self.total / self.count
+
+    @property
+    def max(self):
+        return max(self.deque)
+
+    @property
+    def value(self):
+        return self.deque[-1]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.fmt.format(
+            median=self.median, avg=self.avg, global_avg=self.global_avg, max=self.max, value=self.value
+        )
+
+
+class MetricLogger:
+    def __init__(self, delimiter="\t"):
+        self.meters = defaultdict(SmoothedValue)
+        self.delimiter = delimiter
+
+    def update(self, **kwargs):
+        for k, v in kwargs.items():
+            if isinstance(v, torch.Tensor):
+                v = v.item()
+            assert isinstance(v, (float, int))
+            self.meters[k].update(v)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        if attr in self.meters:
+            return self.meters[attr]
+        if attr in self.__dict__:
+            return self.__dict__[attr]
+        raise AttributeError(f"'{type(self).__name__}' object has no attribute '{attr}'")
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        loss_str = []
+        for name, meter in self.meters.items():
+            loss_str.append(f"{name}: {str(meter)}")
+        return self.delimiter.join(loss_str)
+
+    def synchronize_between_processes(self):
+        for meter in self.meters.values():
+            meter.synchronize_between_processes()
+
+    def add_meter(self, name, **kwargs):
+        self.meters[name] = SmoothedValue(**kwargs)
+
+    def log_every(self, iterable, print_freq=5, header=None):
+        i = 0
+        if not header:
+            header = ""
+        start_time = time.time()
+        end = time.time()
+        iter_time = SmoothedValue(fmt="{avg:.4f}")
+        data_time = SmoothedValue(fmt="{avg:.4f}")
+        space_fmt = ":" + str(len(str(len(iterable)))) + "d"
+        if torch.cuda.is_available():
+            log_msg = self.delimiter.join(
+                [
+                    header,
+                    "[{0" + space_fmt + "}/{1}]",
+                    "eta: {eta}",
+                    "{meters}",
+                    "time: {time}",
+                    "data: {data}",
+                    "max mem: {memory:.0f}",
+                ]
+            )
+        else:
+            log_msg = self.delimiter.join(
+                [header, "[{0" + space_fmt + "}/{1}]", "eta: {eta}", "{meters}", "time: {time}", "data: {data}"]
+            )
+        MB = 1024.0 * 1024.0
+        for obj in iterable:
+            data_time.update(time.time() - end)
+            yield obj
+            iter_time.update(time.time() - end)
+            if print_freq is not None and i % print_freq == 0:
+                eta_seconds = iter_time.global_avg * (len(iterable) - i)
+                eta_string = str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(eta_seconds)))
+                if torch.cuda.is_available():
+                    print(
+                        log_msg.format(
+                            i,
+                            len(iterable),
+                            eta=eta_string,
+                            meters=str(self),
+                            time=str(iter_time),
+                            data=str(data_time),
+                            memory=torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated() / MB,
+                        )
+                    )
+                else:
+                    print(
+                        log_msg.format(
+                            i, len(iterable), eta=eta_string, meters=str(self), time=str(iter_time), data=str(data_time)
+                        )
+                    )
+            i += 1
+            end = time.time()
+        total_time = time.time() - start_time
+        total_time_str = str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(total_time)))
+        print(f"{header} Total time: {total_time_str}")
+
+
+def compute_metrics(flow_pred, flow_gt, valid_flow_mask=None):
+
+    epe = ((flow_pred - flow_gt) ** 2).sum(dim=1).sqrt()
+    flow_norm = (flow_gt ** 2).sum(dim=1).sqrt()
+
+    if valid_flow_mask is not None:
+        epe = epe[valid_flow_mask]
+        flow_norm = flow_norm[valid_flow_mask]
+
+    relative_epe = epe / flow_norm
+
+    metrics = {
+        "epe": epe.mean().item(),
+        "1px": (epe < 1).float().mean().item(),
+        "3px": (epe < 3).float().mean().item(),
+        "5px": (epe < 5).float().mean().item(),
+        "f1": ((epe > 3) & (relative_epe > 0.05)).float().mean().item() * 100,
+    }
+    return metrics, epe.numel()
+
+
+def sequence_loss(flow_preds, flow_gt, valid_flow_mask, gamma=0.8, max_flow=400):
+    """Loss function defined over sequence of flow predictions"""
+
+    if gamma > 1:
+        raise ValueError(f"Gamma should be < 1, got {gamma}.")
+
+    # exlude invalid pixels and extremely large diplacements
+    flow_norm = torch.sum(flow_gt ** 2, dim=1).sqrt()
+    valid_flow_mask = valid_flow_mask & (flow_norm < max_flow)
+
+    valid_flow_mask = valid_flow_mask[:, None, :, :]
+
+    flow_preds = torch.stack(flow_preds)  # shape = (num_flow_updates, batch_size, 2, H, W)
+
+    abs_diff = (flow_preds - flow_gt).abs()
+    abs_diff = (abs_diff * valid_flow_mask).mean(axis=(1, 2, 3, 4))
+
+    num_predictions = flow_preds.shape[0]
+    weights = gamma ** torch.arange(num_predictions - 1, -1, -1).to(flow_gt.device)
+    flow_loss = (abs_diff * weights).sum()
+
+    return flow_loss
+
+
+class InputPadder:
+    """Pads images such that dimensions are divisible by 8"""
+
+    # TODO: Ideally, this should be part of the eval transforms preset, instead
+    # of being part of the validation code. It's not obvious what a good
+    # solution would be, because we need to unpad the predicted flows according
+    # to the input images' size, and in some datasets (Kitti) images can have
+    # variable sizes.
+
+    def __init__(self, dims, mode="sintel"):
+        self.ht, self.wd = dims[-2:]
+        pad_ht = (((self.ht // 8) + 1) * 8 - self.ht) % 8
+        pad_wd = (((self.wd // 8) + 1) * 8 - self.wd) % 8
+        if mode == "sintel":
+            self._pad = [pad_wd // 2, pad_wd - pad_wd // 2, pad_ht // 2, pad_ht - pad_ht // 2]
+        else:
+            self._pad = [pad_wd // 2, pad_wd - pad_wd // 2, 0, pad_ht]
+
+    def pad(self, *inputs):
+        return [F.pad(x, self._pad, mode="replicate") for x in inputs]
+
+    def unpad(self, x):
+        ht, wd = x.shape[-2:]
+        c = [self._pad[2], ht - self._pad[3], self._pad[0], wd - self._pad[1]]
+        return x[..., c[0] : c[1], c[2] : c[3]]
+
+
+def _redefine_print(is_main):
+    """disables printing when not in main process"""
+    import builtins as __builtin__
+
+    builtin_print = __builtin__.print
+
+    def print(*args, **kwargs):
+        force = kwargs.pop("force", False)
+        if is_main or force:
+            builtin_print(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    __builtin__.print = print
+
+
+def setup_ddp(args):
+    # Set the local_rank, rank, and world_size values as args fields
+    # This is done differently depending on how we're running the script. We
+    # currently support either torchrun or the custom run_with_submitit.py
+    # If you're confused (like I was), this might help a bit
+    # https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/what-is-the-difference-between-rank-and-local-rank/61940/2
+
+    if all(key in os.environ for key in ("LOCAL_RANK", "RANK", "WORLD_SIZE")):
+        # if we're here, the script was called with torchrun. Otherwise
+        # these args will be set already by the run_with_submitit script
+        args.local_rank = int(os.environ["LOCAL_RANK"])
+        args.rank = int(os.environ["RANK"])
+        args.world_size = int(os.environ["WORLD_SIZE"])
+
+    elif "gpu" in args:
+        # if we're here, the script was called by run_with_submitit.py
+        args.local_rank = args.gpu
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(r"Sorry, I can't set up the distributed training ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.")
+
+    _redefine_print(is_main=(args.rank == 0))
+
+    torch.cuda.set_device(args.local_rank)
+    dist.init_process_group(
+        backend="nccl",
+        rank=args.rank,
+        world_size=args.world_size,
+        init_method=args.dist_url,
+    )
+
+
+def reduce_across_processes(val):
+    t = torch.tensor(val, device="cuda")
+    dist.barrier()
+    dist.all_reduce(t)
+    return t
+
+
+def freeze_batch_norm(model):
+    for m in model.modules():
+        if isinstance(m, torch.nn.BatchNorm2d):
+            m.eval()