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Mini-Lab A: CV Classifier + Ablation

Acc + confusion matrix + ablation. Deterministic bar + 100-pt rubric.

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Assignment Instructions

Brief

Train a CIFAR10-style subset classifier with frozen-backbone + unfreeze ablation. Submit accuracy + confusion matrix + ablation table.

Dataset

CIFAR10-style subset; train-only augmentation statistics enforced. Trap: test-leak via augmentation is graded.

Starter guardrails (88)

  • Slots: frozen baseline, unfreeze run, ablation table, confusion matrices.
  • Test transform deterministic; normalization stats from train only.

Deterministic checks

Accuracy >= 0.70 on the hidden test slice; confusion matrices present for both runs; augmentation-stats provenance stated.

100-pt rubric

  • Frozen baseline quality: 20
  • Unfreeze ablation rigor: 25
  • Accuracy bar met: 15
  • Confusion-matrix analysis (per-class deltas): 25
  • Leak-free augmentation provenance: 15
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