layers.py

from __future__ import print_function, division
import math
import numpy as np
import copy
from mlfromscratch.deep_learning.activation_functions import Sigmoid, ReLU, SoftPlus, LeakyReLU
from mlfromscratch.deep_learning.activation_functions import TanH, ELU, SELU, Softmax


class Layer(object):

    def set_input_shape(self, shape):
        """ Sets the shape that the layer expects of the input in the forward
        pass method """
        self.input_shape = shape

    def layer_name(self):
        """ The name of the layer. Used in model summary. """
        return self.__class__.__name__

    def parameters(self):
        """ The number of trainable parameters used by the layer """
        return 0

    def forward_pass(self, X, training):
        """ Propogates the signal forward in the network """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        """ Propogates the accumulated gradient backwards in the network.
        If the has trainable weights then these weights are also tuned in this method.
        As input (accum_grad) it receives the gradient with respect to the output of the layer and
        returns the gradient with respect to the output of the previous layer. """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def output_shape(self):
        """ The shape of the output produced by forward_pass """
        raise NotImplementedError()


class Dense(Layer):
    """A fully-connected NN layer.
    Parameters:
    -----------
    n_units: int
        The number of neurons in the layer.
    input_shape: tuple
        The expected input shape of the layer. For dense layers a single digit specifying
        the number of features of the input. Must be specified if it is the first layer in
        the network.
    """
    def __init__(self, n_units, input_shape=None):
        self.layer_input = None
        self.input_shape = input_shape
        self.n_units = n_units
        self.trainable = True
        self.W = None
        self.w0 = None

    def initialize(self, optimizer):
        # Initialize the weights
        limit = 1 / math.sqrt(self.input_shape[0])
        self.W  = np.random.uniform(-limit, limit, (self.input_shape[0], self.n_units))
        self.w0 = np.zeros((1, self.n_units))
        # Weight optimizers
        self.W_opt  = copy.copy(optimizer)
        self.w0_opt = copy.copy(optimizer)

    def parameters(self):
        return np.prod(self.W.shape) + np.prod(self.w0.shape)

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.layer_input = X
        return X.dot(self.W) + self.w0

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        # Save weights used during forwards pass
        W = self.W

        if self.trainable:
            # Calculate gradient w.r.t layer weights
            grad_w = self.layer_input.T.dot(accum_grad)
            grad_w0 = np.sum(accum_grad, axis=0, keepdims=True)

            # Update the layer weights
            self.W = self.W_opt.update(self.W, grad_w)
            self.w0 = self.w0_opt.update(self.w0, grad_w0)

        # Return accumulated gradient for next layer
        # Calculated based on the weights used during the forward pass
        accum_grad = accum_grad.dot(W.T)
        return accum_grad

    def output_shape(self):
        return (self.n_units, )


class RNN(Layer):
    """A Vanilla Fully-Connected Recurrent Neural Network layer.

    Parameters:
    -----------
    n_units: int
        The number of hidden states in the layer.
    activation: string
        The name of the activation function which will be applied to the output of each state.
    bptt_trunc: int
        Decides how many time steps the gradient should be propagated backwards through states
        given the loss gradient for time step t.
    input_shape: tuple
        The expected input shape of the layer. For dense layers a single digit specifying
        the number of features of the input. Must be specified if it is the first layer in
        the network.

    Reference:
    http://www.wildml.com/2015/09/recurrent-neural-networks-tutorial-part-2-implementing-a-language-model-rnn-with-python-numpy-and-theano/
    """
    def __init__(self, n_units, activation='tanh', bptt_trunc=5, input_shape=None):
        self.input_shape = input_shape
        self.n_units = n_units
        self.activation = activation_functions[activation]()
        self.trainable = True
        self.bptt_trunc = bptt_trunc
        self.W = None # Weight of the previous state
        self.V = None # Weight of the output
        self.U = None # Weight of the input

    def initialize(self, optimizer):
        timesteps, input_dim = self.input_shape
        # Initialize the weights
        limit = 1 / math.sqrt(input_dim)
        self.U  = np.random.uniform(-limit, limit, (self.n_units, input_dim))
        limit = 1 / math.sqrt(self.n_units)
        self.V = np.random.uniform(-limit, limit, (input_dim, self.n_units))
        self.W  = np.random.uniform(-limit, limit, (self.n_units, self.n_units))
        # Weight optimizers
        self.U_opt  = copy.copy(optimizer)
        self.V_opt = copy.copy(optimizer)
        self.W_opt = copy.copy(optimizer)

    def parameters(self):
        return np.prod(self.W.shape) + np.prod(self.U.shape) + np.prod(self.V.shape)

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.layer_input = X
        batch_size, timesteps, input_dim = X.shape

        # Save these values for use in backprop.
        self.state_input = np.zeros((batch_size, timesteps, self.n_units))
        self.states = np.zeros((batch_size, timesteps+1, self.n_units))
        self.outputs = np.zeros((batch_size, timesteps, input_dim))

        # Set last time step to zero for calculation of the state_input at time step zero
        self.states[:, -1] = np.zeros((batch_size, self.n_units))
        for t in range(timesteps):
            # Input to state_t is the current input and output of previous states
            self.state_input[:, t] = X[:, t].dot(self.U.T) + self.states[:, t-1].dot(self.W.T)
            self.states[:, t] = self.activation(self.state_input[:, t])
            self.outputs[:, t] = self.states[:, t].dot(self.V.T)

        return self.outputs

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        _, timesteps, _ = accum_grad.shape

        # Variables where we save the accumulated gradient w.r.t each parameter
        grad_U = np.zeros_like(self.U)
        grad_V = np.zeros_like(self.V)
        grad_W = np.zeros_like(self.W)
        # The gradient w.r.t the layer input.
        # Will be passed on to the previous layer in the network
        accum_grad_next = np.zeros_like(accum_grad)

        # Back Propagation Through Time
        for t in reversed(range(timesteps)):
            # Update gradient w.r.t V at time step t
            grad_V += accum_grad[:, t].T.dot(self.states[:, t])
            # Calculate the gradient w.r.t the state input
            grad_wrt_state = accum_grad[:, t].dot(self.V) * self.activation.gradient(self.state_input[:, t])
            # Gradient w.r.t the layer input
            accum_grad_next[:, t] = grad_wrt_state.dot(self.U)
            # Update gradient w.r.t W and U by backprop. from time step t for at most
            # self.bptt_trunc number of time steps
            for t_ in reversed(np.arange(max(0, t - self.bptt_trunc), t+1)):
                grad_U += grad_wrt_state.T.dot(self.layer_input[:, t_])
                grad_W += grad_wrt_state.T.dot(self.states[:, t_-1])
                # Calculate gradient w.r.t previous state
                grad_wrt_state = grad_wrt_state.dot(self.W) * self.activation.gradient(self.state_input[:, t_-1])

        # Update weights
        self.U = self.U_opt.update(self.U, grad_U)
        self.V = self.V_opt.update(self.V, grad_V)
        self.W = self.W_opt.update(self.W, grad_W)

        return accum_grad_next

    def output_shape(self):
        return self.input_shape

class Conv2D(Layer):
    """A 2D Convolution Layer.

    Parameters:
    -----------
    n_filters: int
        The number of filters that will convolve over the input matrix. The number of channels
        of the output shape.
    filter_shape: tuple
        A tuple (filter_height, filter_width).
    input_shape: tuple
        The shape of the expected input of the layer. (batch_size, channels, height, width)
        Only needs to be specified for first layer in the network.
    padding: string
        Either 'same' or 'valid'. 'same' results in padding being added so that the output height and width
        matches the input height and width. For 'valid' no padding is added.
    stride: int
        The stride length of the filters during the convolution over the input.
    """
    def __init__(self, n_filters, filter_shape, input_shape=None, padding='same', stride=1):
        self.n_filters = n_filters
        self.filter_shape = filter_shape
        self.padding = padding
        self.stride = stride
        self.input_shape = input_shape
        self.trainable = True

    def initialize(self, optimizer):
        # Initialize the weights
        filter_height, filter_width = self.filter_shape
        channels = self.input_shape[0]
        limit = 1 / math.sqrt(np.prod(self.filter_shape))
        self.W  = np.random.uniform(-limit, limit, size=(self.n_filters, channels, filter_height, filter_width))
        self.w0 = np.zeros((self.n_filters, 1))
        # Weight optimizers
        self.W_opt  = copy.copy(optimizer)
        self.w0_opt = copy.copy(optimizer)

    def parameters(self):
        return np.prod(self.W.shape) + np.prod(self.w0.shape)

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        batch_size, channels, height, width = X.shape
        self.layer_input = X
        # Turn image shape into column shape
        # (enables dot product between input and weights)
        self.X_col = image_to_column(X, self.filter_shape, stride=self.stride, output_shape=self.padding)
        # Turn weights into column shape
        self.W_col = self.W.reshape((self.n_filters, -1))
        # Calculate output
        output = self.W_col.dot(self.X_col) + self.w0
        # Reshape into (n_filters, out_height, out_width, batch_size)
        output = output.reshape(self.output_shape() + (batch_size, ))
        # Redistribute axises so that batch size comes first
        return output.transpose(3,0,1,2)

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        # Reshape accumulated gradient into column shape
        accum_grad = accum_grad.transpose(1, 2, 3, 0).reshape(self.n_filters, -1)

        if self.trainable:
            # Take dot product between column shaped accum. gradient and column shape
            # layer input to determine the gradient at the layer with respect to layer weights
            grad_w = accum_grad.dot(self.X_col.T).reshape(self.W.shape)
            # The gradient with respect to bias terms is the sum similarly to in Dense layer
            grad_w0 = np.sum(accum_grad, axis=1, keepdims=True)

            # Update the layers weights
            self.W = self.W_opt.update(self.W, grad_w)
            self.w0 = self.w0_opt.update(self.w0, grad_w0)

        # Recalculate the gradient which will be propogated back to prev. layer
        accum_grad = self.W_col.T.dot(accum_grad)
        # Reshape from column shape to image shape
        accum_grad = column_to_image(accum_grad,
                                self.layer_input.shape,
                                self.filter_shape,
                                stride=self.stride,
                                output_shape=self.padding)

        return accum_grad

    def output_shape(self):
        channels, height, width = self.input_shape
        pad_h, pad_w = determine_padding(self.filter_shape, output_shape=self.padding)
        output_height = (height + np.sum(pad_h) - self.filter_shape[0]) / self.stride + 1
        output_width = (width + np.sum(pad_w) - self.filter_shape[1]) / self.stride + 1
        return self.n_filters, int(output_height), int(output_width)


class BatchNormalization(Layer):
    """Batch normalization.
    """
    def __init__(self, momentum=0.99):
        self.momentum = momentum
        self.trainable = True
        self.eps = 0.01
        self.running_mean = None
        self.running_var = None

    def initialize(self, optimizer):
        # Initialize the parameters
        self.gamma  = np.ones(self.input_shape)
        self.beta = np.zeros(self.input_shape)
        # parameter optimizers
        self.gamma_opt  = copy.copy(optimizer)
        self.beta_opt = copy.copy(optimizer)

    def parameters(self):
        return np.prod(self.gamma.shape) + np.prod(self.beta.shape)

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):

        # Initialize running mean and variance if first run
        if self.running_mean is None:
            self.running_mean = np.mean(X, axis=0)
            self.running_var = np.var(X, axis=0)

        if training and self.trainable:
            mean = np.mean(X, axis=0)
            var = np.var(X, axis=0)
            self.running_mean = self.momentum * self.running_mean + (1 - self.momentum) * mean
            self.running_var = self.momentum * self.running_var + (1 - self.momentum) * var
        else:
            mean = self.running_mean
            var = self.running_var

        # Statistics saved for backward pass
        self.X_centered = X - mean
        self.stddev_inv = 1 / np.sqrt(var + self.eps)

        X_norm = self.X_centered * self.stddev_inv
        output = self.gamma * X_norm + self.beta

        return output

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):

        # Save parameters used during the forward pass
        gamma = self.gamma

        # If the layer is trainable the parameters are updated
        if self.trainable:
            X_norm = self.X_centered * self.stddev_inv
            grad_gamma = np.sum(accum_grad * X_norm, axis=0)
            grad_beta = np.sum(accum_grad, axis=0)

            self.gamma = self.gamma_opt.update(self.gamma, grad_gamma)
            self.beta = self.beta_opt.update(self.beta, grad_beta)

        batch_size = accum_grad.shape[0]

        # The gradient of the loss with respect to the layer inputs (use weights and statistics from forward pass)
        accum_grad = (1 / batch_size) * gamma * self.stddev_inv * (
            batch_size * accum_grad
            - np.sum(accum_grad, axis=0)
            - self.X_centered * self.stddev_inv**2 * np.sum(accum_grad * self.X_centered, axis=0)
            )

        return accum_grad

    def output_shape(self):
        return self.input_shape


class PoolingLayer(Layer):
    """A parent class of MaxPooling2D and AveragePooling2D
    """
    def __init__(self, pool_shape=(2, 2), stride=1, padding=0):
        self.pool_shape = pool_shape
        self.stride = stride
        self.padding = padding
        self.trainable = True

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.layer_input = X

        batch_size, channels, height, width = X.shape

        _, out_height, out_width = self.output_shape()

        X = X.reshape(batch_size*channels, 1, height, width)
        X_col = image_to_column(X, self.pool_shape, self.stride, self.padding)

        # MaxPool or AveragePool specific method
        output = self._pool_forward(X_col)

        output = output.reshape(out_height, out_width, batch_size, channels)
        output = output.transpose(2, 3, 0, 1)

        return output

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        batch_size, _, _, _ = accum_grad.shape
        channels, height, width = self.input_shape
        accum_grad = accum_grad.transpose(2, 3, 0, 1).ravel()

        # MaxPool or AveragePool specific method
        accum_grad_col = self._pool_backward(accum_grad)

        accum_grad = column_to_image(accum_grad_col, (batch_size * channels, 1, height, width), self.pool_shape, self.stride, 0)
        accum_grad = accum_grad.reshape((batch_size,) + self.input_shape)

        return accum_grad

    def output_shape(self):
        channels, height, width = self.input_shape
        out_height = (height - self.pool_shape[0]) / self.stride + 1
        out_width = (width - self.pool_shape[1]) / self.stride + 1
        assert out_height % 1 == 0
        assert out_width % 1 == 0
        return channels, int(out_height), int(out_width)


class MaxPooling2D(PoolingLayer):
    def _pool_forward(self, X_col):
        arg_max = np.argmax(X_col, axis=0).flatten()
        output = X_col[arg_max, range(arg_max.size)]
        self.cache = arg_max
        return output

    def _pool_backward(self, accum_grad):
        accum_grad_col = np.zeros((np.prod(self.pool_shape), accum_grad.size))
        arg_max = self.cache
        accum_grad_col[arg_max, range(accum_grad.size)] = accum_grad
        return accum_grad_col

class AveragePooling2D(PoolingLayer):
    def _pool_forward(self, X_col):
        output = np.mean(X_col, axis=0)
        return output

    def _pool_backward(self, accum_grad):
        accum_grad_col = np.zeros((np.prod(self.pool_shape), accum_grad.size))
        accum_grad_col[:, range(accum_grad.size)] = 1. / accum_grad_col.shape[0] * accum_grad
        return accum_grad_col


class ConstantPadding2D(Layer):
    """Adds rows and columns of constant values to the input.
    Expects the input to be of shape (batch_size, channels, height, width)

    Parameters:
    -----------
    padding: tuple
        The amount of padding along the height and width dimension of the input.
        If (pad_h, pad_w) the same symmetric padding is applied along height and width dimension.
        If ((pad_h0, pad_h1), (pad_w0, pad_w1)) the specified padding is added to beginning and end of
        the height and width dimension.
    padding_value: int or tuple
        The value the is added as padding.
    """
    def __init__(self, padding, padding_value=0):
        self.padding = padding
        self.trainable = True
        if not isinstance(padding[0], tuple):
            self.padding = ((padding[0], padding[0]), padding[1])
        if not isinstance(padding[1], tuple):
            self.padding = (self.padding[0], (padding[1], padding[1]))
        self.padding_value = padding_value

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        output = np.pad(X,
            pad_width=((0,0), (0,0), self.padding[0], self.padding[1]),
            mode="constant",
            constant_values=self.padding_value)
        return output

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        pad_top, pad_left = self.padding[0][0], self.padding[1][0]
        height, width = self.input_shape[1], self.input_shape[2]
        accum_grad = accum_grad[:, :, pad_top:pad_top+height, pad_left:pad_left+width]
        return accum_grad

    def output_shape(self):
        new_height = self.input_shape[1] + np.sum(self.padding[0])
        new_width = self.input_shape[2] + np.sum(self.padding[1])
        return (self.input_shape[0], new_height, new_width)


class ZeroPadding2D(ConstantPadding2D):
    """Adds rows and columns of zero values to the input.
    Expects the input to be of shape (batch_size, channels, height, width)

    Parameters:
    -----------
    padding: tuple
        The amount of padding along the height and width dimension of the input.
        If (pad_h, pad_w) the same symmetric padding is applied along height and width dimension.
        If ((pad_h0, pad_h1), (pad_w0, pad_w1)) the specified padding is added to beginning and end of
        the height and width dimension.
    """
    def __init__(self, padding):
        self.padding = padding
        if isinstance(padding[0], int):
            self.padding = ((padding[0], padding[0]), padding[1])
        if isinstance(padding[1], int):
            self.padding = (self.padding[0], (padding[1], padding[1]))
        self.padding_value = 0


class Flatten(Layer):
    """ Turns a multidimensional matrix into two-dimensional """
    def __init__(self, input_shape=None):
        self.prev_shape = None
        self.trainable = True
        self.input_shape = input_shape

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.prev_shape = X.shape
        return X.reshape((X.shape[0], -1))

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        return accum_grad.reshape(self.prev_shape)

    def output_shape(self):
        return (np.prod(self.input_shape),)


class UpSampling2D(Layer):
    """ Nearest neighbor up sampling of the input. Repeats the rows and
    columns of the data by size[0] and size[1] respectively.

    Parameters:
    -----------
    size: tuple
        (size_y, size_x) - The number of times each axis will be repeated.
    """
    def __init__(self, size=(2,2), input_shape=None):
        self.prev_shape = None
        self.trainable = True
        self.size = size
        self.input_shape = input_shape

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.prev_shape = X.shape
        # Repeat each axis as specified by size
        X_new = X.repeat(self.size[0], axis=2).repeat(self.size[1], axis=3)
        return X_new

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        # Down sample input to previous shape
        accum_grad = accum_grad[:, :, ::self.size[0], ::self.size[1]]
        return accum_grad

    def output_shape(self):
        channels, height, width = self.input_shape
        return channels, self.size[0] * height, self.size[1] * width


class Reshape(Layer):
    """ Reshapes the input tensor into specified shape

    Parameters:
    -----------
    shape: tuple
        The shape which the input shall be reshaped to.
    """
    def __init__(self, shape, input_shape=None):
        self.prev_shape = None
        self.trainable = True
        self.shape = shape
        self.input_shape = input_shape

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.prev_shape = X.shape
        return X.reshape((X.shape[0], ) + self.shape)

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        return accum_grad.reshape(self.prev_shape)

    def output_shape(self):
        return self.shape


class Dropout(Layer):
    """A layer that randomly sets a fraction p of the output units of the previous layer
    to zero.

    Parameters:
    -----------
    p: float
        The probability that unit x is set to zero.
    """
    def __init__(self, p=0.2):
        self.p = p
        self._mask = None
        self.input_shape = None
        self.n_units = None
        self.pass_through = True
        self.trainable = True

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        c = (1 - self.p)
        if training:
            self._mask = np.random.uniform(size=X.shape) > self.p
            c = self._mask
        return X * c

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        return accum_grad * self._mask

    def output_shape(self):
        return self.input_shape

activation_functions = {
    'relu': ReLU,
    'sigmoid': Sigmoid,
    'selu': SELU,
    'elu': ELU,
    'softmax': Softmax,
    'leaky_relu': LeakyReLU,
    'tanh': TanH,
    'softplus': SoftPlus
}

class Activation(Layer):
    """A layer that applies an activation operation to the input.

    Parameters:
    -----------
    name: string
        The name of the activation function that will be used.
    """

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.activation_name = name
        self.activation_func = activation_functions[name]()
        self.trainable = True

    def layer_name(self):
        return "Activation (%s)" % (self.activation_func.__class__.__name__)

    def forward_pass(self, X, training=True):
        self.layer_input = X
        return self.activation_func(X)

    def backward_pass(self, accum_grad):
        return accum_grad * self.activation_func.gradient(self.layer_input)

    def output_shape(self):
        return self.input_shape


# Method which calculates the padding based on the specified output shape and the
# shape of the filters
def determine_padding(filter_shape, output_shape="same"):

    # No padding
    if output_shape == "valid":
        return (0, 0), (0, 0)
    # Pad so that the output shape is the same as input shape (given that stride=1)
    elif output_shape == "same":
        filter_height, filter_width = filter_shape

        # Derived from:
        # output_height = (height + pad_h - filter_height) / stride + 1
        # In this case output_height = height and stride = 1. This gives the
        # expression for the padding below.
        pad_h1 = int(math.floor((filter_height - 1)/2))
        pad_h2 = int(math.ceil((filter_height - 1)/2))
        pad_w1 = int(math.floor((filter_width - 1)/2))
        pad_w2 = int(math.ceil((filter_width - 1)/2))

        return (pad_h1, pad_h2), (pad_w1, pad_w2)


# Reference: CS231n Stanford
def get_im2col_indices(images_shape, filter_shape, padding, stride=1):
    # First figure out what the size of the output should be
    batch_size, channels, height, width = images_shape
    filter_height, filter_width = filter_shape
    pad_h, pad_w = padding
    out_height = int((height + np.sum(pad_h) - filter_height) / stride + 1)
    out_width = int((width + np.sum(pad_w) - filter_width) / stride + 1)

    i0 = np.repeat(np.arange(filter_height), filter_width)
    i0 = np.tile(i0, channels)
    i1 = stride * np.repeat(np.arange(out_height), out_width)
    j0 = np.tile(np.arange(filter_width), filter_height * channels)
    j1 = stride * np.tile(np.arange(out_width), out_height)
    i = i0.reshape(-1, 1) + i1.reshape(1, -1)
    j = j0.reshape(-1, 1) + j1.reshape(1, -1)

    k = np.repeat(np.arange(channels), filter_height * filter_width).reshape(-1, 1)

    return (k, i, j)


# Method which turns the image shaped input to column shape.
# Used during the forward pass.
# Reference: CS231n Stanford
def image_to_column(images, filter_shape, stride, output_shape='same'):
    filter_height, filter_width = filter_shape

    pad_h, pad_w = determine_padding(filter_shape, output_shape)

    # Add padding to the image
    images_padded = np.pad(images, ((0, 0), (0, 0), pad_h, pad_w), mode='constant')

    # Calculate the indices where the dot products are to be applied between weights
    # and the image
    k, i, j = get_im2col_indices(images.shape, filter_shape, (pad_h, pad_w), stride)

    # Get content from image at those indices
    cols = images_padded[:, k, i, j]
    channels = images.shape[1]
    # Reshape content into column shape
    cols = cols.transpose(1, 2, 0).reshape(filter_height * filter_width * channels, -1)
    return cols



# Method which turns the column shaped input to image shape.
# Used during the backward pass.
# Reference: CS231n Stanford
def column_to_image(cols, images_shape, filter_shape, stride, output_shape='same'):
    batch_size, channels, height, width = images_shape
    pad_h, pad_w = determine_padding(filter_shape, output_shape)
    height_padded = height + np.sum(pad_h)
    width_padded = width + np.sum(pad_w)
    images_padded = np.empty((batch_size, channels, height_padded, width_padded))

    # Calculate the indices where the dot products are applied between weights
    # and the image
    k, i, j = get_im2col_indices(images_shape, filter_shape, (pad_h, pad_w), stride)

    cols = cols.reshape(channels * np.prod(filter_shape), -1, batch_size)
    cols = cols.transpose(2, 0, 1)
    # Add column content to the images at the indices
    np.add.at(images_padded, (slice(None), k, i, j), cols)

    # Return image without padding
    return images_padded[:, :, pad_h[0]:height+pad_h[0], pad_w[0]:width+pad_w[0]]