🌟 Summary

The latest release of Ultralytics, version 8.3.9, introduces detailed improvements to training log outputs and CSV handling, enhancing tracking and reporting capabilities for model training sessions.

📊 Key Changes

• Version Update: Incremented from 8.3.8 to 8.3.9.
• Improved Training Logs: Enhanced logging to record epochs and training durations more effectively.
• CSV Enhancements: Training time is now included in CSV metric outputs, enabling easier analysis.
• batch Size Adjustment: Dynamic adjustment of batch sizes for GPUs with over 16GB of memory.
• Branding Updates: Renamed default project and task identifiers from "YOLOv8" to "Ultralytics".
• Editable Installations: Removed editable (-e) pip install mode from continuous integration workflows.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• 🕒 Enhanced Time Tracking: By logging training time in detail, users can better manage and evaluate the efficiency of their model training processes.
• 📈 Better Metric Tracking: Including training time in the CSV output simplifies performance tracking and comparative analysis across different runs.
• ⚡ Optimized GPU Use: Allowing larger batch sizes on high-memory GPUs enhances computational resource utilization, resulting in faster training and inference.
• 🎨 Consistent Branding: Unified project naming promotes a more cohesive brand identity across logging and monitoring platforms.
• 🧩 Improved Code Maintenance: Simplifying installations and configurations results in fewer potential errors during setup and better reliability of the development and deployment workflows.

What's Changed

• Rename loggers from YOLOv8 to Ultralytics by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16784
• AutoBatch larger batches on larger GPUs by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16785
• fix autobackend.py by @lmk123568 in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16801
• Update speed-estimation solution by @RizwanMunawar in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16798
• Remove -e tag from CI by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16797
• Fix wrong parameter count while profiling by @Y-T-G in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16790
• ultralytics 8.3.9 add training time to results CSV by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16803

New Contributors

• @lmk123568 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/16801

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.3.8...v8.3.9