Randomness in Determinism

[michael-camilleri]

Hi

This is just to check that my understanding is correct. When using set_determinism(), together with the appropriate monai data_loader, this just ensures that the random number generation is based on a seed and hence reproducible, but is otherwise still 'pseudo-random'. Am I right?

Thanks

[KumoLiu]

Hi @michael-camilleri, thanks for your interest here.

I’m not sure I fully understand your point here. If you’re using a random transform, it should indeed be performed randomly. The set_determinism function in MONAI is primarily designed to ensure reproducibility in your experiments. As we all know, deep learning experiments can be challenging to reproduce. Once you achieve a good result, having a reproducible setup allows you to apply the same configuration effectively in subsequent downstream tasks.

Hope it helps, thanks.