Model Details:

• Base Model: Qwen/Qwen2-0.5B-Instruct
• Teacher Model: Qwen/QwQ-32B-Preview
• Distillation Framework: Instruction Tuning
• Task Type: Conversational AI / Causal Language Modeling
• Parameters: 0.5B
• Special Features:
  • Integrated gradient checkpointing for efficient training
  • Step-by-step reasoning capabilities for better problem-solving

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Training:

QwQ-0.5B-Distilled was trained using the QwQ-LongCoT-130K dataset, a carefully curated collection of long-context examples designed for reasoning and conversational AI tasks. The GKD framework ensures that the student model mimics the teacher model’s outputs, aligning its predictions with high-quality responses.

Training Progress:

[▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓] 100%

Training Script:

import os
import argparse
import torch
from datasets import Dataset
from trl import SFTConfig, SFTTrainer, DataCollatorForCompletionOnlyLM
from transformers import (
 AutoModelForCausalLM,
 AutoTokenizer,
)
from datasets import load_dataset
from peft import LoraConfig

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--max_length", type=int, default = 4096)
parser.add_argument("--output_dir", type=str, default="gkd-model")
parser.add_argument("--per_device_train_batch_size", type=int, default=1)
parser.add_argument("--gradient_accumulation_steps", type=int, default=16)
parser.add_argument("--gradient_checkpointing", action="store_true", default=False)
parser.add_argument("--resume_from_checkpoint", action="store_true", default=False)
parser.add_argument("--lora", action="store_true")
args = parser.parse_args()

qwq_dataset = load_dataset("amphora/QwQ-LongCoT-130K-2", split = "train")
messages = []
for each in qwq_dataset:
 msg = [
 {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful and harmless assistant. You are Qwen developed by Alibaba. You should think step-by-step."},
 {"role": "user", "content": each["problem"]},
 {"role": "assistant", "content": each["qwq"]},
 ]
 messages.append(msg)

TRAIN_SPLIT_RATIO = 0.9
train_size = int(TRAIN_SPLIT_RATIO * len(messages))
eval_size = len(messages) - train_size

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct")

# The model to optimise
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct", torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16, device_map="auto") 



### Real Dataset
train_dataset = Dataset.from_dict({"messages":messages[:train_size]})
eval_dataset = Dataset.from_dict({"messages":messages[train_size:]})
training_args = SFTConfig(
 output_dir=args.output_dir,
 max_seq_length=args.max_length,
 per_device_train_batch_size=args.per_device_train_batch_size,
 gradient_accumulation_steps=args.gradient_accumulation_steps,
 gradient_checkpointing = args.gradient_checkpointing,
 save_steps = 100,
 save_total_limit = 5
 )

lora_config = LoraConfig(
 r=16,
 lora_alpha=32,
 lora_dropout=0.05,
 bias="none",
 task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
)

response_template = "<|im_start|>assistant\n"

collator = DataCollatorForCompletionOnlyLM(response_template, tokenizer=tokenizer)

trainer = SFTTrainer(
 model=model,
 args=training_args,
 processing_class=tokenizer,
 train_dataset=train_dataset,
 eval_dataset=eval_dataset,
 peft_config=lora_config if args.lora else None,
 data_collator=collator,
)
trainer.train(resume_from_checkpoint=args.resume_from_checkpoint)

Dataset:

• Source: amphora/QwQ-LongCoT-130K
• Split: 90% Training, 10% Evaluation

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Example Usage:

import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
# Model name
model_name = "kz919/QwQ-0.5B-Distilled-SFT"
# Load the model
print(f"Starting to load the model {model_name} into memory")
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
 model_name,
 torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
 device_map={"": 0}
)
# Load the tokenizer
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
# Define the prompt
prompt = "How many r in strawberry."
messages = [
 {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful and harmless assistant. You are Qwen developed by Alibaba. You should think step-by-step."},
 {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
]
# Tokenize the input
text = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
 messages,
 tokenize=False,
 add_generation_prompt=True
)
model_inputs = tokenizer([text], return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
# Generate a response
generated_ids = model.generate(
 **model_inputs,
 max_new_tokens=4096
)
generated_ids = [
 output_ids[len(input_ids):] for input_ids, output_ids in zip(model_inputs.input_ids, generated_ids)
]
# Decode the response
response = tokenizer.batch_decode(generated_ids, skip_special_tokens=True)[0]
print(response)

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Applications:

1. Conversational Assistants:
   Suitable for AI chatbots that require reasoning and long-context understanding.

2. Educational Tools:
   Provides step-by-step explanations, making it ideal for learning environments.

3. Creative Writing:
   Assists in generating coherent, contextually aware long-form content.

4. Technical Support:
   Handles complex customer queries with precision and clarity.

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Limitations:

• While distilled for efficiency, performance on highly complex reasoning tasks may slightly trail the teacher model.
• This model could still be under trained, merely a proof of concept. Don't yell at me if it's outputing nonesense.

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Citation:

If you use this model in your research or applications, please cite it as:

@model{qwq_0.5B_distilled,
 author = {Kaizhao Liang},
 title = {Mini-QwQ: A Reasoning Model for Edge Devices},
 year = {2024},
 publisher = {Hugging Face},
 version = {1.0}
}

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This model is an example of how efficient fine-tuning and distillation methods can deliver robust conversational AI capabilities in a smaller, more manageable footprint.

Base model

Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B

Qwen/Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct

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