[Community event] HugGAN sprint for training AI art with free compute
# HugGAN sprint :art: :artist: :paintbrush:

Got GANs?

Feel free to join the [HugGAN event](https://github.com/huggingface/community-events/tree/main/huggan), which takes place virtually from April 4 - April 15th (you can join any time in between these dates). 🤗 

The goal is to train and showcase generative AI art* with free compute provided by [Paperspace](https://www.paperspace.com/).

*GANs in particular but if you're into diffusion models, go ahead ;)

## What is it about?

The main components of the HugGAN sprint consist of:

- [ ] sharing image datasets, useful for training generative models, with the community using the brand-new (and awesome) [ImageFolder](https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/v2.0.0/en/image_process#imagefolder) and [push_to_hub](https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/upload_dataset#upload-from-python) features. There are already 25+ datasets contributed, including famous ones such as [MetFaces](https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggan/metfaces) and [pokemon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/huggan/pokemon) :rocket:
- [ ] training GANs using [example scripts](https://github.com/huggingface/community-events/tree/main/huggan/pytorch) provided by :hugs:, or any custom model picked by you, using free compute :computer: :money_mouth_face: provided by Paperspace
- [ ] get to know how GANs work, through multiple community talks and discussions by famous AI artists (announced soon!)
- [ ] get to know the :hugs: ecosystem through [Datasets](https://huggingface.co/docs/datasets/index), [Accelerate](https://huggingface.co/docs/accelerate/index), using either PyTorch/Keras
- [ ] showcasing the magic of a GAN as a :hugs: Space, like this one: https://huggingface.co/spaces/hysts/DualStyleGAN

## What do I need to do to participate?

To participate, please follow these steps:

- [ ] fill out [this short google form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_mpK4dYu1V-ejeTzoiIsTiMSVlZ0kYQCEoBmoa0vH-bNuag/viewform)
- [ ] create a Hugging Face Hub account [here](https://huggingface.co/join) if you haven’t already, and join the [huggan organization ](https://huggingface.co/organizations/huggan/share/bekBYwkjyeJOAlxpcYRKgjLaRcrnIOeuge)
- [ ] join our discord [here](https://discord.gg/H3bUrDPTfS) - when joining the event’s discord channel please make sure to click on the :hugs: emoji under the first message to access all relevant information.




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