stride reduces the size by a factor

autoencoder/Convolutional_Autoencoder.ipynb

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     "\n",
     "However, transposed convolution layers can lead to artifacts in the final images, such as checkerboard patterns. This is due to overlap in the kernels which can be avoided by setting the stride and kernel size equal. In [this Distill article](http://distill.pub/2016/deconv-checkerboard/) from Augustus Odena, *et al*, the authors show that these checkerboard artifacts can be avoided by resizing the layers using nearest neighbor or bilinear interpolation (upsampling) followed by a convolutional layer. In TensorFlow, this is easily done with [`tf.image.resize_images`](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r1.1/api_docs/python/tf/image/resize_images), followed by a convolution. Be sure to read the Distill article to get a better understanding of deconvolutional layers and why we're using upsampling.\n",
     "\n",
-    "> **Exercise:** Build the network shown above. Remember that a convolutional layer with strides of 1 and 'same' padding won't reduce the height and width. That is, if the input is 28x28 and the convolution layer has stride = 1 and 'same' padding, the convolutional layer will also be 28x28. The max-pool layers are used the reduce the width and height. A stride of 2 will reduce the size by 2. Odena *et al* claim that nearest neighbor interpolation works best for the upsampling, so make sure to include that as a parameter in `tf.image.resize_images` or use [`tf.image.resize_nearest_neighbor`]( `https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/image/resize_nearest_neighbor). For convolutional layers, use [`tf.layers.conv2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/conv2d). For example, you would write `conv1 = tf.layers.conv2d(inputs, 32, (5,5), padding='same', activation=tf.nn.relu)` for a layer with a depth of 32, a 5x5 kernel, stride of (1,1), padding is 'same', and a ReLU activation. Similarly, for the max-pool layers, use [`tf.layers.max_pooling2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/max_pooling2d)."
+    "> **Exercise:** Build the network shown above. Remember that a convolutional layer with strides of 1 and 'same' padding won't reduce the height and width. That is, if the input is 28x28 and the convolution layer has stride = 1 and 'same' padding, the convolutional layer will also be 28x28. The max-pool layers are used the reduce the width and height. A stride of 2 will reduce the size by a factor of 2. Odena *et al* claim that nearest neighbor interpolation works best for the upsampling, so make sure to include that as a parameter in `tf.image.resize_images` or use [`tf.image.resize_nearest_neighbor`]( `https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/image/resize_nearest_neighbor). For convolutional layers, use [`tf.layers.conv2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/conv2d). For example, you would write `conv1 = tf.layers.conv2d(inputs, 32, (5,5), padding='same', activation=tf.nn.relu)` for a layer with a depth of 32, a 5x5 kernel, stride of (1,1), padding is 'same', and a ReLU activation. Similarly, for the max-pool layers, use [`tf.layers.max_pooling2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/max_pooling2d)."
    ]
   },
   {

autoencoder/Convolutional_Autoencoder_Solution.ipynb

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "\n",
     "However, transposed convolution layers can lead to artifacts in the final images, such as checkerboard patterns. This is due to overlap in the kernels which can be avoided by setting the stride and kernel size equal. In [this Distill article](http://distill.pub/2016/deconv-checkerboard/) from Augustus Odena, *et al*, the authors show that these checkerboard artifacts can be avoided by resizing the layers using nearest neighbor or bilinear interpolation (upsampling) followed by a convolutional layer. In TensorFlow, this is easily done with [`tf.image.resize_images`](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r1.1/api_docs/python/tf/image/resize_images), followed by a convolution. Be sure to read the Distill article to get a better understanding of deconvolutional layers and why we're using upsampling.\n",
     "\n",
-    "> **Exercise:** Build the network shown above. Remember that a convolutional layer with strides of 1 and 'same' padding won't reduce the height and width. That is, if the input is 28x28 and the convolution layer has stride = 1 and 'same' padding, the convolutional layer will also be 28x28. The max-pool layers are used the reduce the width and height. A stride of 2 will reduce the size by 2. Odena *et al* claim that nearest neighbor interpolation works best for the upsampling, so make sure to include that as a parameter in `tf.image.resize_images` or use [`tf.image.resize_nearest_neighbor`]( `https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/image/resize_nearest_neighbor). For convolutional layers, use [`tf.layers.conv2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/conv2d). For example, you would write `conv1 = tf.layers.conv2d(inputs, 32, (5,5), padding='same', activation=tf.nn.relu)` for a layer with a depth of 32, a 5x5 kernel, stride of (1,1), padding is 'same', and a ReLU activation. Similarly, for the max-pool layers, use [`tf.layers.max_pooling2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/max_pooling2d)."
+    "> **Exercise:** Build the network shown above. Remember that a convolutional layer with strides of 1 and 'same' padding won't reduce the height and width. That is, if the input is 28x28 and the convolution layer has stride = 1 and 'same' padding, the convolutional layer will also be 28x28. The max-pool layers are used the reduce the width and height. A stride of 2 will reduce the size by a factor of 2. Odena *et al* claim that nearest neighbor interpolation works best for the upsampling, so make sure to include that as a parameter in `tf.image.resize_images` or use [`tf.image.resize_nearest_neighbor`]( `https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/image/resize_nearest_neighbor). For convolutional layers, use [`tf.layers.conv2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/conv2d). For example, you would write `conv1 = tf.layers.conv2d(inputs, 32, (5,5), padding='same', activation=tf.nn.relu)` for a layer with a depth of 32, a 5x5 kernel, stride of (1,1), padding is 'same', and a ReLU activation. Similarly, for the max-pool layers, use [`tf.layers.max_pooling2d`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/layers/max_pooling2d)."
    ]
   },
   {