README.md

## Contents:

**distributed**:  Walkthrough of apex distributed data parallel utilities.

**FP16_Optimizer_simple**:  Simple examples demonstrating various use cases of `FP16_Optimizer` to automatically manage master parameters and static or dynamic loss scaling.

**imagenet**:  Example based on [https://github.com/pytorch/examples/tree/master/imagenet](https://github.com/pytorch/examples/tree/master/imagenet) showing the use of `FP16_Optimizer`, as well as manual management of master parameters and loss scaling for illustration/comparison.

**word_language_model**:  Example based on [https://github.com/pytorch/examples/tree/master/word_language_model](https://github.com/pytorch/examples/tree/master/word_language_model) showing the use of `FP16_Optimizer`, as well as manual management of master parameters and loss scaling for illustration/comparison.

**docker**:  Example of a minimal Dockerfile that installs Apex on top of an existing container.