Update default configuration values for improved training

This commit updates several default configuration values to provide
better out-of-box training behavior and align with best practices:

**DataLoaderConfig Changes:**
- batch_size: 1 → 4
  - More efficient training with larger batch sizes
  - Better gradient estimates and faster convergence

**TrainerConfig Changes:**
- max_epochs: 10 → 100
  - Allows more training time for better convergence
- seed: 0 → None
  - No default seeding, allowing natural randomization

**DataConfig Changes:**
- use_augmentations_train: False → True
  - Enables data augmentation by default for better generalization
- Removed conditional logic in data_mapper that auto-set use_augmentations_train
  - Simplifies behavior to always default to True

**ModelConfig Changes:**
- ClassMapConfig sigma: 15.0 → 5.0
  - More precise class map generation for multi-class models
  - Consistent with confmaps sigma defaults

**Documentation Updates:**
- Updated all docstrings to reflect new default values
- Ensures documentation accuracy across all config classes

These changes provide better default training configurations while
maintaining full backward compatibility through explicit config overrides.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: gitttt-1234

sleap_nn/config/data_config.py

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class DataConfig:
         use_existing_imgs: (bool) Use existing train and val images/ chunks in the `cache_img_path` for `torch_dataset_cache_img_disk` frameworks. If `True`, the `cache_img_path` should have `train_imgs` and `val_imgs` dirs. *Default*: `False`.
         delete_cache_imgs_after_training: (bool) If `False`, the images (torch_dataset_cache_img_disk) are retained after training. Else, the files are deleted. *Default*: `True`.
         preprocessing: Configuration options related to data preprocessing.
-        use_augmentations_train: (bool) True if the data augmentation should be applied to the training data, else False. *Default*: `False`.
+        use_augmentations_train: (bool) True if the data augmentation should be applied to the training data, else False. *Default*: `True`.
         augmentation_config: Configurations related to augmentation. (only if `use_augmentations_train` is `True`)
         skeletons: skeleton configuration for the `.slp` file. This will be pulled from the train dataset and saved to the `training_config.yaml`
     """
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class DataConfig:
     use_existing_imgs: bool = False
     delete_cache_imgs_after_training: bool = True
     preprocessing: PreprocessingConfig = field(factory=PreprocessingConfig)
-    use_augmentations_train: bool = False
+    use_augmentations_train: bool = True
     augmentation_config: Optional[AugmentationConfig] = None
     skeletons: Optional[list] = None
 
@@ -463,9 +463,6 @@ def data_mapper(legacy_config: dict) -> DataConfig:
         geometric=GeometricConfig(**geometric_args),
     )
 
-    data_cfg_args["use_augmentations_train"] = (
-        True if any(intensity_args.values()) or any(geometric_args.values()) else False
-    )
     data_cfg_args["skeletons"] = (
         skeletons_list
         if skeletons_list is not None and len(skeletons_list) > 0

sleap_nn/config/model_config.py

@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ class ClassMapConfig:
     """
 
     classes: Optional[List[str]] = None
-    sigma: float = 15.0
+    sigma: float = 5.0
     output_stride: int = 1
     loss_weight: Optional[float] = None
 

sleap_nn/config/trainer_config.py

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ class DataLoaderConfig:
     """Train DataLoaderConfig.
 
     Attributes:
-        batch_size: (int) Number of samples per batch or batch size for training/validation data. *Default*: `1`.
+        batch_size: (int) Number of samples per batch or batch size for training/validation data. *Default*: `4`.
         shuffle: (bool) True to have the data reshuffled at every epoch. *Default*: `False`.
         num_workers: (int) Number of subprocesses to use for data loading. 0 means that the data will be loaded in the main process. *Default*: `0`.
     """
 
-    batch_size: int = 1
+    batch_size: int = 4
     shuffle: bool = False
     num_workers: int = 0
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TrainDataLoaderConfig(DataLoaderConfig):
     """Train DataLoaderConfig.
 
     Attributes:
-        batch_size: (int) Number of samples per batch or batch size for training/validation data. *Default*: `1`.
+        batch_size: (int) Number of samples per batch or batch size for training/validation data. *Default*: `4`.
         shuffle: (bool) True to have the data reshuffled at every epoch. *Default*: `True`.
         num_workers: (int) Number of subprocesses to use for data loading. 0 means that the data will be loaded in the main process. *Default*: `0`.
     """
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ValDataLoaderConfig(DataLoaderConfig):
     """Validation DataLoaderConfig.
 
     Attributes:
-        batch_size: (int) Number of samples per batch or batch size for training/validation data. *Default*: `1`.
+        batch_size: (int) Number of samples per batch or batch size for training/validation data. *Default*: `4`.
         shuffle: (bool) True to have the data reshuffled at every epoch. *Default*: `False`.
         num_workers: (int) Number of subprocesses to use for data loading. 0 means that the data will be loaded in the main process. *Default*: `0`.
     """
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ class TrainerConfig:
         train_steps_per_epoch: (int) Number of minibatches (steps) to train for in an epoch. If set to `None`, this is set to the number of batches in the training data or `min_train_steps_per_epoch`, whichever is largest. *Default*: `None`. **Note**: In a multi-gpu training setup, the effective steps during training would be the `trainer_steps_per_epoch` / `trainer_devices`.
         visualize_preds_during_training: (bool) If set to `True`, sample predictions (keypoints + confidence maps) are saved to `viz` folder in the ckpt dir and in wandb table. *Default*: `False`.
         keep_viz: (bool) If set to `True`, the `viz` folder will be kept after training. If `False`, the `viz` folder will be deleted after training. Only applies when `visualize_preds_during_training` is `True`. *Default*: `False`.
-        max_epochs: (int) Maximum number of epochs to run. *Default*: `10`.
-        seed: (int) Seed value for the current experiment. If None, no seeding is applied. *Default*: `0`.
+        max_epochs: (int) Maximum number of epochs to run. *Default*: `100`.
+        seed: (int) Seed value for the current experiment. If None, no seeding is applied. *Default*: `None`.
         use_wandb: (bool) True to enable wandb logging. *Default*: `False`.
         save_ckpt: (bool) True to enable checkpointing. *Default*: `False`.
         ckpt_dir: (str) Directory path where the `<run_name>` folder is created. If `None`, a new folder for the current run is created in the working dir. **Default**: `None`
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class TrainerConfig:
     train_steps_per_epoch: Optional[int] = None
     visualize_preds_during_training: bool = False
     keep_viz: bool = False
-    max_epochs: int = 10
+    max_epochs: int = 100
     seed: Optional[int] = None
     use_wandb: bool = False
     save_ckpt: bool = False