Instructions With docker-compose Replace values in .env Run docker-compose up Without docker The validation script requires python 3.6 If using anaconda, create a virtual environment with conda create -n py36 python=3.6 Activate the virtual environment with conda activate py36 Install requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt Example to run validation script: python validate.py --image_dir /images --container_name the_algorithm_container --distance_metric ANGULAR_DISTANCE --pairs_fname /pairs/pairs.txt --threshold_start 0 --threshold_end 4 --threshold_step 0.01 --embedding_size 128 --threshold_metric ACCURACY --prealigned_flag --remove_empty_embeddings_flag