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+# DeepHealth Project
+
+This is a deep learning project based on PyTorch. This project adheres to specific code style and file structure conventions to ensure clarity, maintainability, and reproducibility.
+
+## 1. Project Structure
+
+To maintain a clean and modular project, we adopt the following file organization:
+
+DeepHealth/
+    |-tain.py
+    |-models.py
+    |-utils.py
+    |-data/
+    |-requirements.txt
+    |-README.md
+
+
+### File Descriptions
+
+* **`train.py`**:
+    * **Core training script**. It contains the control flow for the entire training process.
+    * Responsible for initializing the model, optimizer, DataLoader, etc.
+    * Executes the training and validation loops.
+    * Handles saving and loading checkpoints, logging, and other related tasks.
+
+* **`models.py`**:
+    * **Model and Loss Function Definitions**. This file stores the architecture for all neural network models.
+    * All subclasses of `torch.nn.Module` should be defined in this file.
+    * Custom loss functions should also be implemented here.
+
+* **`utils.py`**:
+    * **Utility Functions Module**. It contains reusable helper functions for the project.
+    * Primarily responsible for data I/O operations, data preprocessing, performance metric calculations, logger configuration, or other logic that doesn't belong in the core model or training framework.
+
+* **`data/`**:
+    * **Data Storage Directory**. Used to store the datasets required for the project.
+    * `data/raw/` stores the original, unprocessed data.
+    * `data/processed/` stores data after it has been preprocessed.
+
+* **`requirements.txt`**:
+    * **Project Dependencies**. Lists all the Python packages and their versions required to run this project.
+
+* **`README.md`**:
+    * **Project Documentation**. Provides a high-level overview of the project, setup instructions, and usage guidelines.
+
+## 2. Core Framework
+
+* **Deep Learning Framework**: `PyTorch`
+
+## 3. Coding Style
+
+This project uniformly adopts the **Google Python Style Guide**. All submitted code should adhere to this standard to ensure consistency and readability.
+
+Key features include:
+* Using `yapf` or `black` for automatic code formatting.
+* Following detailed naming conventions (`module_name`, `package_name`, `ClassName`, `method_name`, `ExceptionName`, `function_name`, `GLOBAL_CONSTANT_NAME`).
+* Using Google-style docstrings.
+
+Please refer to the official documentation: [Google Python Style Guide](http://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html)
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diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
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+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from torch.nn import functional as F
+from typing import Tuple
+import math
+
+class CausalSelfAttention(nn.Module):
+    """
+    A vanilla multi-head masked self-attention layer with a projection at the end.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, n_embd: int, n_head: int, pdrop: float):
+        super().__init__()
+        assert n_embd % n_head == 0
+        # key, query, value projections for all heads
+        self.c_attn = nn.Linear(n_embd, 3 * n_embd)
+        # output projection
+        self.c_proj = nn.Linear(n_embd, n_embd)
+        # regularization
+        self.attn_dropout = nn.Dropout(pdrop)
+        self.resid_dropout = nn.Dropout(pdrop)
+        self.n_head = n_head
+        self.n_embd = n_embd
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, custom_mask: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        B, L, D = x.size() # batch size, sequence length, embedding dimensionality (n_embd)
+
+        # calculate query, key, values for all heads in batch and move head forward to be the batch dim
+        q, k, v  = self.c_attn(x).split(self.n_embd, dim=2)
+        k = k.view(B, L, self.n_head, D // self.n_head).transpose(1, 2) # (B, nh, L, hs)
+        q = q.view(B, L, self.n_head, D // self.n_head).transpose(1, 2) # (B, nh, L, hs)
+        v = v.view(B, L, self.n_head, D // self.n_head).transpose(1, 2) # (B, nh, L, hs)
+
+        # causal self-attention; Self-attend: (B, nh, L, hs) x (B, nh, hs, L) -> (B, nh, L, L)
+        att = (q @ k.transpose(-2, -1)) * (1.0 / math.sqrt(k.size(-1)))
+        
+        # Apply the time-based causal mask
+        att = att.masked_fill(custom_mask.unsqueeze(1) == 0, float('-inf'))
+        
+        att = F.softmax(att, dim=-1)
+        att = self.attn_dropout(att)
+        y = att @ v # (B, nh, L, L) x (B, nh, L, hs) -> (B, nh, L, hs)
+        y = y.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, L, D) # re-assemble all head outputs side by side
+
+        # output projection
+        y = self.resid_dropout(self.c_proj(y))
+        return y
+
+class Block(nn.Module):
+    """ an unassuming Transformer block """
+
+    def __init__(self, n_embd: int, n_head: int, pdrop: float):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.ln_1 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
+        self.attn = CausalSelfAttention(n_embd, n_head, pdrop)
+        self.ln_2 = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
+        self.mlp = nn.ModuleDict(dict(
+            c_fc    = nn.Linear(n_embd, 4 * n_embd),
+            c_proj  = nn.Linear(4 * n_embd, n_embd),
+            act     = nn.GELU(),
+            dropout = nn.Dropout(pdrop),
+        ))
+        m = self.mlp
+        self.mlpf = lambda x: m.dropout(m.c_proj(m.act(m.c_fc(x)))) # MLP forward
+
+    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor, custom_mask: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        x = x + self.attn(self.ln_1(x), custom_mask=custom_mask)
+        x = x + self.mlpf(self.ln_2(x))
+        return x
+
+class AgeSinusoidalEncoding(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Encodes age using sinusoidal functions, similar to positional encodings
+    in Transformers. This module creates a fixed-size embedding for an age
+    value given in days.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, embedding_dim: int):
+        """
+        Initializes the AgeSinusoidalEncoding module.
+
+        Args:
+            embedding_dim (int): The dimensionality of the output embedding.
+                Must be an even number.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If embedding_dim is not an even number.
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        if embedding_dim % 2 != 0:
+            raise ValueError(f"Embedding dimension must be an even number, but got {embedding_dim}")
+
+        self.embedding_dim = embedding_dim
+
+        # Pre-calculate the divisor term for the sinusoidal formula.
+        # The formula for the divisor is 10000^(2i/D), where D is the
+        # embedding_dim and i is the index for each pair of dimensions.
+        # i ranges from 0 to D/2 - 1.
+        i = torch.arange(0, self.embedding_dim, 2, dtype=torch.float32)
+        divisor = torch.pow(10000, i / self.embedding_dim)
+
+        # Register the divisor as a non-trainable buffer. This ensures it is
+        # moved to the correct device (e.g., GPU) along with the model.
+        self.register_buffer('divisor', divisor)
+
+    def forward(self, t: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Forward pass for the AgeSinusoidalEncoding.
+
+        Args:
+            t (torch.Tensor): A tensor of shape (batch_size, sequence_length)
+                with dtype=torch.float32, representing age in days.
+
+        Returns:
+            torch.Tensor: The encoded age tensor of shape
+                (batch_size, sequence_length, embedding_dim).
+        """
+        # 1. Unit Conversion: Convert age from days to years.
+        # We use 365.25 to account for leap years.
+        t_years = t / 365.25
+
+        # 2. Argument Calculation: Calculate the arguments for the sin/cos functions.
+        # The shapes are broadcast to (B, L, D/2).
+        # Input t_years: (B, L) -> unsqueezed to (B, L, 1)
+        # Divisor: (D/2) -> viewed as (1, 1, D/2)
+        args = t_years.unsqueeze(-1) * self.divisor.view(1, 1, -1)
+
+        # 3. Sinusoidal Application: Create the final output tensor.
+        # Initialize an empty tensor to store the embeddings.
+        output = torch.zeros(t.shape[0], t.shape[1], self.embedding_dim, device=t.device)
+
+        # Assign cosine of the arguments to the even indices.
+        output[:, :, 0::2] = torch.cos(args)
+        
+        # Assign sine of the arguments to the odd indices.
+        output[:, :, 1::2] = torch.sin(args)
+
+        return output
+
+class TimeAwareGPT2(nn.Module):
+    """
+    A time-aware GPT-2 model with custom temporal features.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, vocab_size: int, n_embd: int, n_layer: int, n_head: int, pdrop: float, token_pdrop: float):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.token_pdrop = token_pdrop
+
+        # Token and positional embeddings
+        self.wte = nn.Embedding(vocab_size, n_embd)
+        self.age_encoder = AgeSinusoidalEncoding(n_embd)
+        self.drop = nn.Dropout(pdrop)
+
+        # Transformer blocks
+        self.blocks = nn.ModuleList([Block(n_embd, n_head, pdrop) for _ in range(n_layer)])
+        
+        # Final layer norm and linear head
+        self.ln_f = nn.LayerNorm(n_embd)
+        self.head = nn.Linear(n_embd, vocab_size, bias=False)
+
+        self.n_embd = n_embd
+
+    def forward(self, event_seq: torch.Tensor, time_seq: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Forward pass for the TimeAwareGPT2 model.
+
+        Args:
+            event_seq (torch.Tensor): Token indices of shape (B, L).
+            time_seq (torch.Tensor): Timestamps for each event of shape (B, L).
+
+        Returns:
+            torch.Tensor: Logits of shape (B, L, vocab_size).
+        """
+        B, L = event_seq.size()
+
+        # 1. Get token embeddings
+        token_embeddings = self.wte(event_seq)
+
+        # 2. Apply token dropout (only during training)
+        if self.training and self.token_pdrop > 0:
+            # Create a mask to randomly zero out entire token embedding vectors
+            drop_mask = torch.rand(token_embeddings.shape[:2], device=token_embeddings.device) < self.token_pdrop
+            token_embeddings[drop_mask] = 0.0
+
+        # 3. Get positional embeddings from time sequence
+        pos_embeddings = self.age_encoder(time_seq.float())
+
+        # 4. Combine embeddings and apply dropout
+        x = self.drop(token_embeddings + pos_embeddings)
+
+        # 5. Generate attention mask
+        # The attention mask combines two conditions:
+        # a) Time-based causality: A token i can attend to a token j only if time_seq[j] < time_seq[i].
+        # b) Padding mask: Do not attend to positions where the event token is 0.
+
+        # a) Time-based causal mask
+        t_i = time_seq.unsqueeze(-1)  # (B, L, 1)
+        t_j = time_seq.unsqueeze(1)   # (B, 1, L)
+        time_mask = (t_j < t_i)
+
+        # b) Padding mask (prevents attending to key positions that are padding)
+        padding_mask = (event_seq != 0).unsqueeze(1) # Shape: (B, 1, L)
+        
+        # Combine the masks. A position (j) can be attended to by a query (i) only if
+        # it's in the past (time_mask) AND it's not a padding token (padding_mask).
+        combined_mask = time_mask & padding_mask
+
+        # 6. Pass through transformer blocks
+        for block in self.blocks:
+            x = block(x, custom_mask=combined_mask)
+
+        # 7. Final layer norm and projection to vocab size
+        x = self.ln_f(x)
+        logits = self.head(x)
+
+        return logits
+
+    def get_num_params(self) -> float:
+        """
+        Returns the number of trainable parameters in the model in millions.
+        """
+        return sum(p.numel() for p in self.parameters() if p.requires_grad) / 1e6
+
+class CombinedLoss(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Computes a two-part loss: a standard cross-entropy loss for event type
+    prediction and a survival analysis loss for event timing.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, ignored_token_ids: list[int]):
+        """
+        Initializes the CombinedLoss module.
+
+        Args:
+            ignored_token_ids (list[int]): A list of event type IDs to be
+                excluded from all loss calculations.
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+        self.ignored_token_ids = ignored_token_ids
+
+    def forward(self, logits: torch.Tensor, x: torch.Tensor, t: torch.Tensor) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        """
+        Calculates the combined cross-entropy and survival loss.
+
+        Args:
+            logits (torch.Tensor): Raw model outputs of shape (B, L, N).
+            x (torch.Tensor): Ground-truth event labels of shape (B, L).
+            t (torch.Tensor): True time duration for each event, shape (B, L).
+
+        Returns:
+            A tuple containing the two scalar loss tensors: (loss_ce, loss_survival).
+        """
+        # 1. Create a mask to filter out ignored token IDs from loss calculation.
+        # An element is True if the corresponding label in x is NOT in the ignored list.
+        mask = torch.ones_like(x, dtype=torch.bool)
+        for token_id in self.ignored_token_ids:
+            mask = mask & (x != token_id)
+
+        # If the mask is all False (all tokens are ignored), return zero for both losses.
+        if not mask.any():
+            return torch.tensor(0.0, device=logits.device), torch.tensor(0.0, device=logits.device)
+
+        # 2. Part 1: Cross-Entropy Loss (loss_ce)
+        # Permute logits from (B, L, N) to (B, N, L) for F.cross_entropy.
+        logits_for_ce = logits.permute(0, 2, 1)
+        
+        # Calculate per-element loss without reduction.
+        per_element_ce = F.cross_entropy(logits_for_ce, x, reduction='none')
+        
+        # Apply the mask and compute the mean of valid elements.
+        loss_ce = per_element_ce[mask].mean()
+
+        # 3. Part 2: Survival Loss (loss_survival)
+        # Calculate event intensity (lambda) as the sum of exponentiated logits.
+        intensity = torch.sum(torch.exp(logits), dim=2)
+
+        # Calculate per-element survival loss (negative log-likelihood of exponential dist).
+        # We add a small epsilon for numerical stability with the log.
+        per_element_survival = -(torch.log(intensity + 1e-8) - intensity * t)
+        
+        # Apply the mask and compute the mean of valid elements.
+        loss_survival = per_element_survival[mask].mean()
+
+        return loss_ce, loss_survival
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+import pandas as pd
+import tqdm
+import numpy as np
+
+label_files = 'labels.csv'
+ukb_field_to_icd10_file = 'icd10_codes_mod.tsv'
+ukb_basket_file = 'ukb_delphi.txt'
+train_proportion = 0.8
+output_prefix = 'ukb_real'
+
+icdict = {}
+icdcodes = []
+with open(ukb_field_to_icd10_file) as f:
+    for line in f:
+        parts = line.strip().split()
+        icdict[parts[0]] = parts[5]
+        icdcodes.append(parts[5])
+
+# Using enumerate for cleaner, safer label assignment starting from 0
+label_dict = {}
+with open(label_files) as f:
+    for i, line in enumerate(f):
+        label_dict[line.strip().split(' ')[0]] = i
+
+icdict['f.31.0.0'] = "sex"
+icdict['f.34.0.0'] = "YEAR"
+icdict['f.52.0.0'] = "MONTH"
+icdict['f.40000.0.0'] = "Death"
+
+for j in range(17):
+    icdict[f'f.40005.{j}.0'] = f'cancer_date_{j}'
+    icdict[f'f.40006.{j}.0'] = f'cancer_type_{j}'
+
+icdict['f.53.0.0'] = "assessment_date"
+icdict['f.21001.0.0'] = "BMI"
+icdict['f.1239.0.0'] = "smoking"
+icdict['f.1558.0.0'] = "alcohol"
+
+len_icd = len(icdcodes)
+
+# Corrected typo 'aseessment_date' to 'assessment_date'
+icdcodes.extend(['Death', 'assessment_date'] + [f'cancer_date_{j}' for j in range(17)])
+
+data_list = []
+ukb_iterator = pd.read_csv(ukb_basket_file, sep=',', chunksize=10000, index_col=0, low_memory=False)
+
+for _, dd in tqdm.tqdm(enumerate(ukb_iterator)):
+    dd = dd.rename(columns=icdict)
+    dd.dropna(subset=['sex'], inplace=True)
+    dd['sex'] += 1
+    dd = dd[[col for col in dd.columns if not col.startswith('f.')]]
+    dd['dob'] = pd.to_datetime(dd[['YEAR', 'MONTH']].assign(DAY=1))
+
+    present_icdcodes = [c for c in icdcodes if c in dd.columns]
+    if present_icdcodes:
+        # Convert date columns to days from date of birth
+        date_cols = dd[present_icdcodes].apply(pd.to_datetime, format="%Y-%m-%d", errors='coerce')
+        date_cols_days = date_cols.sub(dd['dob'], axis=0)
+        dd[present_icdcodes] = date_cols_days.apply(lambda x: x.dt.days)
+
+    # Process ICD codes efficiently using melt
+    cols_to_process = [col for col in icdcodes[:len_icd + 1] if col in dd.columns]
+    if cols_to_process:
+        melted_df = dd.reset_index().melt(
+            id_vars=['f.eid'],
+            value_vars=cols_to_process,
+            var_name='event_code',
+            value_name='days'
+        )
+        melted_df.dropna(subset=['days'], inplace=True)
+        if not melted_df.empty:
+            melted_df['label'] = melted_df['event_code'].map(label_dict)
+            data_list.append(melted_df[['f.eid', 'days', 'label']].dropna().astype(int).to_numpy())
+
+    # Process sex
+    X = dd['sex'].reset_index().to_numpy().astype(int)
+    data_list.append(np.c_[X[:, 0], np.zeros(X.shape[0]), X[:, 1]].astype(int))
+
+    # Process cancer data efficiently using wide_to_long
+    df_res = dd.reset_index()
+    rename_dict = {f'cancer_date_{j}': f'cancerdate{j}' for j in range(17)}
+    rename_dict.update({f'cancer_type_{j}': f'cancertype{j}' for j in range(17)})
+    df_renamed = df_res.rename(columns=rename_dict)
+
+    stubs_to_use = []
+    if any('cancerdate' in col for col in df_renamed.columns): stubs_to_use.append('cancerdate')
+    if any('cancertype' in col for col in df_renamed.columns): stubs_to_use.append('cancertype')
+
+    if len(stubs_to_use) == 2:
+        long_cancer = pd.wide_to_long(df_renamed,
+                                      stubnames=stubs_to_use,
+                                      i=['f.eid'],
+                                      j='cancer_num'
+                                      ).dropna()
+        if not long_cancer.empty:
+            long_cancer['cancer'] = long_cancer['cancertype'].str.slice(0, 3)
+            long_cancer['cancer_label'] = long_cancer['cancer'].map(label_dict)
+            cancer_array = long_cancer.reset_index()[['f.eid', 'cancerdate', 'cancer_label']].dropna().astype(int).to_numpy()
+            if cancer_array.size > 0:
+                data_list.append(cancer_array)
+
+    # Process BMI, smoking, and alcohol
+    dd_bmi = dd[['assessment_date', 'BMI']].dropna().reset_index()
+    if not dd_bmi.empty:
+        dd_bmi['bmi_status'] = np.select([dd_bmi['BMI'] > 28, dd_bmi['BMI'] > 22], [5, 4], default=3)
+        data_list.append(dd_bmi[['f.eid', 'assessment_date', 'bmi_status']].astype(int).to_numpy())
+
+    dd_sm = dd[['assessment_date', 'smoking']].dropna().reset_index()
+    dd_sm = dd_sm[dd_sm['smoking'] != -3]
+    if not dd_sm.empty:
+        dd_sm['smoking_status'] = np.select([dd_sm['smoking'] == 1, dd_sm['smoking'] == 2], [8, 7], default=6)
+        data_list.append(dd_sm[['f.eid', 'assessment_date', 'smoking_status']].astype(int).to_numpy())
+
+    dd_al = dd[['assessment_date', 'alcohol']].dropna().reset_index()
+    dd_al = dd_al[dd_al['alcohol'] != -3]
+    if not dd_al.empty:
+        dd_al['alcohol_status'] = np.select([dd_al['alcohol'] == 1, dd_al['alcohol'] < 4], [11, 10], default=9)
+        data_list.append(dd_al[['f.eid', 'assessment_date', 'alcohol_status']].astype(int).to_numpy())
+
+data = np.vstack(data_list)
+data = data[np.lexsort((data[:, 1], data[:, 2] == data[:, 2].max(), data[:, 0]))]
+data = data[data[:, 1] >= 0]
+data = pd.DataFrame(data).drop_duplicates([0, 2]).values
+data = data.astype(np.uint32)
+data.tofile(output_prefix + '.bin')
+
+# Correctly split train/validation sets
+unique_ids = np.unique(data[:, 0])
+split_id = unique_ids[int(len(unique_ids) * train_proportion)]
+train_val_split = data[:, 0] <= split_id
+
+data[train_val_split].tofile(output_prefix + '_train.bin')
+data[~train_val_split].tofile(output_prefix + '_val.bin')
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
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+import torch
+import torch.nn as nn
+from torch.optim import Adam
+from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
+import numpy as np
+import math
+import tqdm
+
+from models import TimeAwareGPT2, CombinedLoss
+from utils import PatientEventDataset
+
+# --- Configuration ---
+class TrainConfig:
+    # Data parameters
+    train_data_path = 'ukb_real_train.bin'
+    val_data_path = 'ukb_real_val.bin'
+    block_length = 256  # Sequence length
+
+    # Model parameters
+    n_embd = 256
+    n_layer = 8
+    n_head = 8
+    pdrop = 0.1
+    token_pdrop = 0.1
+
+    # Training parameters
+    max_epoch = 200
+    batch_size = 128
+    lr_initial = 6e-4
+    lr_final = 6e-5
+    warmup_epochs = 10
+    early_stopping_patience = 5
+    
+    # Loss parameters
+    # 0 = padding, 1 = "no event"
+    ignored_token_ids = [0, 1]
+
+    # System parameters
+    device = 'cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu'
+
+# --- Main Training Script ---
+def main():
+    config = TrainConfig()
+
+    # --- 1. Data Loading ---
+    print(f"Loading data from {config.train_data_path} and {config.val_data_path}...")
+    train_data_arr = np.memmap(config.train_data_path, dtype=np.uint32, mode='r').reshape(-1, 3)
+    val_data_arr = np.memmap(config.val_data_path, dtype=np.uint32, mode='r').reshape(-1, 3)
+
+    # Infer vocab_size from the data (max label + 1)
+    vocab_size = int(max(train_data_arr[:, 2].max(), val_data_arr[:, 2].max())) + 1
+    print(f"Inferred vocabulary size: {vocab_size}")
+
+    train_dataset = PatientEventDataset(train_data_arr, config.block_length)
+    val_dataset = PatientEventDataset(val_data_arr, config.block_length)
+
+    train_loader = DataLoader(train_dataset, batch_size=config.batch_size, shuffle=True, num_workers=4, pin_memory=True)
+    val_loader = DataLoader(val_dataset, batch_size=config.batch_size, shuffle=False, num_workers=4, pin_memory=True)
+
+    # --- 2. Model, Optimizer, and Loss Initialization ---
+    print(f"Initializing model on {config.device}...")
+    model = TimeAwareGPT2(
+        vocab_size=vocab_size,
+        n_embd=config.n_embd,
+        n_layer=config.n_layer,
+        n_head=config.n_head,
+        pdrop=config.pdrop,
+        token_pdrop=config.token_pdrop
+    ).to(config.device)
+
+    print(f"Model initialized with {model.get_num_params():.2f}M trainable parameters.")
+
+    loss_fn = CombinedLoss(config.ignored_token_ids)
+    optimizer = Adam(model.parameters(), lr=config.lr_initial)
+
+    # --- 3. Training Loop ---
+    best_val_loss = float('inf')
+    patience_counter = 0
+    print("Starting training...")
+    for epoch in range(config.max_epoch):
+        # --- Learning Rate Scheduling ---
+        if epoch < config.warmup_epochs:
+            lr = config.lr_initial
+        else:
+            progress = (epoch - config.warmup_epochs) / (config.max_epoch - config.warmup_epochs)
+            lr = config.lr_final + 0.5 * (config.lr_initial - config.lr_final) * (1 + math.cos(math.pi * progress))
+        
+        for param_group in optimizer.param_groups:
+            param_group['lr'] = lr
+
+        # --- Training Phase ---
+        model.train()
+        train_loss_ce_acc, train_loss_surv_acc = 0.0, 0.0
+        train_steps = 0
+        
+        pbar = tqdm.tqdm(train_loader, desc=f"Epoch {epoch+1}/{config.max_epoch} [Train]")
+        for event_seq, time_seq in pbar:
+            event_seq, time_seq = event_seq.to(config.device), time_seq.to(config.device)
+
+            # Prepare inputs and targets
+            input_events = event_seq[:, :-1]
+            input_times = time_seq[:, :-1]
+            target_events = event_seq[:, 1:]
+            target_wait_times = (time_seq[:, 1:] - time_seq[:, :-1]).float()
+
+            # Forward pass
+            logits = model(input_events, input_times)
+            loss_ce, loss_survival = loss_fn(logits, target_events, target_wait_times)
+            loss = loss_ce + loss_survival
+
+            # Backward pass and optimization
+            optimizer.zero_grad()
+            loss.backward()
+            optimizer.step()
+
+            train_loss_ce_acc += loss_ce.item()
+            train_loss_surv_acc += loss_survival.item()
+            train_steps += 1
+            pbar.set_postfix({'loss_ce': f'{loss_ce.item():.4f}', 'loss_surv': f'{loss_survival.item():.4f}', 'lr': f'{lr:.2e}'})
+
+        avg_train_loss_ce = train_loss_ce_acc / train_steps
+        avg_train_loss_surv = train_loss_surv_acc / train_steps
+
+        # --- Validation Phase ---
+        model.eval()
+        val_loss_ce_acc, val_loss_surv_acc = 0.0, 0.0
+        val_steps = 0
+
+        with torch.no_grad():
+            pbar_val = tqdm.tqdm(val_loader, desc=f"Epoch {epoch+1}/{config.max_epoch} [Val]")
+            for event_seq, time_seq in pbar_val:
+                event_seq, time_seq = event_seq.to(config.device), time_seq.to(config.device)
+
+                input_events = event_seq[:, :-1]
+                input_times = time_seq[:, :-1]
+                target_events = event_seq[:, 1:]
+                target_wait_times = (time_seq[:, 1:] - time_seq[:, :-1]).float()
+
+                logits = model(input_events, input_times)
+                loss_ce, loss_survival = loss_fn(logits, target_events, target_wait_times)
+                
+                val_loss_ce_acc += loss_ce.item()
+                val_loss_surv_acc += loss_survival.item()
+                val_steps += 1
+                pbar_val.set_postfix({'loss_ce': f'{loss_ce.item():.4f}', 'loss_surv': f'{loss_survival.item():.4f}'})
+
+        avg_val_loss_ce = val_loss_ce_acc / val_steps
+        avg_val_loss_surv = val_loss_surv_acc / val_steps
+        total_val_loss = avg_val_loss_ce + avg_val_loss_surv
+
+        print(f"Epoch {epoch+1} Summary: \n"
+              f"  Train Loss: {avg_train_loss_ce + avg_train_loss_surv:.4f} (CE: {avg_train_loss_ce:.4f}, Surv: {avg_train_loss_surv:.4f})\n"
+              f"  Val Loss:   {total_val_loss:.4f} (CE: {avg_val_loss_ce:.4f}, Surv: {avg_val_loss_surv:.4f})\n"
+              f"  Learning Rate: {lr:.6f}")
+
+        # --- Early Stopping Check ---
+        if total_val_loss < best_val_loss:
+            best_val_loss = total_val_loss
+            patience_counter = 0
+            print(f"Validation loss improved to {best_val_loss:.4f}. Resetting patience.")
+        else:
+            patience_counter += 1
+            print(f"Validation loss did not improve. Patience: {patience_counter}/{config.early_stopping_patience}")
+
+        if patience_counter >= config.early_stopping_patience:
+            print("\nEarly stopping triggered due to no improvement in validation loss.")
+            break
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
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+import torch
+import numpy as np
+import random
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+class PatientEventDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
+    """
+    A PyTorch Dataset for handling temporal sequences of patient events.
+
+    This class processes a raw NumPy array of patient records, groups them by
+    patient ID, and prepares them for training by imputing gaps, padding, or
+    truncating sequences to a fixed length.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, data: np.ndarray, block_length: int):
+        """
+        Initializes the dataset by pre-processing the patient event data.
+
+        Args:
+            data (np.ndarray): A NumPy array of shape (N, 3) with dtype=np.uint32.
+                The columns represent (patient_id, time_in_days, event_code).
+            block_length (int): The fixed length for the output sequences.
+        """
+        self.block_length = block_length
+        
+        # Group (time_in_days, event_code) pairs by patient_id.
+        # This pre-processing step allows for efficient lookups in __getitem__.
+        patient_events = defaultdict(list)
+        for patient_id, time, event in data:
+            patient_events[patient_id].append((time, event))
+        
+        # Store a list of unique patient_ids to map indices to patients.
+        self.patient_ids = list(patient_events.keys())
+        self.patient_events = dict(patient_events)
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        """
+        Returns the total number of unique patients in the dataset.
+        """
+        return len(self.patient_ids)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        """
+        Retrieves, processes, and returns a single patient's event sequence.
+
+        Args:
+            idx (int): The index of the patient to retrieve.
+
+        Returns:
+            A tuple of two torch.long tensors: (event_sequence, time_sequence),
+            both of shape (block_length,).
+        """
+        # 1. Retrieve and Sort
+        patient_id = self.patient_ids[idx]
+        records = sorted(self.patient_events[patient_id], key=lambda x: x[0])
+
+        # 2. Impute "No Event" Gaps
+        imputed_sequence = []
+        if not records:
+            # Handle cases with no records for a patient if necessary, though
+            # the constructor logic would typically prevent this.
+            pass
+        else:
+            imputed_sequence.append(records[0])
+            for i in range(len(records) - 1):
+                prev_time, _ = records[i]
+                next_time, _ = records[i+1]
+                time_gap = next_time - prev_time
+
+                # If the gap is 5 years (1826 days) or more, insert "no event" records.
+                if time_gap >= 1826:
+                    num_no_event_intervals = time_gap // 1826
+                    for j in range(1, num_no_event_intervals + 1):
+                        no_event_time = prev_time + j * 1826
+                        imputed_sequence.append((no_event_time, 1)) # event_code=1 for "no event"
+                
+                imputed_sequence.append(records[i+1])
+
+        # 3. Adjust Sequence Length
+        seq_len = len(imputed_sequence)
+        
+        if seq_len > self.block_length:
+            # If longer, randomly select a contiguous sub-sequence.
+            start_index = random.randint(0, seq_len - self.block_length)
+            final_sequence = imputed_sequence[start_index : start_index + self.block_length]
+        elif seq_len < self.block_length:
+            # If shorter, pad the sequence at the end.
+            padding_needed = self.block_length - seq_len
+            # Use event_code=0 and time_in_days=36525 for padding.
+            padding = [(36525, 0)] * padding_needed
+            final_sequence = imputed_sequence + padding
+        else:
+            # If equal, use the sequence as is.
+            final_sequence = imputed_sequence
+
+        # 4. Return Tensors
+        # Separate the sequence into event codes and time, then convert to tensors.
+        event_codes = [item[1] for item in final_sequence]
+        time_stamps = [item[0] for item in final_sequence]
+
+        event_tensor = torch.tensor(event_codes, dtype=torch.long)
+        time_tensor = torch.tensor(time_stamps, dtype=torch.long)
+
+        return event_tensor, time_tensor