diff --git a/gi/lr_scheduler.py b/gi/lr_scheduler.py
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+import numpy as np
+
+
+class LambdaWarmUpCosineScheduler:
+    """
+    note: use with a base_lr of 1.0
+    """
+    def __init__(self, warm_up_steps, lr_min, lr_max, lr_start, max_decay_steps, verbosity_interval=0):
+        self.lr_warm_up_steps = warm_up_steps
+        self.lr_start = lr_start
+        self.lr_min = lr_min
+        self.lr_max = lr_max
+        self.lr_max_decay_steps = max_decay_steps
+        self.last_lr = 0.
+        self.verbosity_interval = verbosity_interval
+
+    def schedule(self, n):
+        if self.verbosity_interval > 0:
+            if n % self.verbosity_interval == 0: print(f"current step: {n}, recent lr-multiplier: {self.last_lr}")
+        if n < self.lr_warm_up_steps:
+            lr = (self.lr_max - self.lr_start) / self.lr_warm_up_steps * n + self.lr_start
+            self.last_lr = lr
+            return lr
+        else:
+            t = (n - self.lr_warm_up_steps) / (self.lr_max_decay_steps - self.lr_warm_up_steps)
+            t = min(t, 1.0)
+            lr = self.lr_min + 0.5 * (self.lr_max - self.lr_min) * (
+                    1 + np.cos(t * np.pi))
+            self.last_lr = lr
+            return lr
+
+    def __call__(self, n):
+        return self.schedule(n)