diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/convolution_rules/native_atrous_convolution.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/convolution_rules/native_atrous_convolution.hpp
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+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/convolution_rules/native_atrous_convolution.hpp
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+/**
+ * @file naive_atrous_convolution.hpp
+ * @author Aarush Gupta
+ *
+ * Implementation of atrous convolution.
+ *
+ * mlpack is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the 3-clause BSD license.  You should have received a copy of the
+ * 3-clause BSD license along with mlpack.  If not, see
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause for more information.
+ */
+#ifndef MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_CONVOLUTION_RULES_NAIVE_ATROUS_CONVOLUTION_HPP
+#define MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_CONVOLUTION_RULES_NAIVE_ATROUS_CONVOLUTION_HPP
+
+#include <mlpack/prereqs.hpp>
+#include "border_modes.hpp"
+
+namespace mlpack {
+namespace ann /** Artificial Neural Network. */ {
+
+/**
+ * Computes the two-dimensional convolution. Only ValidConvolution border mode
+ * is supported.
+ *
+ * ValidConvolution: returns the valid two-dimensional convolution.
+ * 
+ *
+ * @tparam BorderMode Type of the border mode (only ValidConvolution
+ * supported for now).
+ *
+ */
+template<typename BorderMode = ValidConvolution>
+class NativeConvolution
+{
+ public:
+   /*
+   * Perform a convolution.
+   *
+   * @param input Input used to perform the convolution.
+   * @param filter Filter used to perform the conolution.
+   * @param output Output data that contains the results of the convolution.
+   * @param dW Stride of filter application in the x direction.
+   * @param dH Stride of filter application in the y direction.
+   * @param dilation the dilation factor in both x and y directions.
+   */
+  template<typename eT, typename Border = BorderMode>
+  static typename std::enable_if<
+      std::is_same<Border, ValidConvolution>::value, void>::type
+  Convolution(const arma::Mat<eT>& input,
+              const arma::Mat<eT>& filter,
+              arma::Mat<eT>& output,
+              const size_t dW = 1,
+              const size_t dH = 1,
+              const size_t dilation = 0)
+    {
+      output = arma::zeros<arma::Mat<eT> >((input.n_rows - ((filter.n_rows-1)*dilation + filter.n_rows) + 1) /
+      	 dW, (input.n_cols - ((filter.n_cols-1)*dilation + filter.n_cols)+1) / dH);
+
+
+
+      eT* outputPtr = output.memptr();
+
+      for (size_t j = 0; j < output.n_cols; ++j)
+      {
+        for  (size_t i = 0; i < output.n_rows; ++i, outputPtr++)
+        {
+          const eT* kernelPtr = filter.memptr();
+          for (size_t kj = 0; kj < filter.n_cols; kj++)
+          {
+            const eT* inputPtr = input.colptr(kj + j * dW + kj*(dilation+1)) + i * dH;
+            for ( size_t ki = 0; ki < filter.n_rows; ++kernelPtr, ++inputPtr)
+              *outputPtr += *kernelPtr * (*inputPtr);
+              ki+=dilation+1;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/atrous_convolution.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/atrous_convolution.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe7bff0112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/atrous_convolution.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+/**
+ * @file atrous_convolution.hpp
+ * @author Aarush Gupta
+ *
+ * Definition of the Atrous Convolution module class.
+ *
+ * mlpack is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the 3-clause BSD license.  You should have received a copy of the
+ * 3-clause BSD license along with mlpack.  If not, see
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause for more information.
+ */
+#ifndef MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_LAYER_ATROUS_CONVOLUTION_HPP
+#define MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_LAYER_ATROUS_CONVOLUTION_HPP
+
+#include <mlpack/prereqs.hpp>
+
+#include <mlpack/methods/ann/convolution_rules/border_modes.hpp>
+#include <mlpack/methods/ann/convolution_rules/naive_convolution.hpp>
+
+// Not including fft and svd convolution as of now
+
+#include "layer_types.hpp"
+
+namespace mlpack{
+namespace ann /** Artificial Neural Network. */ {
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the Atrous Convolution class. The Atrous Convolution
+ * class represents a single layer of a neural network.
+ *
+ * @tparam ForwardConvolutionRule Atrous Convolution to perform forward process.
+ * @tparam BackwardConvolutionRule Atrous Convolution to perform backward process.
+ * @tparam GradientConvolutionRule Atrous Convolution to calculate gradient.
+ * @tparam InputDataType Type of the input data (arma::colvec, arma::mat,
+ *         arma::sp_mat or arma::cube).
+ * @tparam OutputDataType Type of the output data (arma::colvec, arma::mat,
+ *         arma::sp_mat or arma::cube).
+ */
+template <
+    typename ForwardConvolutionRule = NaiveConvolution<FullConvolution>,
+    typename BackwardConvolutionRule = NaiveConvolution<FullConvolution>,
+    typename GradientConvolutionRule = NaiveConvolution<ValidConvolution>,
+    typename InputDataType = arma::mat,
+    typename OutputDataType = arma::mat
+>
+
+class AtrousConvolution
+{
+ public:
+  //! Create the AtrousConvolution object.
+  AtrousConvolution();
+
+  /**
+   * Create the AtrousConvolution object using the specified number of
+   * input maps, output maps, filter size, stride, dilation and
+   * padding parameter.
+   *
+   * @param inSize The number of input maps.
+   * @param outSize The number of output maps.
+   * @param kW Width of the filter/kernel.
+   * @param kH Height of the filter/kernel.
+   * @param dW Stride of filter application in the x direction.
+   * @param dH Stride of filter application in the y direction.
+   * @param padW Padding width of the input.
+   * @param padH Padding height of the input.
+   * @param inputWidth The widht of the input data.
+   * @param inputHeight The height of the input data.
+   * @param dilation The amount of space between the cells of the filters.
+   */
+  AtrousConvolution(const size_t inSize,
+                    const size_t outSize,
+                    const size_t kW,
+                    const size_t kH,
+                    const size_t dW = 1,
+                    const size_t dH = 1,
+                    const size_t padW = 0,
+                    const size_t padH = 0,
+                    const size_t inputWidth = 0,
+                    const size_t inputHeight = 0,
+                    const size_t dilation = 0);
+
+  /*
+   * Set the weight and bias term.
+   */
+  void Reset();
+
+  /**
+   * Ordinary feed forward pass of a neural network, evaluating the function
+   * f(x) by propagating the activity forward through f.
+   *
+   * @param input Input data used for evaluating the specified function.
+   * @param output Resulting output activation.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Forward(const arma::Mat<eT>&& input, arma::Mat<eT>&& output);
+
+  /**
+   * Ordinary feed backward pass of a neural network, calculating the function
+   * f(x) by propagating x backwards through f. Using the results from the feed
+   * forward pass.
+   *
+   * @param input The propagated input activation.
+   * @param gy The backpropagated error.
+   * @param g The calculated gradient.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Backward(const arma::Mat<eT>&& /* input */,
+                arma::Mat<eT>&& gy,
+                arma::Mat<eT>&& g);
+
+  /*
+   * Calculate the gradient using the output delta and the input activation.
+   *
+   * @param input The input parameter used for calculating the gradient.
+   * @param error The calculated error.
+   * @param gradient The calculated gradient.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Gradient(const arma::Mat<eT>&& /* input */,
+                arma::Mat<eT>&& error,
+                arma::Mat<eT>&& gradient);
+
+  //! Get the parameters.
+  OutputDataType const& Parameters() const { return weights; }
+  //! Modify the parameters.
+  OutputDataType& Parameters() { return weights; }
+
+  //! Get the input parameter.
+  InputDataType const& InputParameter() const { return inputParameter; }
+  //! Modify the input parameter.
+  InputDataType& InputParameter() { return inputParameter; }
+
+  //! Get the output parameter.
+  OutputDataType const& OutputParameter() const { return outputParameter; }
+  //! Modify the output parameter.
+  OutputDataType& OutputParameter() { return outputParameter; }
+
+  //! Get the delta.
+  OutputDataType const& Delta() const { return delta; }
+  //! Modify the delta.
+  OutputDataType& Delta() { return delta; }
+
+  //! Get the gradient.
+  OutputDataType const& Gradient() const { return gradient; }
+  //! Modify the gradient.
+  OutputDataType& Gradient() { return gradient; }
+
+  //! Get the input width.
+  size_t const& InputWidth() const { return inputWidth; }
+  //! Modify input the width.
+  size_t& InputWidth() { return inputWidth; }
+
+  //! Get the input height.
+  size_t const& InputHeight() const { return inputHeight; }
+  //! Modify the input height.
+  size_t& InputHeight() { return inputHeight; }
+
+  //! Get the output width.
+  size_t const& OutputWidth() const { return outputWidth; }
+  //! Modify the output width.
+  size_t& OutputWidth() { return outputWidth; }
+
+  //! Get the output height.
+  size_t const& OutputHeight() const { return outputHeight; }
+  //! Modify the output height.
+  size_t& OutputHeight() { return outputHeight; }
+
+  //! Get the dilation.
+  size_t const& Dilation() const { return dilation; }
+  //! Modify the dilation.
+  size_t& Dilation() { return dilation; }
+
+  /**
+   * Serialize the layer
+   */
+  template<typename Archive>
+  void serialize(Archive& ar, const unsigned int /* version */);
+
+ private:
+  /*
+   * Return the convolution output size.
+   *
+   * @param size The size of the input (row or column).
+   * @param k The size of the filter (width or height).
+   * @param s The stride size (x or y direction).
+   * @param p The size of the padding (width or height).
+   * @param d The dilation size.
+   * @return The convolution output size.
+   */
+  size_t ConvOutSize( const size_t size,
+                      const size_t k,
+                      const size_t s,
+                      const size_t p,
+                      const size_t d)
+  {
+    return std::floor(size + p * 2 - (k + d*(k - 1)))/s + 1; 
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Rotates a 3rd-order tensor counterclockwise by 180 degrees.
+   *
+   * @param input The input data to be rotated.
+   * @param output The rotated output.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Rotate180(const arma::Cube<eT>& input, arma::Cube<eT>& output)
+  {
+    output = arma::Cube<eT>(input.n_rows, input.n_cols, input.n_slices);
+
+    // * left-right flip, up-down flip */
+    for (size_t s = 0; s < output.n_slices; s++)
+      output.slice(s) = arma::fliplr(arma::flipud(input.slice(s)));
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Rotates a dense matrix counterclockwise by 180 degrees.
+   *
+   * @param input The input data to be rotated.
+   * @param output The rotated output.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Rotate180(const arma::Mat<eT>& input, arma::Mat<eT>& output)
+  {
+    // * left-right flip, up-down flip */
+    output = arma::fliplr(arma::flipud(input));
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Pad the given input data.
+   *
+   * @param input The input to be padded.
+   * @param wPad Padding width of the input.
+   * @param hPad Padding height of the input.
+   * @param output The padded output data.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Pad(const arma::Mat<eT>& input,
+           size_t wPad,
+           size_t hPad,
+           arma::Mat<eT>& output)
+  {
+    if (output.n_rows != input.n_rows + wPad * 2 ||
+        output.n_cols != input.n_cols + hPad * 2)
+    {
+      output = arma::zeros(input.n_rows + wPad * 2, input.n_cols + hPad * 2);
+    }
+
+    output.submat(wPad, hPad, wPad + input.n_rows - 1,
+        hPad + input.n_cols - 1) = input;
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * Pad the given input data.
+   *
+   * @param input The input to be padded.
+   * @param wPad Padding width of the input.
+   * @param hPad Padding height of the input.
+   * @param output The padded output data.
+   */
+  template<typename eT>
+  void Pad(const arma::Cube<eT>& input,
+           size_t wPad,
+           size_t hPad,
+           arma::Cube<eT>& output)
+  {
+    output = arma::zeros(input.n_rows + wPad * 2,
+        input.n_cols + hPad * 2, input.n_slices);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < input.n_slices; ++i)
+    {
+      Pad<double>(input.slice(i), wPad, hPad, output.slice(i));
+    }
+  }
+
+  //! Locally-stored number of input units.
+  size_t inSize;
+
+  //! Locally-stored number of output units.
+  size_t outSize;
+
+  //! Locally-stored filter/kernel width.
+  size_t kW;
+
+  //! Locally-stored filter/kernel height.
+  size_t kH;
+
+  //! Locally-stored stride of the filter in x-direction.
+  size_t dW;
+
+  //! Locally-stored stride of the filter in y-direction.
+  size_t dH;
+
+  //! Locally-stored padding width.
+  size_t padW;
+
+  //! Locally-stored padding height.
+  size_t padH;
+
+  //! Locally-stored weight object.
+  OutputDataType weights;
+
+  //! Locally-stored weight object.
+  arma::cube weight;
+
+  //! Locally-stored bias term object.
+  arma::mat bias;
+
+  //! Locally-stored input width.
+  size_t inputWidth;
+
+  //! Locally-stored input height.
+  size_t inputHeight;
+
+  //! Locally-stored output width.
+  size_t outputWidth;
+
+  //! Locally-stored output height.
+  size_t outputHeight;
+
+  //! Locally-stored dilation factor
+  size_t dilation;
+
+  //! Locally-stored transformed output parameter.
+  arma::cube outputTemp;
+
+  //! Locally-stored transformed input parameter.
+  arma::cube inputTemp;
+
+  //! Locally-stored transformed padded input parameter.
+  arma::cube inputPaddedTemp;
+
+  //! Locally-stored transformed error parameter.
+  arma::cube gTemp;
+
+  //! Locally-stored transformed gradient parameter.
+  arma::cube gradientTemp;
+
+  //! Locally-stored delta object.
+  OutputDataType delta;
+
+  //! Locally-stored gradient object.
+  OutputDataType gradient;
+
+  //! Locally-stored input parameter object.
+  InputDataType inputParameter;
+
+  //! Locally-stored output parameter object.
+  OutputDataType outputParameter;
+}; // class AtrousConvolution
+
+
+
+} // namespace ann
+} // namespace mlpack
+
+// Include implementation
+#include "atrous_convolution_impl.hpp"
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/atrous_convolution_impl.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/atrous_convolution_impl.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..123fee12a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/ann/layer/atrous_convolution_impl.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/**
+ * @file atrous_convolution_impl.hpp
+ * @author Aarush Gupta
+ *
+ * Implementation of the Atrous Convolution module class.
+ *
+ * mlpack is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the 3-clause BSD license.  You should have received a copy of the
+ * 3-clause BSD license along with mlpack.  If not, see
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause for more information.
+ */
+#ifndef MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_LAYER_ATROUS_CONVOLUTION_IMPL_HPP
+#define MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_LAYER_ATROUS_CONVOLUTION_IMPL_HPP
+
+// In case it hasn't yet been included.
+#include "atrous_convolution.hpp"
+
+namespace mlpack {
+namespace ann /** Artificial Neural Network. */ {
+
+template<
+    typename ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename GradientConvolutionRule,
+    typename InputDataType,
+    typename OutputDataType
+>
+Convolution<
+    ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    GradientConvolutionRule,
+    InputDataType,
+    OutputDataType
+>::Convolution()
+{
+  // Nothing to do here.
+}
+
+template<
+    typename ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename GradientConvolutionRule,
+    typename InputDataType,
+    typename OutputDataType
+>
+Convolution<
+    ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    GradientConvolutionRule,
+    InputDataType,
+    OutputDataType
+>::Convolution(
+    const size_t inSize,
+    const size_t outSize,
+    const size_t kW,
+    const size_t kH,
+    const size_t dW,
+    const size_t dH,
+    const size_t padW,
+    const size_t padH,
+    const size_t inputWidth,
+    const size_t inputHeight,
+    const size_t dilation) :
+    inSize(inSize),
+    outSize(outSize),
+    kW(kW),
+    kH(kH),
+    dW(dW),
+    dH(dH),
+    padW(padW),
+    padH(padH),
+    inputWidth(inputWidth),
+    inputHeight(inputHeight),
+    outputWidth(0),
+    outputHeight(0),
+    dilation(dilation)
+{
+  weights.set_size((outSize * inSize * kW * kH) + outSize, 1);
+}
+
+template<
+    typename ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename GradientConvolutionRule,
+    typename InputDataType,
+    typename OutputDataType
+>
+void Convolution<
+    ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    GradientConvolutionRule,
+    InputDataType,
+    OutputDataType
+>::Reset()
+{
+    weight = arma::cube(weights.memptr(), kW, kH,
+        outSize * inSize, false, false);
+    bias = arma::mat(weights.memptr() + weight.n_elem,
+        outSize, 1, false, false);
+}
+
+template<
+    typename ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename GradientConvolutionRule,
+    typename InputDataType,
+    typename OutputDataType
+>
+template<typename eT>
+void Convolution<
+    ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    GradientConvolutionRule,
+    InputDataType,
+    OutputDataType
+>::Forward(const arma::Mat<eT>&& input, arma::Mat<eT>&& output)
+{
+  inputTemp = arma::cube(input.memptr(), inputWidth, inputHeight, inSize);
+
+  if (padW != 0 || padH != 0)
+  {
+    Pad(inputTemp, padW, padH, inputPaddedTemp);
+  }
+
+  size_t wConv = ConvOutSize(inputWidth, kW, dW, padW, dilation);
+  size_t hConv = ConvOutSize(inputHeight, kH, dH, padH, dilation);
+
+  outputTemp = arma::zeros<arma::Cube<eT> >(wConv, hConv, outSize);
+
+  for (size_t outMap = 0, outMapIdx = 0; outMap < outSize; outMap++)
+  {
+    for (size_t inMap = 0; inMap < inSize; inMap++, outMapIdx++)
+    {
+      arma::Mat<eT> convOutput;
+
+      if (padW != 0 || padH != 0)
+      {
+        ForwardConvolutionRule::Convolution(inputPaddedTemp.slice(inMap),
+            weight.slice(outMapIdx), convOutput, dW, dH, dilation);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        ForwardConvolutionRule::Convolution(inputTemp.slice(inMap),
+            weight.slice(outMapIdx), convOutput, dW, dH, dilation);
+      }
+
+      outputTemp.slice(outMap) += convOutput;
+    }
+
+    outputTemp.slice(outMap) += bias(outMap);
+  }
+
+  output = arma::Mat<eT>(outputTemp.memptr(), outputTemp.n_elem, 1);
+
+  outputWidth = outputTemp.n_rows;
+  outputHeight = outputTemp.n_cols;
+}
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+template<
+    typename ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    typename GradientConvolutionRule,
+    typename InputDataType,
+    typename OutputDataType
+>
+template<typename Archive>
+void Convolution<
+    ForwardConvolutionRule,
+    BackwardConvolutionRule,
+    GradientConvolutionRule,
+    InputDataType,
+    OutputDataType
+>::serialize(
+    Archive& ar, const unsigned int /* version */)
+{
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(inSize);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(outSize);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(kW);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(kH);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(dW);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(dH);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(padW);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(padH);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(inputWidth);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(inputHeight);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(outputWidth);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(outputHeight);
+  ar & BOOST_SERIALIZATION_NVP(dilation);
+
+  if (Archive::is_loading::value)
+    weights.set_size((outSize * inSize * kW * kH) + outSize, 1);
+}
+
+} // namespace ann
+} // namespace mlpack
+
+#endif