def T(a, half=False, cuda=True):
    """
    Convert numpy array into a pytorch tensor. 
    if Cuda is available and USE_GPU=True, store resulting tensor in GPU.
    """
    if not torch.is_tensor(a):
        a = np.array(np.ascontiguousarray(a))
        if a.dtype in (np.int8, np.int16, np.int32, np.int64):
            a = torch.LongTensor(a.astype(np.int64))
        elif a.dtype in (np.float32, np.float64):
            a = to_half(a) if half else torch.FloatTensor(a)
        else: raise NotImplementedError(a.dtype)
    if cuda: a = to_gpu(a)
    return a
Convert numpy array into a pytorch tensor. 
    if Cuda is available and USE_GPU=True, store resulting tensor in GPU.