POC: #1542 Merge plan: Break down POC into smaller PRs that will be stacked as follows: - [x] 1. #1709 Refactors __init__ - [x] 2. #1710 Refactors data processing - [x] 3. #1757 Refactors model forward, forward_backward, etc
POC: #1542
Merge plan: Break down POC into smaller PRs that will be stacked as follows: