def matmul_gather_on_zeroth_axis(params, indices, scope=None):
  """Matrix multiplication based implementation of tf.gather on zeroth axis.

  TODO(rathodv, jonathanhuang): enable sparse matmul option.

  Args:
    params: A float32 Tensor. The tensor from which to gather values.
      Must be at least rank 1.
    indices: A Tensor. Must be one of the following types: int32, int64.
      Must be in range [0, params.shape[0])
    scope: A name for the operation (optional).

  Returns:
    A Tensor. Has the same type as params. Values from params gathered
    from indices given by indices, with shape indices.shape + params.shape[1:].
  """
  with tf.name_scope(scope, 'MatMulGather'):
    params_shape = shape_utils.combined_static_and_dynamic_shape(params)
    indices_shape = shape_utils.combined_static_and_dynamic_shape(indices)
    params2d = tf.reshape(params, [params_shape[0], -1])
    indicator_matrix = tf.one_hot(indices, params_shape[0])
    gathered_result_flattened = tf.matmul(indicator_matrix, params2d)
    return tf.reshape(gathered_result_flattened,
                      tf.stack(indices_shape + params_shape[1:]))
Matrix multiplication based implementation of tf.gather on zeroth axis.

  TODO(rathodv, jonathanhuang): enable sparse matmul option.

  Args:
    params: A float32 Tensor. The tensor from which to gather values.
      Must be at least rank 1.
    indices: A Tensor. Must be one of the following types: int32, int64.
      Must be in range [0, params.shape[0])
    scope: A name for the operation (optional).

  Returns:
    A Tensor. Has the same type as params. Values from params gathered
    from indices given by indices, with shape indices.shape + params.shape[1:].
  
inference_api/src/main/object_detection/utils/ops.py