diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/.gitignore b/hpvm/projects/onnx/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f4db75f1d4127e9537f7efdf6ed6556b5c8d93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpvm/projects/onnx/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build/
+dist/
+onnx2hpvm.egg-info/
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/__init__.py b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/frontend.py b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/frontend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a14731876a7750c03524bb07fc9b4a10bdab485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/frontend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+import os
+
+class Node(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, shape, dtype):
+        self._name = name
+        self._shape = shape if shape else {}
+        self_dtype = dtype
+        
+class GraphBuilder(object):
+    
+    def __init__(self, model, shape, dtype, opset):
+        self._nodes = {}
+        self._params = {}
+        self._renames = {}
+        self._num_input = 0
+        self._num_param = 0
+        self._dtype = dtype
+        self._graph = model.graph
+        self._opset = opset
+        self._shape = shape if shape else self._build_shape()
+    
+    def build_cfg(self):
+        # parse parameters
+        for init_tensor in self._graph.initializer:
+            if not init_tensor.name.strip():
+                raise ValueError("Tensor's name is required.")
+            print(init_tensor.name)
+            print("###############################")
+            self._params[init_tensor.name] = self._parse_array(init_tensor)
+            print(self._params[init_tensor.name])
+            print("###############################")
+            self._nodes[init_tensor.name] = Node(init_tensor.name,
+                                                 self._params[init_tensor.name].shape,
+                                                 self._params[init_tensor.name].dtype)
+        
+        # parse inputs
+        # from onnx v0.2, GraphProto.input has type ValueInfoProto,
+        # and the name is 'i.name'
+        for i in self._graph.input:
+            i_name = self._parse_value_proto(i)
+            d_type = self._parse_dtype(i, 'float32')
+            if i_name in self._params:
+                # i is a param instead of input
+                self._num_param += 1
+                self._params[i_name] = self._params.pop(i_name)
+                self._nodes[i_name] = Node(i_name,
+                                           self._params[i_name].shape,
+                                           self._params[i_name].dtype)
+            else:
+                self._num_input += 1
+                if i_name in self._shape:
+                    tshape = self._shape[i_name]
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError("Must provide an input shape for `{0}`.".format(i_name))
+                if isinstance(self._dtype, dict):
+                    dtype = self._dtype[i_name] if i_name in self._dtype else d_type
+                else:
+                    dtype = d_type
+                self._nodes[i_name] = Node(i_name,
+                                           tshape, 
+                                           dtype)
+        print(self._nodes)
+    
+    def _build_shape(self):
+        shape = {}
+        for input in self._graph.input:
+            print (input.name, end=": ")
+            # get type of input tensor
+            tensor_type = input.type.tensor_type
+            # check if it has a shape:
+            if (tensor_type.HasField("shape")):
+                shape[input.name] = tensor_type.shape
+        print(shape)
+        return shape
+    
+    def _parse_array(self, tensor_proto):
+        try:
+            from onnx.numpy_helper import to_array
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Unable to import onnx which is required {}".format(e))
+        np_array = to_array(tensor_proto).reshape(tuple(tensor_proto.dims))
+        return np_array
+    
+    def _parse_value_proto(self, value_proto):
+        """Parse ValueProto or raw str."""
+        try:
+            name = value_proto.name
+        except AttributeError:
+            name = value_proto
+        return name 
+    
+    def _parse_dtype(self, value_proto, dtype):
+        """Parse dtype."""
+        try:
+            from onnx.mapping import TENSOR_TYPE_TO_NP_TYPE
+            return TENSOR_TYPE_TO_NP_TYPE[value_proto.type.tensor_type.elem_type].name
+        except AttributeError:
+            return dtype
+    
+def convert_to_hpvm(model,
+                      shape=None,
+                      dtype="float32",
+                      opset=None):
+    """Converting an onnx model to equivalent HPVM IR
+    
+    ONNX graphs are represented as Python Protobuf objects.
+    The companion parameters will be handled automatically.
+    However, the input names from onnx graph is vague, mixing inputs and
+    network weights/bias such as "1", "2"...
+    For convenience, we rename the `real` input names to "input_0",
+    "input_1"... And renaming parameters to "param_0", "param_1"...
+    
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    model : protobuf object
+        ONNX ModelProto after ONNX v1.1.0
+    
+    shape : dict of str to tuple, optional
+        The input shape to the graph
+    
+    dtype : str or dict of str to str
+        The input types to the graph
+    
+    opset : int, optional
+        Override to autodetected opset.
+        This can be helpful for some testing.
+    
+    Returns
+    -------
+
+    """
+    try:
+        from onnx import checker, onnx_cpp2py_export
+        if hasattr(checker, 'check_model'):
+            # try use onnx's own model checker before converting any model
+            try:
+                checker.check_model(model)
+            except onnx_cpp2py_export.checker.ValidationError as e:
+                import warnings
+                    # the checker is a bit violent about errors, so simply print warnings here
+                warnings.warn(str(e))
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    print("onnx model is checked valid.")
+    graph = model.graph
+    if opset is None:
+        try:
+            opset = model.opset_import[0].version if model.opset_import else 1
+        except AttributeError:
+            opset = 1 # default opset version set to 1 if not specified
+    print("opset version: ", opset)
+    gb = GraphBuilder(model, shape, dtype, opset)
+    gb.build_cfg()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/mnist.py b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/mnist.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..925fc8dc84e7e08e0262172192f875f301c7b862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx2hpvm/mnist.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+import onnx
+import glob
+from onnxruntime.backend.backend import OnnxRuntimeBackend as backend
+
+from onnx import numpy_helper, version_converter
+
+# onnx2hpvm modules
+from frontend import convert_to_hpvm
+
+model = onnx.load('../models/mnist/mnist.onnx')
+test_data_dir = '../models/mnist/test_data_set_0'
+# print('The model before conversion:\n{}'.format(model))
+
+# A full list of supported adapters can be found here:
+# https://github.com/onnx/onnx/blob/master/onnx/version_converter.py#L21
+# Apply the version conversion on the original model
+# converted_model = version_converter.convert_version(model, 12)
+
+# print('The model after conversion:\n{}'.format(converted_model))
+convert_to_hpvm(model)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx_environment.yml b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx_environment.yml
index b0aa451b76f83618f69e8eb95ff86163b658a33a..1f1d42b762f24aedbc2909a4a017d3d5e1c6f0f6 100644
--- a/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx_environment.yml
+++ b/hpvm/projects/onnx/onnx_environment.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: approxhpvm_keras
+name: onnx_frontend
 channels:
   - pytorch
   - conda-forge
diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/setup.py b/hpvm/projects/onnx/setup.py
index bf007ea33449f70ff88cf5dc186b6a61fd3f6a67..8405aca7ecd52b484681273b77fa806b188df949 100644
--- a/hpvm/projects/onnx/setup.py
+++ b/hpvm/projects/onnx/setup.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
-    name='onnx_frontend',
+    name='onnx2hpvm',
     version='1.0',
     description='HPVM onnx frontend modules',
     author='Yuanjing Shi',
     author_email='ys26@illinois.edu',
-    packages=['onnx_frontend'],
+    packages=['onnx2hpvm'],
     install_requires=[],
 )
diff --git a/hpvm/projects/onnx/src/mnist.ipynb b/hpvm/projects/onnx/src/mnist.ipynb
index 59cd82bf110c52ec0e141b6d0a6d0644bc1d66f5..1964ebe3991a1eb78760ea6a1739eacfec47e666 100644
--- a/hpvm/projects/onnx/src/mnist.ipynb
+++ b/hpvm/projects/onnx/src/mnist.ipynb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  "cells": [
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 17,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@
     "import glob\n",
     "from onnxruntime.backend.backend import OnnxRuntimeBackend as backend\n",
     "\n",
-    "from onnx import numpy_helper"
+    "from onnx import numpy_helper\n",
+    "\n",
+    "# onnx2hpvm modules\n",
+    "from onnx2hpvm.onnx_translator import from_onnx_to_hpvm"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 18,
+   "execution_count": 6,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 19,
+   "execution_count": 8,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -37,20 +40,6 @@
      "text": [
       "1\n"
      ]
-    },
-    {
-     "ename": "AssertionError",
-     "evalue": "\nArrays are not almost equal to 7 decimals\n\nMismatch: 80%\nMax absolute difference: 0.00292969\nMax relative difference: 4.834256e-06\n x: array([[  975.6701  ,  -618.72394 ,  6574.5684  ,   668.02893 ,\n         -917.27094 , -1671.6359  , -1952.7599  ,   -61.549873,\n         -777.17664 , -1439.5316  ]], dtype=float32)\n y: array([[  975.67035 ,  -618.7242  ,  6574.5654  ,   668.0283  ,\n         -917.27106 , -1671.6361  , -1952.7599  ,   -61.549576,\n         -777.17645 , -1439.5316  ]], dtype=float32)",
-     "output_type": "error",
-     "traceback": [
-      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
-      "\u001b[0;31mAssertionError\u001b[0m                            Traceback (most recent call last)",
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-      "\u001b[0;32m~/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36massert_almost_equal\u001b[0;34m(actual, desired, decimal, err_msg, verbose)\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m    570\u001b[0m     \u001b[0;32mif\u001b[0m \u001b[0misinstance\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mactual\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mndarray\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mtuple\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mlist\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;31m \u001b[0m\u001b[0;31m\\\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m    571\u001b[0m             \u001b[0;32mor\u001b[0m \u001b[0misinstance\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mdesired\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mndarray\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mtuple\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mlist\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m:\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m--> 572\u001b[0;31m         \u001b[0;32mreturn\u001b[0m \u001b[0massert_array_almost_equal\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mactual\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mdesired\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mdecimal\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0merr_msg\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m\u001b[1;32m    573\u001b[0m     \u001b[0;32mtry\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m:\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m    574\u001b[0m         \u001b[0;31m# If one of desired/actual is not finite, handle it specially here:\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n",
-      "\u001b[0;32m~/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36massert_array_almost_equal\u001b[0;34m(x, y, decimal, err_msg, verbose)\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m   1005\u001b[0m     assert_array_compare(compare, x, y, err_msg=err_msg, verbose=verbose,\n\u001b[1;32m   1006\u001b[0m              \u001b[0mheader\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m=\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m'Arrays are not almost equal to %d decimals'\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m%\u001b[0m \u001b[0mdecimal\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m-> 1007\u001b[0;31m              precision=decimal)\n\u001b[0m\u001b[1;32m   1008\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m   1009\u001b[0m \u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n",
-      "\u001b[0;32m~/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/numpy/testing/_private/utils.py\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36massert_array_compare\u001b[0;34m(comparison, x, y, err_msg, verbose, header, precision, equal_nan, equal_inf)\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m    817\u001b[0m                                 \u001b[0mverbose\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m=\u001b[0m\u001b[0mverbose\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mheader\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m=\u001b[0m\u001b[0mheader\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m,\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m    818\u001b[0m                                 names=('x', 'y'), precision=precision)\n\u001b[0;32m--> 819\u001b[0;31m             \u001b[0;32mraise\u001b[0m \u001b[0mAssertionError\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mmsg\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m)\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m\u001b[1;32m    820\u001b[0m     \u001b[0;32mexcept\u001b[0m \u001b[0mValueError\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m:\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m    821\u001b[0m         \u001b[0;32mimport\u001b[0m \u001b[0mtraceback\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0;34m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n",
-      "\u001b[0;31mAssertionError\u001b[0m: \nArrays are not almost equal to 7 decimals\n\nMismatch: 80%\nMax absolute difference: 0.00292969\nMax relative difference: 4.834256e-06\n x: array([[  975.6701  ,  -618.72394 ,  6574.5684  ,   668.02893 ,\n         -917.27094 , -1671.6359  , -1952.7599  ,   -61.549873,\n         -777.17664 , -1439.5316  ]], dtype=float32)\n y: array([[  975.67035 ,  -618.7242  ,  6574.5654  ,   668.0283  ,\n         -917.27106 , -1671.6361  , -1952.7599  ,   -61.549576,\n         -777.17645 , -1439.5316  ]], dtype=float32)"
-     ]
     }
    ],
    "source": [
@@ -78,9 +67,10 @@
     "# Run the model on the backend\n",
     "outputs = list(backend.run_model(model, inputs))\n",
     "\n",
+    "#from_onnx_to_hpvm(model)\n",
     "# Compare the results with reference outputs.\n",
-    "for ref_o, o in zip(ref_outputs, outputs):\n",
-    "    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(ref_o, o)"
+    "#for ref_o, o in zip(ref_outputs, outputs):\n",
+    "#    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(ref_o, o)"
    ]
   },
   {