def make_decoder(activation, latent_size, output_shape, base_depth):
  """
  """
  deconv = functools.partial(
      tf.keras.layers.Conv2DTranspose, padding="SAME", activation=activation)
  conv = functools.partial(
      tf.keras.layers.Conv2D, padding="SAME", activation=activation)

  decoder_net = tf.keras.Sequential([
      deconv(2 * base_depth, 7, padding="VALID"),
      deconv(2 * base_depth, 5),
      deconv(2 * base_depth, 5, 2),
      deconv(base_depth, 5),
      deconv(base_depth, 5, 2),
      deconv(base_depth, 5),
      conv(output_shape[-1], 5, activation=None),
  ])

  def decoder(codes):
    original_shape = tf.shape(input=codes)
    # Collapse the sample and batch dimension and convert to rank-4 tensor for
    # use with a convolutional decoder network.
    codes = tf.reshape(codes, (-1, 1, 1, latent_size))
    logits = decoder_net(codes)
    logits = tf.reshape(
        logits, shape=tf.concat([original_shape[:-1], output_shape], axis=0))
    return tfd.Independent(tfd.Bernoulli(logits=logits),
                           reinterpreted_batch_ndims=len(output_shape),
                           name="image")

  return decoder