Group normalization as in https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08494.

def group_norm(x, filters=None, num_groups=8, epsilon=1e-5):
  """Group normalization as in https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08494."""
  x_shape = shape_list(x)
  if filters is None:
    filters = x_shape[-1]
  assert len(x_shape) == 4
  assert filters % num_groups == 0
  # Prepare variables.
  scale = tf.get_variable(
      "group_norm_scale", [filters], initializer=tf.ones_initializer())
  bias = tf.get_variable(
      "group_norm_bias", [filters], initializer=tf.zeros_initializer())
  epsilon, scale, bias = [cast_like(t, x) for t in [epsilon, scale, bias]]
  # Reshape and compute group norm.
  x = tf.reshape(x, x_shape[:-1] + [num_groups, filters // num_groups])
  # Calculate mean and variance on heights, width, channels (not groups).
  mean, variance = tf.nn.moments(x, [1, 2, 4], keep_dims=True)
  norm_x = (x - mean) * tf.rsqrt(variance + epsilon)
  return tf.reshape(norm_x, x_shape) * scale + bias