### Description
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### In which platform does it happen?
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<!--- * Azure Ubuntu Data Science Virtual Machine. -->
<!--- * Other platforms.  -->


### How do we replicate the issue?
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<!--- * Create a conda environment for gpu -->
<!--- * Run unit test `test_timer.py` -->
<!--- * ... -->


### Expected behavior (i.e. solution)
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<!--- * The tests for the timer should pass successfully. -->


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