diff --git a/stacks/dlrs/mkl/Dockerfile b/stacks/dlrs/mkl/Dockerfile
index 185afd8..000af05 100644
--- a/stacks/dlrs/mkl/Dockerfile
+++ b/stacks/dlrs/mkl/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,36 @@
 FROM clearlinux
-LABEL maintainer="otc-swstacks@intel.com"
+MAINTAINER otc-swstacks@intel.com
 
 ARG swupd_args
 
-COPY setup_mkl.sh /
-
 RUN swupd update $swupd_args && \
-		swupd bundle-add curl git && \
-		/setup_mkl.sh && \
-		rm setup_mkl.sh
+	swupd bundle-add devpkg-openmpi git sysadmin-basic
 
-CMD 'bash'
+# install miniconda
+ADD https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh /miniconda.sh
+RUN sh /miniconda.sh -b -p /opt/conda && \
+    /opt/conda/bin/conda update -n base conda && \
+    rm /miniconda.sh
+ENV PATH=${PATH}:/opt/conda/bin
+
+# create tf_env and install tensorflow with mkl-dnn
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+RUN conda create -n tf_env
+RUN conda install -n tf_env -y -c anaconda \
+    pip tensorflow nltk ipython
+
+# add conda env script to bashrc
+RUN echo ". /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> ~/.bashrc && \
+    echo "conda activate tf_env" >> ~/.bashrc
+
+# install horovod
+RUN source ~/.bashrc
+RUN mv /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/compiler_compat/ld /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/compiler_compat/ld.orig
+RUN HOROVOD_WITH_TENSORFLOW=1 /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir horovod
+RUN mv /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/compiler_compat/ld.orig /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/compiler_compat/ld
+
+# install additional python packages for ipython and jupyter
+RUN /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir ipython ipykernel matplotlib jupyter && \
+   /opt/conda/envs/tf_env/bin/python -m ipykernel.kernelspec
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/stacks/dlrs/oss/Dockerfile b/stacks/dlrs/oss/Dockerfile
index 00451ee..feaabbe 100644
--- a/stacks/dlrs/oss/Dockerfile
+++ b/stacks/dlrs/oss/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 FROM clearlinux
-LABEL maintainer="otc-swstacks@intel.com"
+MAINTAINER otc-swstacks@intel.com
 
 ARG swupd_args
 
 RUN swupd update $swupd_args && \
-		swupd bundle-add curl git machine-learning-tensorflow
+		swupd bundle-add curl sysadmin-basic \
+        git machine-learning-tensorflow
+
+# install additional python packages for ipython and jupyter notebook
+RUN pip --no-cache-dir install ipython ipykernel matplotlib jupyter && \
+    python -m ipykernel.kernelspec
 
 CMD 'bash'
diff --git a/stacks/dlrs/pytorch/mkl/Dockerfile b/stacks/dlrs/pytorch/mkl/Dockerfile
index f159fb6..6abdcec 100644
--- a/stacks/dlrs/pytorch/mkl/Dockerfile
+++ b/stacks/dlrs/pytorch/mkl/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ LABEL maintainer=otc-swstacks@intel.com
 
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.7.1
 ARG MINICONDA_VERSION=4.5.12
+ARG HOROVOD_VERSION=0.16.0
+ARG MKL_VERSION=2019.1
 ARG swupd_args
 ENV PATH /opt/conda/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ ADD https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-$MINICONDA_VERSION-Linux-x86_
 RUN chmod +x /tmp/miniconda.sh && \
     /tmp/miniconda.sh -b -p /opt/conda && \
     conda install -y python=$PYTHON_VERSION \
-    numpy pyyaml scipy ipython mkl mkl-include cython typing && \
+    numpy pyyaml scipy ipython mkl=${MKL_VERSION} mkl-include=${MKL_VERSION} cython typing && \
 	conda install -y gcc libgcc -c conda-forge
 RUN pip --no-cache-dir install ninja
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ RUN CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$(dirname $(which conda))/../" \
 RUN pip --no-cache-dir install torchvision
 RUN pip --no-cache-dir install ipython ipykernel jupyter && \
     python -m ipykernel.kernelspec
-RUN HOROVOD_WITH_TORCH=1 pip install --no-cache-dir horovod
+RUN HOROVOD_WITH_TORCH=1 pip install --no-cache-dir horovod==${HOROVOD_VERSION}
 RUN mv /opt/conda/compiler_compat/ld.orig /opt/conda/compiler_compat/ld