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Automated Machine Learning

By : Adnan Masood
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Automated Machine Learning

By: Adnan Masood

Overview of this book

Every machine learning engineer deals with systems that have hyperparameters, and the most basic task in automated machine learning (AutoML) is to automatically set these hyperparameters to optimize performance. The latest deep neural networks have a wide range of hyperparameters for their architecture, regularization, and optimization, which can be customized effectively to save time and effort. This book reviews the underlying techniques of automated feature engineering, model and hyperparameter tuning, gradient-based approaches, and much more. You'll discover different ways of implementing these techniques in open source tools and then learn to use enterprise tools for implementing AutoML in three major cloud service providers: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform. As you progress, you’ll explore the features of cloud AutoML platforms by building machine learning models using AutoML. The book will also show you how to develop accurate models by automating time-consuming and repetitive tasks in the machine learning development lifecycle. By the end of this machine learning book, you’ll be able to build and deploy AutoML models that are not only accurate, but also increase productivity, allow interoperability, and minimize feature engineering tasks.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Section 1: Introduction to Automated Machine Learning
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Section 2: AutoML with Cloud Platforms
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Section 3: Applied Automated Machine Learning

Call to action – where do I go next?

All good things must end, and so does this book. Whew! We covered a lot of ground here. Automated ML is an active area of research and development, and in this book, we tried to give you a breadth-first overview of the fundamentals, key benefits, and platforms. We explained the underlying techniques of automated feature engineering, model and hyperparameter learning, and neural architecture search with examples from open source toolkits and cloud platforms. We covered a detailed walkthrough of three major cloud platforms, namely Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GCP. With the step-by-step walkthroughs, you saw the automated ML feature set offered in each platform by building ML models and trying them out.

The learning journey does not end here. There are several great references provided in the book where you can further do a deep dive to learn more about the topic. Automated ML platforms, especially cloud platforms, are always in flux, so by...