Bad news: Artificial intelligence projects often fail. Current estimates range from 78% to 87% that artificial intelligence projects fail to make it into production. One problem is the difficulty in moving machine learning models between development and production. It is not easy to build a machine-learning model in Python. It is much more difficult to scale it into a production environment that matches an organization’s culture.
DevOps was the beginning
This is not an uncommon story. Twenty years ago, software developers were faced with similar challenges. Nik Bates–Haus writes in Getting dataOps Right that early software engineering projects were plagued with high costs, slow delivery and poor quality. They also failed to adapt to changing requirements. One of the main problems was that development and production often had very little or no connection. In 2001, 17 leaders from the software development community met in Utah to discuss how to fix these issues. The Manifesto to Agile Software Development was created by them.
We are discovering better ways to develop software by helping others do it. This work has taught us to value. Software development innovation grew and became more scalable. It was easier to identify and fix problems with new code quickly. It became a common practice to have a culture of continuous delivery and continuous integration. Although DevOps didn’t solve all problems, it was a common approach in many software-reliant companies. More
Step 2: ML Ops: The Next Step
This thinking could be applied to machine learning projects. CristianoBREUEL points this out in his post ML Ops. Machine Learning as an Engineering Discipline. Machine learning projects add an additional layer of complexity. Machine learning projects must coordinate from an engineering perspective. This includes preparing data and addressing issues such as missing values, inconsistencies or outliers. It is difficult to integrate data from different sources. This is especially true when dealing with large-scale or rapidly changing data. Organizational changes like mergers and acquisitions can make these issues even more complicated. Data consistency, security and access are essential.. Andy Palmer has a chapter on Making DataOps Work. He offers some guidelines for DataOps. birds facts
ML Ops and Value Creation
ML Ops, which is an application of DevOps to all aspects related to machine learning projects, has recently emerged on the scene. ML Ops can be described as a philosophy or a method of organizing technical and human resources. Machine learning models are dynamic. Many iterations of candidate models are required during the initial stage of model development. This is why it is important to have good version control in order to do this at scale.
Validation of data used in the development of models is essential. Data must be appropriately divided into testing and training sets. Validation of models must take place in both technical performance and effectiveness. This is because no model is perfect and requires a variety of metrics and judgements. Models must be continuously monitored after deployment to detect any performance degradation and to allow rapid model updates if necessary.
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ML Ops, which is an extension of DevOps to all aspects related to machine learning projects, has recently emerged on the scene. ML Ops can be described as both a philosophy and a method of organizing technical andhuman resourceslearning models can be dynamic. Manyiterations of candidate models are required during the initial stage of model development. This is why it is important to have good version control in order to do this at scale. The data used in the development of models should be validated and properly divided into testing and training sets.
Validation of models must take place in both technical performance and effectiveness. This is because no model is perfect and requires a variety of metrics and judgements. Models must be continuously monitored after deployment to detect any performance degradation and to allow rapid model updates if necessary. ML Ops, a new field, aims to expand upon DataOps and DevOps in order to address these issues. The sponsoring organisation has identified some goals for an ML Ops approach. Unifying release cycles in machine learning and software application developmentAutomating model validation, model testing,
as well as model integration testingFacilitating the use of Agile methodologies in machine learning projectsFully embedding machine-learning projects in larger continuous delivery-continuous integration production linesWorking with an agnostic approach regarding language, framework, infrastructure, practice, and governancJohn Aaron, my colleague, offers an easy way to see this:Profitability = information gain x execution. Information gain refers to the new and useful information that machine learning generates from patterns in data. Execution requires leadership, adaptability and coordination of technical as well as human resources. The most important lesson in Elmhurst University’s Master’s in Data Science and Analytics program is to keep one’s eyes on creating value. ML Ops is one way to do this from an engineering perspective.
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