Distributed Machine Learning and Gradient Optimization

Distributed Machine Learning and Gradient Optimization
Author: Jiawei Jiang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2022-02-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9811634203

This book presents the state of the art in distributed machine learning algorithms that are based on gradient optimization methods. In the big data era, large-scale datasets pose enormous challenges for the existing machine learning systems. As such, implementing machine learning algorithms in a distributed environment has become a key technology, and recent research has shown gradient-based iterative optimization to be an effective solution. Focusing on methods that can speed up large-scale gradient optimization through both algorithm optimizations and careful system implementations, the book introduces three essential techniques in designing a gradient optimization algorithm to train a distributed machine learning model: parallel strategy, data compression and synchronization protocol. Written in a tutorial style, it covers a range of topics, from fundamental knowledge to a number of carefully designed algorithms and systems of distributed machine learning. It will appeal to a broad audience in the field of machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data and database management.

Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning Via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning Via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
Author: Stephen Boyd
Publisher: Now Publishers Inc
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2011
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 160198460X

Surveys the theory and history of the alternating direction method of multipliers, and discusses its applications to a wide variety of statistical and machine learning problems of recent interest, including the lasso, sparse logistic regression, basis pursuit, covariance selection, support vector machines, and many others.

Optimization Algorithms for Distributed Machine Learning

Optimization Algorithms for Distributed Machine Learning
Author: Gauri Joshi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2022-11-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 303119067X

This book discusses state-of-the-art stochastic optimization algorithms for distributed machine learning and analyzes their convergence speed. The book first introduces stochastic gradient descent (SGD) and its distributed version, synchronous SGD, where the task of computing gradients is divided across several worker nodes. The author discusses several algorithms that improve the scalability and communication efficiency of synchronous SGD, such as asynchronous SGD, local-update SGD, quantized and sparsified SGD, and decentralized SGD. For each of these algorithms, the book analyzes its error versus iterations convergence, and the runtime spent per iteration. The author shows that each of these strategies to reduce communication or synchronization delays encounters a fundamental trade-off between error and runtime.

Machine Learning Refined

Machine Learning Refined
Author: Jeremy Watt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1108480721

An intuitive approach to machine learning covering key concepts, real-world applications, and practical Python coding exercises.

Proceedings of COMPSTAT'2010

Proceedings of COMPSTAT'2010
Author: Yves Lechevallier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2010-11-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3790826049

Proceedings of the 19th international symposium on computational statistics, held in Paris august 22-27, 2010.Together with 3 keynote talks, there were 14 invited sessions and more than 100 peer-reviewed contributed communications.

Optimization for Machine Learning

Optimization for Machine Learning
Author: Suvrit Sra
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 026201646X

An up-to-date account of the interplay between optimization and machine learning, accessible to students and researchers in both communities. The interplay between optimization and machine learning is one of the most important developments in modern computational science. Optimization formulations and methods are proving to be vital in designing algorithms to extract essential knowledge from huge volumes of data. Machine learning, however, is not simply a consumer of optimization technology but a rapidly evolving field that is itself generating new optimization ideas. This book captures the state of the art of the interaction between optimization and machine learning in a way that is accessible to researchers in both fields. Optimization approaches have enjoyed prominence in machine learning because of their wide applicability and attractive theoretical properties. The increasing complexity, size, and variety of today's machine learning models call for the reassessment of existing assumptions. This book starts the process of reassessment. It describes the resurgence in novel contexts of established frameworks such as first-order methods, stochastic approximations, convex relaxations, interior-point methods, and proximal methods. It also devotes attention to newer themes such as regularized optimization, robust optimization, gradient and subgradient methods, splitting techniques, and second-order methods. Many of these techniques draw inspiration from other fields, including operations research, theoretical computer science, and subfields of optimization. The book will enrich the ongoing cross-fertilization between the machine learning community and these other fields, and within the broader optimization community.

Scaling Up Machine Learning

Scaling Up Machine Learning
Author: Ron Bekkerman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0521192242

This integrated collection covers a range of parallelization platforms, concurrent programming frameworks and machine learning settings, with case studies.

Neural Networks: Tricks of the Trade

Neural Networks: Tricks of the Trade
Author: Grégoire Montavon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2012-11-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642352898

The twenty last years have been marked by an increase in available data and computing power. In parallel to this trend, the focus of neural network research and the practice of training neural networks has undergone a number of important changes, for example, use of deep learning machines. The second edition of the book augments the first edition with more tricks, which have resulted from 14 years of theory and experimentation by some of the world's most prominent neural network researchers. These tricks can make a substantial difference (in terms of speed, ease of implementation, and accuracy) when it comes to putting algorithms to work on real problems.

Scalable and Distributed Machine Learning and Deep Learning Patterns

Scalable and Distributed Machine Learning and Deep Learning Patterns
Author: Thomas, J. Joshua
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2023-08-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1668498057

Scalable and Distributed Machine Learning and Deep Learning Patterns is a practical guide that provides insights into how distributed machine learning can speed up the training and serving of machine learning models, reduce time and costs, and address bottlenecks in the system during concurrent model training and inference. The book covers various topics related to distributed machine learning such as data parallelism, model parallelism, and hybrid parallelism. Readers will learn about cutting-edge parallel techniques for serving and training models such as parameter server and all-reduce, pipeline input, intra-layer model parallelism, and a hybrid of data and model parallelism. The book is suitable for machine learning professionals, researchers, and students who want to learn about distributed machine learning techniques and apply them to their work. This book is an essential resource for advancing knowledge and skills in artificial intelligence, deep learning, and high-performance computing. The book is suitable for computer, electronics, and electrical engineering courses focusing on artificial intelligence, parallel computing, high-performance computing, machine learning, and its applications. Whether you're a professional, researcher, or student working on machine and deep learning applications, this book provides a comprehensive guide for creating distributed machine learning, including multi-node machine learning systems, using Python development experience. By the end of the book, readers will have the knowledge and abilities necessary to construct and implement a distributed data processing pipeline for machine learning model inference and training, all while saving time and costs.

Distributed Optimization and Learning

Distributed Optimization and Learning
Author: Zhongguo Li
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2024-07-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0443216371

Distributed Optimization and Learning: A Control-Theoretic Perspective illustrates the underlying principles of distributed optimization and learning. The book presents a systematic and self-contained description of distributed optimization and learning algorithms from a control-theoretic perspective. It focuses on exploring control-theoretic approaches and how those approaches can be utilized to solve distributed optimization and learning problems over network-connected, multi-agent systems. As there are strong links between optimization and learning, this book provides a unified platform for understanding distributed optimization and learning algorithms for different purposes. - Provides a series of the latest results, including but not limited to, distributed cooperative and competitive optimization, machine learning, and optimal resource allocation - Presents the most recent advances in theory and applications of distributed optimization and machine learning, including insightful connections to traditional control techniques - Offers numerical and simulation results in each chapter in order to reflect engineering practice and demonstrate the main focus of developed analysis and synthesis approaches