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Engineering MLOps

Name: Engineering MLOps
Author: Emmanuel Raj
ISBN: 9781800562882

by Emmanuel Raj

April 2021

Beginner to intermediate

370 pages

7h 59m

English

Packt Publishing

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Engineering MLOps
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Preface
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Section 1: Framework for Building Machine Learning Models
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of an MLOps Workflow
The evolution of infrastructure and software developmentThe rise of machine learning and deep learningThe end of Moore's lawAI-centric applicationsSoftware development evolutionTraditional software development challengesTrends of ML adoption in software development Understanding MLOps Concepts and workflow of MLOps Discussing a use case Summary
Chapter 2: Characterizing Your Machine Learning Problem
The ML solution development processTypes of ML modelsLearning modelsHybrid modelsStatistical models HITL modelsStructuring your MLOpsSmall data opsBig data opsHybrid MLOpsLarge-scale MLOpsAn implementation roadmap for your solution Phase 1 – ML developmentPhase 2 – Transition to operationsPhase 3 – OperationsProcuring data, requirements, and toolsDataRequirementsTools and infrastructureDiscussing a real-life business problemSummary
Chapter 3: Code Meets Data
Business problem analysis and categorizing the problemSetting up the resources and toolsInstalling MLflowAzure Machine LearningAzure DevOpsJupyterHub10 principles of source code management for MLWhat is good data for ML?Data preprocessingData quality assessmentCalibrating missing dataLabel encoding New feature – Future_weather_conditionData correlations and filteringTime series analysisData registration and versioningToward the ML PipelineFeature Store Summary
Chapter 4: Machine Learning Pipelines
Going through the basics of ML pipelinesData ingestion and feature engineering Data ingestion (training dataset)Machine learning training and hyperparameter optimizationSupport Vector MachineRandom Forest classifierModel testing and defining metricsTesting the SVM classifierTesting the Random Forest classifierModel packaging Registering models and production artifacts Registering production artifactsSummary
Chapter 5: Model Evaluation and Packaging
Model evaluation and interpretability metricsLearning models' metricsHybrid models' metricsStatistical models' metricsHITL model metricsProduction testing methodsBatch testingA/B testingStage test or shadow testTesting in CI/CDWhy package ML models?Portability InferenceInteroperability Deployment agnosticity How to package ML modelsSerialized filesPacketizing or containerizing Microservice generation and deploymentInference ready models Connecting to the workspace and importing model artifactsLoading model artifacts for inferenceSummary
Section 2: Deploying Machine Learning Models at Scale
Chapter 6: Key Principles for Deploying Your ML System
ML in research versus productionDataFairnessInterpretabilityPerformancePriority Understanding the types of ML inference in productionDeployment targetsMapping the infrastructure for our solutionHands-on deployment (for the business problem)Deploying the model on ACIDeploying the model on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Deploying the service using MLflow Understanding the need for continuous integration and continuous deploymentSummary

Chapter 7: Building Robust CI/CD Pipelines
Continuous integration, delivery, and deployment in MLOpsContinuous integrationContinuous deliveryContinuous deploymentSetting up a CI/CD pipeline and the test environment (using Azure DevOps)Creating a service principalInstalling the extension to connect to the Azure ML workspaceSetting up a continuous integration and deployment pipeline for the test environmentConnecting artifacts to the pipelineSetting up a test environmentPipeline execution and testing Pipeline execution triggersSummary
Chapter 8: APIs and Microservice Management
Introduction to APIs and microservicesWhat is an Application Programming Interface (API)?MicroservicesThe need for microservices for MLHypothetical use caseStage 1 – Proof of concept (a monolith)Stage 2 – Production (microservices)Old is gold – REST API-based microservicesHands-on implementation of serving an ML model as an APIAPI design and development Developing a microservice using DockerTesting the API Summary
Chapter 9: Testing and Securing Your ML Solution
Understanding the need for testing and securing your ML applicationTesting your ML solution by designData testingModel testingPre-training testsPost-training testsHands-on deployment and inference testing (a business use case)Securing your ML solution by designTypes of attacksSummary
Chapter 10: Essentials of Production Release
Setting up the production infrastructureAzure Machine Learning workspaceAzure Machine Learning SDKSetting up our production environment in the CI/CD pipelineTesting our production-ready pipelineConfiguring pipeline triggers for automationSetting up a Git trigger Setting up an Artifactory triggerSetting up a Schedule triggerPipeline release managementToward continuous monitoringSummary
Section 3: Monitoring Machine Learning Models in Production
Chapter 11: Key Principles for Monitoring Your ML System
Understanding the key principles of monitoring an ML systemModel driftModel bias Model transparency Model compliance Explainable AI Monitoring in the MLOps workflowUnderstanding the Explainable Monitoring FrameworkMonitor Analyze GovernEnabling continuous monitoring for the serviceSummary
Chapter 12: Model Serving and Monitoring
Serving, monitoring, and maintaining models in productionExploring different modes of serving ML models Serving the model as a batch serviceServing the model to a human userServing the model to a machine Implementing the Explainable Monitoring framework Monitoring your ML systemAnalyzing your ML systemGoverning your ML system Summary
Chapter 13: Governing the ML System for Continual Learning
Understanding the need for continual learning Continual learning The need for continual learning Explainable monitoring – governance Alerts and actionsModel QA and controlModel auditing and reports Enabling model retraining Manual model retraining Automated model retraining Maintaining the CI/CD pipeline Summary
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Overview

Engineering MLOps is your comprehensive guide to managing the entire machine learning lifecycle effectively and efficiently. You will learn how to design and implement ML pipelines, apply continuous integration and delivery practices, and manage ML systems in production. This book also guides you in monitoring your ML solutions to ensure scalability, robustness, and accuracy.

What this Book will help me do

Understand MLOps workflows and methodologies for real-world machine learning applications.
Learn to implement CI/CD automation practices specifically tailored for ML pipelines.
Master techniques for deploying scalable and robust ML models in production environments.
Acquire the skills to monitor data and model drift while maintaining model performance.
Develop microservices and APIs for operationalizing machine learning projects.

Author(s)

Emmanuel Raj is an accomplished expert specializing in machine learning engineering, with extensive experience in deploying and managing ML systems at scale. His passion lies in demystifying complex ML concepts and empowering others to adopt MLOps best practices seamlessly. As an advocate for education, he emphasizes practical case studies and hands-on learning opportunities in his writing.

Who is it for?

This book is ideal for data scientists, ML engineers, software developers, and DevOps professionals looking to implement MLOps practices in their workflows. This resource is aimed at professionals with an intermediate knowledge of machine learning. It will guide those looking to build a robust system for deploying and maintaining machine learning models.

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