The Delta Between ML Today and Efficient ML Tomorrow
Delta Lake and MLflow both come up frequently in conversation but often as two entirely separate products. This blog will focus on the synergies between Delta Lake and MLflow for machine learning use cases and explain how you can leverage Delta Lake to deliver strong ML results based on solid data foundations. If you are...
Monitoring ML Models With Model Assertions
This is a collaborative post from Databricks and the Stanford University Computer Science Department. We thank Daniel Kang, Deepti Raghavan and Peter Bailis of Stanford University for their contributions. Machine learning (ML) models are increasingly used in a wide range of business applications. Organizations deploy hundreds of ML models to predict customer churn, optimal...
AML Solutions at Scale Using Databricks Lakehouse Platform
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance has been undoubtedly one of the top agenda items for regulators providing oversight of financial institutions across the globe. As AML evolved and became more sophisticated over the decades, so have the regulatory requirements designed to counter modern money laundering and terrorist financing schemes. The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 provided...
Feature Engineering at Scale
Feature engineering is one of the most important and time-consuming steps of the machine learning process. Data scientists and analysts often find themselves spending a lot of time experimenting with different combinations of features to improve their models and to generate BI reports that drive business insights. The larger, more complex datasets with which data...
Applying Natural Language Processing to Healthcare Text at Scale
This is a co-authored post written in collaboration with Moritz Steller, AI Evangelist, at John Snow Labs. Don't miss our virtual workshop, Extract Real-World Data with NLP, on July 15 to learn about our new NLP solutions. In 2015, HIMSS estimated that the healthcare industry in the U.S. produced 1.2 billion clinical documents. That’s a...
Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models to Infer the Disease Parameters of COVID-19
In a previous post, we looked at how to use PyMC3 to model the disease dynamics of COVID-19. This post builds on this use case and explores how to use Bayesian hierarchical models to infer COVID-19 disease parameters and the benefits compared to a pooled or an unpooled model. We fit an SIR model to...
Solution Accelerator: Toxicity Detection in Gaming
Across massively multiplayer online video games (MMOs), multiplayer online battle arena games (MOBAs) and other forms of online gaming, players continuously interact in real time to either coordinate or compete as they move toward a common goal -- winning. This interactivity is integral to game play dynamics, but at the same time, it’s a prime...
How to Build a Scalable Wide and Deep Product Recommender
Download the notebooks referenced throughout this article. I have a favorite coffee shop I’ve been visiting for years. When I walk in, the barista knows me by name and asks if I’d like my usual drink. Most of the time, the answer is “yes”, but every now and then, I see they have some seasonal...
Machine Learning-based Item Matching for Retailers and Brands
Item matching is a core function in online marketplaces. To ensure an optimized customer experience, retailers compare new and updated product information against existing listings to ensure consistency and avoid duplication. Online retailers may also compare their listings with those of their competitors to identify differences in price and inventory. Suppliers making products available across...
Improving Customer Experience With Transaction Enrichment
The retail banking landscape has dramatically changed over the past five years with the accessibility of open banking applications, mainstream adoption of Neobanks and the recent introduction of tech giants into the financial services industry. According to a recent Forbes article, millennials now represent 75% of the global workforce, and "71% claim they'd “rather go...
