These slides provide a great overview of BigML's end-to-end workflow for building advanced predictive models, and also highlights the key new features from BigML's Fall 2013 Release.

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Machine Learning Made Easy
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Today’s Webinar
• Speakers:
• Andrew Shikiar,VP Business Development
• Poul Petersen, CIO
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via text; others at the end of the session
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1 BigML Workflow
2 Live demos
3 Fall 2013 Release
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Actionable
Insights
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Data
✓Easy to use
✓Powerful
✓Cost Effective
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Local Tools
licenseserver vendor storage
sysadmin
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patches
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“Any fool can make something complicated. It
takes a genius to make it simple.”
― Woody Guthrie
BigML Workflow
Consistent Interface
Auto Scaling
Machine Learning
Storage
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Source
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
Upload
Drag-n-drop, file upload, remote URL, S3, Odata
Change types
Select data for dataset
Numeric, Categorical, Date-Time, Text
Filter rows, un/select fields, choose size
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Dataset
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
Examine
Drag-n-drop, file upload, remote URL, S3, Odata
Configure Model
Select data for model
Fields and sampling
Choose objective field
Model or ensemble
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Model
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
Examine model
Tree view, Filters, Sunburst
Download Model
Share
Rules, JSON, PMML, Python, Ruby, Objective-C
Java, C#, Node.js
Gallery, Private Links
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Evaluation
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
Evaluate Model
Compare to with-held data or new dataset
Traditional Metrics
Compare Evaluations
Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1, Phi
MAE, MSR, R2
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Prediction
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
Predict
Question by Question
Ensembles
Aggregate by plurality, confidence, or probability
Input new data, get predicted output and confidence
One input field at a time
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1 BigML Workflow
2 Live demos
3 Fall 2013 Release
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Churn Demo
Objective: Predict Churn
Customers that closed account
Data
Fictional Telecom Company
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Churn Demo
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Churn Demo
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1 BigML Workflow
2 Live demos
3 Fall 2013 Release
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Inline Field Editing
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
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Secret Links
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
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Confusion Matrix
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
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Excel Model Export
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
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Multi-label Classification
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
age sex Subjects
22 male Math, Arts, Science
21 female Science
22 female Science, Math
bigmler --train Train.csv
--test Test.csv
--multi-label
--label-separator ","
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BigML PredictServer
Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
Fast predictions
User deployable
Easy
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Your Cloud / VPC
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BigML PredictServerNew
predictions
predictions
Your App
✓ Fast
✓ Quick in-memory computation
✓ Low latency
✓ Batch predictions
✓ Reliable - Dedicated instance
✓ Scaleable - scales with CPUs
✓ Easy - API is similar to bigml.io
✓ Secure - Use security groups orVPC
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Source Dataset Model Evaluation Prediction
New
Text Analysis
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Data Types
numeric
1 2 3
1, 2.0, 3, -5.4 categoricaltrue, yes, red, mammal categoricalcategorical
A B C
DATE-TIME2013-09-25 10:02
DATE-TIME
YEAR
MONTH
DAY-OF-MONTH
YYYY-MM-DD
DAY-OF-WEEK
HOUR
MINUTE
YYYY-MM-DD
YYYY-MM-DD
M-T-W-T-F-S-D
HH:MM:SS
HH:MM:SS
2013
September
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text
Be not afraid of greatness:
some are born great, some
achieve greatness, and
some have greatness
thrust upon 'em.
text
“great”
“afraid”
“born”
“some”
appears 2 times
appears 1 time
appears 1 time
appears 2 times
New
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Be not afraid of greatness:
some are born great, some
achieve greatness, and
some have greatness
thrust upon 'em.
great: appears 4 times
Text AnalysisNew
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27. BigML Inc 27April, 2013
Evergreen or ephemeral?
Build a classifier to categorize
webpages as evergreen or
ephemeral
http://www.kaggle.com/c/stumbleupon
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ephemeral
relevant for a short period of time
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evergreen
maintains a timeless quality and
can be recommended to users
long after it is discovered
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Text Analysis
Demo
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Webinar Recap
• BigML is the only cloud-based tool that provides easy-
to-use machine learning on diverse data types
• Fall 2013 Release is a great leap forward:
• Text analysis
• Multi-label classifications
• BigML PredictServer
• Microsoft Excel model export
• And dozens of workflow updates, including:
• In-line field editing
• Confusion matrix / enhanced Evaluations
• Secret links
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