The article provides insights on leveraging GPU acceleration for fast machine learning using cuML and XGBoost.
cuML, part of the RAPIDS™ suite, offers GPU-accelerated machine learning algorithms similar to Scikit-Learn but optimized for NVIDIA GPUs.
XGBoost, known for its performance, can be GPU-accelerated by setting parameters like tree_method to gpu_hist for faster training on large datasets.
Dimensionality reduction techniques like PCA, Truncated SVD, and UMAP are essential for managing high-dimensional data and improving model performance.
Scaling features before applying techniques like PCA is crucial to avoid misleading components due to varying feature scales.
The article includes code examples for CPU (Scikit-Learn) and GPU (cuML) implementations of PCA and Truncated SVD, showcasing the speedup with GPU acceleration.
UMAP, a non-linear reduction technique, can reveal structures in data that linear methods like PCA might overlook.
Key takeaways emphasize the accessibility of GPU acceleration, API familiarity between cuML and Scikit-Learn, the importance of speed in large datasets, and the significance of dimensionality reduction.
The article provides Google Colab notebooks for running the code snippets on cuML, XGBoost on GPU, and dimensionality reduction techniques.