7331 Module 14: 20_nov_24

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Module 14 Study Guide: Data Parallelism and Graph Parallelism

1. Introduction to Data Parallelism

Big Data Overview: - The rise of massive data volumes has changed how we approach data mining. - Examples: - Facebook adds 30 billion pieces of content monthly from 600 million users. - YouTube uploads 72 hours of video per minute. - The growth of storage capabilities has outpaced processing speed, emphasizing parallel computing.

Parallel Computing: - Parallelism is challenging due to: - Programming complexity. - Handling node failures gracefully. - Distributing data effectively. - Advances in hardware include: - GPUs, multicore processors, and cloud computing. - For $3, you can rent a computational cluster on Amazon Web Services.

2. Data Parallelism

Definition: Dividing a task into smaller, independent subtasks that can be processed simultaneously.

Example: - Predicting with classifiers (e.g., Decision Trees): - Deploy the model across multiple clusters. - Predict multiple instances in parallel. - Aggregate results.

Key Tool: MapReduce - Steps: 1. Mapping: Generate key-value pairs from data (e.g., extract features from images). 2. Reducing: Aggregate the mapped results into a final output. - Advantages: - Handles large-scale feature calculations, statistics aggregation, cross-validation, and parameter grid searches. - Limitations: - MapReduce struggles with iterative machine learning algorithms due to the need for previous parameter knowledge.

3. Grid Search in Data Parallelism

Objective: - Find optimal parameters for a model by testing combinations and evaluating performance using cross-validation.

Process: 1. Construct a grid of parameter values. - Example: - Support Vector Machine with: - Gamma: {1000, 10000, 100000} - Cost: {1, 10, 100} - Result: 9 combinations (3 Gamma × 3 Cost). 2. Perform Cross-Validation for each combination. - Example: - With 3-fold cross-validation: - ( 9 = 27 ). 3. Use parallelism: - Assign combinations to multiple threads, computers, or clusters. - Aggregate results to identify the best parameters.

Optimizations: - Randomized Search: - Instead of exhaustive grid traversal, sample random points in the grid. - Focus on promising parameter regions based on intermediate results.

Python Example:

from sklearn.model_selection import GridSearchCV
from sklearn.svm import SVC

# Example dataset and model
param_grid = {'gamma': [1000, 10000, 100000], 'C': [1, 10, 100]}
svc = SVC(kernel='rbf')

# Perform grid search with cross-validation
grid_search = GridSearchCV(svc, param_grid, cv=3, n_jobs=-1)  # n_jobs=-1 enables parallelism
grid_search.fit(X_train, y_train)

print("Best parameters:", grid_search.best_params_)
print("Best score:", grid_search.best_score_)

4. Graph Parallelism

Graph parallelism complements data parallelism by dividing work based on graph structures (e.g., nodes and edges). Key concepts will likely be detailed in subsequent modules, focusing on tasks like: - Node partitioning. - Efficient edge traversal.

5. Practical Insights

  1. Challenges of Parallelism:
    • Iterative algorithms (e.g., Gradient Descent) are challenging to parallelize due to dependencies between steps.
    • Efficient fault tolerance is crucial in distributed systems.
  2. Applications:
    • Use data parallelism for:
      • Parameter tuning (Grid Search, Randomized Search).
      • Cross-validation.
      • Aggregating statistics over large datasets.
  3. Tools and Frameworks:
    • MapReduce for embarrassingly parallel tasks.
    • Scikit-learn for machine learning with efficient parallel capabilities.

6. Summary

Data parallelism offers powerful methods to process large-scale data efficiently. By leveraging techniques like MapReduce, grid search, and parallel computations, tasks ranging from classification predictions to parameter tuning become scalable. Future advancements in graph parallelism will further enhance the ability to handle complex structured data tasks.

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1. Introduction to Data Parallelism

Big Data and Parallelism

  • Concept: Big data processing requires distributing tasks efficiently across multiple computational units due to data size and computational constraints.

  • Math Interpretation: Let ( D ) represent the dataset and ( T(D) ) the computational task. In parallelism: [ T(D) = _{i=1}^n T(D_i) ] where ( D_i ) are the subsets of ( D ), and ( n ) is the number of parallel units.

2. Data Parallelism

Example Task: Parallel Prediction with Decision Trees

  • Each instance prediction can run independently in parallel.

Mathematical Representation: Given a decision tree ( M ) and data ( X = {x_1, x_2, …, x_n} ): [ P(X) = {M(x_1), M(x_2), …, M(x_n)} ]

Python Code:

from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier
from joblib import Parallel, delayed
import numpy as np

# Example data
X = np.random.rand(1000, 5)  # 1000 instances, 5 features
y = np.random.randint(0, 2, 1000)  # Binary labels
clf = DecisionTreeClassifier()
clf.fit(X, y)

# Parallel predictions
predictions = Parallel(n_jobs=-1)(delayed(clf.predict)([x]) for x in X)
print(predictions[:10])  # First 10 predictions

MapReduce

  • Steps:
    1. Mapping: Transform data into key-value pairs.
    2. Reducing: Aggregate results based on keys.

Visualization:

Input Data: [D1, D2, D3, D4]
Mapping:    [<K1, V1>, <K2, V2>, <K1, V3>, <K2, V4>]
Reducing:   [<K1, Agg(V1, V3)>, <K2, Agg(V2, V4)>]

Mathematics: If ( f ) maps data and ( g ) reduces results: [ = g(f(D_1) + f(D_2) + + f(D_n)) ]

Python Code:

from collections import defaultdict

# Example MapReduce task
data = ["cat", "dog", "cat", "bird", "dog", "dog"]

# Map step: Count occurrences
mapped = [(word, 1) for word in data]

# Reduce step: Aggregate counts
reduced = defaultdict(int)
for key, value in mapped:
    reduced[key] += value

print(dict(reduced))  # {'cat': 2, 'dog': 3, 'bird': 1}

3. Grid Search for Hyperparameter Tuning

Mathematical Interpretation

  • Given parameters ( _1, _2, …, _k ): [ = _1 _2 _k ]
  • Cross-validation error for each point: [ E() = _{i=1}^k (_i, y_i) ] where ( k ) is the number of folds.

Visualization:

Grid search parameter space:

    C
  1 10 100
G |---------|
a |---------|
m |---------|
m |---------|
a |---------|

Python Code:

from sklearn.model_selection import GridSearchCV
from sklearn.svm import SVC
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# Simulated dataset
X = np.random.rand(100, 5)
y = np.random.randint(0, 2, 100)

# Define hyperparameter grid
param_grid = {'C': [1, 10, 100], 'gamma': [0.01, 0.1, 1]}

# Grid search
svc = SVC(kernel='rbf')
grid_search = GridSearchCV(svc, param_grid, cv=3)
grid_search.fit(X, y)

# Display results
print("Best Parameters:", grid_search.best_params_)

# Visualization of results
scores = grid_search.cv_results_['mean_test_score'].reshape(3, 3)
plt.imshow(scores, interpolation='nearest', cmap='viridis')
plt.xlabel('gamma')
plt.ylabel('C')
plt.title('Grid Search Scores')
plt.colorbar()
plt.xticks(np.arange(len(param_grid['gamma'])), param_grid['gamma'])
plt.yticks(np.arange(len(param_grid['C'])), param_grid['C'])
plt.show()

5. Practical Insights

  1. Data Parallelism:
    • Useful for independent, parallelizable tasks (e.g., prediction, grid search).
    • Focus on optimizing data distribution and aggregation.
  2. Visualization:
    • Always analyze grid search results to understand parameter interactions.
  3. Python Tools:
    • Use joblib for parallel tasks.
    • Leverage Scikit-learn for machine learning workflows.
  4. Challenges:
    • Iterative algorithms (e.g., Gradient Descent) need advanced parallelism like graph parallelism.