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Optimal Feature Discovery: Better, Leaner Machine Learning Models Through Information Theory

6 May 2021 / Global
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Top 50 features recommended by X-Ray, ranked by mutual information with respect to the target variable.
High level workflow of optimal feature discovery
Adam Wang

Adam Wang

Adam Wang is a software engineer at Uber AI on the Machine Learning Platform (Michelangelo).

Olcay Cirit

Olcay Cirit

Olcay Cirit is a Staff Research Scientist at Uber AI focused on ML systems and large-scale deep learning problems. Prior to Uber AI, he worked on ad targeting at Google.

Amit Nene

Amit Nene

Amit Nene leads the Feature Engineering efforts within the Uber AI Machine Learning Platform (Michelangelo). Previously, he led real-time data engineering efforts within Uber’s Risk team.

Niel Teng Hu

Niel Teng Hu

Niel Teng Hu is a former software engineer at Uber AI working on applied machine learning and ML systems.

Posted by Adam Wang, Olcay Cirit, Amit Nene, Niel Teng Hu

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