Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Apr 13How to preprocess data using NVTabular on multiple GPUs?Multi-GPU machines are becoming much more common. Training deep learning models across multiple-GPUs is something that is often discussed. But what about preprocessing data by leveraging the resources of more than a single GPU? NVTabular makes this super easy! Here is how to hit the ground running. The first step to harnessing the power of multiple GPUs The first thing…AI3 min readAI3 min read
Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Mar 8Learn how Meta, Alibaba, ASOS, and Kuaishou Technology are delivering recommendations at scale (at GTC Spring 2023)Over the last couple of months, the Merlin team has been all about aligning the features of our software with customer needs and developing world-class support for session-based recommendations. Additionally, we have worked hard to bring you updated tutorials to make jumping into using our framework even easier! In the…Machine Learning4 min readMachine Learning4 min read
Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Jan 24How to run Merlin on Google ColabColab provides access to GPUs for new learners and enables experienced practitioners an easy way to experiment with the Merlin recommender system! Follow along with this blog and learn the following: install RAPIDS on Google Colab (easy to do now thanks to new functionality implemented by my colleagues! 🥳) install…Machine Learning4 min readMachine Learning4 min read
Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Dec 1, 2022Transformers, multi-GPU, HPO, and more are here for Recommender Models in the 22.11 Release of NVIDIA MerlinWe recently released a new version of the Merlin Framework! We added a couple of features that can help you train better models faster and would like to tell you about them. We also now provide support for session-based training. Here are the new additions. Better models with session-based Transformer Models Merlin Models received a big…Machine Learning3 min readMachine Learning3 min read
Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Sep 20, 2022Building a Diverse Models Ensemble for Fashion Session-Based Recommendation for RecSys2022 challengeA team from NVIDIA took part in the recent ACM RecSys 2022 Challenge. The team consisted of several NVIDIA Kaggle Grandmasters and experienced RecSys Researchers and Engineers from the NVIDIA Merlin team. The team placed 3rd. In this blog post, we provide an overview of the solution. We also highlight…AI4 min readAI4 min read
Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Jul 5, 2022Exploring Production Ready Recommender Systems with Merlinby Radek Osmulski and Benedikt Schifferer It has become really easy to start a machine learning project. Many libraries, such as XGBoost, TensorFlow, or PyTorch, make it easy to train a model. Likewise, there are many solutions for serving models in production. For either of these tasks done in isolation…Machine Learning6 min readMachine Learning6 min read
Published inNVIDIA Merlin·Jun 21, 2022Scale faster with less code using Two Tower with Merlinby Radek Osmulski, Benedikt Schifferer, Ronay Ak and Gabriel Moreira Building recommender systems can be quite challenging. When we talk about recommender systems we often focus on providing the most relevant recommendations to the users. Think of YouTube recommending you the next video to watch or Amazon suggesting related products…Machine Learning8 min readMachine Learning8 min read
Aug 6, 2021How to build a Deep Learning system that will answer questions about the Harry Potter universe?To achieve our goal, which is to build a Q&A system that will answer questions about the Harry Potter universe, we will use NVIDIA Riva and combine it with a pretrained model by HuggingFace. What is NVIDIA Riva? In essence, it is a set of APIs that give you access to cutting edge NLP…Deep Learning5 min readDeep Learning5 min read
May 21, 2021How to use the power of the community to learn fasterCommunity is the most powerful force behind online learning. It is the reason why MOOCs have a limited impact and tight-knit communities like fast.ai consistently produce unbelievable results. Despite my current appreciation of the role of the community, it hasn’t always been like that. And by all means, I am…Machine Learning14 min readMachine Learning14 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jan 14, 2021Going From Not Being Able to Code to Deep Learning HeroA detailed plan based on experience — This is a chapter from my upcoming book, Meta-Learning: Powerful Mental Models for Deep Learning and Thriving in the Digital Age. It is currently available for pre-order and you can pick it up at 50% off. Before you can learn to do deep learning, you must become a developer. Being…Machine Learning10 min readMachine Learning10 min read
