ML Software Systems Scaling Process

An ML Software Systems Scaling Process is a software systes Scaling Process for ML software systems.

• Context:
  • It can include:
    • ML Security scaling: Implementing and scaling security measures to protect against cyber threats and ensure data privacy and compliance, including access controls, threat detection and response, and compliance monitoring, specifically for ML models.
    • ML Software delivery scaling: Scaling software delivery processes to support the continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of ML models, including optimizing software development workflows, automating testing and deployment, and improving release management.
    • ML Infrastructure scaling: Scaling the underlying infrastructure that supports ML models, such as cloud-based storage and processing, and distributed computing systems, to ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability.
    • ML Performance scaling: Optimizing ML models for increased performance and scalability, including load testing, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
    • ML Data scaling: Scaling data storage and processing capabilities to support larger volumes of data generated by ML models, including implementing new data architectures, optimizing data pipelines, and adopting new data processing technologies.
    • ML User scaling: Scaling user interfaces and experiences to support larger user bases and diverse user needs, including optimizing user interface design, improving accessibility, and enhancing user engagement for ML models.
    • ML Quality scaling: Ensuring that ML models meet high standards of quality, reliability, and maintainability as they scale, including adopting new testing methodologies, improving quality assurance processes, and optimizing model maintenance workflows. This includes explainability and interpretability to ensure that models can be understood and validated by stakeholders.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Database Systems Scaling Process.
  • Front-End Systems Scaling Process.
• See: Enterprise Machine Learning.

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References

2023

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  • Machine learning at scale refers to the process of implementing machine learning techniques across an organization at a large scale to solve complex problems and make better business decisions. It may also be called large-scale machine learning or enterprise machine learning.
  • Scaling ML at an organization can be considered a subset of scaling software engineering because it involves developing and deploying machine learning models at a large scale, which requires a robust software infrastructure and specialized software engineering skills. Machine learning models are typically developed and deployed using software development best practices, such as version control, automated testing, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD). Therefore, to effectively scale ML at an organization, it's necessary to have a strong software engineering foundation in place. However, scaling software engineering involves more than just ML, as it also includes scaling other types of software systems, such as web applications and databases, as well as managing software development teams and processes.

2023

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  • Applying these 8 software systems scaling processes to scaling ML software systems involves:
    • ML Team scaling: Hiring and training new ML engineers and data scientists, and developing new systems for managing and evaluating their performance.
    • ML Security scaling: Implementing and scaling security measures to protect against cyber threats and ensure data privacy and compliance, including access controls, threat detection and response, and compliance monitoring, specifically for ML models.
    • ML Software delivery scaling: Scaling software delivery processes to support the continuous integration, delivery, and deployment of ML models, including optimizing software development workflows, automating testing and deployment, and improving release management.
    • ML Infrastructure scaling: Scaling the underlying infrastructure that supports ML models, such as cloud-based storage and processing, and distributed computing systems, to ensure high availability, reliability, and scalability.
    • ML Performance scaling: Optimizing ML models for increased performance and scalability, including load testing, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
    • ML Data scaling: Scaling data storage and processing capabilities to support larger volumes of data generated by ML models, including implementing new data architectures, optimizing data pipelines, and adopting new data processing technologies.
    • ML User scaling: Scaling user interfaces and experiences to support larger user bases and diverse user needs, including optimizing user interface design, improving accessibility, and enhancing user engagement for ML models.
    • ML Quality scaling: Ensuring that ML models meet high standards of quality, reliability, and maintainability as they scale, including adopting new testing methodologies, improving quality assurance processes, and optimizing model maintenance workflows. This includes explainability and interpretability to ensure that models can be understood and validated by stakeholders.

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