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Challenges and opportunities in applied machine learning

Brodley, Carla E., Rebbapragada, Umaa, Small, Kevin, Wallace, Byron C.·2012·AI Magazine

Abstract

Machine‐learning research is often conducted in vitro, divorced from motivating practical applications. A researcher might develop a new method for the general task of classification, then assess its utility by comparing its performance (for example, accuracy or AUC) to that of existing classification models on publicly available data sets. In terms of advancing machine learning as an academic discipline, this approach has thus far proven quite fruitful. However, it is our view that the most interesting open problems in machine learning are those that arise during its application to real‐world problems. We illustrate this point by reviewing two of our interdisciplinary collaborations, both of which have posed unique machine‐learning problems, providing fertile ground for novel research.

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  • Runtime monitoring of ML applications, including selection of metrics, live monitoring of system behavior for automated responses, and dynamic monitoring for runtime verification and certification, is a maintenance challenge.

    “-Runtime Monitoring: Selection of the metrics used for monitoring, live monitoring of system behavior that allows automated responses without direct human intervention, and dynamic monitoring for runtime verification and certification [17,19,24,30,47,48].”
  • Challenges on the software structure of ML applications include complex software modules of ML algorithms, anti-patterns in ML applications, and various design issues in ML models (model selection, customization and reuse).

    “-Software Structure: Challenges on the software structure of ML applications.This category includes the complex software modules of ML algorithms [14], anti-patterns in ML applications [17], and various design issues in ML models (model selection, customization and reuse) [16,34,58,59].”
  • Design issues on data collection, pre-processing, cleaning, labeling and augmentation, including big data challenges, exist for ML applications.

    “-Data Design: Design issues on data collection, pre-processing, cleaning, labeling and augmentation, including big data challenges [17,23,25-27, 31,33,41,44,74-76,105,114-116].”
  • Data management for ML applications, including tools for data dependencies, automatic data validation and cleaning during runtime, and concept drift adaptation, is a maintenance challenge.

    “-Data Management: Tools for data dependencies, automatic data validation and cleaning during runtime, and concept drift adaptation [17,23,60,69].”
  • Risk management of the development, deployment and operation of ML applications is critical, but is rendered difficult by various uncertainties.

    “-Risk Management: Risk management of the development, deployment and operation of ML applications is critical, but is rendered difficult by various uncertainties [17,24].”

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Authors
Brodley, C. E., Rebbapragada, U., Small, K., & Wallace, B. C.
Affiliations
  • Tufts University (US)
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US)
  • Tufts Medical Center (US)
Venue
AI Magazine
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-03
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
11-24
ISSN
  • 0738-4602 (ISSN-L)
  • 2371-9621
OpenAlex
W2130834086
Cited by
32
References
67
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
AI Magazine (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation (IIS‐0803409, IIS‐0713259, R01HS0 18494)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning and Algorithms
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning and Data Classification
Keywords
applied machine learning, real-world applications, interdisciplinary collaboration, practical problems, classification

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