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Edward Bergman

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JMLR Journal 2025 Journal Article

DeepCAVE: A Visualization and Analysis Tool for Automated Machine Learning

Sarah Segel
Helena Graf
Edward Bergman
Kristina Thieme
Marcel Wever
Alexander Tornede
Frank Hutter
Marius Lindauer

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO), as a central paradigm of AutoML, is crucial for leveraging the full potential of machine learning (ML) models; yet its complexity poses challenges in understanding and debugging the optimization process. We present DeepCAVE, a tool for interactive visualization and analysis, providing insights into HPO. Through an interactive dashboard, researchers, data scientists, and ML engineers can explore various aspects of the HPO process and identify issues, untouched potentials, and new insights about the ML model being tuned. By empowering users with actionable insights, DeepCAVE contributes to the interpretability of HPO and ML on a design level and aims to foster the development of more robust and efficient methodologies in the future. [abs] [ pdf ][ bib ] [ code ] &copy JMLR 2025. ( edit, beta )

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JAIR Journal 2024 Journal Article

Can Fairness be Automated? Guidelines and Opportunities for Fairness-aware AutoML

Hilde Weerts
Florian Pfisterer
Matthias Feurer
Katharina Eggensperger
Edward Bergman
Noor Awad
Joaquin Vanschoren
Mykola Pechenizkiy

The field of automated machine learning (AutoML) introduces techniques that automate parts of the development of machine learning (ML) systems, accelerating the process and reducing barriers for novices. However, decisions derived from ML models can reproduce, amplify, or even introduce unfairness in our societies, causing harm to (groups of) individuals. In response, researchers have started to propose AutoML systems that jointly optimize fairness and predictive performance to mitigate fairness-related harm. However, fairness is a complex and inherently interdisciplinary subject, and solely posing it as an optimization problem can have adverse side effects. With this work, we aim to raise awareness among developers of AutoML systems about such limitations of fairness-aware AutoML, while also calling attention to the potential of AutoML as a tool for fairness research. We present a comprehensive overview of different ways in which fairness-related harm can arise and the ensuing implications for the design of fairness-aware AutoML. We conclude that while fairness cannot be automated, fairness-aware AutoML can play an important role in the toolbox of ML practitioners. We highlight several open technical challenges for future work in this direction. Additionally, we advocate for the creation of more user-centered assistive systems designed to tackle challenges encountered in fairness work. This article appears in the AI & Society track.

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NeurIPS Conference 2023 Conference Paper

PriorBand: Practical Hyperparameter Optimization in the Age of Deep Learning

Neeratyoy Mallik
Edward Bergman
Carl Hvarfner
Danny Stoll
Maciej Janowski
Marius Lindauer
Luigi Nardi
Frank Hutter

Hyperparameters of Deep Learning (DL) pipelines are crucial for their downstream performance. While a large number of methods for Hyperparameter Optimization (HPO) have been developed, their incurred costs are often untenable for modern DL. Consequently, manual experimentation is still the most prevalent approach to optimize hyperparameters, relying on the researcher's intuition, domain knowledge, and cheap preliminary explorations. To resolve this misalignment between HPO algorithms and DL researchers, we propose PriorBand, an HPO algorithm tailored to DL, able to utilize both expert beliefs and cheap proxy tasks. Empirically, we demonstrate PriorBand's efficiency across a range of DL benchmarks and show its gains under informative expert input and robustness against poor expert beliefs.

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