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Programmatic hyperparameter optimization (HPO) methods, such as Bayesian optimization and evolutionary algorithms, are highly sample-efficient in identifying optimal hyperparameter configurations for machine learning (ML) models. However,…

Hyper-parameter optimization is crucial for pushing the accuracy of a deep learning model to its limits. A hyper-parameter optimization job, referred to as a study, involves numerous trials of training a model using different training…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Ahnjae Shin , Do Yoon Kim , Joo Seong Jeong , Byung-Gon Chun

Multi-fidelity (gray-box) hyperparameter optimization techniques (HPO) have recently emerged as a promising direction for tuning Deep Learning methods. However, existing methods suffer from a sub-optimal allocation of the HPO budget to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Martin Wistuba , Arlind Kadra , Josif Grabocka

Most of the machine learning models have associated hyper-parameters along with their parameters. While the algorithm gives the solution for parameters, its utility for model performance is highly dependent on the choice of hyperparameters.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Shashank Shekhar , Adesh Bansode , Asif Salim

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a critical component of machine learning pipelines, significantly affecting model robustness, stability, and generalization. However, HPO is often a time-consuming and computationally intensive task.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Ruinan Wang , Ian Nabney , Mohammad Golbabaee

This paper explores the use of foundational large language models (LLMs) in hyperparameter optimization (HPO). Hyperparameters are critical in determining the effectiveness of machine learning models, yet their optimization often relies on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Michael R. Zhang , Nishkrit Desai , Juhan Bae , Jonathan Lorraine , Jimmy Ba

The task of hyper-parameter optimization (HPO) is burdened with heavy computational costs due to the intractability of optimizing both a model's weights and its hyper-parameters simultaneously. In this work, we introduce a new class of HPO…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Mathieu Tuli , Mahdi S. Hosseini , Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is important to leverage the full potential of machine learning (ML). In practice, users are often interested in multi-objective (MO) problems, i.e., optimizing potentially conflicting objectives, like…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Joseph Giovanelli , Alexander Tornede , Tanja Tornede , Marius Lindauer

Zero-shot hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a simple yet effective use of transfer learning for constructing a small list of hyperparameter (HP) configurations that complement each other. That is to say, for any given dataset, at least…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-07-28 Fela Winkelmolen , Nikita Ivkin , H. Furkan Bozkurt , Zohar Karnin

There is a consensus that focusing only on accuracy in searching for optimal machine learning models amplifies biases contained in the data, leading to unfair predictions and decision supports. Recently, multi-objective hyperparameter…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Antonio Candelieri , Andrea Ponti , Francesco Archetti

Automated hyperparameter optimization (HPO) can support practitioners to obtain peak performance in machine learning models. However, there is often a lack of valuable insights into the effects of different hyperparameters on the final…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-27 Julia Moosbauer , Julia Herbinger , Giuseppe Casalicchio , Marius Lindauer , Bernd Bischl

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a core problem for the machine learning community and remains largely unsolved due to the significant computational resources required to evaluate hyperparameter configurations. As a result, a series of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Sebastian Pineda Arango , Hadi S. Jomaa , Martin Wistuba , Josif Grabocka

While deep learning has celebrated many successes, its results often hinge on the meticulous selection of hyperparameters (HPs). However, the time-consuming nature of deep learning training makes HP optimization (HPO) a costly endeavor,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Shuhei Watanabe , Neeratyoy Mallik , Edward Bergman , Frank Hutter

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a powerful technique for automating the tuning of machine learning (ML) models. However, in many real-world applications, accuracy is only one of multiple performance criteria that must be considered.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Noor Awad , Ayushi Sharma , Philipp Muller , Janek Thomas , Frank Hutter

In this paper, we address the problem of \emph{cost-sensitive} hyperparameter optimization (HPO) built upon freeze-thaw Bayesian optimization (BO). Specifically, we assume a scenario where users want to early-stop the HPO process when the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Dong Bok Lee , Aoxuan Silvia Zhang , Byungjoo Kim , Junhyeon Park , Steven Adriaensen , Juho Lee , Sung Ju Hwang , Hae Beom Lee

Hyperparameter optimization constitutes a large part of typical modern machine learning workflows. This arises from the fact that machine learning methods and corresponding preprocessing steps often only yield optimal performance when…

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a fundamental problem in automatic machine learning (AutoML). However, due to the expensive evaluation cost of models (e.g., training deep learning models or training models on large datasets), vanilla…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Yang Li , Yu Shen , Jiawei Jiang , Jinyang Gao , Ce Zhang , Bin Cui

Given a Hyperparameter Optimization(HPO) problem, how to design an algorithm to find optimal configurations efficiently? Bayesian Optimization(BO) and the multi-fidelity BO methods employ surrogate models to sample configurations based on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Yang Zhang , Haiyang Wu , Yuekui Yang

Modern machine learning models are often constructed taking into account multiple objectives, e.g., minimizing inference time while also maximizing accuracy. Multi-objective hyperparameter optimization (MHPO) algorithms return such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-29 Matthias Feurer , Katharina Eggensperger , Edward Bergman , Florian Pfisterer , Bernd Bischl , Frank Hutter

Machine learning algorithms have been used widely in various applications and areas. To fit a machine learning model into different problems, its hyper-parameters must be tuned. Selecting the best hyper-parameter configuration for machine…

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