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The Definitive Guide to Google Vertex AI
The Definitive Guide to Google Vertex AI

The Definitive Guide to Google Vertex AI: Accelerate your machine learning journey with Google Cloud Vertex AI and MLOps best practices

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The Definitive Guide to Google Vertex AI

Machine Learning Project Life Cycle and Challenges

Today, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are integral parts of business strategy for many organizations, and more organizations are using them every year. The major reason for this adoption is the power of ML and AI solutions to garner more revenue, brand value, and cost savings. This increase in the adoption of AI and ML demands more skilled data and ML specialists and technical leaders. If you are an ML practitioner or beginner, this book will help you become a confident ML engineer or data scientist with knowledge of Google’s best practices. In this chapter, we will discuss the basics of the life cycle and the challenges and limitations of ML when developing real-world applications.

ML projects often involve a defined set of steps from problem statements to deployments. It is essential to understand the importance and common challenges involved with these steps to complete a successful and impactful project. In this chapter, we will discuss the importance of understanding the business problem, the common steps involved in a typical ML project life cycle, and the challenges and limitations of ML in detail. This will help new ML practitioners understand the basic project flow; plus, it will help create a foundation for forthcoming chapters in this book.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • ML project life cycle
  • Common challenges in developing real-world ML solutions
  • Limitations of ML
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Key benefits

  • Understand the role of an AI platform and MLOps practices in machine learning projects
  • Get acquainted with Google Vertex AI tools and offerings that help accelerate the creation of end-to-end ML solutions
  • Implement Vision, NLP, and recommendation-based real-world ML models on Google Cloud Platform
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While AI has become an integral part of every organization today, the development of large-scale ML solutions and management of complex ML workflows in production continue to pose challenges for many. Google’s unified data and AI platform, Vertex AI, directly addresses these challenges with its array of MLOPs tools designed for overall workflow management. This book is a comprehensive guide that lets you explore Google Vertex AI’s easy-to-advanced level features for end-to-end ML solution development. Throughout this book, you’ll discover how Vertex AI empowers you by providing essential tools for critical tasks, including data management, model building, large-scale experimentations, metadata logging, model deployments, and monitoring. You’ll learn how to harness the full potential of Vertex AI for developing and deploying no-code, low-code, or fully customized ML solutions. This book takes a hands-on approach to developing u deploying some real-world ML solutions on Google Cloud, leveraging key technologies such as Vision, NLP, generative AI, and recommendation systems. Additionally, this book covers pre-built and turnkey solution offerings as well as guidance on seamlessly integrating them into your ML workflows. By the end of this book, you’ll have the confidence to develop and deploy large-scale production-grade ML solutions using the MLOps tooling and best practices from Google.

Who is this book for?

If you are a machine learning practitioner who wants to learn end-to-end ML solution development on Google Cloud Platform using MLOps best practices and tools offered by Google Vertex AI, this is the book for you.

What you will learn

  • Understand the ML lifecycle, challenges, and importance of MLOps
  • Get started with ML model development quickly using Google Vertex AI
  • Manage datasets, artifacts, and experiments
  • Develop no-code, low-code, and custom AI solution on Google Cloud
  • Implement advanced model optimization techniques and tooling
  • Understand pre-built and turnkey AI solution offerings from Google
  • Build and deploy custom ML models for real-world applications
  • Explore the latest generative AI tools within Vertex AI

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Table of Contents

23 Chapters
Part 1:The Importance of MLOps in a Real-World ML Deployment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1: Machine Learning Project Life Cycle and Challenges Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2: What Is MLOps, and Why Is It So Important for Every ML Team? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 2: Machine Learning Tools for Custom Models on Google Cloud Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3: It’s All About Data – Options to Store and Transform ML Datasets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4: Vertex AI Workbench – a One-Stop Tool for AI/ML Development Needs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5: No-Code Options for Building ML Models Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6: Low-Code Options for Building ML Models Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7: Training Fully Custom ML Models with Vertex AI Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8: ML Model Explainability Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9: Model Optimizations – Hyperparameter Tuning and NAS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10: Vertex AI Deployment and Automation Tools – Orchestration through Managed Kubeflow Pipelines Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11: MLOps Governance with Vertex AI Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 3: Prebuilt/Turnkey ML Solutions Available in GCP Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12: Vertex AI – Generative AI Tools Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 13: Document AI – An End-to-End Solution for Processing Documents Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 14: ML APIs for Vision, NLP, and Speech Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 4: Building Real-World ML Solutions with Google Cloud Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 15: Recommender Systems – Predict What Movies a User Would Like to Watch Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 16: Vision-Based Defect Detection System – Machines Can See Now! Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 17: Natural Language Models – Detecting Fake News Articles! Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Index Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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tt0507 Mar 30, 2024
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The book is an excellent resource for learning Google Vertex AI and exploring the ML lifecycle and ML ops within the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem. The book explores advanced topics such as generative AI, document processing, and real-world applications (defect detection and fake news identification) and has a great mix of exploring the ML components and the applications of the components. The explanation of the no-code component is also very helpful when learning Google Vertex AI for the first time. Overall, the book serves as a great resource for beginners and experienced professionals.
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Steven Fernandes Mar 02, 2024
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This book offers a deep dive into the ML lifecycle, emphasizing the critical role of MLOps and providing a fast track to developing ML models with Google Vertex AI. It covers managing datasets, artifacts, and experiments, and introduces no-code, low-code, and custom AI solutions on Google Cloud. Advanced model optimization techniques and Google's turnkey AI solutions are also explored. Additionally, it guides on building and deploying custom ML models for real-world applications and highlights the latest generative AI tools in Vertex AI, making it a valuable resource for anyone in the AI and ML fields.
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Rahul Feb 04, 2024
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Only read a few chapters, but overall the content is good and easy to understand. Really excited to finish the rest of the book.
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Scott Jan 30, 2024
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If you're serious about developing scalable, production-ready machine learning solutions, this book is an invaluable resource. It provides an exceptional deep dive into Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform with a bias for action, building skills across the full spectrum of machine learning challenges.Key Strengths:- Practical Focus: The book's emphasis on real-world applications is refreshing. You'll gain tangible skills, building and deploying models for vision, natural language processing, and even cutting-edge generative AI.- Catering to All Skill Levels: Whether you prefer no-code, low-code, or custom development, this guide expertly balances approachable explanations with the necessary depth for advanced customization.- MLOps Mastery: The comprehensive coverage of MLOps best practices and Vertex AI's integrated toolkit ensures you not only understand ML concepts, but also excel at managing the entire model lifecycle for optimal production performance. This is critical for day-after operations planning.- Beyond the Basics: The exploration of pre-built solutions and Vertex AI's latest generative AI tools keeps you ahead of the curve, making this book a future-proof investment.Who Should Read This:- Machine learning practitioners seeking to leverage Google Cloud Platform's capabilities to their fullest potential.- Data scientists and engineers aiming to streamline model development and deployment workflows.- Anyone eager to grasp the latest ML breakthroughs and their practical implementations.This book stands out as a comprehensive and well-structured guide to harnessing the power of Google Vertex AI. With its clear explanations, hands-on examples (my favorite), and a focus on MLOps, it will help you build the confidence and proficiency to confidently build world-class machine learning solutions while adhering to Google best practices.
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H2N Jan 23, 2024
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The book is a nice guide for who are working in machine learning developing solutions on Google Cloud with Vertex AI and MLOps. The book covers data storage, management, and the use of Vertex AI tools for efficient, scalable ML solution deployment. It also presents ML workload scaling, monitoring, and governance, and includes in-depth discussions on project life cycles, model building, optimization, and automation tools. Its exploration of generative AI, document processing, ML APIs, and real-world applications like defect detection and fake news identification makes it an essential resource for leveraging Google Cloud in ML.
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