Memory Bounded Inference in Topic Models

author: Ryan Gomes, Chemical Engineering at Caltech, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
published: July 29, 2008,   recorded: July 2008,   views: 3642

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What type of algorithms and statistical techniques support learning from very large datasets over long stretches of time? We address this question through a memory bounded version of a variational EM algorithm that approximates inference of a topic model. The algorithm alternates two phases: "model building" and "model compression" in order to always satisfy a given memory constraint. The model building phase grows its internal representation (the number of topics) as more data arrives through Bayesian model selection. Compression is achieved by merging data-items in clumps and only caching their sufficient statistics. Empirically, the resulting algorithm is able to handle datasets that are orders of magnitude larger than the standard batch version.

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