PipelineAI Optimizes Your Enterprise AI Pipeline from Distributed Training to Scalable Predicting - Strata Conference - San Jose - March 2018

HIGH PERFORMANCE TENSORFLOW IN
PRODUCTION WITH KUBERNETES AND GPUS
STRATA CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE MARCH 2018
CHRIS FREGLY
FOUNDER @ PIPELINE.AI

KEY TAKE-AWAYS
With PipelineAI, You Can…
§ Generate Hardware-Specific Model Optimizations
§ Deploy and Compare Models in Live Production
§ Optimize Complete AI Pipeline Across Many Models
§ Hyper-Parameter Tune Both Training & Inference

AGENDA
Part 0: Introductions and Setup
Part 1: Optimize TensorFlow Training
Part 2: Optimize TensorFlow Serving
Part 3: Advanced Model Serving + Routing

INTRODUCTIONS: ME
§ Chris Fregly, Founder & Engineer @PipelineAI
§ Formerly Netflix, Databricks, IBM Spark Tech
§ Founder @ Advanced Spark TensorFlow Meetup
§ Please Join Our 60,000+ Global Members!!
Contact Me
chris@pipeline.ai
@cfregly
Global Locations
* San Francisco
* Chicago
* Austin
* Washington DC
* Dusseldorf
* London

INTRODUCTIONS: YOU
§ Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Curious
§ Want to Deploy ML/AI Models Rapidly and Safely
§ Need to Trace or Explain Model Predictions
§ Have a Decent Grasp of Computer Science Fundamentals

PIPELINE.AI IS 100% OPEN SOURCE
§ https://github.com/PipelineAI/pipeline/
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- A Prominent Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley
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PIPELINE.AI SUPPORTS ALL MAJOR MODELS

PIPELINE.AI OVERVIEW
750,000 Docker Downloads
70,000 Registered Users
60,000 Meetup Members
30,000 LinkedIn Followers
2,500 GitHub Stars
20 Enterprise Beta Users

PIPELINE.AI ANNOUNCEMENTS
http://pipeline.aihttp://community.pipeline.ai

WHY HEAVY FOCUS ON MODEL SERVING?
Model Training
Batch & Boring
Offline in Research Lab
Pipeline Ends at Training
No Insight into Live Production
Small Number of Data Scientists
Optimizations Are Very Well-Known
Real-Time & Exciting!!
Online in Live Production
Pipeline Extends into Production
Continuous Insight into Live Production
Huuuuuuge Number of Application Users
Runtime Optimizations Not Yet Explored
<<<
Model Serving
100’s Training Jobs per Day 1,000,000’s Predictions per Sec

CLOUD-BASED MODEL SERVING OPTIONS
§ AWS SageMaker
§ Released Nov 2017 @ Re-invent
§ Custom Docker Images for Training/Serving (ie. PipelineAI Images)
§ Distributed TensorFlow Training through Estimator API
§ Traffic Splitting for A/B Model Testing
§ Google Cloud ML Engine
§ Mostly Command-Line Based
§ Driving TensorFlow Open Source API (ie. Estimator API)
§ Azure ML
PipelineAI Supports SageMaker
*and*
Hybrid-Cloud Deployments

BUILD MODEL WITH THE RUNTIME
§ Package Model + Runtime into 1 Docker Image
§ Emphasizes Immutable Deployment and Infrastructure
§ Same Image Across All Environments
§ No Library or Dependency Surprises from Laptop to Production
§ Allows Tuning Model + Runtime Together
pipeline predict-server-build --model-name=mnist
--model-tag=A
--model-type=tensorflow
--model-runtime=tfserving
--model-chip=gpu
--model-path=./tensorflow/mnist/
Build Local
Model Server A

RUN A LOADTEST LOCALLY!
§ Perform Mini-Load Test on Local Model Server
§ Immediate, Local Prediction Performance Metrics
§ Compare to Previous Model + Runtime Variations
§ Gain Intuition Before Push to Prod
pipeline predict-server-start --model-name=mnist
--model-tag=A
--memory-limit=2G
pipeline predict-http-test --model-endpoint-url=http://localhost:8080
--test-request-path=test_request.json
--test-request-concurrency=1000
Start Local
LoadTest
Start Local
Model Servers

TUNE MODEL + RUNTIME TOGETHER
§ Model Training Optimizations
§ Model Hyper-Parameters (ie. Learning Rate)
§ Reduced Precision (ie. FP16 Half Precision)
§ Model Serving (Post-Train) Optimizations
§ Quantize Model Weights + Activations From 32-bit to 8-bit
§ Fuse Neural Network Layers Together
§ Model Runtime Optimizations
§ Runtime Config: Request Batch Size, etc
§ Different Runtime: TensorFlow Serving CPU/GPU, Nvidia TensorRT

DETECT UNDERUTILIZED CPUS, GPUS
§ Instrument Code to Generate “Timelines”
§ Analyze with Google Web
Tracing Framework (WTF)
§ Monitor CPU with top, GPU with nvidia-smi
http://google.github.io/tracing-framework/
from tensorflow.python.client import timeline
trace =
timeline.Timeline(step_stats=run_metadata.step_stats)
with open('timeline.json', 'w') as trace_file:
trace_file.write(
trace.generate_chrome_trace_format(show_memory=True))

SERVING (POST-TRAIN) OPTIMIZATIONS
§ Prepare Model for Serving
§ Simplify Network, Reduce Size
§ Reduce Precision -> Fast Math
§ Some Tools
§ Graph Transform Tool (GTT)
§ tfcompile
After Training
After
Optimizing!
pipeline optimize --optimization-list=[‘quantize_weights’,‘tfcompile’]
--model-name=mnist
--model-tag=A
--model-path=./tensorflow/mnist/model
--model-inputs=[‘x’]
--model-outputs=[‘add’]
--output-path=./tensorflow/mnist/optimized_model
Linear
Regression
Model Size: 70MB –> 70K (!)

NVIDIA TENSOR-RT RUNTIME
§ Post-Training Model Optimizations
§ Specific to Nvidia GPUs
§ GPU-Optimized Prediction Runtime
§ Alternative to TensorFlow Serving
§ PipelineAI Supports TensorRT!

TENSORFLOW LITE RUNTIME
§ Currently Supports iOS and Android
§ On-Device Prediction Runtime
§ Low-Latency, Fast Startup
§ Selective Operator Loading
§ 70KB Min - 300KB Max Runtime Footprint
§ Supports Accelerators (GPU, TPU)
§ Falls Back to CPU without Accelerator
§ Java and C++ APIs

3 DIFFERENT RUNTIMES, SAME MODEL
--model-tag=C
--model-runtime=tensorrt
--model-chip=gpu
Build Local
Model Server C
--model-tag=A
--model-chip=cpu
Build Local
Model Server A
--model-tag=B
--model-chip=gpu
Build Local
Model Server B
Same Model,
Diff Runtime

PUSH IMAGE TO DOCKER REGISTRY
§ Supports All Public + Private Docker Registries
§ DockerHub, Artifactory, Quay, AWS, Google, …
§ Or Self-Hosted, Private Docker Registry
pipeline predict-server-push --model-name=mnist
--model-tag=A
--image-registry-url=<your-registry>
--image-registry-repo=<your-repo>
Push Images to
Docker Registry

DEPLOY MODELS SAFELY TO PROD
§ Deploy from CLI or Jupyter Notebook
§ Tear-Down and Rollback Models Quickly
§ Shadow Canary: Deploy to 20% Live Traffic
§ Split Canary: Deploy to 97-2-1% Live Traffic
pipeline predict-kube-start --model-name=mnist
--model-tag=BStart Cluster B
--model-tag=CStart Cluster C
--model-tag=AStart Cluster A
pipeline predict-kube-route --model-name=mnist
--model-split-tag-and-weight-dict='{"A":97, "B":2, "C”:1}'
--model-shadow-tag-list='[]'
Route Live Traffic

COMPARE MODELS OFFLINE & ONLINE
§ Offline, Batch Metrics
§ Validation + Training Accuracy
§ CPU + GPU Utilization
§ Online, Live Prediction Values
§ Compare Relative Precision
§ Newly-Seen, Streaming Data
§ Online, Real-Time Metrics
§ Response Time, Throughput
§ Cost ($) Per Prediction

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION AUDIT TRAIL
§ Necessary for Model Explain-ability
§ Fine-Grained Request Tracing
§ Used for Model Ensembles

REAL-TIME PREDICTION STREAMS
§ Visually Compare Real-time Predictions
Features and
Inputs
Predictions and
Confidences
Model B Model CModel A

PREDICTION PROFILING AND TUNING
§ Pinpoint Performance Bottlenecks
§ Fine-Grained Prediction Metrics
§ 3 Steps in Real-Time Prediction
1. transform_request()
2. predict()
3. transform_response()

SHIFT TRAFFIC TO MAX(REVENUE)
§ Shift Traffic to Winning Model with Multi-armed Bandits

LIVE, ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC ROUTING
§ A/B Tests
§ Inflexible and Boring
§ Multi-Armed Bandits
§ Adaptive and Exciting!
pipeline predict-kube-route --model-name=mnist
--model-split-tag-and-weight-dict='{"A":1, "B":2, "C”:97}’
--model-shadow-tag-list='[]'
Route Traffic
Dynamically

SHIFT TRAFFIC TO MIN(CLOUD CO$T)
§ Based on Cost ($) Per Prediction
§ Cost Changes Throughout Day
§ Lose AWS Spot Instances
§ Google Cloud Becomes Cheaper
§ Shift Across Clouds & On-Prem

PSEUDO-CONTINUOUS TRAINING
§ Identify and Fix Borderline (Unconfident) Predictions
§ Fix Predictions Along Class Boundaries
§ Facilitate ”Human in the Loop”
§ Retrain with Newly-Labeled Data
§ Game-ify the Labeling Process
§ Path to Crowd-Sourced Labeling

CONTINUOUS MODEL TRAINING
§ The Holy Grail of Machine Learning!
§ PipelineAI Supports Continuous Model Training!
§ Kafka, Kinesis
§ Spark Streaming, Flink
§ Storm, Heron

AGENDA
§ GPUs and TensorFlow
§ Feed, Train, and Debug TensorFlow Models
§ TensorFlow Distributed Cluster Model Training
§ Optimize Training with JIT XLA Compiler

SETTING UP TENSORFLOW WITH GPUS
§ Very Painful!
§ Especially inside Docker
§ Use nvidia-docker
§ Especially on Kubernetes!
§ Use the Latest Kubernetes (with Init Script Support)
§ http://pipeline.ai for GitHub + DockerHub Links

TENSORFLOW + CUDA + NVIDIA GPU

GPU HALF-PRECISION SUPPORT
§ FP32 is “Full Precision”, FP16 is “Half Precision”
§ Two(2) FP16’s in Each FP32 GPU Core for 2x Throughput!
§ Lower Precision is OK for Approx. Deep Learning Use Cases
§ The Network Matters Most – Not Individual Neuron Accuracy
§ Supported by Pascal P100 (2016) and Volta V100 (2017)
Set the following on GPU’s with CC 5.3+:
TF_FP16_MATMUL_USE_FP32_COMPUTE=0
TF_FP16_CONV_USE_FP32_COMPUTE=0
TF_XLA_FLAGS=--xla_enable_fast_math=1

VOLTA V100 (2017) VS. PASCAL P100 (2016)
§ 84 Streaming Multiprocessors (SM’s)
§ 5,376 GPU Cores
§ 672 Tensor Cores (ie. Google TPU)
§ Mixed FP16/FP32 Precision
§ Matrix Dims Should be Multiples of 8
§ More Shared Memory
§ New L0 Instruction Cache
§ Faster L1 Data Cache
§ V100 vs. P100 Performance
§ 12x Training, 6x Inference

FP32 VS. FP16 ON AWS GPU INSTANCES
FP16 Half Precision
87.2 T ops/second for p3 Volta V100
4.1 T ops/second for g3 Tesla M60
1.6 T ops/second for p2 Tesla K80
FP32 Full Precision
15.4 T ops/second for p3 Volta V100
4.0 T ops/second for g3 Tesla M60
3.3 T ops/second for p2 Tesla K80

§ Currently Supports the Following:
§ Tesla K80
§ Pascal P100
§ Volta V100 Coming Soon?
§ TPUs (Only in Google Cloud)
§ Attach GPUs to CPU Instances
§ Similar to AWS Elastic GPU, except less confusing
WHAT ABOUT GOOGLE CLOUD?

V100 AND CUDA 9
§ Independent Thread Scheduling - Finally!!
§ Similar to CPU fine-grained thread synchronization semantics
§ Allows GPU to yield execution of any thread
§ Still Optimized for SIMT (Same Instruction Multi-Thread)
§ SIMT units automatically scheduled together
§ Explicit Synchronization
P100 V100
New CUDA
Thread Cooperative Groups
https://devblogs.nvidia.com/cooperative-groups/

GPU CUDA PROGRAMMING
§ Barbaric, But Fun Barbaric
§ Must Know Hardware Very Well
§ Hardware Changes are Painful
§ Use the Profilers & Debuggers

CUDA STREAMS
§ Asynchronous I/O Transfer
§ Overlap Compute and I/O
§ Keep GPUs Saturated!
§ Used Heavily by TensorFlow
Bad
Good
Bad
Good

CUDA SHARED AND UNIFIED MEMORY

PYCUDA AND NUMBA
§ https://devblogs.nvidia.com/numba-python-cuda-
acceleration/
§ https://devblogs.nvidia.com/seven-things-numba/

LET’S SEE WHAT THIS THING CAN DO!
§ Navigate to the following notebook:
01a_Explore_GPU
01b_Explore_Numba
§ https://github.com/PipelineAI/notebooks

TRAINING TERMINOLOGY
§ Tensors: N-Dimensional Arrays
§ ie. Scalar, Vector, Matrix
§ Operations: MatMul, Add, SummaryLog,…
§ Graph: Graph of Operations (DAG)
§ Session: Contains Graph(s)
§ Feeds: Feed Inputs into Placeholder
§ Fetches: Fetch Output from Operation
§ Variables: What We Learn Through Training
§ aka “Weights”, “Parameters”
§ Devices: Hardware Device (GPU, CPU, TPU, ...)
-TensorFlow-
Trains
Variables
-User-
Fetches
Outputs
-User-
Feeds
Inputs
-TensorFlow-
Performs
Operations
-TensorFlow-
Flows
Tensors
with tf.device(“/cpu:0,/gpu:15”):

TENSORFLOW SESSION
Session
graph: GraphDef
Variables:
“W” : 0.328
“b” : -1.407
Variables are
Randomly
Initialized,
then
Periodically
Checkpointed
GraphDef is
Created During
Training, then
Frozen for
Inference

TENSORFLOW GRAPH EXECUTION
§ Lazy Execution by Default
§ Similar to Spark
§ Eager Execution Now Supported (TensorFlow 1.4+)
§ Similar to PyTorch
§ "Linearize” Execution to Minimize RAM Usage
§ Useful on Single GPU with Limited RAM

OPERATION PARALLELISM
§ Inter-Op (Between-Op) Parallelism
§ By default, TensorFlow runs multiple ops in parallel
§ Useful for low core and small memory/cache envs
§ Set to one (1)
§ Intra-Op (Within-Op) Parallelism
§ Different threads can use same set of data in RAM
§ Useful for compute-bound workloads (CNNs)
§ Set to # of cores (>=2)

TENSORFLOW MODEL
§ MetaGraph
§ Combines GraphDef and Metadata
§ GraphDef
§ Architecture of your model (nodes, edges)
§ Metadata
§ Asset: Accompanying assets to your model
§ SignatureDef: Maps external to internal tensors
§ Variables
§ Stored separately during training (checkpoint)
§ Allows training to continue from any checkpoint
§ Variables are “frozen” into Constants when preparing for inference
GraphDef
x
W
mul add
b
MetaGraph
Metadata
Assets
SignatureDef
Tags
Version
Variables:
“W” : 0.328
“b” : -1.407

EXTEND EXISTING DATA PIPELINES
§ Data Processing
§ HDFS/Hadoop
§ Spark
§ Containers
§ Docker
§ Schedulers
§ Kubernetes
§ Mesos
<dependency>
<groupId>org.tensorflow</groupId>
<artifactId>tensorflow-hadoop</artifactId>
</dependency>
https://github.com/tensorflow/ecosystem

KUBERNETES AND SPARK 2.3
§ Kubernetes-Native
§ Schedule Spark Workers
# Submit Spark Job to Kubernetes Cluster
bin/spark-submit
--master k8s://https://xx.yy.zz.ww
--deploy-mode cluster
--name spark-pi
--class org.apache.spark.examples.SparkPi
--conf spark.executor.instances=5
--conf spark.kubernetes.container.image=<spark-image>
--conf spark.kubernetes.driver.pod.name=spark-pi-driver
local:///opt/spark/examples/jars/spark-examples_2.11-2.3.0.jar
# View Kubernetes Resources
kubectl get pods -l 'spark-role in (driver, executor)' -w
# View Driver Logs in Real-Time
kubectl logs –f spark-pi-driver http://blog.kubernetes.io/2018/03/
apache-spark-23-with-native-kubernetes.html
http://community.pipeline.ai

TENSORFLOW + SPARK OPTIONS
§ TensorFlow on Spark (Yahoo!)
§ TensorFrames <-Dead Project->
§ Separate Clusters for Spark and TensorFlow
§ Spark: Boring Batch ETL
§ TensorFlow: Exciting AI Model Training and Serving
§ Hand-Off Point is S3, HDFS, Google Cloud Storage

TENSORFLOW + KAFKA
§ TensorFlow Dataset API Now Supports Kafka!!
from tensorflow.contrib.kafka.python.ops import kafka_dataset_ops
repeat_dataset = kafka_dataset_ops.KafkaDataset(topics,
group="test",
eof=True)
.repeat(num_epochs)
batch_dataset = repeat_dataset.batch(batch_size)
…

TO UNDERSTAND TENSORFLOW I/O…
§ TFRecord File Format
§ TensorFlow Python and C++ Dataset API
§ Python Module and Packaging
§ Comfort with Python’s Lack of Strong Typing
§ C++ Concurrency Constructs
§ Protocol Buffers
§ Old Queue API
§ GPU/CUDA Memory Tricks And a Lot of Coffee!

FEED TENSORFLOW TRAINING PIPELINE
§ Training is Limited by the Ingestion Pipeline
§ Number One Problem We See Today
§ Scaling GPUs Up / Out Doesn’t Help
§ GPUs are Heavily Under-Utilized
§ Use tf.dataset API for best perf
§ Efficient parallel async I/O (C++)
Tesla K80 Volta V100

DON’T USE FEED_DICT!!
§ feed_dict Requires Python <-> C++ Serialization
§ Not Optimized for Production Ingestion Pipelines
§ Retrieves Next Batch After Current Batch is Done
§ Single-Threaded, Synchronous
§ CPUs/GPUs Not Fully Utilized!
§ Use Queue or Dataset APIs
§ Queues are old & complex
sess.run(train_step, feed_dict={…}

QUEUES
§ More than Traditional Queue
§ Uses CUDA Streams
§ Perform I/O, Pre-processing, Cropping, Shuffling, …
§ Pull from HDFS, S3, Google Storage, Kafka, ...
§ Combine Many Small Files into Large TFRecord Files
§ Use CPUs to Free GPUs for Compute
§ Helps Saturate CPUs and GPUs

QUEUE CAPACITY PLANNING
§ batch_size
§ # examples / batch (ie. 64 jpg)
§ Limited by GPU RAM
§ num_processing_threads
§ CPU threads pull and pre-process batches of data
§ Limited by CPU Cores
§ queue_capacity
§ Limited by CPU RAM (ie. 5 * batch_size)

TF.DTYPE
§ tf.float32, tf.int32, tf.string, etc
§ Default is usually tf.float32
§ Most TF operations support numpy natively
# Tuple of (tf.float32 scalar, tf.int32 array of 100 elements)
(tf.random_uniform([1]), tf.random_uniform([1, 100], dtype=tf.int32))

TF.TRAIN.FEATURE
§ Three(3) Feature Types
§ Bytes
§ Float
§ Int64
§ Actually, They Are Lists of 0..* Values of 3 Types Above
§ BytesList
§ FloatList
§ Int64List

TF.TRAIN.FEATURES
§ Map of {String -> Feature}
§ Better Name is “FeatureMap”
§ Organize Feature into Categories
§ Access Feature Using
Features[’feature_name’]

TF.TRAIN.FEATURELIST
§ List of 0..* Feature
§ Access Feature Using
FeatureList[0]

TF.TRAIN.FEATURELISTS
§ Map of {String -> FeatureList}
§ Better Name is “FeatureListMap”
§ Organize FeatureList into Categories
§ Access FeatureList Using
FeatureLists[’feature_list_name’]

TF.TRAIN.EXAMPLE
§ Key-Value Dictionary
§ String -> tf.train.Feature
§ Not a Self-Describing Format (?!)
§ Must Establish Schema Upfront by Writers and Readers
§ Must Obey the Following Conventions
§ Feature K must be of Type T in all Examples
§ Feature K can be omitted, default can be configured
§ If Feature K exists as empty, no default is applied

TF.TFRECORD
§ Contains many tf.train.Example’s
=> tf.train.Example contains many tf.train.Feature’s
=> tf.train.Feature contains BytesList, FloatList, Int64List
§ Record-Oriented Format of Binary Strings (ProtoBuffer)
§ Must Convert tf.train.Example to Serialized String
§ Use tf.train.Example.SerializeToString()
§ Used for Large Scale ML/AI Training
§ Not Meant for Random or Non-Sequential Access
§ Compression: GZIP, ZLIB
uint64 length
uint32 masked_crc32_of_length
byte data[length]
uint32 masked_crc32_of_data

EMBRACE BINARY FORMATS!
§ Unreadable and Scary, But Much More Efficient
§ Better Use of Memory and Disk Cache
§ Faster Copying and Moving
§ Smaller on the Wire
I

CONVERTING MNIST DATA TO TFRECORD
def convert_to_tfrecord(data, name):
images = data.images
labels = data.labels
num_examples = data.num_examples
rows = images.shape[1]
cols = images.shape[2]
depth = images.shape[3]
filename = os.path.join(FLAGS.directory, name + '.tfrecords’)
with tf.python_io.TFRecordWriter(filename) as writer:
for index in range(num_examples):
image_raw = images[index].tostring()
example = tf.train.Example(
features = tf.train.Features(
feature = {'height': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[rows])),
'width': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[cols])),
'depth': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[depth])),
'label': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[index])),
'image_raw': tf.train.Feature(bytes_list=tf.train.BytesList(value=[image_raw]))
}))
writer.write(example.SerializeToString())
tf.python_io.TFRecordWriter

READING TF.TFRECORD’S
§ tf.data.TFRecordDatasetß Preferred (Dataset API)
§ tf.TFRecordReader()ß Not Preferred (Queue API)
§ tf.python_io.tf_record_iterator ß Preferred
§ Used as Python Generator
for serialized_example in tf.python_io.tf_record_iterator(filename):
example = tf.train.Example()
example.ParseFromString(serialized_example)
image_raw example.features.feature['image_raw’].string_list.value
height = example.features.feature[‘height'].int32_list.value[0]
…

DE-SERIALIZING TF.TFRECORD’S
feature_map = {'height': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[rows])),
'width': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[cols])),
'depth': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[depth])),
'label': tf.train.Feature(int64_list=tf.train.Int64List(value=[index])),
'image_raw': tf.train.Feature(bytes_list=tf.train.BytesList(value=[image_raw]))
deserialized_features = tf.parse_single_example(serialized_example, features=feature_map)
# Cast height from String to int32
height = tf.cast(deserialized_features[‘height’], tf.int32)
…
# Convert raw image from string to float32
image_raw = tf.decode_raw(deserialized_features[‘image_raw'], tf.float32)

MORE TF.TRAIN.FEATURE CONSTRUCTS
§ tf.VarLenFeature
§ tf.FixedLenFeature, tf.FixedLenSequenceFeature
§ tf.SparseFeature
feature_map = {'height': tf.FixedLenFeature((), tf.int32, …)),
…
'image_raw': tf.train.VarLenFeature(tf.string, …))
deserialized_features = tf.parse_single_example(serialized_example, features=feature_map)
# Cast height from String to int32
height = tf.cast(deserialized_features[‘height’], tf.int32)
…
# Convert raw image from string to float32
image_raw = tf.decode_raw(deserialized_features[‘image_raw'], tf.float32)

TF.DATA.DATASET
tf.Tensor => tf.data.Dataset
Functional Transformations
Python Generator => tf.data.Dataset
Dataset.from_tensors((features, labels))
Dataset.from_tensor_slices((features, labels))
TextLineDataset(filenames)
dataset.map(lambda x: tf.decode_jpeg(x))
dataset.repeat(NUM_EPOCHS)
dataset.batch(BATCH_SIZE)
def generator():
while True:
yield ...
dataset.from_generator(generator, tf.int32)
Dataset => One-Shot Iterator
Dataset => Initializable Iter
iter = dataset.make_one_shot_iterator()
next_element = iter.get_next()
while …:
sess.run(next_element)
iter = dataset.make_initializable_iterator()
sess.run(iter.initializer, feed_dict=PARAMS)
next_element = iter.get_next()
while …:
sess.run(next_element)
TIP: Use Dataset.prefetch() and parallel version of Dataset.map()

MORE TF.DATA.DATASET CONSTRUCTS
§ FixedLengthRecordDataset
§ Binary Files
§ TextLineDataset
§ CSV, JSON, XML, etc
§ TFRecordDataset
§ TFRecords
§ Iterator
“The TF Dataset Dude”
Tutorial: https://t.co/havjwJ46EY

DATASET TRANSFORMATIONS
Standard Custom (Contrib)

CUSTOM TF.PY_FUNC() TRANSFORMATION
§ Custom Python Function
§ Similar to Spark Python UDF (Eek!)
§ You Will Suffer a Big Performance Penalty
§ Try to Use TensorFlow-Native Operations
§ Remember, you can build your own in C++!

TF.DATA.ITERATOR TYPES
§ One Shot: Iterates Once Through the Dataset
§ Currently, best Iterator to use with Estimator API
§ Initializable: Runs iterator.initializer() Once
§ Re-Initializable: Runs iterator.initializer() Many
§ Ie. Random shuffling between iterations (epochs) of training
§ Feedable: Switch Between Different Dataset
§ Uses Feed and Placeholder to explicitly feed the iterator
§ Doesn’t require initialization when switching

TF.DATA.ITERATOR SIMPLE EXAMPLE
dataset = tf.data.Dataset.range(5)
iterator = dataset.make_initializable_iterator()
next_element = iterator.get_next()
# Typically `result` will be the output of a model, or an optimizer's
# training operation.
result = tf.add(next_element, next_element)
sess.run(iterator.initializer)
while True:
try:
sess.run(result) # è 0, 2, 4, 6, 8
except tf.errors.OutOfRangeError:
print(‘End of dataset…’)
break

TF.DATA.ITERATOR TEXT EXAMPLE
filenames = ["/var/data/file1.txt", "/var/data/file2.txt"]
dataset = tf.data.TextLineDataset(filenames)
filenames = ["/var/data/file1.txt", "/var/data/file2.txt"]
dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(filenames)
dataset = dataset.flat_map(
lambda filename: (
tf.data.TextLineDataset(filename)
.skip(1)
.filter(lambda line: tf.not_equal(tf.substr(line, 0, 1), "#"))))
§ Skip 1st Header Line and Comment Lines Starting with `#`

TF.DATA.ITERATOR NUMPY EXAMPLE
# Load the training data into two NumPy arrays, for example using `np.load()`.
with np.load("/var/data/training_data.npy") as data:
features = data["features"]
labels = data["labels"]
# Assume that each row of `features` corresponds to the same row as `labels`.
assert features.shape[0] == labels.shape[0]
features_placeholder = tf.placeholder(features.dtype, features.shape)
labels_placeholder = tf.placeholder(labels.dtype, labels.shape)
dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((features_placeholder, labels_placeholder))
# …Your Dataset Transformations…
sess.run(iterator.initializer, feed_dict={features_placeholder: features,
labels_placeholder: labels})

TF.DATA.ITERATOR TFRECORD EXAMPLE
filenames = tf.placeholder(tf.string, shape=[None])
dataset = tf.data.TFRecordDataset(filenames)
dataset = dataset.map(...) # Parse the record into tensors.
dataset = dataset.repeat() # Repeat the input indefinitely.
dataset = dataset.batch(32) # Batches of size 32
# You can feed the initializer with the appropriate filenames for the current
# phase of execution, e.g. training vs. validation.
# Initialize `iterator` with training data.
training_filenames = ["/var/data/file1.tfrecord", "/var/data/file2.tfrecord"]
sess.run(iterator.initializer, feed_dict={filenames: training_filenames})
# Initialize `iterator` with validation data.
validation_filenames = ["/var/data/validation1.tfrecord", ...]
sess.run(iterator.initializer, feed_dict={filenames: validation_filenames})

FUTURE OF DATASET API
§ Replaces Queue API
§ More Functional Operators
§ Automatic GPU Data Staging
§ Under-utilized GPUs Assisting with Data Ingestion
§ Advanced, RL-based Device Placement Strategies

TF.ESTIMATOR.ESTIMATOR (1/2)
§ Supports Keras!
§ Unified API for Local + Distributed
§ Provide Clear Path to Production
§ Enable Rapid Model Experiments
§ Provide Flexible Parameter Tuning
§ Enable Downstream Optimizing & Serving Infra( )
§ Nudge Users to Best Practices Through Opinions
§ Provide Hooks/Callbacks to Override Opinions

TF.ESTIMATOR.ESTIMATOR (2/2)
§ “Train-to-Serve” Design
§ Create Custom Estimator or Re-Use Canned Estimator
§ Hides Session, Graph, Layers, Iterative Loops (Train, Eval, Predict)
§ Hooks for All Phases of Model Training and Evaluation
§ Load Input: input_fn()
§ Train: model_fn() and train()
§ Evaluate: eval_fn() and evaluate()
§ Performance Metrics: Loss, Accuracy, …
§ Save and Export: export_savedmodel()
§ Predict: predict() Uses the slow sess.run()
https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloudml-samples
/blob/master/census/customestimator/

TF.CONTRIB.LEARN.EXPERIMENT
§ Easier-to-Use Distributed TensorFlow
§ Same API for Local and Distributed
§ Combines Estimator with input_fn()
§ Used for Training, Evaluation, & Hyper-Parameter Tuning
§ Distributed Training Defaults to Data-Parallel & Async
§ Cluster Configuration is Fixed at Start of Training Job
§ No Auto-Scaling Allowed, but That’s OK for Training
§ Note: This is Likely to be Deprecated Soon

ESTIMATOR + EXPERIMENT CONFIGS
§ TF_CONFIG
§ Special environment variable for config
§ Defines ClusterSpec in JSON incl. master, workers, PS’s
§ Distributed mode ‘{“environment”:“cloud”}’
§ Local: ‘{environment”:“local”, {“task”:{”type”:”worker”}}’
§ RunConfig: Defines checkpoint interval, output directory,
§ HParams: Hyper-parameter tuning parameters and ranges
§ learn_runner creates RunConfig before calling run() & tune()
§ schedule is set based on {”task”:{”type”:…}}
TF_CONFIG=
'{
"environment": "cloud",
"cluster":
{
"master":["worker0:2222”],
"worker":["worker1:2222"],
"ps": ["ps0:2222"]
},
"task": {"type": "ps",
"index": "0"}
}'

ESTIMATOR + KERAS
§ Distributed TensorFlow (Estimator) + Easy to Use (Keras)
§ tf.keras.estimator.model_to_estimator()
# Instantiate a Keras inception v3 model.
keras_inception_v3 = tf.keras.applications.inception_v3.InceptionV3(weights=None)
# Compile model with the optimizer, loss, and metrics you'd like to train with.
keras_inception_v3.compile(optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.SGD(lr=0.0001, momentum=0.9),
loss='categorical_crossentropy',
metric='accuracy')
# Create an Estimator from the compiled Keras model.
est_inception_v3 = tf.keras.estimator.model_to_estimator(keras_model=keras_inception_v3)
# Treat the derived Estimator as you would any other Estimator. For example,
# the following derived Estimator calls the train method:
est_inception_v3.train(input_fn=my_training_set, steps=2000)

“CANNED” ESTIMATORS
§ Commonly-Used Estimators
§ Pre-Tested and Pre-Tuned
§ DNNClassifer, TensorForestEstimator
§ Always Use Canned Estimators If Possible
§ Reduce Lines of Code, Complexity, and Bugs
§ Use FeatureColumn to Define & Create Features
Custom vs. Canned
@ Google, August 2017

ESTIMATOR + DATASET API
def input_fn():
def generator():
while True:
yield ...
my_dataset = tf.data.dataset.from_generator(generator, tf.int32)
# A one-shot iterator automatically initializes itself on first use.
iter = my_dataset.make_one_shot_iterator()
# The return value of get_next() matches the dataset element type.
images, labels = iter.get_next()
return images, labels
# The input_fn can be used as a regular Estimator input function.
estimator = tf.estimator.Estimator(…)
estimator.train(train_input_fn=input_fn, …)

OPTIMIZER + ESTIMATOR API + TPU’S
run_config = tpu_config.RunConfig()
estimator = tpu_estimator.TpuEstimato(model_fn=model_fn,
config=run_config)
estimator.train(input_fn=input_fn, num_epochs=10, …)
optimizer = tpu_optimizer.CrossShardOptimizer(
tf.train.GradientDescentOptimizer(learning_rate=…))
train_op = optimizer.minimize(loss)
estimator_spec = tf.estimator.EstimatorSpec(train_op=train_op, loss=…)
https://www.tensorflow.org/programmers_guide/using_tpu

TF.CONTRIB.LEARN.HEAD (OBJECTIVES)
§ Single-Objective Estimator
§ Single classification prediction
§ Multi-Objective Estimator
§ One (1) classification prediction
§ One(1) final layer to feed into next model
§ Multiple Heads Used to Ensemble Models
§ Treats neural network as a feature engineering step
§ Supported by TensorFlow Serving

TF.LAYERS
§ Standalone Layer or Entire Sub-Graphs
§ Functions of Tensor Inputs & Outputs
§ Mix and Match with Operations
§ Assumes 1st Dimension is Batch Size
§ Handles One (1) to Many (*) Inputs
§ Metrics are Layers
§ Loss Metric (Per Mini-Batch)
§ Accuracy and MSE (Across Mini-Batches)

TF.FEATURE_COLUMN
§ Used by Canned Estimator
§ Declaratively Specify Training Inputs
§ Converts Sparse to Dense Tensors
§ Sparse Features: Query Keyword, ProductID
§ Dense Features: One-Hot, Multi-Hot
§ Wide/Linear: Use Feature-Crossing
§ Deep: Use Embeddings

TF.FEATURE_COLUMN EXAMPLE
§ Continuous + One-Hot + Embedding
deep_columns = [
age,
education_num,
capital_gain,
capital_loss,
hours_per_week,
tf.feature_column.indicator_column(workclass),
tf.feature_column.indicator_column(education),
tf.feature_column.indicator_column(marital_status),
tf.feature_column.indicator_column(relationship),
# To show an example of embedding
tf.feature_column.embedding_column(occupation, dimension=8),
]

FEATURE CROSSING
§ Create New Features by Combining Existing Features
§ Limitation: Combinations Must Exist in Training Dataset
base_columns = [
education, marital_status, relationship, workclass, occupation, age_buckets
]
crossed_columns = [
tf.feature_column.crossed_column(
['education', 'occupation'], hash_bucket_size=1000),
tf.feature_column.crossed_column(
['age_buckets', 'education', 'occupation'], hash_bucket_size=1000)
]

SEPARATE TRAINING + EVALUATION
§ Separate Training and Evaluation Clusters
§ Evaluate Upon Checkpoint
§ Avoid Resource Contention
§ Training Continues in Parallel with Evaluation
Training
Cluster
Evaluation
Cluster
Parameter Server
Cluster

BATCH (RE-)NORMALIZATION (2015, 2017)
§ Each Mini-Batch May Have Wildly Different Distributions
§ Normalize per Batch (and Layer)
§ Faster Training, Learns Quicker
§ Final Model is More Accurate
§ TensorFlow is already on 2nd Generation Batch Algorithm
§ First-Class Support for Fusing Batch Norm Layers
§ Final mean + variance Are Folded Into Graph Later
-- (Almost) Always Use Batch (Re-)Normalization! --
z = tf.matmul(a_prev, W)
a = tf.nn.relu(z)
a_mean, a_var = tf.nn.moments(a, [0])
scale = tf.Variable(tf.ones([depth/channels]))
beta = tf.Variable(tf.zeros ([depth/channels]))
bn = tf.nn.batch_normalizaton(a, a_mean, a_var,
beta, scale, 0.001)

DROPOUT (2014)
§ Training Technique
§ Prevents Overfitting
§ Helps Avoid Local Minima
§ Inherent Ensembling Technique
§ Creates and Combines Different Neural Architectures
§ Expressed as Probability Percentage (ie. 50%)
§ Boost Other Weights During Validation & Prediction
Perform Dropout
(Training Phase)
Boost for Dropout
(Validation & Prediction Phase)
0%
Dropout
50%
Dropout

BATCH NORM, DROPOUT + ESTIMATOR API
§ Must Specify Eval or Training Mode with Estimator API
§ These Will Behave Differently Depending on the Mode

SAVED MODEL FORMAT
§ Different Format than Traditional Exporter
§ Contains Checkpoints, 1..* MetaGraph’s, and Assets
§ Export Manually with SavedModelBuilder
§ Estimator.export_savedmodel()
§ Hooks to Generate SignatureDef
§ Use saved_model_cli to Verify
§ Used by TensorFlow Serving
§ New Standard Export Format? (Catching on Slowly…)

TENSORFLOW DEBUGGER
§ Step through Operations
§ Inspect Inputs and Outputs
§ Wrap Session in Debug Session
sess = tf.Session(config=config)
sess =
tf_debug.LocalCLIDebugWrapperSession(sess)
https://www.tensorflow.org/
programmers_guide/debugger

LET’S DEBUG A MODEL
04_Debug_Model

AGENDA
§ GPUs and TensorFlow
§ Train, Inspect, and Debug TensorFlow Models
§ TensorFlow Distributed Cluster Model Training
§ Optimize Training with JIT XLA Compiler

SINGLE NODE, MULTI-GPU TRAINING
§ cpu:0
§ By default, all CPUs
§ Requires extra config to target a CPU
§ gpu:0..n
§ Each GPU has a unique id
§ TF usually prefers a single GPU
§ xla_cpu:0, xla_gpu:0..n
§ “JIT Compiler Device”
§ Hints TensorFlow to attempt JIT Compile
with tf.device(“/cpu:0”):
with tf.device(“/gpu:0”):
with tf.device(“/gpu:1”):
GPU 0 GPU 1

DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-NODE TRAINING
§ TensorFlow Automatically Inserts Send and Receive Ops into Graph
§ Parameter Server Synchronously Aggregates Updates to Variables
§ Nodes with Multiple GPUs will Pre-Aggregate Before Sending to PS
Worker0 Worker0
Worker1
Worker0 Worker1 Worker2
gpu0 gpu1
gpu2 gpu3
gpu0 gpu1
gpu2 gpu3
gpu0 gpu1
gpu2 gpu3
gpu0
gpu1
gpu0
gpu0
Single
Node
Multiple
Nodes

DATA PARALLEL VS. MODEL PARALLEL
§ Data Parallel (“Between-Graph Replication”)
§ Send exact same model to each device
§ Each device operates on partition of data
§ ie. Spark sends same function to many workers
§ Each worker operates on their partition of data
§ Model Parallel (“In-Graph Replication”)
§ Send different partition of model to each device
§ Each device operates on all data
§ Difficult, but required for larger models with lower-memory GPUs

SYNCHRONOUS VS. ASYNCHRONOUS
§ Synchronous
§ Nodes compute gradients
§ Nodes update Parameter Server (PS)
§ Nodes sync on PS for latest gradients
§ Asynchronous
§ Some nodes delay in computing gradients
§ Nodes don’t update PS
§ Nodes get stale gradients from PS
§ May not converge due to stale reads!

CHIEF WORKER
§ Chief Defaults to Worker Task 0
§ Task 0 is guaranteed to exist
§ Performs Maintenance Tasks
§ Writes log summaries
§ Instructs PS to checkpoint vars
§ Performs PS health checks
§ (Re-)Initialize variables at (re-)start of training

NODE AND PROCESS FAILURES
§ Checkpoint to Persistent Storage (HDFS, S3)
§ Use MonitoredTrainingSession and Hooks
§ Use a Good Cluster Orchestrator (ie. Kubernetes, Mesos)
§ Understand Failure Modes and Recovery States
Stateless, Not Bad: Training Continues Stateful, Bad: Training Must Stop Dios Mio! Long Night Ahead…

XLA FRAMEWORK
§ XLA: “Accelerated Linear Algebra”
§ Reduce Reliance on Custom Operators
§ Intermediate Representation used by Hardware Vendors
§ Improve Portability
§ Increase Execution Speed
§ Decrease Memory Usage
§ Decrease Mobile Footprint
Helps TensorFlow Be Flexible AND Performant!!

XLA HIGH LEVEL OPTIMIZER (HLO)
§ HLO: “High Level Optimizer”
§ Compiler Intermediate Representation (IR)
§ Independent of source and target language
§ XLA Step 1 Emits Target-Independent HLO
§ XLA Step 2 Emits Target-Dependent LLVM
§ LLVM Emits Native Code Specific to Target
§ Supports x86-64, ARM64 (CPU), and NVPTX (GPU)

JIT COMPILER
§ JIT: “Just-In-Time” Compiler
§ Built on XLA Framework
§ Reduce Memory Movement – Especially with GPUs
§ Reduce Overhead of Multiple Function Calls
§ Similar to Spark Operator Fusing in Spark 2.0
§ Unroll Loops, Fuse Operators, Fold Constants, …
§ Scopes: session, device, with jit_scope():

VISUALIZING JIT COMPILER IN ACTION
Before JIT After JIT
Google Web Tracing Framework:
http://google.github.io/tracing-framework/
from tensorflow.python.client import timeline
trace =
timeline.Timeline(step_stats=run_metadata.step_stats)
with open('timeline.json', 'w') as trace_file:
trace_file.write(
trace.generate_chrome_trace_format(show_memory=True))
run_options = tf.RunOptions(trace_level=tf.RunOptions.SOFTWARE_TRACE)
run_metadata = tf.RunMetadata()
sess.run(options=run_options,
run_metadata=run_metadata)

VISUALIZING FUSING OPERATORS
pip install graphviz
dot -Tpng
/tmp/hlo_graph_1.w5LcGs.dot
-o hlo_graph_1.png
GraphViz:
http://www.graphviz.org
hlo_*.dot files generated by XLA

LET’S TRAIN WITH XLA CPU
06_Train_Model_XLA_CPU

LET’S TRAIN WITH XLA GPU
06a_Train_Model_XLA_GPU

WE ARE NOW…
…OPTIMIZING Models
AFTER Model Training
TO IMPROVE Model Serving
PERFORMANCE!

AGENDA
Part 2: Optimize TensorFlow Serving
§ AOT XLA Compiler and Graph Transform Tool
§ Key Components of TensorFlow Serving
§ Deploy Optimized TensorFlow Model
§ Optimize TensorFlow Serving Runtime

AOT COMPILER
§ Standalone, Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) Compiler
§ Built on XLA framework
§ tfcompile
§ Creates executable with minimal TensorFlow Runtime needed
§ Includes only dependencies needed by subgraph computation
§ Creates functions with feeds (inputs) and fetches (outputs)
§ Packaged as cc_libary header and object files to link into your app
§ Commonly used for mobile device inference graph
§ Currently, only CPU x86-64 and ARM are supported - no GPU

GRAPH TRANSFORM TOOL (GTT)
§ Post-Training Optimization to Prepare for Inference
§ Remove Training-only Ops (checkpoint, drop out, logs)
§ Remove Unreachable Nodes between Given feed -> fetch
§ Fuse Adjacent Operators to Improve Memory Bandwidth
§ Fold Final Batch Norm mean and variance into Variables
§ Round Weights/Variables to improve compression (ie. 70%)
§ Quantize (FP32 -> INT8) to Speed Up Math Operations

AFTER TRAINING, BEFORE OPTIMIZATION
-TensorFlow-
Trains
Variables
-User-
Fetches
Outputs
-User-
Feeds
Inputs
-TensorFlow-
Performs
Operations
-TensorFlow-
Flows
Tensors
?!

POST-TRAINING GRAPH TRANSFORMS
transform_graph
--in_graph=unoptimized_cpu_graph.pb ß Original Graph
--out_graph=optimized_cpu_graph.pb ß Transformed Graph
--inputs=’x_observed:0' ß Feed (Input)
--outputs=’Add:0' ß Fetch (Output)
--transforms=' ß List of Transforms
strip_unused_nodes
remove_nodes(op=Identity, op=CheckNumerics)
fold_constants(ignore_errors=true)
fold_batch_norms
fold_old_batch_norms
quantize_weights
quantize_nodes'

AFTER STRIPPING UNUSED NODES
§ Optimizations
§ strip_unused_nodes
§ Results
§ Graph much simpler
§ File size much smaller

AFTER REMOVING UNUSED NODES
§ Optimizations
§ remove_nodes
§ Results
§ Pesky nodes removed
§ File size a bit smaller

AFTER FOLDING CONSTANTS
§ Optimizations
§ remove_nodes
§ fold_constants
§ Results
§ Placeholders (feeds) -> Variables*
(*Why Variables and not Constants?)

AFTER FOLDING BATCH NORMS
§ Optimizations
§ remove_nodes
§ fold_constants
§ fold_batch_norms
§ Results
§ Graph remains the same
§ File size approximately the same

AFTER QUANTIZING WEIGHTS
§ Optimizations
§ remove_nodes
§ fold_constants
§ fold_batch_norms
§ quantize_weights
§ Results
§ Graph is same, file size is smaller, compute is faster

WEIGHT QUANTIZATION
§ FP16 and INT8 Are Smaller and Computationally Simpler
§ Weights/Variables are Constants
§ Easy to Linearly Quantize

ACTIVATION QUANTIZATION
§ Activations Not Known Ahead of Time
§ Depends on input, not easy to quantize
§ Requires Additional Calibration Step
§ Use a “representative” dataset
§ Per Neural Network Layer…
§ Collect histogram of activation values
§ Generate many quantized distributions with different saturation thresholds
§ Choose threshold to minimize…
KL_divergence(ref_distribution, quant_distribution)
§ Not Much Time or Data is Required (Minutes on Commodity Hardware)

AFTER ACTIVATION QUANTIZATION
§ Optimizations
§ remove_nodes
§ fold_constants
§ fold_batch_norms
§ quantize_weights
§ quantize_nodes (activations)
§ Results
§ Larger graph, needs calibration!
Requires Additional
freeze_requantization_ranges

LET’S OPTIMIZE FOR INFERENCE
08_Optimize_Model_Activations

FREEZING MODEL FOR DEPLOYMENT
§ Optimizations
§ remove_nodes
§ fold_constants
§ fold_batch_norms
§ quantize_weights
§ quantize_nodes
§ freeze_graph
§ Results
§ Variables -> Constants
Finally!
We’re Ready to Deploy!!

MODEL SERVING TERMINOLOGY
§ Inference
§ Only Forward Propagation through Network
§ Predict, Classify, Regress, …
§ Bundle
§ GraphDef, Variables, Metadata, …
§ Assets
§ ie. Map of ClassificationID -> String
§ {9283: “penguin”, 9284: “bridge”}
§ Version
§ Every Model Has a Version Number (Integer)
§ Version Policy
§ ie. Serve Only Latest (Highest), Serve Both Latest and Previous, …

TENSORFLOW SERVING FEATURES
§ Supports Auto-Scaling
§ Custom Loaders beyond File-based
§ Tune for Low-latency or High-throughput
§ Serve Diff Models/Versions in Same Process
§ Customize Models Types beyond HashMap and TensorFlow
§ Customize Version Policies for A/B and Bandit Tests
§ Support Request Draining for Graceful Model Updates
§ Enable Request Batching for Diff Use Cases and HW
§ Supports Optimized Transport with GRPC and Protocol Buffers

PREDICTION SERVICE
§ Predict (Original, Generic)
§ Input: List of Tensor
§ Output: List of Tensor
§ Classify
§ Input: List of tf.Example (key, value) pairs
§ Output: List of (class_label: String, score: float)
§ Regress
§ Input: List of tf.Example (key, value) pairs
§ Output: List of (label: String, score: float)

PREDICTION INPUTS + OUTPUTS
§ SignatureDef
§ Defines inputs and outputs
§ Maps external (logical) to internal (physical) tensor names
§ Allows internal (physical) tensor names to change
from tensorflow.python.saved_model import utils
from tensorflow.python.saved_model import signature_constants
from tensorflow.python.saved_model import signature_def_utils
graph = tf.get_default_graph()
x_observed = graph.get_tensor_by_name('x_observed:0')
y_pred = graph.get_tensor_by_name('add:0')
inputs_map = {'inputs': x_observed}
outputs_map = {'outputs': y_pred}
predict_signature =
signature_def_utils.predict_signature_def(inputs=inputs_map,
outputs=outputs_map)

MULTI-HEADED INFERENCE
§ Inputs Pass Through Model One Time
§ Model Returns Multiple Predictions:
1. Human-readable prediction (ie. “penguin”, “church”,…)
2. Final layer of scores (float vector)
§ Final Layer of floats Pass to the Next Model in Ensemble
§ Optimizes Bandwidth, CPU/GPU, Latency, Memory
§ Enables Complex Model Composing and Ensembling

BUILD YOUR OWN MODEL SERVER
§ Adapt GRPC(Google) <-> HTTP (REST of the World)
§ Perform Batch Inference vs. Request/Response
§ Handle Requests Asynchronously
§ Support Mobile, Embedded Inference
§ Customize Request Batching
§ Add Circuit Breakers, Fallbacks
§ Control Latency Requirements
§ Reduce Number of Moving Parts
#include
“tensorflow_serving/model_servers/server_core.h”
class MyTensorFlowModelServer {
ServerCore::Options options;
// set options (model name, path, etc)
std::unique_ptr<ServerCore> core;
TF_CHECK_OK(
ServerCore::Create(std::move(options), &core)
);
}
Compile and Link with
libtensorflow.so

RUNTIME OPTION: NVIDIA TENSOR-RT
§ Specific to Nvidia GPU
§ Similar to TF Graph Transform Tool
§ GPU-Optimized Prediction Runtime
§ Alternative to TensorFlow Serving
§ PipelineAI Supports TensorRT!

REQUEST BATCH TUNING
§ max_batch_size
§ Enables throughput/latency tradeoff
§ Bounded by RAM
§ batch_timeout_micros
§ Defines batch time window, latency upper-bound
§ Bounded by RAM
§ num_batch_threads
§ Defines parallelism
§ Bounded by CPU cores
§ max_enqueued_batches
§ Defines queue upper bound, throttling
§ Bounded by RAM
Reaching either threshold
will trigger a batch
Separate, Non-Batched Requests
Combined, Batched Requests

ADVANCED BATCHING & SERVING TIPS
§ Batch Just the GPU/TPU Portions of the Computation Graph
§ Batch Arbitrary Sub-Graphs using Batch / Unbatch Graph Ops
§ Distribute Large Models Into Shards Across TensorFlow Model Servers
§ Batch RNNs Used for Sequential and Time-Series Data
§ Find Best Batching Strategy For Your Data Through Experimentation
§ BasicBatchScheduler: Homogeneous requests (ie Regress or Classify)
§ SharedBatchScheduler: Mixed requests, multi-step, ensemble predict
§ StreamingBatchScheduler: Mixed CPU/GPU/IO-bound Workloads
§ Serve Only One (1) Model Inside One (1) TensorFlow Serving Process
§ Much Easier to Debug, Tune, Scale, and Manage Models in Production.

PIPELINE.AI FUNCTIONS (SERVERLESS)
§ Built on OpenFaaS
§ Supports Kubernetes
§ Supports Docker Swarm

AGENDA
Part 3: Advanced Model Serving + Routing
§ Kubernetes Ingress, Egress, Networking
§ Istio and Envoy Architecture
§ Intelligent Traffic Routing and Scaling
§ Metrics, Chaos Monkey, Production Readiness

KUBERNETES PRIORITY SCHEDULING
Workloads can …
§ access the entire cluster up
to the autoscaler max size
§ trigger autoscaling until
higher-priority workload
§ “fill the cracks” of resource
usage of higher-priority work
(i.e., wait to run until resources are feed

KUBERNETES INGRESS
§ Single Service
§ Can also use Service (LoadBalancer or NodePort)
§ Fan Out & Name-Based Virtual Hosting
§ Route Traffic Using Path or Host Header
§ Reduces # of load balancers needed
§ 404 Implemented as default backend
§ Federation / Hybrid-Cloud
§ Creates Ingress objects in every cluster
§ Monitors health and capacity of pods within each cluster
§ Routes clients to appropriate backend anywhere in federation
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: gateway-fanout
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: istio
spec:
rules:
- host: foo.bar.com
http:
paths:
- path: /foo
backend:
serviceName: s1
servicePort: 80
- path: /bar
backend:
serviceName: s2
servicePort: 80
Fan Out (Path)
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: gateway-virtualhost
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: istio
spec:
rules:
- host: foo.bar.com
http:
paths:
backend:
serviceName: s1
servicePort: 80
- host: bar.foo.com
http:
paths:
backend:
serviceName: s2
servicePort: 80
Virtual Hosting

KUBERNETES INGRESS CONTROLLER
§ Ingress Controller Types
§ Google Cloud: kubernetes.io/ingress.class: gce
§ Nginx: kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
§ Istio: kubernetes.io/ingress.class: istio
§ Must Start Ingress Controller Manually
§ Just deploying Ingress is not enough
§ Not started by kube-controller-manager
§ Start Istio Ingress Controller
kubectl apply -f
$ISTIO_INSTALL_PATH/install/kubernetes/istio.yaml

ISTIO EGRESS
§ While-list Domains To Access From Within Service Mesh
§ Apply RoutingRules
§ Apply DestinationPolicys
§ Supports TLS, HTTP, GRPC
kind: EgressRule
metadata:
name: pipeline-api-egress
spec:
destination:
service: api.pipeline.ai
ports:
- port: 80
protocol: http
- port: 443
protocol: https

ISTIO ARCHITECTURE: ENVOY
§ Lyft Project
§ High-perf Proxy (C++)
§ Lots of Metrics
§ Zone-Aware
§ Service Discovery
§ Load Balancing
§ Fault Injection, Circuits
§ %-based Traffic Split, Shadow
§ Sidecar Pattern
§ Rate Limiting, Retries, Outlier Detection, Timeout with Budget, …

ISTIO ARCHITECTURE: MIXER
§ Enforce Access Control
§ Evaluate Request-Attrs
§ Collect Metrics
§ Platform-Independent
§ Extensible Plugin Model

ISTIO ARCHITECTURE: PILOT
§ Envoy service discovery
§ Intelligent routing
§ A/B Tests
§ Canary deployments
§ RouteRule->Envoy conf
§ Propagates to sidecars
§ Supports Kube, Consul, ...

ISTIO ARCHITECTURE: SECURITY
§ Mutual TLS Auth
§ Credential Management
§ Uses Service-Identity
§ Canary Deployments
§ Fine-grained ACLs
§ Attribute & Role-based
§ Auditing & Monitoring

ISTIO ROUTE RULES
§ Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRD)
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: routerules.config.istio.io
spec:
group: config.istio.io
names:
kind: RouteRule
listKind: RouteRuleList
plural: routerules
singular: routerule
scope: Namespaced
version: v1alpha2

ADVANCED ROUTING RULES
§ Content-based Routing
§ Uses headers, username, payload, …
§ Cross-Environment Routing
§ Shadow traffic prod=>staging

ISTIO DESTINATION POLICIES
§ Load Balancing
§ ROUND_ROBIN (default)
§ LEAST_CONN (between 2 randomly-selected hosts)
§ RANDOM
§ Circuit Breaker
§ Max connections
§ Max requests per conn
§ Consecutive errors
§ Penalty timer (15 mins)
§ Scan windows (5 mins)
circuitBreaker:
simpleCb:
maxConnections: 100
httpMaxRequests: 1000
httpMaxRequestsPerConnection: 10
httpConsecutiveErrors: 7
sleepWindow: 15m
httpDetectionInterval: 5m

ISTIO AUTO-SCALING
§ Traffic Routing and Auto-Scaling Occur Independently
§ Istio Continues to Obey Traffic Splits After Auto-Scaling
§ Auto-Scaling May Occur In Response to New Traffic Route

A/B & BANDIT MODEL TESTING
§ Perform Live Experiments in Production
§ Compare Existing Model A with Model B, Model C
§ Safe Split-Canary Deployment
§ Pro Tip: Keep Ingress Simple – Use Route Rules Instead!
apiVersion: config.istio.io/v1alpha2
kind: RouteRule
metadata:
name: predict-mnist-20-5-75
spec:
destination:
name: predict-mnist
precedence: 2 # Greater than global deny-all
route:
- labels:
version: A
weight: 20 # 20% still routes to model A
- labels:
version: B # 5% routes to new model B
weight: 5
- labels:
version: C # 75% routes to new model C
weight: 75
kind: RouteRule
metadata:
spec:
destination:
name: predict-mnist
route:
- labels:
version: A
weight: 1 # 1% routes to model A
- labels:
weight: 2
- labels:
weight: 97
kind: RouteRule
metadata:
spec:
destination:
name: predict-mnist
route:
- labels:
version: A
weight: 97 # 97% still routes to model A
- labels:
weight: 2
- labels:
weight: 1

ISTIO METRICS AND MONITORING
§ Verify Traffic Splits
§ Fine-Grained Request Tracing

ISTIO & CHAOS + LATENCY MONKEY
§ Fault Injection
§ Delay
§ Abort
kind: RouteRule
metadata:
name: predict-mnist
spec:
destination:
name: predict-mnist
httpFault:
abort:
httpStatus: 420
percent: 100
kind: RouteRule
metadata:
name: predict-mnist
spec:
destination:
name: predict-mnist
httpFault:
delay:
fixedDelay: 7.000s
percent: 100

SPECIAL THANKS TO CHRISTIAN POSTA
§ http://blog.christianposta.com/istio-workshop

THANK YOU!!
§ Please Star this GitHub Repo!
§ All slides, code, notebooks, and Docker images here:
https://github.com/PipelineAI/pipeline
Contact Me
chris@pipeline.ai
@cfregly

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