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Poster
Automating Bayesian optimization with Bayesian optimization
Gustavo Malkomes · Roman Garnett

Thu Dec 06 07:45 AM -- 09:45 AM (PST) @ Room 210 #68
in Thu Poster Session A »

Bayesian optimization is a powerful tool for global optimization of expensive functions. One of its key components is the underlying probabilistic model used for the objective function f. In practice, however, it is often unclear how one should appropriately choose a model, especially when gathering data is expensive. In this work, we introduce a novel automated Bayesian optimization approach that dynamically selects promising models for explaining the observed data using Bayesian Optimization in the model space. Crucially, we account for the uncertainty in the choice of model; our method is capable of using multiple models to represent its current belief about f and subsequently using this information for decision making. We argue, and demonstrate empirically, that our approach automatically finds suitable models for the objective function, which ultimately results in more-efficient optimization.

Keywords: Gaussian Processes · AutoML

Author Information

Gustavo Malkomes (Washington University in St. Louis)
Roman Garnett (Washington University in St. Louis)

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