MakeML : automated machine learning from data to predictions

Abstract

MakeML is a software system that enables knowledge workers with no programming experience to easily and quickly create machine learning models that have competitive performance with models hand-built by trained data scientists. MakeML consists of a web-based application similar to a spreadsheet in which users select features and choose a target column to predict. MakeML then automates the process of feature engineering, model selection, training, and hyperparameter optimization. After training, the user can evaluate the performance of the model and can make predictions on new data using the web interface. We show that a model generated automatically using MakeML is able to achieve accuracy better than 90% of submissions for the Titanic problem on the public data science platform Kaggle.