Jodie Burchell
Vectorize all the things! Using linear algebra and NumPy to make your Python code lightning fast.
#1about 3 minutes
Why Python loops become slow at scale
Traditional loops over lists become a major performance bottleneck when processing large amounts of data.
#2about 5 minutes
Representing data with vectors, matrices, and NumPy arrays
Learn the fundamentals of linear algebra, where data points are vectors, datasets are matrices, and NumPy arrays provide the data structure.
#3about 3 minutes
A high-level overview of the KNN algorithm
The k-nearest neighbors algorithm classifies data points by finding the most common label among their closest neighbors in a vector space.
#4about 4 minutes
Coding a slow baseline KNN with Python lists
A walkthrough of an unoptimized k-nearest neighbors implementation demonstrates the severe performance issues caused by nested loops.
#5about 3 minutes
Vectorizing the distance calculation to remove a loop
Replace the inner loop for calculating Manhattan distance with a single vectorized subtraction operation on NumPy arrays.
#6about 9 minutes
Eliminating nested loops with NumPy array broadcasting
Use array reshaping and broadcasting to perform all pairwise distance calculations simultaneously, avoiding explicit replication and nested loops.
#7about 3 minutes
Optimizing neighbor selection with NumPy sorting and slicing
Gain final performance improvements by replacing Python's list sorting with NumPy's faster sorting algorithms and efficient array slicing.
#8about 6 minutes
How memory layout makes NumPy arrays so fast
NumPy arrays are faster because they store data in a contiguous block of memory, which is more efficient for the CPU to process than the scattered memory of Python lists.
#9about 22 minutes
Audience Q&A on performance and data science
Answers common questions about NumPy's underlying C implementation, hyperparameter tuning, memory management, and career paths in data science.
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