MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM SEARCH

A method for searching for an output machine learning (ML) algorithm to perform an ML task is described. The method includes: receiving a set of training examples and a set of validation examples, and generating a sequence of candidate ML algorithms to perform the task. For each candidate ML algorithm in the sequence, the method includes: setting up one or more training parameters for the candidate ML algorithm by executing a respective candidate setup function, training the candidate ML algorithm by processing the set of training examples using a respective candidate predict function and a respective candidate learn function, and evaluating a performance of the trained candidate ML algorithm by executing the respective candidate predict function on the set of validation examples to determine a performance metric. The method includes selecting a trained candidate ML algorithm with the best performance metric as the output ML algorithm for the task.