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Feature engineering techniques: - correlation , variance inflation factor ,

practical implementation

Aggregated Statistical Summaries for Numeric Features with cuDF

Hash-based Frequency Encoding for Tokenized Categorical Data

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Feature Importance with cuML Random Forest on Encrypted Data

Feature Importance with RandomForestClassifier in Pandas

10/27/2024

For your upcoming hackathon, using RAPIDS cuDF and cuML libraries on
Google Colab’s paid tier with GPUs (often T4, V100, or A100), you’ll be able
to explore and apply feature engineering techniques on encrypted data
efficiently. Since the dataset is encrypted and in tabular form, you’ll focus on
patterns and feature extraction without needing to decrypt the data directly.

Here’s a recommended approach:

### Step 1: Set Up RAPIDS Environment in Google Colab

Since RAPIDS isn’t natively available in Colab, you’ll need to set it up. This
installation works best on GPUs like T4, P100, or V100:

```python

# Install RAPIDS cuDF and cuML libraries in Google Colab

!apt-get update

!apt-get install -y wget


!wget -qO-
https://github.com/rapidsai/rapidsai-csp-utils/releases/download/v0.20/
update_csp_colab.sh | bash

```

Once installed, restart the runtime. After restarting, you’ll be ready to use
RAPIDS libraries for fast data processing.

### Step 2: Data Preprocessing and Exploration

With an encrypted dataset, you won’t be able to access the raw values
directly, so use feature engineering techniques like **statistical
aggregations** or **hash-based encodings** to extract relevant patterns.

#### 1. Frequency Encoding for Encrypted Categorical Data

Encrypted categorical columns (e.g., hashed or tokenized values) can be


frequency encoded, which assigns each unique value its frequency within the
dataset. This technique is effective for categorical data, preserving privacy
while revealing underlying patterns.

```python

import cudf

# Sample encrypted-like categorical data

data = cudf.DataFrame({'encrypted_feature': ['hash1', 'hash2', 'hash1',


'hash3', 'hash2', 'hash1']})

# Frequency encoding

frequency_encoded = data['encrypted_feature'].value_counts().reset_index()

frequency_encoded.columns = ['encrypted_feature', 'frequency']


# Merge frequency encoding with original data

data = data.merge(frequency_encoded, on='encrypted_feature', how='left')

print("Frequency Encoded Data:\n", data)

```

#### 2. Statistical Aggregations on Encrypted Numeric Features

For numeric columns in encrypted datasets, aggregating statistics like


**mean, sum, and standard deviation** per feature can reveal trends or
outliers without needing original values.

```python

# Sample encrypted-like numeric data

data = cudf.DataFrame({

'feature1': [2345, 5234, 1987, 7342, 4251],

'feature2': [1001, 2340, 897, 3451, 2033]

})

# Aggregate features to calculate mean, sum, standard deviation

aggregated_features = data.agg(['mean', 'sum', 'std'])

print("Aggregated Features:\n", aggregated_features)

```

### Step 3: Feature Importance Using cuML’s Random Forest

Using the `RandomForestClassifier` from RAPIDS’ `cuML` library on


encrypted data can provide insights into feature importance.

```python

from cuml.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier


# Assume you have features and target in the encrypted dataset

X = data[['feature1', 'feature2']] # encrypted numeric features

y = cudf.Series([1, 0, 1, 0, 1]) # encrypted target or binary labels

# Train Random Forest model to evaluate feature importance

rf_model = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=10, max_depth=3,


random_state=42)

rf_model.fit(X, y)

# Extract feature importances

feature_importance = rf_model.feature_importances_

importance_df = cudf.DataFrame({'feature': X.columns, 'importance':


feature_importance})

print("Feature Importances:\n", importance_df.sort_values(by='importance',


ascending=False))

```

Best Practices and Tips

-Use cuDF for Large Data**: Since your data is 10GB, `cuDF` on GPUs will
significantly speed up processing.

- Focus on Secure Aggregations**: Techniques like `mean`, `sum`, and


`frequency encoding` are useful for anonymized insights.

- Consider Non-Decryption-Based Feature Selection**: Look at statistical


summaries, transformations, and feature importance rankings rather than
relying on decrypted values.
By following these steps, you can extract meaningful patterns and insights
from encrypted data and apply feature engineering methods in a secure,
GPU-accelerated environment with RAPIDS on Google Colab.

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