Use exact solver for cuML t-SNE to avoid Barnes-Hut collapse#45
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cuML's default Barnes-Hut t-SNE collapses to a ~1D diagonal line on near-homogeneous embeddings, we're able to reproduce this on the Darwin's finches BioCLIP 2 embeddings. The "exact" solver fix this easily. Force method="exact" for the cuML t-SNE path. It's O(N^2) but fine at the interactive scale this app runs; a faster Barnes-Hut-with-degeneracy-guard can be revisited later.
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@egrace479 this fix won't affect non-cuda accelerated sessions. I've validated the changes on pitzer GPU. |
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LGTM. We can revisit and explore other speed-up options if needed.
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cuML's default Barnes-Hut t-SNE collapses to a ~1D diagonal line on near-homogeneous embeddings, we're able to reproduce this on the Darwin's finches BioCLIP 2 embeddings. The "exact" solver fix this easily.
Force method="exact" for the cuML t-SNE path. It's O(N^2) but fine at the interactive scale this app runs; a faster Barnes-Hut-with-degeneracy-guard can be revisited later.
Closes #40