November 9, 2023

Release highlights

This release introduces support for several new models, a new user onboarding guide and other UI enhancements, and improved test descriptions in our user-facing documentation.

ValidMind Developer Framework (v1.23.0)

Support for regression models

The ValidMind Developer Framework has added support for regression models. The updates include:

• Addition of new tests, Errors and R-squared, to support regression model evaluation
• Use of existing tabular dataset tests for data validation

Support for clustering models

The ValidMind Developer Framework has added support for clustering models. The updates include:

• Addition of new tests, ClusterPerformanceMetrics, ClusterSizeDistribution, SilhouettePlot, HyperParametersTuning, and KMeansClustersOptimization, to support clustering model evaluation

Support for embeddings models

We added initial support for text embeddings models in the ValidMind Developer Framework which enables you to create, use and test a BERT embeddings model utilizing the Hugging Face library. The updates include:

• A new folder in model_validation tests for embeddings, along with initial versions of tests for text embedding models
• Support for feature_extraction tasks in the Hugging Face model wrapper of the ValidMind Developer Framework

ValidMind Platform UI (v1.9.0)

New onboarding guide

To help you familiarize yourself with the features available in the ValidMind platform, a new onboarding guide is now available to all users.

New platform UI onboarding guide

The onboarding guide tracks six common tasks that can be completed in almost any order:

• Get your ValidMind account
• Register your model
• Start on your model documentation

• Collaborate on your documentation
• Submit your model documentation
• Find guides & resources

You can hover over each task for more details. The guide can be minimized, leaving a trigger in the bottom right corner, or dismissed entirely. To reactivate the guide, go to Settings > Profile.

New Model Inventory display options

We’ve introduced new display options for the Model Inventory page.

Table view — Offers a detailed, structured layout that simplifies comparison.

Table view

Card view — Provides a visual, summarized presentation.

Card view

You can easily switch between views using the Display Table or Display Cards toggle in the top-right hand corner.

Documentation updates

Enhanced test descriptions

• We have improved the descriptions for tests available in the ValidMind Developer Framework, together with a new landing page that allows for easy browsing of all tests.
• Additionally, our documentation site search now indexes these descriptions to make them easier to find.

Improved test descriptions for the developer framework

How to upgrade

ValidMind Platform UI

To access the latest version of the ValidMind Platform UI,¹ hard refresh your browser tab:

¹ Log in to ValidMind

• Windows: Ctrl + Shift + R OR Ctrl + F5
• MacOS: ⌘ Cmd + Shift + R OR hold down ⌘ Cmd and click the Reload button

ValidMind Developer Framework

To upgrade to the latest version of the ValidMind Developer Framework:²

² Get started with the ValidMind Developer Framework

1. In your Jupyter Notebook:

   • Using JupyterHub:³ Hard refresh your browser tab.
   • In your own developer environment:⁴ Restart your notebook.

2. Locate the %pip install -q validmind cell and replace the contents with:

   %pip install --upgrade validmind

3. Run the edited code cell.

³ Try it with JupyterHub

⁴ Try it in your own developer environment

You may need to restart your kernel after running the upgrade package for changes to be applied.