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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Structured approach towards AI/ML Model Testing

 1. ML Model Testing Fundamentals(High Priority)

✅ Understand these concepts deeply:

  • What is F1-score, precision, recall, AUC, accuracy – and how they differ.

  • How to test ML models: unit testingintegration testingblack-box testingbias/fairness testingadversarial testing.

  • Model versioning, reproducibility & traceability.

📚 Resources:

  • https://madewithml.com/ → “Evaluation” and “Testing” sections

  • https://github.com/eugeneyan/testing-ml → ML testing techniques repo

🧠 Be able to answer:

  • How do you test a classification/regression model end-to-end?

  • How do you validate a model in production?

  • How do you detect drift or bias?


2. MLOps & Tooling Knowledge

✅ Cover basics of:

  • MLflow: Tracking experiments, model registry, deployment stages.

  • Great Expectations: Data quality assertions.

  • CI/CD for ML: How to integrate tests (unit tests + model checks) in GitHub Actions/Jenkins pipelines.

📚 Learn from:

  • https://mlflow.org/docs/latest/index.html

  • https://docs.greatexpectations.io/docs/tutorials/intro/

  • Google: “CI/CD for ML GitHub Actions sample” or “MLOps pipeline testing”

🧠 Be able to answer:

  • How do you test a model before deployment?

  • What tests would you include in a CI/CD pipeline for ML models?

  • How to validate input data in an ML pipeline?


3. Python + Pytest for ML Testing

✅ Brush up quickly on:

  • Writing unit tests for Python functions (data preprocessing, model code).

  • Pytest + mocking basics (mocking external APIs, random inputs).

  • Test structure: setupassertfixturesparameterize.

📚 Use:

  • https://realpython.com/pytest-python-testing/

  • https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/contents.html

🧠 Practice questions:

  • Write pytest test cases for a sklearn model prediction function.

  • How would you mock a database or S3 call?


4. Bias, Fairness & Responsible AI (Brief but important)

✅ Understand the basics of:

  • What is SHAP, LIME? → Model explainability

  • What is bias in datasets vs. model bias?

  • How fairness is tested: group fairness, equal opportunity, disparate impact.

📚 Review:

  • https://github.com/Trusted-AI/AIF360

  • https://christophm.github.io/interpretable-ml-book/shap.html

🧠 Interview Qs:

  • How do you check if your model is biased?

  • How do SHAP or LIME help in explainability?


5. System Testing + Performance Metrics

✅ Learn how to:

  • Test ML APIs (Rest API with model behind).

  • Monitor latency, throughput, drift detection, A/B testing setups.

📚 Tools:

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